<s>
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
puzzle-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
independent	O
developer	O
Blendo	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
computer	O
hacker	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
armed	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
top-of-the-line	O
hacking	O
deck	O
outfitted	O
with	O
a	O
56.6k	O
modem	O
and	O
a	O
staggering	O
256k	O
RAM	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Brendon	O
Chung	O
,	O
the	O
sole	O
developer	O
behind	O
Blendo	O
Games	O
,	O
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
as	O
his	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
Gravity	B-Application
Bone	I-Application
and	O
Thirty	B-Application
Flights	I-Application
of	I-Application
Loving	I-Application
,	O
and	O
shares	O
the	O
same	O
"	O
blocky	O
"	O
aesthetics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
will	O
experience	O
what	O
the	O
agents	O
would	O
see	O
through	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
goggles	O
that	O
relay	O
what	O
they	O
see	O
to	O
the	O
hacker	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
heists	O
are	O
planned	O
out	O
in	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
simulator	I-Application
within	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Heist	O
Planner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chung	O
,	O
the	O
sole	O
developer	O
behind	O
Blendo	O
Games	O
,	O
explained	O
that	O
his	O
philosophy	O
for	O
making	O
games	O
is	O
that	O
he	O
likes	O
"	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
different	O
genres	O
and	O
try	O
different	O
things	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
considers	O
Cowboy	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
very	O
different	O
direction	O
"	O
from	O
his	O
last	O
game	O
,	O
Thirty	B-Application
Flights	I-Application
of	I-Application
Loving	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chung	O
mentions	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
,	O
Ghost	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shell	I-Application
,	O
Snow	O
Crash	O
,	O
Thief	B-Application
,	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Six	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Uplink	B-Application
as	O
influences	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Blendo	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
that	O
used	O
a	O
modified	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
2	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
Chung	O
used	O
the	O
id	B-Application
Tech	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
Doom	O
3	O
)	O
engine	O
for	O
Cowboy	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
more	O
modern	O
functionality	O
"	O
than	O
the	O
earlier	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
these	O
players	O
made	O
comparisons	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
William	O
Gibson	O
's	O
Neuromancer	B-Device
novel	O
and	O
other	O
cyberpunk	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Blendo	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
critics	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quadrilateral	B-Application
Cowboy	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Grand	O
Jury	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
2013	O
Indiecade	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
