<s>
Habitica	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
online	O
task	O
management	O
application	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
format	O
of	O
a	O
role-playing	O
game	O
to	O
organize	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Habitica	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Habitica	B-Application
is	O
a	O
self-improvement	O
web	O
application	B-Application
that	O
uses	O
game	O
mechanics	O
to	O
assist	O
users	O
in	O
structuring	O
their	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Habitica	B-Application
,	O
Habits	O
are	O
long-term	O
goals	O
that	O
are	O
utilized	O
to	O
change	O
a	O
person	O
's	O
habits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
user	O
records	O
an	O
hour	O
of	O
productive	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Habitica	B-Application
app	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
gain	O
experience	O
and	O
gold	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
positive	O
Habit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
user	O
records	O
eating	O
junk	O
food	O
on	O
the	O
Habitica	B-Application
app	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
lose	O
health	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
negative	O
Habit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
official	O
mobile	B-Application
application	I-Application
named	O
Habitica	B-Application
is	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
mobile	B-Application
applications	I-Application
are	O
replacements	O
for	O
the	O
deprecated	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
named	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
promised	O
after	O
the	O
$	O
25,000	O
Kickstarter	O
fund	O
goal	O
was	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tyler	O
Renelle	O
originally	O
created	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
to	O
help	O
with	O
his	O
own	O
habits	O
,	O
having	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
self-help	O
books	O
The	O
Power	O
of	O
Habit	O
and	O
The	O
Now	O
Habit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
version	O
of	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
was	O
a	O
Google	O
Docs	O
spreadsheet	O
with	O
color-coded	O
cell	O
formulae	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
users	O
grew	O
,	O
Renelle	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
Siena	O
Leslie	O
and	O
Vicky	O
Hsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leslie	O
and	O
Hsu	O
became	O
co-founders	O
of	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
formally	O
incorporated	O
as	O
a	O
company	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
apps	O
were	O
renamed	O
to	O
Habitica	B-Application
,	O
after	O
the	O
land	O
where	O
players’	O
adventures	O
take	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
change	O
was	O
made	O
because	O
some	O
users	O
found	O
the	O
name	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
confusing	O
or	O
difficult	O
to	O
remember	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
name	O
remained	O
HabitRPG	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
volunteers	O
contribute	O
to	O
Habitica	B-Application
in	O
various	O
ways	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
by	O
creating	O
pixel	O
art	O
,	O
translating	O
text	O
,	O
creating	O
music	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
writing	O
blog	O
posts	O
to	O
promote	O
Habitica	B-Application
,	O
editing	O
the	O
wiki	B-Protocol
,	O
resolving	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
,	O
implementing	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
answering	O
new	O
users’	O
questions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
on	O
January	O
11	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Renelle	O
started	O
a	O
campaign	O
on	O
the	O
fund-raising	O
site	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
application	B-Application
with	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
$	O
25,000	O
.	O
</s>
