Posts under ‘Osmos’

For those of you making an “Osmos Rage!” video: go away, this post ain’t for you, ya big sissies. But for those who are interested in beating those last few levels in the main game, read on.
Given the Achievement stats on Steam, it’s pretty clear that the last few Force levels are where people are [...]

Welcome to part 3/4 of our “Osmos Rage” series. We introduced the topic in part 1, announced a video contest in part 2, and today we explain why the game gets “so bloody hard” in the end.
Believe it or not, our primary motives were a) truth and b) respect.

Truth: to the game concept and the [...]

The last few levels in Osmos get hard. They’ve induced rage in some gamers and in more than one reviewer. (See the previous post for the full introduction.)
Before we offer explanations or further remedies, we want to harness that rage. Prior to our recent difficulty adjustments, user jnfenrir began a thread on the Steam forums [...]

Since we released Osmos in August, we’ve been getting mostly great feedback from players and reviewers alike. Mostly. There is however one complaint that we see regularly, and very vocally: Rage.

“I’m done with Osmos. Done. F3A-3 is no fun.” -RSHabroptilus, Steam forums
“… playing Osmos was like getting knocked out by a sharp kick to the [...]

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, [...]

The new version includes translations into four languages (French, German, Spanish and Italian), a decrease in the extreme difficulty of a few late leves, D3D support, sound engine improvements, and more. You can see all the details here.

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 [...]

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 [...]

We’re excited to announce that the Mac version of Osmos is now available! Our Mac-guru (and fine backcountry skiier), Mr Aaron Barsky has done a bang-up job on the port, and it’s been running smoothly on a wide variety of machines.

Our “official” minimum requirements for the port are:

Mac OS X 10.4 or newer, Intel and [...]

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 truly [...]