<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
internet	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
versions	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
,	O
Javascript	B-Language
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
in	O
September	O
2006	O
by	O
Boštjan	B-Operating_System
Čadež	I-Operating_System
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
fšk	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Slovenian	O
student	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
its	O
initial	O
appearance	O
on	O
DeviantArt	O
,	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
became	O
an	O
internet	O
phenomenon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
featured	O
by	O
several	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Yahoo	O
!,	O
but	O
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
Linerider.com,	O
Time	O
Magazine	O
's	O
website	O
and	O
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
McDonald	O
's	O
commercials	O
for	O
the	O
Snack	O
Wrap	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
selected	O
by	O
staff	O
and	O
voted	O
by	O
Jay	O
is	O
Games	O
users	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Best	O
Webtoy	O
of	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
concept	O
is	O
to	O
draw	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
lines	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
on	O
which	O
a	O
boy	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
Bosh	O
"	O
by	O
the	O
creator	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
sled	O
can	O
ride	O
after	O
the	O
player	O
presses	O
the	O
"	O
Play	O
"	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tracks	O
are	O
typically	O
shared	O
among	O
users	O
by	O
uploading	O
a	O
video	O
to	O
websites	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
or	O
Google	O
Video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Revision	O
6.2	O
of	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
optimized	O
to	O
run	O
more	O
smoothly	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
higher-powered	O
zoom	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
storage	O
is	O
not	O
on	O
the	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
website	O
,	O
but	O
on	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
hard	O
drive	O
,	O
therefore	O
allowing	O
maximum	O
storage	O
implication	O
and	O
quicker	O
access	O
to	O
stored	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
written	O
in	O
Silverlight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
people	O
to	O
send	O
tracks	O
to	O
other	O
people	O
via	O
Windows	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
Spiritual	O
Successor	O
"	O
to	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
an	O
in-game	O
recording	O
feature	O
,	O
selection	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
advanced	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
web	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
Javascript	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
hosted	O
at	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
still	O
being	O
updated	O
as	O
of	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Boštjan	B-Operating_System
Čadež	I-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
student	O
at	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Fine	O
Arts	O
and	O
Design	O
in	O
Slovenia	O
,	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
do	O
an	O
art	O
project	O
by	O
the	O
school	O
's	O
illustration	O
class	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
planned	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
coded	O
animation	O
software	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
had	O
previous	O
programming	O
experience	O
developing	O
VJ	O
sets	O
,	O
"	O
little	O
"	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
and	O
presets	O
for	O
Advanced	B-Application
Visualization	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Čadež	O
noticed	O
a	O
program	O
by	O
Anderas	O
Gysin	O
named	O
Cronodraw	O
that	O
partially	O
matched	O
this	O
concept	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
placed	O
the	O
drawing	O
and	O
mouse	B-Device
control	O
mechanics	O
of	O
Gysin	O
's	O
program	O
into	O
the	O
final	O
product	O
of	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
was	O
completed	O
in	O
non-consecutive	O
periods	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
work	O
totaling	O
to	O
four	O
months	O
;	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
involved	O
Čadež	O
learning	O
physics	O
and	O
vector	O
mathematics	O
through	O
tutorials	O
by	O
N+	B-Application
developer	O
Metanet	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Čadež	O
first	O
uploaded	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
to	O
his	O
Deviantart	O
account	O
fšk	O
on	O
September	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
garnered	O
10,000	O
viewers	O
within	O
24	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
popularity	O
escalated	O
after	O
a	O
Digg	B-Application
user	O
named	O
Unconed	O
posted	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2006	O
;	O
this	O
led	O
to	O
several	O
users	O
posting	O
screen	O
captured	O
footage	O
of	O
the	O
drawings	O
to	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
all	O
totaled	O
15	O
million	O
views	O
by	O
December	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
was	O
viewed	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
million	O
times	O
on	O
Deviantart	O
,	O
downloaded	O
more	O
than	O
325,000	O
times	O
,	O
and	O
reached	O
number	O
seven	O
on	O
Google	O
Zeitgeist	O
's	O
search	O
query	O
chart	O
(	O
above	O
searches	O
about	O
or	O
related	O
to	O
Kim	O
Jong	O
Il	O
and	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
:	I-Application
Armageddon	I-Application
)	O
;	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
acknowledged	O
by	O
Deviantart	O
founder	O
Angelo	O
Sotira	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
been	O
amazing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
has	O
become	O
an	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
praised	O
the	O
rejection	O
of	O
the	O
eraser	O
tool	O
for	O
adding	O
challenge	O
to	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
:	O
"	O
The	O
difficulty	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
great	O
course	O
using	O
today	O
’s	O
crude	O
tools	O
makes	O
you	O
even	O
more	O
amazed	O
at	O
the	O
genius	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
artists’	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wietse	O
de	O
Vries	O
,	O
a	O
founder	O
of	O
a	O
fan	O
site	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
named	O
LineRider.org,	O
analyzed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
popularity	O
was	O
attributed	O
to	O
its	O
ability	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
express	O
their	O
creativity	O
,	O
contrasted	O
with	O
many	O
other	O
games	O
that	O
"	O
always	O
looked	O
the	O
same	O
and	O
had	O
too	O
less	O
features.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Čadež	O
published	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
(	O
www.official-linerider.com	O
)	O
that	O
added	O
erasing	O
and	O
zooming	O
features	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
line	O
variations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
a	O
month	O
before	O
until	O
he	O
was	O
contacted	O
by	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
founder	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
rights	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
Skype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
appreciated	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
another	O
Tetris	B-Device
"	O
in	O
an	O
era	O
of	O
high-budget	O
,	O
complex	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
made	O
the	O
player	O
an	O
artist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
an	O
article	O
published	O
in	O
The	O
Physics	O
Teacher	O
magazine	O
concerning	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
computers	O
in	O
Physics	O
education	O
by	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Physics	O
Department	O
of	O
Southeastern	O
Louisiana	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
article	O
uses	O
video	O
captures	O
of	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
to	O
explore	O
the	O
physics	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
use	O
of	O
video	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
2	O
:	O
Unbound	O
(	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
:	O
Freestyle	O
in	O
Europe	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
remake	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
share	O
tracks	O
with	O
others	O
through	O
a	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
connection	O
and	O
can	O
send	O
the	O
files	O
in	O
texts	O
to	O
other	O
phones	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
InXile	O
Entertainment	O
had	O
gained	O
console	O
rights	O
for	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
,	O
legally	O
restricting	O
copies	O
and	O
imitations	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
Fall	O
2008	O
,	O
containing	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
iPhone	B-Device
called	O
Line	B-Operating_System
Rider	I-Operating_System
iRide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
includes	O
iPhone	B-Device
specific	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
accelerometer	O
based	O
physics	O
and	O
worldwide	O
file	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
