<s>
Piposh	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
2021	O
episodic	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
reboot	O
of	O
the	O
Piposh	B-Application
video	O
game	O
franchise	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Israeli	O
studio	O
Guillotine	O
from	O
1999	O
to	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
point-and-click	O
games	O
center	O
around	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
failed	O
actor	O
Hezi	O
Piposh	B-Application
,	O
and	O
see	O
players	O
explore	O
,	O
collect	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
characters	O
to	O
advance	O
through	O
the	O
plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
creators	O
Renan	O
and	O
Roy	O
Gluzman	O
announced	O
that	O
after	O
20	O
years	O
since	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
together	O
,	O
they	O
would	O
reunite	O
to	O
reboot	O
Piposh	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
push	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
had	O
been	O
organised	O
by	O
a	O
grassroots	O
movement	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
;	O
loyal	O
fans	O
had	O
created	O
two	O
popular	O
Facebook	B-Application
pages	O
named	O
"	O
פיפוש	O
/	O
Piposh	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
חזי	O
פיפוש	O
"	O
,	O
had	O
regularly	O
met	O
up	O
at	O
Piposh	B-Application
conventions	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
building	O
anticipation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
community	O
of	O
fans	O
who	O
loved	O
and	O
reminisced	O
over	O
the	O
series	O
"	O
ran	O
Facebook	B-Application
groups	O
,	O
organized	O
events	O
and	O
constantly	O
asked	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
not	O
seen	O
each	O
other	O
since	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Piposh	B-Application
in	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
duo	O
met	O
up	O
in	O
2018	O
and	O
found	O
that	O
Piposh	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
topic	O
that	O
came	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
they	O
were	O
originally	O
just	O
toying	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
a	O
reality	O
when	O
Elad	O
Tabakov	O
–	O
a	O
long-time	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
who	O
had	O
become	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
conversation	O
–	O
brought	O
the	O
brothers	O
to	O
his	O
hometown	O
of	O
Haifa	B-Algorithm
to	O
commence	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
1999	O
's	O
Piposh	B-Application
,	O
the	O
brothers	O
are	O
writing	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
there	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
a	O
logical	O
business	O
strategy	O
behind	O
Piposh	B-Application
,	O
which	O
extends	O
to	O
this	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Piposh'''s	O
release	O
its	O
target	O
audience	O
was	O
a	O
relatively	O
small	O
niche	O
who	O
understood	O
computer	O
games	O
and	O
how	O
to	O
operate	O
them	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
2010s	O
the	O
developers	O
wanted	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
mass	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Secondly	O
,	O
taking	O
a	O
cue	O
from	O
Telltale	O
Games	O
projects	O
like	O
The	B-Application
Walking	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
the	O
originally	O
plan	O
was	O
to	O
divide	O
the	O
experience	O
into	O
easy-to-digest	O
chapters	O
of	O
three	O
to	O
four	O
hours	O
each	O
,	O
with	O
decisions	O
affecting	O
the	O
future	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Ronen	O
suggested	O
the	O
plot	O
might	O
revolve	O
around	O
Piposh	B-Application
trying	O
to	O
sabotage	O
a	O
Hollywood	O
production	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
promote	O
himself	O
to	O
leading	O
man	O
,	O
only	O
for	O
his	O
plan	O
to	O
be	O
halted	O
by	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
a	O
murder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
18	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Ronen	O
Gluzman	O
announced	O
on	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
group	O
for	O
GamesIS	O
–	O
a	O
non-profit	O
organisation	O
promoting	O
and	O
supporting	O
the	O
Israeli	O
digital	O
gaming	O
industry	O
–	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
currently	O
working	O
on	O
four	O
gaming	O
projects	O
,	O
without	O
mentioning	O
Piposh	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid	O
September	O
,	O
he	O
posted	O
to	O
Facebook	B-Application
asking	O
for	O
developers	O
and	O
designers	O
to	O
contact	O
him	O
via	O
private	O
message	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
upcoming	O
Piposh	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
set	O
up	O
a	O
Piposh	B-Application
campaign	O
on	O
crowdfunding	O
site	O
Patreon	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
contribute	O
financially	O
to	O
the	O
reboot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
day	O
the	O
Patreon	O
page	O
was	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
"	O
פיפוש	O
המשחק	O
החדש	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
page	O
for	O
the	O
reboot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tabajov	O
wanted	O
to	O
pursue	O
this	O
for	O
the	O
fans	O
who	O
wanted	O
to	O
see	O
Piposh	B-Application
return	O
despite	O
content	O
creation	O
,	O
especially	O
game-making	O
,	O
being	O
difficult	O
within	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
adventure	O
games	O
industry	O
in	O
Israel	O
is	O
almost	O
nonexistent	O
"	O
,	O
this	O
would	O
be	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
bring	O
both	O
Piposh	B-Application
and	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
original	O
local	O
gaming	O
content	O
back	O
to	O
life	O
,	O
requiring	O
financial	O
support	O
from	O
fans	O
to	O
pull	O
it	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid	O
2019	O
,	O
Piposh	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Audition	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
prologue	O
and	O
a	O
demo	O
for	O
a	O
fully	O
released	O
Piposh	B-Application
game	O
coming	O
early	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
1	O
,	O
2021	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
gave	O
Piposh	B-Application
:	O
Audition	O
9/10	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
"	O
extreme	O
characters	O
,	O
the	O
witty	O
dialogues	O
,	O
the	O
unique	O
animation	O
style	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
