<s>
Aether	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Edmund	O
McMillen	O
and	O
Tyler	O
Glaiel	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Armor	O
Games	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
The	B-Operating_System
Basement	I-Operating_System
Collection	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
developers	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
seeing	O
a	O
version	O
being	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
game	O
console	O
through	O
the	O
WiiWare	O
online	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
received	O
a	O
positive	O
response	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
blogs	O
for	O
its	O
unusual	O
visual	O
style	O
and	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
is	O
a	O
space	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
washed-out	O
pastel	O
colors	O
and	O
a	O
varying	O
soundtrack	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
piano	O
,	O
synthesizer	O
,	O
guitar	O
,	O
and	O
percussion	O
piece	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Edmund	O
McMillen	O
and	O
Tyler	O
Glaiel	O
,	O
McMillen	O
was	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
independent	O
development	O
studio	O
Cryptic	O
Sea	O
and	O
co-creator	O
of	O
the	O
award-winning	O
Gish	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glaiel	O
runs	O
his	O
own	O
independent	O
studio	O
,	O
Glaiel	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
develops	O
Flash	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
for	O
game	O
and	O
animation	O
website	O
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
initially	O
unsure	O
as	O
to	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
he	O
wished	O
to	O
release	O
Aether	B-Application
,	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
personal	O
experiences	O
and	O
made	O
him	O
feel	O
vulnerable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
developers	O
expressed	O
a	O
wish	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
WiiWare	O
service	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
video	O
game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
McMillen	O
's	O
game	O
and	O
comic	O
compilation	O
CD	O
This	O
is	O
a	O
Cry	O
For	O
Help	O
in	O
early	O
November	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
's	O
graphics	O
were	O
praised	O
by	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrick	O
Dugan	O
of	O
Play	O
This	O
Thing	O
saw	O
potential	O
in	O
the	O
tongue-swinging	O
gameplay	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
Aether	B-Application
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
suggested	O
that	O
more	O
spatial	O
elements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
nebulae	B-Device
and	O
black	B-Application
holes	I-Application
,	O
would	O
have	O
made	O
space	O
flight	O
more	O
interesting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McMillen	O
described	O
Aether	B-Application
as	O
"	O
just	O
the	O
prelude	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
experience	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Yu	O
suggested	O
that	O
a	O
larger	O
game	O
with	O
improved	O
controls	O
"	O
could	O
be	O
something	O
better	O
than	O
great	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aether	B-Application
received	O
an	O
Honorable	O
Mention	O
at	O
IndieCade	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
