<s>
Hylics	B-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mason	O
Lindroth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
on	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Itch.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hylics	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
on	O
an	O
archipelago	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
implied	O
to	O
be	O
posthuman	O
and	O
is	O
divided	O
into	O
3	O
acts	O
,	O
each	O
one	O
beginning	O
with	O
a	O
prelude	O
roughly	O
describing	O
the	O
current	O
plot	O
events	O
using	O
partially	O
randomly	O
generated	O
sentences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exploring	O
the	O
town	O
and	O
its	O
adjacent	O
mountain	O
reaches	O
an	O
area	O
filled	O
with	O
ruins	O
populated	O
by	O
Cone	O
Cultists	O
,	O
who	O
forbid	O
anything	O
from	O
leaving	O
the	O
mountain	O
to	O
"	O
promote	O
a	O
reverse-erosion	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
reach	O
the	O
Moon	O
and	O
fight	O
Gibby	O
,	O
Wayne	O
must	O
purchase	O
a	O
spaceship	O
key	O
from	O
a	O
hot	B-Application
dog	I-Application
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hylics	B-Application
plays	O
like	O
a	O
traditional	O
JRPG	O
despite	O
its	O
surreal	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hit	O
points	O
are	O
replaced	O
with	O
"	O
flesh	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
magic	B-Application
points	I-Application
are	O
replaced	O
with	O
"	O
will	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jordan	O
Devore	O
of	O
Destructoid	O
said	O
that	O
Hylics	B-Application
was	O
"	O
the	O
trippiest	O
RPG	O
I	O
've	O
ever	O
seen	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hylics	B-Application
2	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
January	O
2018	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
made	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
and	O
features	O
new	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
a	O
significantly	O
expanded	O
story	O
about	O
Gibby	O
's	O
minions	O
attempting	O
to	O
revive	O
him	O
and	O
Wayne	O
's	O
quest	O
to	O
stop	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
Mason	O
Lindroth	O
posted	O
a	O
short	O
clip	O
of	O
a	O
project	O
later	O
revealed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
third	O
Hylics	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mason	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
post	O
new	O
content	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
intermittently	O
,	O
much	O
of	O
which	O
features	O
enemies	O
from	O
earlier	O
games	O
by	O
Mason	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
enemies	O
and	O
NPCs	O
from	O
Hylics	B-Application
.	O
</s>
