<s>
IncrediBots	B-Application
is	O
a	O
physics	B-Algorithm
simulation	I-Algorithm
game	O
and	O
series	O
produced	O
by	O
Canadian	O
studio	O
Grubby	O
Games	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
purchased	O
by	O
Big	O
Fish	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
Box2D	B-Application
physics	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
objects	O
created	O
in	O
a	O
simple	O
click	O
and	O
drag	O
fashion	O
to	O
interact	O
realistically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
basic	O
kinds	O
of	O
joints	O
are	O
fixed	O
joints	O
(	O
which	O
permanently	O
connect	O
two	O
shapes	O
together	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
larger	O
solid	O
shape	O
)	O
,	O
rotating	O
joints	O
(	O
which	O
allow	O
rotational	O
movement	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
sliding	O
joints	O
(	O
which	O
give	O
objects	O
one-dimensional	O
linear	O
movement	O
,	O
much	O
like	O
a	O
pneumatic	B-Device
piston	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
combined	O
with	O
shapes	O
,	O
these	O
joints	O
form	O
what	O
are	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
 '	O
bots	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
robots	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IncrediBots	B-Application
allows	O
movement	O
in	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
plane	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
screen	O
is	O
the	O
gravitational	O
'	O
down	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
forums	O
and	O
official	O
game	O
edits	O
are	O
now	O
hosted	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
domain	O
and	O
are	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
current	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IncrediBots	B-Application
includes	O
three	O
different	O
modes	O
of	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
another	O
kind	O
of	O
gameplay	O
,	O
called	O
'	O
challenges	O
 '	O
(	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
user-created	O
obstacles	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
reached	O
despite	O
author-set	O
restrictions	O
on	O
the	O
'	O
bot	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
,	O
density	O
is	O
a	O
value	O
between	O
1-30	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
changed	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
shape	O
lighter	O
or	O
heavier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sliding	O
joints	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
2-dimensional	O
pneumatic	B-Device
pistons	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fourth	O
joint	O
,	O
thrusters	O
,	O
were	O
once	O
available	O
only	O
to	O
"	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
Supporters	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
currently	O
a	O
default	O
joint	O
in	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IncrediBots	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
accounts	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
servers	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
prior	O
to	O
October	O
2010	O
players	O
could	O
store	O
their	O
'	O
sandbox	O
creations	O
 '	O
and	O
high	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
accounts	O
created	O
on	O
the	O
new	O
IncrediFriends/IncrediBots	O
website	O
only	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
may	O
discuss	O
their	O
bots	O
and	O
strategies	O
for	O
construction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
than	O
teams	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
also	O
has	O
clubs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
forums	O
,	O
users	O
have	O
many	O
different	O
ranks	O
or	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
basic	O
versions	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
and	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
are	O
free-to-play	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
become	O
an	O
"	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
supporter	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
cost	O
of	O
twelve	O
dollars	O
for	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supporters	O
received	O
access	O
to	O
several	O
additional	O
features	O
in	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
,	O
including	O
thrusters	O
,	O
(	O
which	O
function	O
much	O
like	O
a	O
rocket	O
engine	O
)	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
scale	O
and	O
flip	O
their	O
creations	O
,	O
and	O
'	O
cannons	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
recent	O
addition	O
to	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
,	O
'	O
cannons	O
 '	O
are	O
special	O
rectangles	O
which	O
spawn	O
circles	O
traveling	O
at	O
an	O
amount	O
of	O
speed	O
and	O
force	O
set	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
methods	O
of	O
becoming	O
an	O
"	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
supporter	O
"	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
supporter	O
payment	O
system	O
(	O
provided	O
by	O
Plimus	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
BlueSnap	O
)	O
is	O
currently	O
unavailable	O
;	O
therefore	O
,	O
all	O
methods	O
of	O
becoming	O
a	O
supporter	O
(	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
contests	O
,	O
which	O
remain	O
functional	O
as	O
the	O
activation	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
Plimus	O
)	O
are	O
useless	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
has	O
all	O
the	O
supporter	O
features	O
plus	O
new	O
ones	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
server	O
is	O
run	O
on	O
donations	O
from	O
users	O
and	O
administrators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IncrediBots	B-Application
started	O
as	O
a	O
simple	O
physics	O
engine	O
(	O
Box2D	B-Application
)	O
coupled	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
Gold	O
features	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
supporter	O
features	O
)	O
were	O
implemented	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
9	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
beta	O
testing	O
ended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
on	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
private	O
beta	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
two	O
users	O
called	O
"	O
jayther	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
pokeybit	O
"	O
have	O
handled	O
the	O
technical	O
side	O
of	O
managing	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
thing	O
that	O
distinguishes	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
from	O
other	O
online	O
games	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
nominated	O
as	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
11th	O
National	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
was	O
opened	O
to	O
paying	O
supporters	O
for	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
fixed	O
many	O
bugs	O
and	O
glitches	O
present	O
in	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
providing	O
more	O
ways	O
to	O
manipulate	O
creations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
alter	O
the	O
gravitational	O
force	O
that	O
was	O
constant	O
in	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
alter	O
the	O
simulation	O
'	O
backdrop	O
 '	O
,	O
choose	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
grounds	O
,	O
use	O
non-colliding	O
sliding	O
joints	O
,	O
drag	O
shapes	O
during	O
the	O
simulation	O
,	O
edit	O
groups	O
of	O
shapes	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
on	O
supporter	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
cannons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
was	O
opened	O
to	O
non-supporter	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
variant	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
2	O
(	O
branded	O
Jaybit	O
Edition	O
,	O
made	O
by	O
both	O
jayther	O
and	O
pokeybit	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
receiving	O
continuous	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
servers	O
for	O
the	O
games	O
and	O
forums	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2010	O
because	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Ryan	O
Clark	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
developers	O
,	O
"	O
we	O
could	O
not	O
bridge	O
the	O
gap	O
of	O
user	O
expectation	O
,	O
competing	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
adapting	O
the	O
IB	O
experience	O
to	O
the	O
BFG	O
rules	O
of	O
engagement.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
servers	O
were	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
,	O
all	O
supporter	O
features	O
are	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
jayther	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
Forums	O
,	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
the	O
forums	O
now	O
owned	O
the	O
trademark	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
forums	O
have	O
since	O
then	O
been	O
moved	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
forums	O
,	O
jayther	O
publicly	O
announced	O
that	O
his	O
"	O
business	O
application	O
using	O
box2d	B-Application
"	O
called	O
"	O
Project	O
Legato	O
"	O
,	O
was	O
actually	O
the	O
early	O
stages	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
announced	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
be	O
presenting	O
it	O
at	O
Minecon	O
2011	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
hosted	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Minecraft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
installment	O
of	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
would	O
have	O
water	O
,	O
the	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
Box2D	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
online	O
saving	O
system	O
,	O
customizable	O
sandbox	O
ground	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
GUI	O
,	O
smoother	O
graphics	O
and	O
more	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
jayther	O
and	O
the	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
administrators	O
secretly	O
added	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
3	O
to	O
the	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
website	O
,	O
and	O
waited	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
found	O
by	O
curious	O
IncrediBots	B-Application
users	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
stage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2018	O
,	O
user	O
TheDerf	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
HTML5	O
(	O
using	O
the	O
programming	O
language	O
Typescript	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
was	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
becoming	O
deprecated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
HTML5	O
port	O
supports	O
all	O
core	O
features	O
of	O
Incredibots	B-Application
2.23	O
CE	O
(	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
author	O
attempted	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
port	O
as	O
faithful	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Actionscript	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
code	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2022	O
,	O
user	O
SDDFFDDS	O
worked	O
on	O
an	O
Incredibots-inspired	O
game	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
MacOS	B-Application
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2023	O
,	O
Robot	O
Mania	O
supports	O
all	O
core	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Incredibots	B-Application
2	O
(	O
the	O
Grubby	O
Games	O
version	O
)	O
including	O
challenges	O
and	O
global	O
leaderboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
utilizes	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Box2D	B-Application
physics	O
engine	O
and	O
uses	O
a	O
public	O
cloud	O
storage	O
to	O
host	O
player	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
