Posts under ‘Osmos’

Well, it’s been a little over a week since Osmos for iPad hit the App Store, and we couldn’t have asked for a better reception — thanks everyone! As a small thank you (and in acknowledgment that some of the levels in Osmos aren’t easy!), we’ve put together this little video tutorial to help. Specifically, [...]

The iPad version of Osmos is hitting the App Store today, and, needless to say, we’re excited and proud. Some are calling it – gasp – the definitive version of Osmos. Gizmodo even called it “What iPad Gaming Should Be All About.” Pardon the “2001, A Space Odyssey” inspired, over-the-topness; the shape of the iPad, [...]

We’ve been working on this one for quite some time (over six months, actually) and are excited to announce the upcoming release of the iPad version of Osmos! As I mentioned in a previous post, we learned a lot from the development – and feedback! – from the PC/Mac/Linux versions of Osmos, and have reworked [...]

For the lucky folks out there with an iPad, we’ll skip the foreplay and jump straight to the gist: the beta is starting and we’re looking for players (both new and old) to test it out! If you’re interested, send us an email at webmaster@[this domain].com. Some of you may be thinking “What, no iPhone [...]

Welcome to the second installment of our three-part Linux post-mortem. Part 1 lay the foundations for the article and where we’re coming from. Today’s post directly addresses the question “What worked and what didn’t?” with a set of ‘pros and cons’ that cropped up during the port. The final post will offer a more nuanced [...]

A couple of weeks ago, we announced the release of Osmos on Linux. Even before I had finished the port, we had been invited by a few members of the Linux community to do a post-mortem on our experiences. We were asked, “What would have made the port easier?” It was pointed out to us [...]

We’re excited to announce that Osmos has been successfully absorbed by Linux, and is now available! Our newly initiated, one-man Linux warrior, Mr David Burke, has done an amazingly quick and solid job on the port, and it’s been running smoothly on a wide variety of Linux distributions and machines. (Big thanks to all our [...]