Renkon

Spent tonight playing Cosmic Osmo by Cyan, the creators of Myst, with my 5-year old tonight and we really like it. It controls in a similar way to Myst, first-person node-based navigation, but the game is focused entirely on exploration with no win condition or way to complete the game. You just explore, clicking on everything to see what happens, and occasionally stumble across mini games. It's just a lot of fun exploring the surreal world created by Cyan and I really like the B&W art

https://store.steampowered.com/app/63620/Cosmic_Osmo_and_the_Worlds_Beyond_the_Mackerel/

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Misty @dog1/12/2023, 2:18 AM

Cosmic Osmo really is great. I love the aimless, toy-like playfulness it has (along with The Manhole and Spelunx).

Michael Klamerus @Michael-Klamerus1/12/2023, 2:26 AM

I agree! They’re so cool

Malachite Tigerbunny @MalachiteTiger1/12/2023, 2:52 AM

I probably spent like 250+ hours on Cosmic Osmo as a kid

Nick V @nickavv1/12/2023, 4:18 AM

This game was my childhood and I quote it to this day

Brody @BrodyBr1/12/2023, 4:25 PM

Still one of Cyan's best works. Really deserves the remaster treatment like Manhole, but also would just love to see modern Cyan tackle a playful toy world like this again.

Josh Scherr @joshscherr3/24/2023, 6:34 PM

This game came out when I was in college (I'm old) and I remember having folks just wander and explore - and this was on the version that came on floppy disks! I tried playing the version on Steam but I cannot for the life of me get it to expand beyond its original resolution - am I missing a key command somewhere?

Michael Klamerus @Michael-Klamerus3/24/2023, 8:37 PM

not that I know of but I would love to be proven wrong