<s>
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
is	O
an	O
indie	O
crossover	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Lowe	O
Bros	O
.	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
characters	O
and	O
settings	O
from	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
different	O
indie	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
,	O
VVVVVV	B-Application
,	O
Teslagrad	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Bit.Trip	B-Application
series	O
,	O
and	O
Freedom	B-Application
Planet	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
successfully	O
funded	O
via	O
Kickstarter	O
in	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
July	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
is	O
currently	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
fighter	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
battle	O
across	O
one	O
of	O
several	O
open	O
arenas	O
with	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
attempt	O
to	O
defeat	O
opponents	O
by	O
depleting	O
their	O
health	O
or	O
knocking	O
them	O
off	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
fighting	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
gameplay	O
mechanic	O
of	O
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
is	O
auto-jumping	O
:	O
characters	O
landing	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
or	O
a	O
platform	O
will	O
automatically	O
jump	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
character	O
has	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
aerial	O
melee	O
attacks	O
and	O
special	O
moves	O
derived	O
from	O
those	O
used	O
in	O
their	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Shovel	B-Application
Knight	I-Application
wielding	O
his	O
Relics	O
,	O
or	O
Captain	O
Viridian	O
inverting	O
their	O
own	O
gravity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
a	O
basic	O
arcade	O
mode	O
that	O
pits	O
players	O
against	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
opponents	O
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
a	O
battle	O
against	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
final	O
boss	O
,	O
Crow	O
from	O
Starblade	O
's	O
Nefarious	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
drew	O
inspiration	O
during	O
development	O
from	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
series	O
and	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
called	O
Slam	O
Bots	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
version	O
of	O
that	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
was	O
positively	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ryan	O
Silberman	O
of	O
The	O
Inner	O
Circle	O
Games	O
Network	O
stated	O
that	O
Indie	B-Application
Pogo	I-Application
was	O
a	O
love	O
letter	O
to	O
the	O
Indie	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
"	O
went	O
for	O
a	O
quality-over-quantity	O
approach	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
