<s>
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
basketball-themed	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
by	O
Mikengreg	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
development	O
team	O
of	O
Michael	O
Boxleiter	O
and	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
in	O
mid	O
2011	O
following	O
Mikengreg	O
's	O
successful	O
Solipskier	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
live	O
from	O
the	O
earnings	O
for	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
two	O
year	O
development	O
at	O
their	O
previous	O
salary	O
,	O
which	O
afforded	O
them	O
the	O
stability	O
to	O
try	O
new	O
avenues	O
and	O
reject	O
prototypes	O
,	O
though	O
they	O
worked	O
100-hour	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	O
Gamer	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
their	O
silver	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
Tim	O
Rogers	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
named	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
his	O
2012	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
hardcore	O
social	O
game	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
,	O
players	O
flick	O
basketballs	O
through	O
2D	O
physics	O
puzzles	O
(	O
with	O
flippers	O
,	O
portals	O
,	O
circular	O
saw	O
blades	O
,	O
and	O
gravity	O
switches	O
)	O
into	O
a	O
basketball	O
hoop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
local	O
two-player	O
multiplayer	O
with	O
a	O
divided	O
iPad	B-Device
screen	O
,	O
and	O
asynchronous	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
where	O
players	O
construct	O
levels	O
for	O
their	O
opponents	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
uses	O
a	O
colorful	O
palette	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
cranky	O
robot	O
,	O
who	O
provides	O
a	O
tutorial	O
and	O
resets	O
the	O
ball	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
was	O
developed	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Mikengreg	O
,	O
an	O
Iowa-based	O
two-man	O
team	O
:	O
Michael	O
Boxleiter	O
and	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
releasing	O
their	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
sport-inspired	O
Solipskier	B-Application
for	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Boxleiter	O
and	O
Wohlwend	O
lived	O
off	O
the	O
profits	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
while	O
working	O
on	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
,	O
paying	O
themselves	O
their	O
same	O
salaries	O
from	O
their	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
development	O
days	O
but	O
having	O
the	O
security	O
to	O
try	O
new	O
ideas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wohlwend	O
made	O
somewhat	O
more	O
income	O
due	O
to	O
other	O
collaborations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Puzzlejuice	B-Application
with	O
Asher	O
Vollmer	O
,	O
but	O
shared	O
his	O
income	O
with	O
Boxleiter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
Solipskier	B-Application
was	O
successful	O
,	O
the	O
duo	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
following	O
comparable	O
to	O
indie	O
developers	O
like	O
Team	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
and	O
thus	O
did	O
not	O
feel	O
pressured	O
to	O
meet	O
high	O
expectations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wohlwend	O
said	O
he	O
worked	O
100-hour	O
weeks	O
with	O
no	O
weekends	O
or	O
vacations	O
while	O
living	O
on	O
the	O
Solipskier	B-Application
funds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
making	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
,	O
Boxleiter	O
and	O
Wohlwend	O
felt	O
that	O
their	O
game	O
quality	O
had	O
been	O
improving	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
though	O
designing	O
for	O
a	O
million-person	O
audience	O
was	O
"	O
daunting	O
"	O
and	O
Wohlwend	O
questioned	O
whether	O
he	O
could	O
even	O
recreate	O
Solipskier	B-Application
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mikengreg	O
first	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
had	O
been	O
downloaded	O
200,000	O
times	O
in	O
its	O
August	O
2012	O
launch	O
week	O
and	O
was	O
briefly	O
ranked	O
near	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
an	O
iTunes	O
top	O
downloads	O
ranking	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
break	O
the	O
top	O
200	O
grossing	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
was	O
Tim	O
Rogers	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
2012	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
noted	O
Mikengreg	O
's	O
deft	O
ability	O
with	O
simple	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
citing	O
their	O
previous	O
work	O
with	O
Solipskier	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
Brad	O
Nicholson	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
Amazing	B-Application
Alex	I-Application
and	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Rogers	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
called	O
Gasketball	B-Operating_System
the	O
"	O
inverse	O
Rube	O
Goldberg	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
hardcore	O
social	O
game	O
genre	O
,	O
of	O
asynchronous	O
gameplay	O
as	O
meaningful	O
as	O
FPS	O
deathmatches	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
