<s>
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Robinson	O
Technologies	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
consisting	O
of	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
,	O
Justin	O
Martin	O
,	O
and	O
Greg	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
before	O
being	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
centers	O
on	O
Dink	O
,	O
a	O
pig	O
farmer-turned-hero	O
who	O
embarks	O
on	O
various	O
quests	O
throughout	O
his	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
isometric	O
,	O
Diablo-like	O
gameplay	O
,	O
including	O
weapons	O
,	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
magic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dink	O
is	O
never	O
freed	O
from	O
the	O
grievances	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
pig	O
farmer	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
fact	O
he	O
is	O
far	O
too	O
often	O
reminded	O
of	O
by	O
his	O
nemesis	O
,	O
Milder	O
Flatstomp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dink	O
starts	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
pig	O
farmer	B-Protocol
,	O
living	O
a	O
normal	O
life	O
in	O
his	O
village	O
,	O
Stonebrook	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Robinson	O
Technologies	O
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
consisting	O
of	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
,	O
Justin	O
Martin	O
,	O
and	O
Greg	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
1999	O
,	O
Robinson	O
Technologies	O
had	O
sold	O
out	O
of	O
all	O
their	O
copies	O
of	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
and	O
claimed	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
publish	O
more	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
later	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
distributed	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
,	O
and	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
version	O
of	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
release	O
,	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
often	O
asked	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
if	O
he	O
had	O
any	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
to	O
which	O
he	O
generally	O
replied	O
no	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
years	O
of	O
being	O
pressed	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
Seth	O
finally	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
July	O
17	O
,	O
2003	O
under	O
a	O
Zlib-inspired	O
own	O
license	B-License
without	O
the	O
content	O
which	O
was	O
kept	O
proprietary	B-License
freeware	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
the	O
artwork	O
was	O
published	O
(	O
without	O
some	O
sounds	O
)	O
under	O
a	O
Zlib	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
handful	O
of	O
projects	O
focused	O
on	O
upgrading	B-General_Concept
or	O
porting	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
have	O
surfaced	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
them	O
being	O
canceled	O
or	O
postponed	O
indefinitely	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
asked	O
Dan	O
"	O
redink1	O
"	O
Walma	O
,	O
the	O
owner	O
of	O
the	O
Dink	O
Network	O
fan	O
site	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
patch	O
for	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
eight-and-a-half	O
months	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
numerous	O
builds	O
of	O
alpha	O
,	O
beta	O
,	O
and	O
release	O
candidate	O
testing	O
involving	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
1.08	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
community-fixed	O
version	O
on	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
licensed	O
GNU	O
FreeDink	O
fork	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
developed	O
under	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
umbrella	O
,	O
works	O
on	O
replacing	O
the	O
last	O
proprietary	O
sounds	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
completely	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	O
FreeDink	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
platforms	O
including	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DFArc2	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
GTK+	B-Application
utility	O
program	O
,	O
makes	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
play	O
and	O
manage	O
the	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
game	O
and	O
its	O
numerous	O
Dink	O
Modules	O
(	O
or	O
D-Mods	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
called	O
"	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
HD	O
"	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP/Vista/7	I-Application
,	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
by	O
Seth	O
Robinson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Windows/Mac/Android	O
versions	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
fan-made	O
D-Mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
shortly	O
after	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
level	O
editors	O
exist	O
for	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
level	O
editor	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Robinson	O
Technologies	O
,	O
is	O
DinkEdit	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
level	O
editor	O
is	O
WinDinkEdit	B-Application
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
freeware	B-License
game	O
comes	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
D-Mod	O
(	O
short	O
for	O
Dink	O
Module	O
)	O
,	O
Mystery	O
Island	O
,	O
which	O
follows	O
Dink	O
's	O
adventures	O
after	O
his	O
victory	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DinkEdit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
modal	B-General_Concept
application	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
new	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WinDinkEdit	B-Application
is	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
for	O
Windows	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
D-Mod	O
author	O
to	O
perform	O
the	O
same	O
tasks	O
in	O
a	O
graphical	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DinkC	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
has	O
a	O
C-like	B-Language
syntax	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
Issue	O
#189	O
featured	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
in	O
the	O
section	O
"	O
The	O
Good	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Now	O
here	O
is	O
something	O
totally	O
refreshing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
compared	O
to	O
other	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
humour	O
,	O
being	O
described	O
as	O
“	O
a	O
spoonful	O
of	O
Zelda	B-Application
,…	O
a	O
dash	O
of	O
Monkey	B-Application
Island	I-Application
and	O
a	O
pinch	O
of	O
Diablo.	O
”	O
The	O
humour	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
one	O
good	O
aspect	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
was	O
found	O
quite	O
entertaining	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
elements	O
letting	O
the	O
game	O
down	O
,	O
the	O
humour	O
only	O
made	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
suitable	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
inexpensive	O
stopgap	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
having	O
little	O
replay	O
value	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
,	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
editing	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
wide	O
availability	O
of	O
user-generated	O
content	O
were	O
noted	O
as	O
improving	O
on	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
:	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Sword	I-Application
Coast	I-Application
,	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Dink	B-Application
Smallwood	I-Application
can	O
be	O
found	O
:	O
"	O
(	O
Facetiously	O
)	O
I	O
am	O
Dinkamus	O
Littlelog	O
and	O
I	O
come	O
in	O
search	O
of	O
the	O
holy	O
groundhog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Borderlands	B-Application
 '	I-Application
first	O
DLC	O
,	O
The	O
Zombie	O
Island	O
of	O
Dr.	O
Ned	O
,	O
an	O
adventurer	O
named	O
Dirk	O
Smallwood	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
missing	O
"	O
Misery	O
Bus	O
"	O
crew	O
parodying	O
Scooby-Doo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
