Comments on: One For The Amoeba: Osmos

By: Cooper42

Cooper42 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:59:48 +0000

I gave this a try when going through the IGF submissions. Played the demo and then uninstalled. Not that I didn’t like it. Just that, well… meh…

A nice core idea, but the demo didn’t seem to suggest there was much more to it. Maybe they introduce more of these gaseous blobs, but I doubt that’d be enough – it just wasn’t fun – there is no level design, and the core movement dynamic just isn;t engaging enough.

By: Candid_Man

Candid_Man — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:42:58 +0000

Let’s hope they manage some complex and varied levels, maybe with many different kinds of ‘motes’ competing for space and mass. And if they could do that in keeping with the mellow mood of their alpha levels, it could be very well 2009′s flOw.

Also, great soundtrack. Dyson and this introduced me to some fine ambient talents.

By: PleasingFungus

PleasingFungus — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:00:48 +0000

Well! That was interesting. Like Katamari, but without the time limit. (Also, it has physics.) I like that you can re-absorb your thruster-particles.

By: Naurgul

Naurgul — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:49:01 +0000

I played it once a some days ago. I liked it but I uninstalled it as soon as I had finished the demo levels. It didn’t strike me as something I would want to return to and I had already forgotten all about it until now. So, it’s worth a try but I’m not really looking forward to it.

PS: Funny fact: Tower of Goo gave me almost the exact same impression back when I played it for the first time so I guess my opinion of Osmos isn’t worth very much.

By: rod humble

rod humble — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:21:33 +0000

I really enjoy this game.

By: Doc MacRae

Doc MacRae — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:02:57 +0000

This was excellent. Really mellowing (though the last level was a little frustrating )

By: Urael

Urael — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Played this a week or two ago – loved it to bits. I hope it does really well in the IGF finals. It’s such a ‘softly, soflty, cathcy monkey kind of game’, very rare these days.

By: yhancik

yhancik — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:44:11 +0000

>> Soundtrack by Gas/High Skies, and Loscil

ohhh perfect <3 !

By: yhancik

yhancik — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:42:17 +0000

In microbiology-related PC gaming news (!), have you seen the video Flashbang posted today ?

http://vimeo.com/2910568?pg=embed&sec=2910568

It’s a “first test” devoid of gameplay, but it looks niiiice

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:40:48 +0000

And didn’t flOw start out as a flash game really?

Yes. It was released by Jenova Chen about a year before the PSN version (which has spiffier graphics but otherwise is basically the same game), as part of his thesis on adaptive difficulty in games.

By: noony

noony — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:39:09 +0000

Superb game. I like that it lets you drift around and become gigantic after the level is won, devouring everything in your path like Unicron.

By: the affront

the affront — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:21:19 +0000

LOL, just a couple of hours ago I read the article/interview about it on the IndieGames.com blog (from the 16th, bad, baaad RPS!) and gave this one a try. I really liked the level with all the motes orbiting around a huge central one. Fun physics with lowering/elevating orbit by adjusting your speed. The other levels felt somewhat generic, though – hopefully when it’s not demo/alpha any more there will be more interesting ones.

Also: Diogo: both. And didn’t flOw start out as a flash game really? I remember playing that, though I have no idea which version came earlier.