Ambient gaming: Osmos for iPad

by Simon Hilton on Tue 13 Jul 2010

Enter the ambient world of Osmos: elegant, physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack.
Your objective is to grow by absorbing other motes. Propel yourself by ejecting matter behind you. But be wise: ejecting matter also shrinks you. Relax… good things come to those who wait.
Progress from serenely ambient levels into varied and challenging worlds. Confront attractors, repulsors and intelligent motes with similar abilities and goals as you.

Features

  • Multitouch awesomeness: pinch to zoom, tap to eject mass, flick to warp time…
  • Eight Distinct level types: Ambient, Antimatter, Solar, Sentient, Impasse, Warped Chaos, Epicycles, and Repulsor.
  • Two game modes: Odyssey and Arcade. Odyssey mode is a 27-level guided tour through the Osmos Blobiverse, while Arcade mode allows you to play any level type at your choice of difficulty.
  • Sublime electronic soundtrack by LoscilGas/High SkiesJulien NetoBiosphere, and more.
  • Wind your way through simple and complex solar systems, feeling and using the force of Attractors and Repulsors.
  • Confront four distinct personalities of intelligent opponents, with goals and abilities similar to your own.
  • Procedural content: play random versions of any level in Arcade mode.
  • Thirteen lucky achievements to earn, with OpenFeint integration.
  • Dynamic time-warping: slow down the flow of time to outmaneuver agile opponents; speed it up to raise the challenge.
  • Buy on Appstore

Alternately download the full PC, Mac and Linux versions of Osmos for only $10!
(or, read the reviewsinterviews, and try the demo first!)

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