<s>
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Richard	B-Application
Hofmeier	I-Application
using	O
Adventure	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2013	O
but	O
later	O
removed	O
when	O
Hofmeier	O
released	O
the	O
full	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
the	O
player	O
controls	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
street	O
vendors	O
,	O
and	O
attempts	O
to	O
run	O
their	O
shop	O
while	O
looking	O
after	O
their	O
health	O
,	O
interests	O
,	O
and	O
families	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
,	O
Nuovo	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Narrative	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2021	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
made	O
a	O
come	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
for	O
iPad	O
was	O
approved	O
for	O
sale	O
on	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
on	O
December	O
10th	O
,	O
2021	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
available	O
to	O
install	O
on	O
all	O
iPads	O
running	O
iPadOS	O
11.0	O
or	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
made	O
a	O
return	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
March	O
20th	O
,	O
2023	O
and	O
is	O
published	O
by	O
Adhoc	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
characters	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
whom	O
has	O
a	O
different	O
street	O
vending	O
job	O
;	O
Vinny	O
sells	O
bagels	O
,	O
Andrus	O
runs	O
a	O
newspaper	O
stand	O
,	O
and	O
Melanie	O
sells	O
coffee	O
from	O
a	O
cart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	B-Application
Hofmeier	I-Application
's	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
came	O
from	O
aspects	O
of	O
his	O
own	O
work-life	O
experiences	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
from	O
playing	O
other	O
games	O
like	O
Little	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
People	I-Application
and	O
River	B-Application
City	I-Application
Ransom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
drew	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Han	O
Hoogerbrugge	O
's	O
Modern	O
Living	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
he	O
thought	O
about	O
it	O
"	O
almost	O
every	O
day	O
"	O
while	O
developing	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
is	O
Hofmeier	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
drawing	O
upon	O
his	O
experience	O
as	O
an	O
illustrator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
developed	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
his	O
spare	O
time	O
using	O
Adventure	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
while	O
working	O
what	O
he	O
describes	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
bunch	O
of	O
bad	O
jobs	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
Richard	B-Application
Hofmeier	I-Application
experimented	O
with	O
many	O
elements	O
which	O
were	O
eventually	O
removed	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
fourth	O
character	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
extra	O
stores	O
and	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2013	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
,	O
Hofmeier	O
spray-painted	O
his	O
own	O
booth	O
to	O
instead	O
display	O
Porpentine	O
's	O
game	O
Howling	O
Dogs	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
he	O
thought	O
"	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
had	O
already	O
overstayed	O
its	O
welcome	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
with	O
Hofmeier	O
saying	O
he	O
was	O
finished	O
supporting	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
while	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
game	O
were	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
(	O
Freeware	B-License
)	O
on	O
his	O
website	O
under	O
the	O
"	O
CART	B-Application
LIFE	I-Application
'S	O
FREE	O
LICENSE	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
public	O
domain	O
like	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hofmeier	O
's	O
webpage	O
went	O
later	O
offline	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
increased	O
traffic	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
mirrored	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
criticisms	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
technical	O
problems	O
and	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
present	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
won	O
two	O
AGS	O
Awards	O
for	O
Best	O
Programming	O
and	O
Best	O
Non	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
Created	O
with	O
AGS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
2012	O
Indiecade	O
and	O
won	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
,	O
Nuovo	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Narrative	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
2013	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
