<s>
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
is	O
an	O
indie	O
rhythm	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Terry	O
Cavanagh	O
,	O
with	O
music	O
composed	O
by	O
Chipzel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
versions	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
were	O
released	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
followed	O
in	O
early	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fast-paced	O
twitch	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
triangle	O
on	O
a	O
hexagonal	O
grid	O
in	O
the	O
center	O
while	O
walls	O
come	O
from	O
the	O
edges	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
started	O
off	O
as	O
a	O
smaller	O
game	O
prototype	O
titled	O
Hexagon	O
,	O
made	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
one	O
day	O
for	O
the	O
late	O
February	O
2012	O
game	O
jam	O
Pirate	O
Kart	O
V	O
.	O
As	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
designer	O
Terry	O
Cavanagh	O
saw	O
potential	O
in	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
difficulty	O
and	O
expand	O
upon	O
its	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
visuals	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
are	O
barely	O
different	O
from	O
its	O
original	O
Hexagon	O
iteration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
developing	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
,	O
Cavanagh	O
had	O
played	O
through	O
it	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
becoming	O
particularly	O
experienced	O
with	O
the	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
is	O
voiced	O
by	O
journalist	O
Jenn	O
Frank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frank	O
stated	O
that	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
game	O
like	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
is	O
almost	O
entirely	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
single	O
person	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
become	O
a	O
very	O
personal	O
piece	O
of	O
work	O
;	O
"	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
tiny	O
decisions	O
,	O
and	O
every	O
one	O
is	O
the	O
reflection	O
of	O
the	O
person	O
who	O
made	O
it	O
,	O
what	O
they	O
're	O
like	O
,	O
and	O
what	O
they	O
think	O
about.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Cavanagh	O
used	O
Chipzel	O
's	O
track	O
"	O
Courtesy	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Hexagon	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
again	O
sought	O
to	O
use	O
her	O
music	O
in	O
the	O
full	O
game	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chipzel	O
happily	O
obliged	O
,	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
three-track	O
chiptune	O
soundtrack	O
that	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
EP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
level	O
in	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
is	O
restarted	O
,	O
the	O
track	O
always	O
starts	O
off	O
at	O
a	O
random	O
place	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
keep	O
players	O
from	O
feeling	O
like	O
they	O
have	O
to	O
start	O
back	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
every	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fittingly	O
enough	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
that	O
plays	O
in	O
the	O
ending	O
(	O
lasting	O
60	O
seconds	O
on	O
Hyper	B-Application
Hexagonest	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
reversed	O
and	O
higher	O
pitched	O
version	O
of	O
Focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Terry	O
Cavanagh	O
would	O
praise	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
a	O
tweet	O
reading	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
really	O
cool	O
to	O
see	O
that	O
Open	O
Hexagon	O
is	O
still	O
getting	O
regular	O
updates	O
,	O
all	O
these	O
years	O
later	O
-	O
if	O
you	O
liked	O
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
and	O
you	O
're	O
interested	O
in	O
what	O
a	O
community	O
driven	O
version	O
looks	O
like	O
,	O
check	O
it	O
out	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Super	B-Application
Hexagon	I-Application
has	O
received	O
a	O
positive	O
critical	O
response	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
86/100	O
on	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
and	O
88/100	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Apple	O
's	O
App	O
Store	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
2012	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
2013	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Design	O
award	O
(	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
FTL	B-Application
:	I-Application
Faster	I-Application
Than	I-Application
Light	I-Application
)	O
with	O
an	O
Honorable	O
Mention	O
for	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
.	O
</s>
