<s>
Gish	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2004	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Chronic	O
Logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
became	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2010	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
15th-anniversary	O
update	O
in	O
January	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
is	O
a	O
physics-based	O
platform	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Gish	B-Application
,	O
a	O
ball	O
of	O
tar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
movement	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
has	O
four	O
abilities	O
:	O
becoming	O
sticky	O
,	O
slick	O
,	O
solid	O
,	O
and	O
jumping/expanding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Becoming	O
slick	O
makes	O
Gish	B-Application
slippery	O
and	O
frictionless	O
,	O
letting	O
him	O
slide	O
down	O
pipes	O
and	O
squeeze	O
out	O
of	O
being	O
crushed	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
getting	O
under	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
in	O
solid	O
state	O
turns	O
Gish	B-Application
's	O
body	O
into	O
a	O
rigid	O
weight	O
,	O
allowing	O
him	O
to	O
push	O
any	O
object	O
he	O
might	O
have	O
squeezed	O
under	O
,	O
fall	O
faster	O
,	O
squash	O
enemies	O
,	O
smash	O
breakable	O
platforms	O
,	O
sink	O
in	O
water	O
,	O
and	O
resist	O
being	O
run	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
jump	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
must	O
first	O
compress	O
his	O
body	O
,	O
then	O
expand	O
to	O
launch	O
himself	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
's	O
abilities	O
can	O
be	O
combined	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
certain	O
situations	O
-	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
while	O
both	O
sticky	O
and	O
slick	O
he	O
can	O
climb	O
walls	O
without	O
grabbing	O
loose	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
slick	O
and	O
solid	O
he	O
can	O
slide	O
downhill	O
at	O
high	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
is	O
a	O
ball	O
of	O
tar	B-Application
who	O
lives	O
happily	O
with	O
his	O
human	O
girlfriend	O
Brea	O
,	O
until	O
one	O
day	O
a	O
mysterious	O
dark	O
creature	O
kidnaps	O
her	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
fights	O
through	O
several	O
levels	O
of	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
sewers	O
of	O
Dross	O
until	O
the	O
final	O
boss	O
appears	O
:	O
Hera	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
's	O
former	O
classmate	O
who	O
has	O
an	O
unrequited	O
affection	O
towards	O
Gish	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
rejects	O
her	O
,	O
and	O
Hera	O
threatens	O
to	O
drop	O
Brea	O
into	O
a	O
pool	O
of	O
lava	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Gish	B-Application
defeats	O
Hera	O
,	O
he	O
must	O
rescue	O
Brea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
succeeds	O
,	O
Brea	O
and	O
Gish	B-Application
escape	O
and	O
become	O
famous	O
entomologists	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
first	O
legal	O
inter-species	O
marriage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
fails	O
,	O
Brea	O
burns	O
to	O
death	O
in	O
the	O
lava	O
pit	O
and	O
Gish	B-Application
goes	O
on	O
to	O
live	O
a	O
life	O
of	O
celibacy	O
,	O
"	O
volunteering	O
most	O
of	O
his	O
time	O
to	O
charity	O
organizations	O
that	O
specialize	O
in	O
bringing	O
lava	O
awareness	O
to	O
the	O
mainstream.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Chronic	O
Logic	O
—	O
an	O
indie	O
game	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Santa	O
Cruz	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
—	O
without	O
external	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
further	O
ideas	O
and	O
discarded	O
those	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
work	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
plan	O
of	O
giving	O
Gish	B-Application
an	O
arm	O
to	O
swing	O
with	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austin	O
used	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
to	O
write	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
compiling	O
it	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
C++	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
driven	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
make	O
it	O
fun	O
"	O
principle	O
of	O
games	O
like	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
and	O
Pitfall	O
!,	O
which	O
they	O
played	O
during	O
the	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
and	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
McMillen	O
designed	O
original	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
36	O
enemies	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
reduced	O
to	O
16	O
due	O
to	O
time	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
on	O
May	O
4	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
on	O
August	O
2	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
compatible	O
with	O
all	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Cryptic	O
Sea	O
in	O
December	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
Mobile	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
J2ME	B-Language
,	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Hardwire	O
and	O
Erphenic	O
Studios	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Pixalon	O
Studios	O
,	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
GlobalFun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
couple	O
months	O
"	O
at	O
Cryptic	O
Sea	O
by	O
November	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
McMillen	O
proposed	O
Gish	B-Application
2	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
2008	O
before	O
developing	O
Super	B-Application
Meat	I-Application
Boy	I-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
2	O
was	O
formally	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
in	O
late	O
2008	O
for	O
Cryptic	O
Sea	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
its	O
other	O
release	O
,	O
No	O
Quarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Austin	O
released	O
the	O
Gish	B-Application
source	O
code	O
under	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Humble	O
Indie	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
celebrating	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
15th	O
anniversary	O
,	O
Austin	O
and	O
McMillen	O
released	O
an	O
update	O
for	O
Gish	B-Application
with	O
several	O
quality-of-life	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newgrounds	B-Operating_System
user	O
Tarhead	O
designed	O
the	O
cover	O
art	O
for	O
this	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2005	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
,	O
Gish	B-Application
won	O
the	O
"	O
Innovation	O
in	O
Game	O
Design	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
and	O
its	O
prize	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gish	B-Application
also	O
won	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazines	O
2004	O
"	O
Best	O
Independent	O
Game	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
revenue	O
from	O
Gish	B-Application
kept	O
Austin	O
afloat	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
