<s>
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2015	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
snowboarding	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Team	O
Alto	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Snowman	O
(	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Noodlecake	O
Studios	O
(	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snowman	O
,	O
a	O
Toronto-based	O
,	O
three-person	O
indie	O
development	O
team	O
,	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
productivity	O
apps	O
before	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
ethereal	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
snowboarding	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Ski	O
Safari	O
(	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Tiny	B-Operating_System
Wings	I-Operating_System
(	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Jetpack	B-Application
Joyride	I-Application
(	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
Journey	B-Application
(	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
initially	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Snowman	O
announced	O
that	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
would	O
launch	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
review	B-Application
score	I-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
received	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
snowboarding	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
environments	O
of	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
change	O
in	O
lighting	O
as	O
time	O
passes	O
through	O
the	O
cycle	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
and	O
incorporate	O
various	O
weather	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Player	O
progress	O
syncs	O
between	O
iPads	B-Device
and	O
iPhones	B-Device
over	O
iCloud	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
Game	B-Operating_System
Center	I-Operating_System
leaderboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
built	O
in	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Snowman	O
,	O
an	O
indie	O
development	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
and	O
lead	O
artist	O
and	O
programmer	O
Harry	O
Nesbitt	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Devon	O
,	O
England	O
,	O
a	O
collaboration	O
known	O
as	O
Team	O
Alto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
intended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
"	O
capture	O
the	O
flow	O
and	O
feeling	O
of	O
snowboarding	B-Application
"	O
and	O
the	O
way	O
"	O
everything	O
else	O
sort	O
of	O
just	O
disappears	O
"	O
when	O
"	O
in	O
rhythm	O
with	O
the	O
mountain	O
"	O
,	O
unlike	O
other	O
snowboarding	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Journey	B-Application
(	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
's	O
Pro	O
Skater	O
2	O
(	O
2000	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
(	O
2009	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snowman	O
's	O
co-founders	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Cash	O
and	O
Jordan	O
Rosenberg	O
,	O
wanted	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
essence	O
of	O
the	O
Tony	O
Hawk	O
games	O
of	O
their	O
youth	O
into	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
including	O
"	O
fun	O
,	O
positive	O
goals	O
"	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
,	O
hard	O
to	O
master	O
"	O
trick	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
avoided	O
goals	O
from	O
other	O
endless	B-Application
runners	I-Application
that	O
they	O
considered	O
negative	O
,	O
uninteresting	O
,	O
or	O
repetitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
inspired	O
by	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
chose	O
to	O
charge	O
above	O
average	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
trade-off	O
for	O
not	O
including	O
offsets	O
like	O
in-game	O
advertisements	O
or	O
in-app	O
purchases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
Alto	O
has	O
said	O
any	O
new	O
content	O
would	O
be	O
as	O
an	O
expansion	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
"	O
Forgotten	O
Shores	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
Alto	O
collaborated	O
with	O
Noodlecake	O
Studios	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
premium	O
app	O
"	O
(	O
which	O
requires	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
pay	O
$2.99	O
to	O
download	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
is	O
free	O
to	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
Ryan	O
Cash	O
of	O
Snowman	O
explained	O
that	O
their	O
decision	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
free	O
is	O
due	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
being	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
completely	O
different	O
ecosystem	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
mainly	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
bigger	O
piracy	O
issues	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
those	O
using	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
will	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
experience	O
as	O
those	O
playing	O
Alto	O
's	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Team	O
Alto	O
announced	O
that	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
alongside	O
its	O
sequel	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
,	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
August	O
13	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
The	O
Alto	O
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
26	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Team	O
Alto	O
released	O
an	O
expansion	O
for	O
Apple	O
Arcade	O
titled	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
:	O
Spirit	O
Of	O
The	O
Mountain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
score	I-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
wrote	O
that	O
this	O
"	O
next	O
great	O
iPad	B-Device
game	O
"	O
was	O
already	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
mobile	O
favorites	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
apart	O
from	O
others	O
by	O
its	O
"	O
style	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
achingly	O
beautiful	O
"	O
mountain	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Webster	O
found	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
to	O
be	O
part	O
art	O
game	O
and	O
part	O
"	O
fun	O
little	O
time	O
waster	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
Sword	B-Application
&	I-Application
Sworcery	I-Application
and	O
Tiny	B-Operating_System
Wings	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
Jared	O
Nelson	O
likened	O
its	O
art	O
style	O
to	O
Journey	B-Application
and	O
its	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Ski	O
Safari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ford	O
predicted	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
respond	O
to	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
either	O
in	O
appreciation	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
sheer	O
amount	O
of	O
artistic	O
integrity	O
and	O
nuanced	O
visuals	O
,	O
"	O
or	O
in	O
disappointment	O
by	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
previous	O
endless	B-Application
runners	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2018	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
