<s>
How	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
HOW	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2D	O
platform	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
by	O
Danish	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
Michael	O
Jensen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
official	O
blog	O
for	O
HOW	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
its	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
,	O
Jensen	O
claims	O
that	O
he	O
wants	O
to	O
see	O
players	O
feel	O
the	O
frustration	O
that	O
was	O
common	O
in	O
older	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
commented	O
on	O
his	O
dislike	O
of	O
children	O
thinking	O
themselves	O
to	O
be	O
tough	O
for	O
having	O
beaten	O
games	O
that	O
he	O
considers	O
too	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jensen	O
posted	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
page	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
several	O
early	O
sketches	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
characters	O
and	O
game	O
logo	O
(	O
originally	O
"	O
Tophatten	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
Top	O
Hat	O
in	O
English	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Jensen	O
's	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
he	O
gave	O
up	O
on	O
the	O
complex	O
character	O
design	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
lack	O
of	O
animation	O
skills	O
,	O
sticking	O
instead	O
to	O
an	O
extremely	O
blocky	O
version	O
of	O
Foxy	O
McBox	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
ended	O
up	O
adding	O
to	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
videos	O
of	O
users	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
showing	O
their	O
anger	O
at	O
it	O
have	O
been	O
uploaded	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
since	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
