<s>
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2013	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Hopoo	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Chucklefish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
initially	O
made	O
by	O
a	O
two-student	O
team	O
from	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
using	O
the	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
engine	O
,	O
was	O
funded	O
through	O
Kickstarter	O
before	O
being	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
released	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
with	O
consoles	O
versions	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
later	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
2010s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
,	O
players	O
control	O
the	O
survivor	O
of	O
a	O
space	O
freighter	O
crash	O
on	O
a	O
strange	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
2023	O
release	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
under	O
the	O
title	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
Returns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
two	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
,	O
Duncan	O
Drummond	O
and	O
Paul	O
Morse	O
,	O
later	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Hopoo	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
using	O
the	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Studio	I-Operating_System
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
selected	O
not	O
only	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
easily	O
searchable	O
via	O
the	O
Internet	O
,	O
but	O
came	O
to	O
allude	O
to	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
protagonist	O
in	O
the	O
large	O
game	O
world	O
always	O
worried	O
about	O
"	O
a	O
risk	O
of	O
failure	O
or	O
bad	O
things	O
happening	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
idea	O
Drummond	O
and	O
Morse	O
had	O
for	O
their	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
started	O
developing	O
as	O
sophomores	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
tower	B-Application
defense	I-Application
where	O
the	O
difficulty	O
of	O
the	O
attacking	O
creatures	O
would	O
rise	O
with	O
the	O
distance	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
from	O
the	O
defense	O
point	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
found	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
opt	O
to	O
avoid	O
venturing	O
from	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
an	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
system	O
that	O
"	O
buys	O
"	O
enemies	O
to	O
spawn	O
at	O
random	O
intervals	O
using	O
a	O
point	O
system	O
;	O
this	O
AI	B-Application
is	O
given	O
points	O
at	O
a	O
rate	O
that	O
scales	O
with	O
the	O
difficulty	O
counter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemies	O
have	O
point	O
values	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
difficult	O
enemies	O
costing	O
more	O
points	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
will	O
buy	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
it	O
can	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
limitations	O
with	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
Drummond	O
and	O
Morse	O
found	O
that	O
having	O
too	O
many	O
enemies	O
spawn	O
in	O
stressed	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
so	O
they	O
created	O
a	O
means	O
for	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
to	O
buy	O
an	O
"	O
elite	O
"	O
enemy	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
to	O
otherwise	O
buy	O
five	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
type	O
;	O
these	O
elite	O
enemies	O
have	O
additional	O
attributes	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
higher	O
attack	O
values	O
,	O
and	O
present	O
a	O
harder	O
challenge	O
to	O
kill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
tested	O
primarily	O
to	O
balance	O
the	O
difficulty	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
Drummon	O
and	O
Morse	O
were	O
aware	O
that	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
available	O
items	O
to	O
collect	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
"	O
break	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
by	O
acquiring	O
specific	O
combinations	O
of	O
item	O
drops	O
which	O
would	O
make	O
the	O
player	O
overpowered	O
or	O
invincible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
completing	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
game	O
on	O
their	O
college	O
budgets	O
,	O
the	O
Hopoo	O
Games	O
team	O
turned	O
to	O
Kickstarter	O
to	O
gain	O
additional	O
funds	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
obtain	O
a	O
musician	O
to	O
provide	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
additional	O
quality	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Hopoo	O
team	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2014	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
with	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
America	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hopoo	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
come	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
alongside	O
the	O
Vita	O
version	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
assistance	O
from	O
Code	O
Mystics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	O
versions	O
also	O
support	O
cross-platform	O
play	O
,	O
enabling	O
both	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Vita	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
supporting	O
both	O
local	O
and	O
online	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2015	O
,	O
Hopoo	O
Games	O
partnered	O
with	O
IndieBox	O
,	O
a	O
monthly	O
subscription	O
box	O
service	O
,	O
to	O
offer	O
a	O
physical	O
release	O
of	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
limited	O
,	O
individually-numbered	O
,	O
collector	O
's	O
edition	O
included	O
a	O
flash-drive	O
with	O
a	O
DRM-free	O
game	O
file	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
an	O
instruction	O
manual	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
key	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
custom-designed	O
collectible	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
early	O
access	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
and	O
officially	O
in	O
August	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
,	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
Returns	O
,	O
is	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
will	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
Hopoo	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gearbox	O
Software	O
who	O
have	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
improvements	O
planned	O
will	O
include	O
a	O
reworked	O
codebase	O
to	O
make	O
later	O
updates	O
easier	O
to	O
include	O
,	O
higher-resolution	O
graphics	O
and	O
new	O
music	O
from	O
Christodoulou	O
,	O
better	O
networking	O
support	O
for	O
co-operative	O
play	O
,	O
and	O
characters	O
,	O
monsters	O
,	O
and	O
items	O
introduced	O
in	O
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Risk	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rain	I-Application
was	O
named	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Student	O
Showcase	O
winners	O
of	O
the	O
2014	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
won	O
the	O
Student	O
Prize	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
