The Indie Love Bundle
Dear Motes, Have we got a deal for you! This Valentine’s we’re banding together with five other independent developers to bring you a sweet bundle of Indie Love. It’s an $85 value for only $20!! The games are: And Yet It Moves, by Broken Rules Auditorium, by Cipher Prime Aztaka, by Citeremis Eufloria, by Omni […]
Awesome new album from High Skies, free for Hemisphere customers
Mat Jarvis just released an awesome new mini-album – Sounds of Earth – under his High Skies moniker; and he’s generously allowed us to distribute it free for the next while to people who purchase Osmos from us. (New and existing customers, just visit your game download page.) If you enjoy the music in Osmos, […]
Pretty good year
For Hemisphere Games – and for me – 2009 was a whirlwind year. New Years’ day found me skiing and relaxing with good friends in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Osmos still lay in the hands of the IGF judges, quietly unknown to the world beyond a few friends and some very thorough IGF followers. I had […]
Happy Holidays!
Dear Motes, May the season bring you peace, joy, and piles of indie gaming bliss. — Your (slightly cheesy) friends at Hemisphere Games.
Confessions of an Indie Game Developer
As you may already know, we released the Mac port of Osmos a little over a week ago, which was done by our good friend, Aaron Barksy. Aaron makes a damn fine homebrew, is an intrepid outdoor adventurer, and — as it turns out — is an awesome and dedicated developer to boot. Little did […]
VGA Nomination (and voting): Best Independent Game
Dear Motes, It has been an unbelievable year. The amount of recognition Osmos has received over the past six months is blowing our minds. Here’s the latest: Osmos has been nominated for “best independent game” in Spike’s annual video game awards, alongside ThatGameCompany’s Flower, Twisted Pixel’s ‘Splosion Man, and RedLynx’s Trials HD. Incredible. It is […]
We <3 IndieCade
Last weekend was the festival and conference known as IndieCade. In previous years it piggybacked on top of a few other shows, including Siggraph and E3; but this was IndieCade’s first ever standalone festival. And what an amazing time it was. The location, a beautiful pocket around a hotel in Culver City, was warm and […]
Thanks… and Interviews
Well, it’s been just over a month since we released Osmos, and what a ride it’s been so far! We just want to take a moment to thank everyone who’s gotten (and hopefully enjoyed!) the game, and in particular those who have helped spread the word — by mouth, email and blogs. We really appreciate […]
Osmos gets glowing reviews from JayIsGames, A.V.Club, others…
Another week and the glowing Osmos reviews continue to flood in. A sampling: 4.8/5 – “I believe I’ve run out of adjectives to describe this game. From start to end, it is a fluid mass of gaming goodness… I can say nothing better than go, go now and purchase this game. I think you’ll find […]
A PAXing we will go…
Excitement is in the air as we prepare to converge on PAX! Dave, Andy and I will all be at our booth as part of the PAX 10, showing Osmos to friends, fans and press. In fact, this will be the first time that the three of us are in the same place at the […]