<s>
Lupinball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
bullet	O
hell	O
dodgeball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Craftven	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lupinball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
bullet	O
hell	O
dodgeball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
plays	O
similar	O
to	O
dodgeball	B-Application
,	O
with	O
opposing	O
teams	O
collecting	O
orbs	O
around	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
shoot	O
fireballs	O
to	O
hit	O
and	O
eliminate	O
the	O
opposing	O
team	O
's	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michael	O
Ventnor	O
,	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
Craftven	B-Application
,	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
Lupinball	B-Application
during	O
PAX	O
Australia	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
told	O
Player2	O
the	O
idea	O
came	O
about	O
after	O
canning	O
a	O
different	O
idea	O
stemming	O
from	O
playing	O
Firestriker	B-Application
,	O
to	O
which	O
his	O
friends	O
described	O
as	O
"[reinventing]	O
Lethal	B-Application
League	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
unknown	O
to	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lupinball	B-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
during	O
PAX	O
Australia	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
playing	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
PAX	O
East	O
2017	O
,	O
WCSH	O
in	O
Portland	O
,	O
Maine	O
described	O
Lupinball	B-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
near-perfect	O
multiplayer	O
party	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
Mick	O
Pratt	O
of	O
Bull	O
Moose	O
describing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
easy	O
to	O
pick	O
up	O
and	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lupinball	B-Application
won	O
PAX	O
Aus	O
 '	O
2015	O
"	O
Indie	O
Showcase	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
selected	O
in	O
PAX	O
East	O
's	O
2017	O
"	O
PAX	O
Rising	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
