http://www.hemispheregames.com Games for both sides of your brain. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:31:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Apple first announced the iPad, including information on its App Store and Universal Apps, we began asking ourselves should we go "Universal", or release two separate builds? This is a question that every iOS developer is faced with, and there are those on both sides of the fence, each ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/09/07/to-be-or-not-to-be-universal/ Crazy news everybody: we've got a ton of free copies of Osmos for the iPhone that we want to give away! Here's how we're going to do it: each day throughout the next week, we'll be giving away a block of Osmos iPhone codes on the Osmos Facebook page! If ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/09/03/free-osmos-iphone-codes-up-for-grabs-on-facebook/ Smoothness. If there was one aspect of Osmos that we were psychotically obsessed with during development, it was smoothness. Just like driving on freshly laid asphalt, skating on a rink just after the Zamboni has gone by, skiing through light untracked powder, gliding down a trail on ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/08/10/smoothness/ Ah, the joys of the App Store: the iPhone version of Osmos is now available worldwide, and we didn't even have to push a button to make it "live." That said, we've done a lot of work leading up to this, and we’re excited! If the iPad version is a ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/08/04/osmos-for-iphone-released/ It's official: Osmos will be coming out on the iPad's sexy little sister on August 5th! It will feature full Retina display and iOS 4.0 support, along with all the familiar features from the iPad version: addictive, physics-based gameplay, fluid multitouch controls, lush, flowing visuals, and a chill, ambient electronic ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/07/30/osmos-for-iphone-coming-august-5th/ 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 ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/07/19/osmos-video-tutorial/ 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 ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/07/08/osmos-for-ipad-release/ 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 ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/06/28/osmos-for-ipad-coming-july-8th/ A little over a month ago we released the Linux port of Osmos, promising statistics on our sales and downloads. We wanted to find out - from a financial perspective, for our studio - "is it worth porting games to Linux?" The short, simple answer... is "yes." Did we get rich off ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/06/23/linux-the-numbers/ 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 ... http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/06/12/osmos-for-ipad-the-beta-begins-and-what-about-iphone/