<s>
Inside	O
is	O
a	O
puzzle-platform	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Playdead	O
in	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
7	O
,	O
and	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
December	O
2017	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
June	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
boy	O
in	O
a	O
dystopic	B-Application
world	O
,	O
solving	O
environmental	O
puzzles	O
and	O
avoiding	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Playdead	O
's	O
2010	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
with	O
similar	O
2.5D	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playdead	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
Inside	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
using	O
Limbos	B-Application
custom	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
switched	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
to	O
simplify	O
development	O
,	O
adding	O
their	O
own	O
rendering	O
routines	O
,	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
signature	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
noted	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
improvement	O
over	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
praising	O
its	O
art	O
direction	O
,	O
atmosphere	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
Inside	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
multiple	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
as	O
compiled	O
by	O
game	O
journalists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
boy	O
gains	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
control	O
bodies	O
to	O
complete	O
certain	O
puzzles	O
,	O
a	O
mechanic	O
that	O
IGN	O
Marty	O
Sliva	O
compared	O
to	O
a	O
similar	O
mechanic	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Swapper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
the	O
predecessor	O
game	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
these	O
deaths	O
are	O
presented	O
realistically	O
and	O
are	O
often	O
graphic	O
,	O
but	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
degree	O
,	O
earning	O
the	O
ESRB	O
's	O
Mature	O
rating	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
Limbo	B-Application
Teen	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playdead	O
released	O
the	O
monochromatic	O
Limbo	B-Application
in	O
July	O
2010	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
critically	O
praised	O
and	O
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
Inside	O
reclaimed	O
assets	O
from	O
Limbo	B-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Playdead	O
had	O
built	O
a	O
custom	O
game	O
engine	O
for	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
they	O
chose	O
Unity	B-Application
to	O
reduce	O
their	O
workload	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
created	O
a	O
temporal	B-Algorithm
anti-aliasing	I-Algorithm
filter	O
for	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
entitled	O
"	O
temporal	O
reprojection	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
signature	O
look	O
for	O
Inside	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Playdead	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
license	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
animate	O
it	O
,	O
Grøntved	O
took	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
motion	O
of	O
Nago	O
the	O
demon	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
boar	O
god	O
from	O
Princess	O
Mononoke	O
,	O
the	O
squishiness	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Gish	B-Application
,	O
and	O
human	O
behavior	O
during	O
crowd	O
surfing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model	O
uses	O
a	O
26-body	B-Algorithm
simulation	I-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
core	O
of	O
the	O
Huddle	O
,	O
driven	O
by	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
impulses	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
the	O
local	O
environment	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
Huddle	O
to	O
reconfigure	O
itself	O
as	O
it	O
needed	O
in	O
certain	O
situations	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
fitting	O
into	O
tight	O
spaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
non-Microsoft	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
Playdead	O
had	O
purposely	O
waited	O
four	O
years	O
so	O
as	O
to	O
give	O
little	O
time	O
between	O
the	O
announce	O
event	O
and	O
the	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
delay	O
,	O
Playdead	O
only	O
planned	O
for	O
initial	O
release	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
but	O
had	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
other	O
consoles	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playdead	O
announced	O
Inside	O
release	O
dates	O
during	O
E3	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
limited-time	O
promotion	O
,	O
let	O
players	O
download	O
Limbo	B-Application
for	O
free	O
in	O
advance	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
29	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Windows	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
7	O
July	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
followed	O
:	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
23	O
August	O
,	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
on	O
June	O
28	O
,	O
2018	O
alongside	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Limbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
505	O
Games	O
published	O
Inside	O
and	O
Limbo	B-Application
as	O
a	O
dual-game	O
retail	O
package	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playdead	O
partnered	O
with	O
iam8bit	O
and	O
Abyss	O
Creations	O
(	O
the	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
RealDoll	O
)	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
special	O
release	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
which	O
includes	O
a	O
silicone	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
Huddle	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
additional	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Martin	O
Stig	O
Andersen	O
,	O
with	O
SØS	O
Gunver	O
Ryberg	O
,	O
composed	O
and	O
designed	O
Insides	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
returning	O
from	O
Limbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
required	O
Andersen	O
to	O
work	O
more	O
closely	O
with	O
the	O
game-play	O
developers	O
than	O
he	O
had	O
in	O
Limbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	O
received	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
a	O
worthy	O
successor	O
to	O
Limbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
previewing	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
E3	O
2016	O
,	O
IGN	O
Marty	O
Sliva	O
considered	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Super	O
Limbo	B-Application
"	O
,	O
polishing	O
and	O
improving	O
from	O
Playdead	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
into	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
done	O
for	O
its	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
bringing	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirk	O
Hamilton	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
an	O
"	O
evolution	O
"	O
on	O
what	O
Playdead	O
has	O
succeeded	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
Limbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
like	O
for	O
Limbo	B-Application
,	O
several	O
publications	O
have	O
included	O
Inside	O
on	O
their	O
lists	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
won	O
the	O
awards	O
for	O
"	O
Golden	O
Cube	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Desktop/Console	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
Awards	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
also	O
won	O
the	O
award	O
for	O
"	O
Best-Looking	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Giant	O
Bomb	O
2016	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Awards	O
,	O
whereas	O
its	O
other	O
nomination	O
was	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Moment	O
or	O
Sequence	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Award	O
Category	O
Result	O
Ref	O
2016	O
Game	O
Critics	O
Awards	O
2016	O
Best	O
Independent	O
Game	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
2016	O
Best	O
Original	O
Game	O
Best	O
Visual	O
Design	O
Best	O
Audio	O
Best	O
Indie	O
Game	O
Best	O
Gaming	O
Moment	O
(	O
The	O
Ending	O
)	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Xbox	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2016	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Best	O
Narrative	O
Best	O
Art	O
Direction	O
Best	O
Music/Sound	O
Design	O
Best	O
Independent	O
Game	O
2017	O
20th	O
Annual	O
D.I.C.E.	O
</s>
