<s>
Solipskier	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Mikengreg	O
,	O
the	O
two-person	O
team	O
of	O
Michael	O
Boxleiter	O
and	O
Greg	O
Wohlwend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Solipskier	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
draws	O
the	O
snowy	O
slope	O
for	O
an	O
on-screen	O
skier	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
slalom	O
gates	O
and	O
tunnels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
sports	O
game	O
Solipskier	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
draws	O
the	O
ground	O
for	O
the	O
on-screen	O
skier	O
to	O
pass	O
through	O
a	O
level	O
filled	O
with	O
gates	O
,	O
tunnels	O
,	O
and	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
(	O
compared	O
to	O
Canabalt	B-Application
)	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
advance	O
until	O
they	O
die	O
,	O
as	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solipskier	B-Application
also	O
has	O
an	O
online	O
leaderboard	O
,	O
and	O
offers	O
tips	O
for	O
new	O
players	O
to	O
improve	O
their	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solipskier	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
three	O
gates	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
slalom	O
skiing	B-Application
course	O
and	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
distance	O
and	O
speed	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
apparent	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
early	O
drafts	O
had	O
a	O
nighttime	O
theme	O
and	O
included	O
an	O
aurora	B-Protocol
that	O
was	O
later	O
cut	O
due	O
to	O
difficulty	O
of	O
implementation	O
in	O
Flash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
partly	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
solipsism	O
and	O
skiing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
solely	O
designed	O
for	O
Flash	O
and	O
not	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
though	O
they	O
were	O
interested	O
in	O
making	O
bigger	O
games	O
outside	O
the	O
Flash	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
mid	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
revealed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
release	O
on	O
Flash	O
(	O
through	O
Kongregate	O
)	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
simultaneously	O
,	O
which	O
happened	O
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Bergeron	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Dinowaurs	O
with	O
Mikengreg	O
,	O
helped	O
with	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solipskier	B-Application
made	O
around	O
$	O
70,000	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
two	O
months	O
(	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
$	O
15,000	O
from	O
the	O
Flash	O
release	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
let	O
them	O
work	O
in	O
other	O
non-Flash	O
mediums	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
released	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hall	O
of	O
148Apps	O
added	O
that	O
Solipskier	B-Application
did	O
not	O
look	O
as	O
great	O
on	O
a	O
Retina	B-Operating_System
Display	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
unique	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
'	O
one-trick	O
pony	O
 '	O
combination	O
of	O
fast	O
Canabalt	B-Application
and	O
platform-drawing	O
Line	O
Racer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
IndieGames.com	O
felt	O
Solipskier	B-Application
novelty	O
was	O
ephemeral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pocket	O
Gamer	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
toughest	O
and	O
best	O
indie	O
games	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
endless	B-Application
runners	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
hidden	O
gem	O
"	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
