<s>
Kye	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
puzzle	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
interacting	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
ideas	O
from	O
puzzle	O
games	O
like	O
Sokoban	B-Device
and	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
active	O
objects	O
gives	O
it	O
a	O
real-time	O
component	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
produce	O
arcade-game	O
levels	O
like	O
those	O
found	O
in	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kye	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Colin	O
Garbutt	O
of	O
Towednack	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kye	B-Application
is	O
also	O
the	O
object	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
of	O
Kye	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
1992	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
widely	O
distributed	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
in	O
collections	O
of	O
shareware	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
Kye	B-Application
has	O
been	O
reproduced	O
for	O
platforms	O
other	O
than	O
Windows	O
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Python	O
Kye	B-Application
reproduces	O
the	O
behaviour	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
very	O
closely	O
,	O
including	O
some	O
behaviour	O
that	O
was	O
probably	O
unintended	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
author	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
been	O
other	O
versions	O
of	O
Kye	B-Application
produced	O
or	O
attempted	O
since	O
1992	O
,	O
including	O
versions	O
for	O
hand-held	O
devices	O
,	O
but	O
these	O
other	O
versions	O
seem	O
defunct	O
now	O
leaving	O
only	O
Python	O
Kye	B-Application
and	O
Xye	O
still	O
supported	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
Kye	B-Application
,	O
a	O
green	O
sphere	O
,	O
using	O
either	O
the	O
mouse	O
or	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
movement	O
–	O
Kye	B-Application
interacts	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
pushing	O
objects	O
,	O
pulling	O
them	O
,	O
or	O
consuming/collecting	O
them	O
(	O
by	O
stepping	O
onto	O
them	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
objects	O
are	O
the	O
Kye	B-Application
,	O
diamonds	O
,	O
solid	O
walls	O
,	O
soft	O
blocks	O
(	O
which	O
are	O
consumed	O
by	O
walking	O
through	O
them	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
solid	O
,	O
movable	O
blocks	O
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
pushed	O
around	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sticker	O
attracts	O
and	O
immobilizes	O
any	O
movable	O
object	O
(	O
other	O
than	O
Kye	B-Application
or	O
another	O
sticker	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
variety	O
)	O
that	O
comes	O
within	O
two	O
squares	O
of	O
it	O
along	O
its	O
axis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kye	B-Application
can	O
also	O
use	O
them	O
to	O
pull	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combinations	O
of	O
these	O
objects	O
alone	O
gives	O
an	O
entirely	O
non-real-time	O
puzzle	O
,	O
enabling	O
puzzles	O
like	O
Sokoban	B-Device
to	O
be	O
constructed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Although	O
Kye	B-Application
lacks	O
a	O
fillable-hole	O
object	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
combine	O
the	O
sticky	O
blocks	O
with	O
some	O
traps	O
to	O
enable	O
a	O
Sokoban-like	O
gameplay	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
these	O
have	O
some	O
similarity	O
with	O
falling-rocks	O
puzzle	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
in	O
Kye	B-Application
they	O
can	O
go	O
in	O
four	O
directions	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
turning	O
blocks	O
(	O
clockers	O
and	O
anticlockers	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
redirect	O
a	O
stream	O
of	O
sliders	O
or	O
rockies	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
construct	O
circular	O
flows	O
and	O
periodic	O
mechanisms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
home	O
in	O
on	O
Kye	B-Application
,	O
who	O
loses	O
a	O
life	O
(	O
of	O
four	O
allotted	O
for	O
each	O
level	O
,	O
as	O
0	O
lives	O
count	O
as	O
a	O
life	O
)	O
on	O
contact	O
with	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
take	O
Kye	B-Application
further	O
from	O
the	O
puzzle	O
game	O
area	O
where	O
it	O
started	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kye	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
play	O
custom	O
level	O
files	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
simple	O
text-based	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1	O
had	O
no	O
level	O
editor	O
,	O
thus	O
requiring	O
level	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
using	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
level	O
editors	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
created	O
with	O
multi-level	O
file	O
support	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Python	O
Kye	B-Application
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
