<s>
Godus	B-Application
is	O
a	O
god	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
independent	O
company	O
22cans	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
DeNA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Godus	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
,	O
who	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
his	O
earlier	O
creation	O
,	O
Populous	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
mobile	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
continue	O
to	O
be	O
updated	O
,	O
the	O
early	O
access	O
Steam	B-Application
release	O
has	O
yet	O
to	O
see	O
an	O
updated	O
beta	O
since	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Godus	B-Application
was	O
the	O
effort	O
of	O
game	O
designer	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
and	O
his	O
development	O
studio	O
22cans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Molyneux	O
's	O
earlier	O
creation	O
,	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
his	O
other	O
titles	O
:	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
and	O
Black	B-Application
&	I-Application
White	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
staff	O
of	O
20	O
people	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
released	O
its	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
Curiosity	O
–	O
What	O
's	O
Inside	O
the	O
Cube	O
?,	O
on	O
6	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Godus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
only	O
funded	O
two	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
campaign	O
ended	O
,	O
any	O
remaining	O
pledges	O
would	O
be	O
put	O
towards	O
stretch	O
goals	O
which	O
would	O
add	O
features	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
more	O
single-player	O
modes	O
,	O
a	O
cooperative	O
mode	O
,	O
and	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Ouya	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
close	O
of	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
was	O
raised	O
and	O
five	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
six	O
stretch	O
goals	O
were	O
reached	O
,	O
failing	O
to	O
achieve	O
the	O
goal	O
for	O
Ouya	B-Application
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
13	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Godus	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
early	O
access	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
freemium	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
7	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
27	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Molyneux	O
's	O
social	O
experiment	O
,	O
Curiosity	O
–	O
What	O
's	O
Inside	O
the	O
Cube	O
?,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
in	O
Godus	B-Application
a	O
single	O
person	O
will	O
reign	O
as	O
the	O
virtual	O
god	O
over	O
all	O
other	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Molyneux	O
claimed	O
that	O
Godus	B-Application
had	O
not	O
made	O
a	O
profit	O
and	O
Henderson	O
would	O
not	O
receive	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
22cans	O
switched	O
focus	O
to	O
another	O
title	O
The	O
Trail	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
remaining	O
Godus	B-Application
development	O
team	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
they	O
“	O
simply	O
ca	O
n’t	O
see	O
us	O
delivering	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
promised	O
on	O
the	O
KickStarter	O
page.	O
”	O
Due	O
to	O
Molyneux	O
's	O
apparent	O
abandonment	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
contrary	O
to	O
his	O
earlier	O
enthusiasm	O
,	O
many	O
fans	O
requested	O
refunds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
fans	O
frequently	O
cite	O
"	O
disgraceful	O
treatment	O
"	O
and	O
blatant	O
lying	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
Godus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
extension	O
Molyneux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
22cans	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Godus	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
,	O
adding	O
in	O
a	O
combat-focused	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
original	O
Godus	B-Application
game	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
standalone	O
world	O
separate	O
from	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
update	O
to	O
Godus	B-Application
was	O
2	O
April	O
2015	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
communication	O
with	O
22Cans	O
regarding	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
Steam	B-Application
community	O
was	O
13	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
many	O
years	O
without	O
update	O
or	O
communication	O
with	O
22Cans	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
title	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
December	O
2021	O
interview	O
,	O
Molyneux	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
we	O
are	O
announcing	O
our	O
first	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
features	O
for	O
Godus	B-Application
in	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
and	O
that	O
should	O
be	O
coming	O
out	O
before	O
Christmas.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
criticisms	O
were	O
made	O
over	O
the	O
freemium	O
model	O
chosen	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
