Cosmic Osmo: Difference between revisions

The setting is the Osmoian system, home of the quirky, amiable Osmos: aliens with huge feet and round, honkable noses. Your conveyance is a cozy two-room spaceship called the Osmobile, but you can also slip between worlds through [[Portal Network|a vast network of shortcuts]]. No matter where you end up, the Osmobile's autopilot will have it waiting for you in orbit.

 

 

Despite ''Osmo's'' fanbase on the [[Mac]], where it remained an exclusive until 2008, [http://store.steampowered.com/app/63620/ it can now be found on Steam] ''for Windows users only''. Even though the original won't run on today's OS X at all... and despite the developer of the Windows port saying that recompiling her work for OS X would be [http://www.runrev.com/newsletter/may/issue26/newsletter2.php "trivial".]

* [[555]] -- Any phone in the game can be called from any other. All of the numbers start with 555.

* [[Flat World]] -- Even though the planet in question is spherical when viewed from space, you can hit the edges of the map (with a "bonk" noise) when navigating by boat.

* [[Granola Girl]] -- Princess Osmorella, she of the lava lamps and [[Flying Car|"flower power" space van]].

{{quote|"Come hither, groovy alien."}}

* [[Techno Babble]] -- Those rings on the Osmobile's nosecone? ''Aero-ether Quanto-particulate Detecto Rings.'' The antenna on top? ''A triple-loop Polar Yagi Recepto-Wod.'' And so forth.

* [[Treehouse of Fun]] -- Subverted. The treehouse is "a place of relaxation" with nothing but a hot beverage dispenser and some teacups on a picnic table.

* [[Updated Rerelease]] -- ''Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel'' added three new worlds to the original's four, along with enhancements such as a CD audio soundtrack.

* [[White Void Room]] -- Contains a magical pencil that can [[Painted Tunnel, Real Train|draw other areas of the game around you]].