<s>
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
company	O
So	O
Far	O
So	O
Good	O
(	O
SFSG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
automatic	B-Application
mode	I-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
endless	O
composition	O
of	O
randomness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
music-making	O
app	B-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
a	O
mix	O
by	O
managing	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
seven	O
animated	O
beatboxers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
versions	O
(	O
or	O
musical	O
styles	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
chosen	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
provided	O
with	O
an	O
interface	B-Application
made	O
up	O
of	O
seven	O
blank	O
characters	O
and	O
twenty	O
sound	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
icon	O
is	O
a	O
unique	O
acappella	O
sound	B-Application
loop	I-Application
to	O
drag-and-drop	O
onto	O
the	O
characters	O
(	O
which	O
represents	O
the	O
musical	O
composer	O
in	O
all	O
versions	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
hats	O
,	O
sunglasses	O
,	O
masks	O
,	O
headphones	O
or	O
other	O
items	O
that	O
dress	O
them	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
used	O
and	O
let	O
them	O
sing	O
in	O
rhythm	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
contributors	O
can	O
listen	O
and	O
vote	O
their	O
favorite	O
tracks	O
all	O
the	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
Top	O
50	O
chart	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
users	O
who	O
just	O
want	O
to	O
listen	O
to	O
an	O
endless	O
mix	O
,	O
an	O
automatic	B-Application
mode	I-Application
can	O
play	O
loops	O
of	O
each	O
version	O
at	O
random	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
the	O
players	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
four	O
versions	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
both	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
website	O
demo	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
paid	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alpha	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
online	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
that	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
website	O
back	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Little	O
Miss	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sunrise	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Love	O
is	O
the	O
fourth	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brazil	O
is	O
the	O
fifth	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alive	O
is	O
the	O
sixth	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeevan	O
is	O
the	O
seventh	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dystopia	O
is	O
the	O
eighth	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
V9	O
is	O
the	O
upcoming	O
ninth	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
that	O
will	O
soon	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
three	O
French	O
friends	O
from	O
Saint-Étienne	O
,	O
Allan	O
Durand	O
,	O
(	O
director	O
/	O
developer	O
)	O
Romain	O
Delambily	O
,	O
(	O
graphic	O
designer	O
)	O
and	O
Paul	B-Operating_System
Malburet	I-Operating_System
,	O
(	O
musician	O
&	O
composer	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Incredible	O
Polo	O
)	O
wanted	O
to	O
mix	O
their	O
skills	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
interactive	O
experience	O
about	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
many	O
days	O
and	O
nights	O
,	O
they	O
finally	O
finished	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
release	O
it	O
online	O
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2009	O
as	O
a	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
for	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
has	O
five	O
categories	O
;	O
Instruments	O
,	O
Percussion	O
,	O
Effects	O
,	O
Voice	O
,	O
and	O
Chorus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
has	O
gotten	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
visitors	O
from	O
all	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
with	O
really	O
cool	O
recognitions	O
and	O
very	O
good	O
feedback	O
from	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
French	O
company	O
,	O
So	O
Far	O
So	O
Good	O
,	O
which	O
specialized	O
in	O
graphic	O
design	O
and	O
multimedia	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
develop	O
their	O
idea	O
and	O
"	O
try	O
to	O
transform	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
into	O
a	O
professional	O
project	O
"	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
explained	O
by	O
Allan	O
(	O
also	O
director	O
of	O
SFSG	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
video	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
decided	O
to	O
work	O
half	O
time	O
on	O
creative	O
projects	O
for	O
customers	O
and	O
half	O
time	O
on	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
set	O
up	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
's	O
web	O
page	O
and	O
begin	O
going	O
into	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
became	O
more	O
revolutionary	O
and	O
completely	O
changed	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
mechanics	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
launched	O
a	O
second	O
version	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
(	O
Little	O
Miss	O
)	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
a	O
third	O
one	O
(	O
Sunrise	O
)	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
fourth	O
one	O
(	O
The	O
Love	O
)	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
SFSG	O
have	O
released	O
a	O
iOS	B-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
of	O
the	O
game	O
only	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
go	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
's	O
release	O
,	O
they	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
exclusive	O
fifth	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
app	B-Application
,	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
app	B-Application
was	O
then	O
updated	O
on	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
now	O
it	O
runs	O
both	O
on	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
and	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
users	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
exclusive	O
sixth	O
version	O
,	O
Alive	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
26	O
,	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
website	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
name	O
,	O
Alpha	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
remake	O
kept	O
the	O
same	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
with	O
new	O
improved	O
sound	O
and	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
characters	O
and	O
bonuses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
on	O
September	O
26	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
desktop	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
December	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
website	O
has	O
been	O
updated	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
interface	B-Application
,	O
revised	O
design	O
and	O
fresh	O
new	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Top	O
50	O
chart	O
has	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
viewed	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
showcasing	O
all	O
versions	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
exclusive	O
versions	O
,	O
by	O
many	O
app	B-Application
users	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
both	O
SFSG	O
&	O
Incredible	O
Polo	O
released	O
a	O
digital	O
music	O
album	O
called	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
:	O
10th	O
Anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
album	O
is	O
a	O
remastered	O
collection	O
of	O
all	O
the	O
7	O
versions	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
,	O
celebrating	O
its	O
10th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
April	O
30	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
they	O
created	O
an	O
exclusive	O
short	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
whole	O
Dystopia	O
story	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
brand	O
new	O
soundtrack	O
&	O
sound	O
FX	O
,	O
different	O
than	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
's	O
YouTube	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
app	B-Application
has	O
reached	O
1	O
million	O
sales	O
across	O
all	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
announced	O
a	O
new	O
music	O
album	O
from	O
SFSG	O
&	O
Incredible	O
Polo	O
called	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
:	O
The	O
Unreleased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
album	O
of	O
9	O
tracks	O
was	O
made	O
during	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
's	O
demo	O
phases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2022	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
announced	O
a	O
special	O
new	O
service	O
called	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
for	O
Schools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
announced	O
the	O
1st	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
9th	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
product	O
through	O
all	O
their	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
posts	O
contained	O
a	O
sketch	O
of	O
a	O
potential	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
sound	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
16	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
posted	O
the	O
2nd	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
9th	O
version	O
through	O
all	O
their	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
7th	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
posted	O
the	O
3rd	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
9th	O
version	O
through	O
all	O
their	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
post	O
contained	O
a	O
new	O
sketch	O
of	O
a	O
potential	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
sound	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
23rd	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
posted	O
another	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
9th	O
version	O
through	O
all	O
their	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
on	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
was	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
FWA	O
(	O
Favorite	O
Website	O
Awards	O
)	O
as	O
"	O
Site	O
of	O
the	O
Day	O
"	O
on	O
September	O
15	O
and	O
later	O
FWA	O
's	O
founder	O
Rob	O
Ford	O
announced	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
site	O
will	O
give	O
you	O
that	O
coolness	O
you	O
have	O
always	O
desired	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
newsletter	O
from	O
Adobe	O
in	O
December	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
updated	O
web	O
page	O
with	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
(	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Little	O
Miss	O
)	O
became	O
instantly	O
popular	O
,	O
that	O
,	O
after	O
600,000	O
visits	O
in	O
one	O
day	O
,	O
the	O
server	B-Application
crashed	O
on	O
April	O
13	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
week	O
,	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
"	O
was	O
the	O
search	O
term	O
with	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
significant	O
growth	O
worldwide	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
measured	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Insights	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
the	O
success	O
was	O
partly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
several	O
media	O
like	O
Vice	O
,	O
Jayisgames	O
or	O
Kotaku	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
"	O
simple	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
fun	O
"	O
concept	O
of	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
others	O
praised	O
the	O
innovative	O
and	O
creative	O
approach	O
of	O
the	O
interface	B-Application
:	O
Slate	O
's	O
Forrest	O
Wickman	O
wrote	O
that	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
was	O
"	O
wonderfully	O
surreal	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
meantime	O
on	O
Gizmodo	O
Eliot	O
Van	O
Buskirk	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
demonstration	O
of	O
outside	O
the	O
box	O
thinking	O
about	O
how	O
to	O
promote	O
a	O
song	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
is	O
impressive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
BBC	O
technology	O
show	O
Click	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Kate	O
Russell	O
described	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
"	O
brilliant	O
browser	B-Application
sequencer	O
"	O
and	O
explained	O
that	O
users	O
"	O
do	O
n’t	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
musical	O
genius	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
’s	O
pretty	O
much	O
impossible	O
to	O
make	O
something	O
that	O
sounds	O
bad	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
and	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
release	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
seemed	O
to	O
be	O
also	O
appreciated	O
by	O
parents	O
and	O
teachers	O
who	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
concept	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
educative	O
way	O
to	O
promote	O
creativity	O
and	O
experimentation	O
by	O
allowing	O
children	O
to	O
explore	O
a	O
less	O
conventional	O
form	O
of	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
app	B-Application
selection	O
of	O
the	O
HuffPost	O
,	O
Shira	O
Lee	O
Katz	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
kids	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
experiment	O
freely	O
"	O
and	O
Polly	O
Conway	O
explained	O
on	O
Common	O
Sense	O
Media	O
that	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
fun	O
"	O
app	B-Application
to	O
play	O
around	O
with	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
teaching	O
music	O
and	O
composition	O
skills	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2018	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
was	O
awarded	O
by	O
AASL	O
(	O
American	O
Association	O
of	O
School	O
Librarians	O
)	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
Apps	O
for	O
Teaching	O
&	O
Learning	O
"	O
during	O
the	O
ALA	O
annual	O
conference	O
in	O
New	O
Orleans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
made	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
AXE	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
AXE	O
Boat	O
Festival	O
in	O
France	O
by	O
creating	O
an	O
exclusive	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
entitled	O
Mix	O
For	O
Peace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
made	O
another	O
partnership	O
with	O
M	O
's	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
entitled	O
Bite-Size	O
Beats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
featured	O
the	O
M	O
's	O
spokescandies	O
(	O
Red	O
,	O
Yellow	O
,	O
Blue	O
,	O
Green	O
,	O
Orange	O
and	O
Brown	O
)	O
singing	O
beatbox	O
sound	B-Application
loops	I-Application
based	O
on	O
how	O
users	O
arrange	O
them	O
on	O
screen	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
brand	O
aired	O
user-generated	O
beats	O
as	O
TV	O
commercials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
,	O
they	O
extended	O
the	O
partnership	O
with	O
the	O
singer	O
Jessie	O
J	O
to	O
unveil	O
the	O
song	O
"	O
Real	O
Deal	O
"	O
from	O
her	O
fourth	O
album	O
,	O
E	O
..	O
After	O
finding	O
a	O
combo	O
,	O
fans	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
unlock	O
a	O
snippet	O
of	O
the	O
song	O
as	O
an	O
animated	O
bonus	O
made	O
like	O
a	O
short	O
video	O
clip	O
featuring	O
Jessie	O
J	O
,	O
Red	O
,	O
Yellow	O
and	O
Incredibox	B-Operating_System
's	O
avatar	O
.	O
</s>
