Microscopics

Osmos 2 has been released for iOS and is a free update.
Introducing multiplayer and iPad retina support.
And for this weekend you can play against the devs (until our batteries run out). I’ll add all the Game Center names here as things progress.
I am =  OsmosDev_Mat
Dave Burke = OsmosDev_Dave
Andy Nealen = OsmosDev_Andy
MULTIPLAYER:

Play against your friends (and [...]

Hemisphere Games are delighted to announce the Android version of Osmos is now available on the Android Market!

Must – consume – all – motes
To celebrate the launch, Osmos on Android is 40% off ($3 / £2) for the first week!
Get the full version here.
Get the demo version here.
Osmos runs on all Android tablets and most modern [...]

Osmos is just like real life; you float around absorbing biophobes, trying to avoid getting pulled into a giant sun; and just like real life, some tips on sub-nuclear physics and orbital mechanics would probably come in very handy. These tips will help you progress from being wonderfully average, to a little better than average.
Osmos [...]

A post from Osmos HQ’s rocking chair, on a Xoom shaped iPad exclaims…
Dear Robots,
Things are coming along very nicely.

In related news; Osmos has just won best iPad game 2011 over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog (tuaw.com)
Looks like it going to be another vintage year for the Osmos microcosm.
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Over on the Physics of Osmos blog they have an Osmos competition. Create a one-minute video illustrating the physics concept that you discover in the game. The top entry will win a $500 gift card to Amazon.com. The top three runners up will also receive prizes.

Steve Jobs the master of orbital dynamics

To submit your entry, follow [...]

Another woah! for Osmos and Hemisphere; Osmos has won the Apple Design Award 2011!
There were twelve winners, just three in each category of iPhone, Mac, Student and iPad, which was Osmos’ category.
Eddy from Hemisphere attended to pick up his award of Apple hardware and metallic cuboid that glows when you touch it. We look forward to seeing [...]

There’s a new interview over on GFBRobot (Giant Fire Breathing Robot!) where I talk about Osmos, favourite synthesizers and physics.

Visit GFBRobot to read the interview…
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A couple of recent interviews with
Wolfson Music: Interview with Mat Jarvis of Gas/High Skies
Think Before Type: Geek Music – Osmos / High Skies / Mat Jarvis – An Interview
There was a third, but I’ve just checked the link and the site seems to have collided with a dematerializer.
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What a year Osmos has had! No1 in the iOS App Store and Apple’s iPad Game of the Year(!) as well as the PC/Mac/Linux version selling 250,000 copies in a week in the Humble Indie Bundle just before Christmas.

Hemisphere Games, the creators of Osmos, have posted some of the end of year awards it has [...]

Five great games, pay what you want. Osmos along with Braid, Machinarium, Cortex Command, Revenge of the Titans and the High Skies EP, is part of the sequel to the Humble Indie Bundle! There are a ton of amazing things about this bundle (pay what you want, supporting charity, etc. etc.), but the best – and [...]