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Osmos -- "The Most Chill-Out Game You'll Play This Year" -- Released for Linux

Posted at 8:30 am by brett on May 18th, 2010

Under categories: Ubuntu

On April 16, Hemisphere Games announced that they were currently in the process of porting their game Osmos to Linux. They wrote another teaser on April 26th and then finally released the game for Linux on April 28th.

Osmos running on Linux

Since Osmos has been ported and released for Linux, the developer who spearheaded the port has started part-one of a three part series on his experience porting the game to Linux.

Like any game studio, they're worried about sales, so that is why I'm letting the Ubuntu community know of the game's availability.

Is it worth porting games to Linux? We sure hope so, but we'll have to see! We had a nice sales spike our first week, but it's trailing off fast;

Ubuntu is starting to become more friendly with proprietary software by looking to integrate partner repositories and for-purchase software in the Ubuntu Software Centre. So if you want to help games on Linux and don't mind proprietary software, take a look at Osmos, available for $10 USD.

Happy Gaming!

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  • ethana2

    Excellent, they have a .deb.

    Too many people think you can just crank out some .tar.gz file and call it a 'linux version'.

  • ethana2

    Excellent, they have a .deb.

    Too many people think you can just crank out some .tar.gz file and call it a 'linux version'.

  • kklimonda

    Osmos is a good example of why I believe Ubuntu needs a proprietary category in its Software Store - the game is great, the music amazing it's fairly cheap and I have learnt about it a week ago by reading some blog post about developing games for linux - not a way your average Joe learns about new software :).

  • kklimonda

    Osmos is a good example of why I believe Ubuntu needs a proprietary category in its Software Store - the game is great, the music amazing it's fairly cheap and I have learnt about it a week ago by reading some blog post about developing games for linux - not a way your average Joe learns about new software :).

  • leighman

    Got this game last week some time.
    Awesome =D

  • leighman

    Got this game last week some time.
    Awesome =D

  • Eddward

    It's a good game, but I'm not sure I would call the 'survival of the fittest' type levels in the full version 'chill'. Some of the attractor levels can get a bit tense as well if you are trying to win.

  • Eddward

    It's a good game, but I'm not sure I would call the 'survival of the fittest' type levels in the full version 'chill'. Some of the attractor levels can get a bit tense as well if you are trying to win.

  • Joseph

    Part two is up: http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/05/18/porting-osmos-to-linux-a-post-mortem-part-23/

    This person really needs some talking with Jono and System76/ZaReason!!

  • Joseph

    Part two is up: http://www.hemispheregames.com/2010/05/18/porting-osmos-to-linux-a-post-mortem-part-23/

    This person really needs some talking with Jono and System76/ZaReason!!