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presence of "antimatter" motes which shrink normal motes during collision no matter which one was originally bigger, or starting the game stuck in a huge, densely packed area with a large number of other motes without much space to move about and having to nudge other motes out of the way by ejecting mass at them.
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In the "ambient" levels, the player's mote typically floats in a large area surrounded by inactive motes, and must become the largest or simply very large. Variations on this theme involve, for instance, starting the game as a very small mote surrounded by many larger, fast moving motes, or the
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when planning movement in order to save mass when changing course. In these levels, the game optionally assists the player with a course trajectory tool that plots the mote's course, up to a short time in the future. Force levels are complicated in various ways, including levels with mutually
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repelling attractors, attractors bouncing randomly around an area full of motes, several "strata" of bodies in retrograde rotation about an attractor, and attractors orbiting other attractors.
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The iPhone version received "universal acclaim", while the PC and iPad versions received "generally favourable reviews", according to the
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The launch lineup will include new exclusive LIVE-enabled versions of popular digital games like
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In the "force" levels, special motes ("Attractors") influence other motes with a force similar to
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with a mote larger than the player will cause the player to be absorbed, resulting in a
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The goal of most levels is to absorb enough motes to become the largest on the level.
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in 2009, the PC version was named "Best in Show" and won the Fun/Compelling award.
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developed by Canadian developer Hemisphere Games for various systems such as
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A free download of many of the tracks was made available in March 2010.
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game of the year for 2010. It also won many other awards that year.
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awarded the iOS version its best video game soundtrack of 2010.
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Index

Osmose Productions
osmosis

Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Microsoft Game Studios
GFWL
Designer(s)
Platform(s)
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
OnLive
iOS
Android
Genre(s)
Puzzle
Single-player
multiplayer
puzzle video game
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Linux
OnLive
iPad
iPhone
iPod Touch
Android
Ubisoft Montreal

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