You're the OS!

Devlog

• Version 1.9.0 is out! Introducing swap latency!
  August 08, 2024 by Pier-Luc Brault

  This version introduces a delay when swapping pages between RAM and disk, in order to make that aspect of the game more realistic. Swap latency is higher in harder difficulty modes, and can be customi... Continue reading
• Version 1.8.0 is out! Introducing Priority Processes!
  June 03, 2024 by Pier-Luc Brault

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  Two novelties in this version: Idle processes at the last alive starvation level now show a decreasing progress bar indicating how much time they have left until getting killed; Some processes have hi... Continue reading
• Version 1.7.0 is out! New hotkey and new power-up!
  May 18, 2024 by Pier-Luc Brault

  What's New: New "Auto-Sort" checkbox power-up that becomes available after 12 minutes of playing New hotkey to swap a whole row of memory pages at once (with Shift+Click) Display current difficulty in... Continue reading
• Thank You!
  May 17, 2024 by Pier-Luc Brault

  You're the OS! has now reached 100 000 browser plays! 🎉 When I launched this extremely nerdy game last summer, I could not imagine that it would get that kind of success! Thanks to each and every o... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.6.0 is out! New "Sort Processes" Power-Up!
  May 14, 2024 by Pier-Luc Brault

  This is the first in a series of new updates that I will publish over the next few months as I will have more free time to put into development of the game. This one adds a "Sort" button that becomes... Continue reading
• Version 1.5.0 is out!
  October 25, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault

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  Changelog: Make sure that processes never wait for I/O events for more than 5 seconds Prevent processes from blocking at last starvation level Improve instructions in some of the steps of How To Play... Continue reading
• Version 1.4.0 is out!
  September 03, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault

  Changelog: Added a progress bar to running processes Added blinking animation to I/O events bar when events are available Difficulty level is now displayed in Game Over dialog Added cooldown per proce... Continue reading
• Version 1.3.0 is out!
  August 21, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault

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  You can now hold the mouse button to move multiple processes at once from or to CPU's Keybindings now support numpad The Escape key now opens in-game menu when not in full-screen Fixed bug that caused... Continue reading
• Key bindings now available in v1.2.0!
  August 17, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault

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  Version 1.2.0 is now out and brings key bindings, which was the most requested feature so far. You can now use the spacebar to process I/O Events, and numeric keys to remove processes from CPUs... Continue reading
• Version 1.1.1 is out!
  August 14, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault

  This version includes two bug fixes: Fixed bug where a killed process could be assigned to a CPU, which resulted in the game crashing Fixed a bug where uptime was updated while the game was paused... Continue reading
• Version 1.1.0 is out!
  August 12, 2023 by Pier-Luc Brault#update

  The game now uses a 16:9 ratio, making it playable in actual full-screen on most screens! The in-game Menu button has also been moved to the top-right corner to stop conflicting with itch.io's Full-sc... Continue reading