<s>
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
fishing	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
players	O
use	O
motion	O
and	O
touch	O
controls	O
to	O
catch	O
fish	O
and	O
subsequently	O
shoot	O
them	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
sky	O
for	O
cash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
VlambeerRami	O
Ismail	O
and	O
Jan	O
Willem	O
Nijmanand	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
March	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
with	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
after	O
Vlambeer	O
began	O
their	O
iOS	B-Application
development	O
,	O
Gamenauts	O
released	O
Ninja	O
Fishing	O
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artist	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
moved	O
in	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
developer	O
Zach	O
Gage	O
to	O
work	O
14-hour	O
days	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
received	O
"	O
near-universal	O
perfect	O
scores	O
"	O
at	O
launchwhat	O
review	O
score	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
describes	O
as	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
won	O
an	O
Apple	O
's	O
2013	O
Design	O
Award	O
and	O
was	O
their	O
iPhone	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earnings	O
can	O
be	O
spent	O
in	O
a	O
store	O
towards	O
persistent	O
upgrades	O
such	O
as	O
longer	O
fishing	O
line	O
length	O
,	O
invulnerable	O
drills	O
,	O
frivolous	O
hats	O
,	O
bigger	O
guns	O
,	O
chainsaw	B-Language
lures	O
,	O
a	O
hair	O
dryer	O
and	O
toaster	O
(	O
to	O
zap	O
inadvertent	O
catches	O
)	O
,	O
fuel	O
for	O
the	O
chainsaw	B-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
necktie	O
for	O
greater	O
income	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
developed	O
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
,	O
an	O
Adobe	O
Flash-based	O
game	O
where	O
a	O
fisherman	O
sits	O
in	O
a	O
boat	O
and	O
casts	O
his	O
line	O
into	O
the	O
water	O
,	O
pulls	O
up	O
fish	O
into	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
and	O
shoots	O
them	O
with	O
a	O
gun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
built	O
to	O
take	O
"	O
everything	O
good	O
"	O
from	O
habit-forming	O
browser	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
without	O
artificially	O
extending	O
its	O
length	O
just	O
to	O
hook	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
designer	O
Jan	O
Willem	O
(	O
"	O
JW	O
"	O
)	O
Nijman	O
developed	O
the	O
idea	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
television	O
show	O
about	O
tuna	O
fishermen	O
that	O
led	O
him	O
to	O
consider	O
an	O
intersection	O
between	O
catching	O
big	O
fish	O
,	O
slow-motion	O
photography	O
,	O
and	O
Duck	B-Application
Hunts	I-Application
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
sold	O
the	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
to	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
website	O
in	O
2010	O
but	O
kept	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
would	O
call	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
began	O
production	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
2012/2013	O
equivalent	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
Gamenauts	O
released	O
Ninja	O
Fishing	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
similar	O
game	O
mechanics	O
but	O
different	O
art	O
that	O
became	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
game	O
mechanics	O
were	O
not	O
eligible	O
for	O
copyright	O
protection	O
,	O
Vlambeer	O
did	O
not	O
pursue	O
legal	O
action	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
's	O
primary	O
project	O
had	O
been	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Random	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
sidelined	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
new	O
clone	O
situation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
stopped	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
development	O
for	O
several	O
weeks	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
resolved	O
to	O
continue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
concurrent	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
Super	B-Application
Crate	I-Application
Box	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
to	O
industry	O
praise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Crate	I-Application
Box	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
an	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
award	O
at	O
the	O
2011	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
(	O
GDC	O
)	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
largely	O
unknown	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
win	O
the	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
,	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
2012	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
"	O
Best	O
Mobile	B-Application
Game	I-Application
"	O
award	O
at	O
GDC	O
,	O
and	O
Vlambeer	O
had	O
become	O
known	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
development	O
community	O
for	O
their	O
two	O
titles	O
and	O
struggle	O
against	O
Gamenauts	O
's	O
Ninja	O
Fishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
was	O
shown	O
at	O
the	O
2012	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
GDC	O
booth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nijman	O
began	O
development	O
for	O
Luftrausers	B-Application
on	O
the	O
plane	O
home	O
from	O
the	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
now	O
the	O
team	O
had	O
four	O
members	O
:	O
designer	O
Jan	O
Willem	O
Nijman	O
,	O
marketer	O
Rami	O
Ismail	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
developer	O
Zach	O
Gage	O
,	O
and	O
artist	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
Netherlands	O
from	O
GDC	O
,	O
Nijman	O
and	O
Ismail	O
,	O
the	O
co-founders	O
of	O
Vlambeer	O
,	O
began	O
to	O
plan	O
a	O
"	O
really	O
large	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
ultimately	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
idea	O
was	O
a	O
diversion	O
from	O
the	O
realities	O
of	O
finishing	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Eirik	B-Application
Suhrke	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
assembled	O
smoothly	O
,	O
and	O
Ismail	O
submitted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
approval	O
from	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
live-streamed	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishings	I-Application
launch	O
from	O
their	O
Utrecht	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
released	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
with	O
the	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2013	O
Humble	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
highest-rated	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
won	O
the	O
"	O
featured	O
"	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
and	O
,	O
later	O
,	O
an	O
Apple	O
Design	O
Award	O
at	O
the	O
2013	O
Apple	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
noted	O
that	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
did	O
not	O
carry	O
the	O
emotional	O
baggage	O
behind	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
tumultuous	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
Eli	O
Hodapp	O
commended	O
the	O
upgrade	O
structure	O
that	O
combined	O
obtainable	O
incentives	O
alongside	O
gameplay	O
as	O
engaging	O
as	O
Doodle	B-Application
Jump	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Welsh	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
character	O
by	O
way	O
of	O
its	O
fake	O
Twitter	B-Application
feed	O
,	O
and	O
Pocket	O
Gamer	O
Rob	O
Hearn	O
compared	O
its	O
imaginative	O
character	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Wes	O
Anderson	O
's	O
The	O
Life	O
Aquatic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
Eli	O
Hodapp	O
called	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
so	O
well	O
packaged	O
as	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
recommendation	O
"	O
effortless	O
"	O
for	O
both	O
short	O
few-minute	O
play	O
sessions	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
longer	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
offered	O
many	O
hours	O
of	O
secrets	O
and	O
unlocks	O
,	O
IGN	O
's	O
Davis	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
at	O
its	O
core	O
a	O
"	O
simple	O
arcade	O
experience	O
...	O
ultimately	O
a	O
polished	O
arcade	O
time-killer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
