<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
a	O
browser-based	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Tiny	O
Speck	O
(	O
which	O
would	O
later	O
publish	O
Slack	B-Protocol
and	O
be	O
renamed	O
Slack	B-Protocol
Technologies	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
but	O
reverted	O
to	O
beta	O
status	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
citing	O
accessibility	O
and	O
depth	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
a	O
casual	O
,	O
2D	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
featuring	O
a	O
strong	O
multiplayer	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
's	O
lead	O
designer	O
and	O
Tiny	O
Speck	O
co-founder	O
Stewart	O
Butterfield	O
began	O
conceiving	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
Glitch	B-Application
as	O
early	O
as	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
because	O
of	O
difficult	O
financial	O
circumstances	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
colleagues	O
at	O
Ludicorp	O
instead	O
focused	O
on	O
a	O
side-project	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
has	O
been	O
confirmed	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
on	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
(	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
official	O
gameplay	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
earliest	O
date	O
on	O
the	O
Glitch	B-Application
calendar	O
is	O
either	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
or	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
which	O
therefore	O
presumes	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
before	O
the	O
calendar	O
was	O
implemented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
played	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
website	O
(	O
tinyspeck.com	O
)	O
before	O
being	O
transferred	O
to	O
glitch.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
officially	O
launched	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Glitch	B-Application
"	O
unlaunched	O
"	O
,	O
reverting	O
to	O
beta	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
had	O
test	O
sessions	O
that	O
ran	O
for	O
usually	O
about	O
a	O
week	O
to	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
bugs	O
were	O
recorded	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
for	O
a	O
week	O
or	O
two	O
,	O
revisions	O
were	O
made	O
improving	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
player	O
bug	O
reports	O
,	O
staff	O
found	O
bugs/errors	O
,	O
and/or	O
source	O
code	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
one	O
,	O
Glitch	B-Application
would	O
throw	O
a	O
massive	O
party	O
,	O
called	O
an	O
End	O
of	O
the	O
World	O
Party	O
,	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
last	O
60	O
seconds	O
,	O
the	O
staff	O
members	O
,	O
on	O
an	O
account	O
called	O
"	O
GOD	O
"	O
,	O
would	O
speak	O
so	O
everyone	O
in	O
the	O
whole	O
world	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Ur	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
even	O
those	O
not	O
at	O
the	O
party	O
,	O
would	O
see	O
him	O
speak	O
,	O
his	O
text	O
would	O
also	O
be	O
shown	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
windows	O
itself	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
song	O
would	O
play	O
called	O
Good	O
Night	O
Groddle	O
,	O
made	O
by	O
Lelu	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
by	O
Daniel	O
Simmons	O
,	O
Glitch	B-Application
's	O
musical	O
editor	O
,	O
replacing	O
trumpets	O
that	O
sounded	O
the	O
original	O
ending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
permanently	O
closed	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
limited	O
audience	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
attempt	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
revive	O
Glitch	B-Application
as	O
a	O
fan-made	O
fork	B-Application
named	O
"	O
Children	O
of	O
Ur	O
"	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
charm	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
while	O
adding	O
a	O
few	O
twists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
hosted	O
under	O
MIT	B-License
license	I-License
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
where	O
Glitch	B-Application
's	O
original	O
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Dart	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
9	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
another	O
fan	O
project	O
to	O
relaunch	O
Glitch	B-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
Eleven	O
began	O
alpha	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alpha	O
tester	O
described	O
Eleven	O
as	O
"	O
identical	O
to	O
Glitch	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2014	O
video	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Eleven	O
demonstrates	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
features	O
functioning	O
as	O
they	O
originally	O
did	O
in	O
Glitch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Eleven	O
Giants	O
"	O
source	O
code	O
repository	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
another	O
Glitch	B-Application
remake	O
was	O
launched	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
"	O
Odd	O
Giants	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Slack	B-Protocol
added	O
a	O
group	O
voice	O
chat	O
feature	O
named	O
Huddles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
all	O
but	O
one	O
participants	O
leave	O
a	O
Huddle	O
,	O
Slack	B-Protocol
plays	O
a	O
jazz	O
track	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
used	O
in	O
Glitch	B-Application
for	O
the	O
last	O
participant	O
as	O
hold	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Glitch	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
The	O
A.V.	O
</s>
<s>
Joystiq	O
's	O
Beau	O
Hindman	O
named	O
Glitch	B-Application
"	O
Most	O
Charming	O
"	O
in	O
his	O
2011	O
Frindie	O
Awards	O
(	O
selected	O
from	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
indie	O
,	O
browser-based	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
