<s>
Gorogoa	B-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Jason	O
Roberts	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
14	O
December	O
2017	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
shortly	O
thereafter	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gorogoa	B-Application
has	O
the	O
player	O
manipulate	O
images	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
two-by-two	O
grid	O
,	O
exploring	O
within	O
each	O
image	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
placing	O
or	O
stacking	O
images	O
relative	O
to	O
others	O
,	O
to	O
solve	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
players	O
are	O
presented	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
images	O
in	O
a	O
two-by-two	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roberts	O
considered	O
writing	O
a	O
graphic	O
novel	O
,	O
but	O
following	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
indie	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Braid	B-Application
,	O
he	O
realised	O
he	O
could	O
combine	O
his	O
love	O
of	O
art	O
and	O
interactive	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
despite	O
knowing	O
very	O
little	O
about	O
how	O
to	O
develop	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
fund	O
his	O
work	O
for	O
another	O
year	O
through	O
investment	O
from	O
Indie	O
Fund	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2016	O
Annapurna	O
Pictures	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
begin	O
publishing	O
games	O
as	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
,	O
with	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
being	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
first	O
published	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roberts	O
adopted	O
the	O
title	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
from	O
a	O
name	O
he	O
invented	O
for	O
an	O
imaginary	O
creature	O
in	O
his	O
youth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gorogoa	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
a	O
custom-built	O
game	O
engine	O
created	O
by	O
Roberts	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
ultimately	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
by	O
Wholesale	O
Algorithms	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
more	O
easily	O
distributed	O
on	O
multiple	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
audio	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Austin	O
Wintory	O
,	O
until	O
Roberts	O
decided	O
he	O
wanted	O
a	O
different	O
style	O
and	O
instead	O
hired	O
Joel	O
Corelitz	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
composed	O
the	O
audio	O
for	O
2012	O
video	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Unfinished	I-Application
Swan	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
release	O
,	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Visual	O
Design	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
2012	O
IndieCade	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2013	O
won	O
the	O
Good	O
Game	O
Club	O
top	O
prize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
full	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
holding	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
84/100	O
on	O
PC	O
and	O
91/100	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
particularly	O
praised	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
's	O
illustrations	O
and	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Kershaw	O
at	O
Jump	O
Dash	O
Roll	O
agreed	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
was	O
"	O
beautifully	O
illustrated	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
marvel	O
of	O
game	O
design	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
ranked	O
Gorogoa	B-Application
49th	O
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Top	O
50	O
Games	O
of	O
2017	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
Polygon	O
ranked	O
it	O
35th	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
50	O
best	O
games	O
of	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
