<s>
Teardown	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2022	O
sandbox	O
,	O
puzzle	O
and	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Tuxedo	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
features	O
levels	O
made	O
of	O
destructible	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
follows	O
the	O
campaign	O
through	O
subsequent	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	O
game	O
engine	O
developed	O
by	O
Dennis	O
Gustafsson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
initially	O
implemented	O
destructible	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
with	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
and	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
former	O
Mediocre	O
designer	O
Emil	O
Bengtsson	O
to	O
find	O
amicable	O
gameplay	O
concepts	O
that	O
used	O
this	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
regularly	O
shared	O
development	O
updates	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
the	O
resulting	O
popularity	O
led	O
him	O
to	O
not	O
pursue	O
traditional	O
marketing	O
for	O
Teardown	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
saw	O
positive	O
reactions	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
and	O
during	O
its	O
early	O
access	O
phase	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
received	O
favourable	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
sold	O
1.1million	O
copies	O
by	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
success	O
led	O
to	O
Tuxedo	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Saber	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
is	O
a	O
sandbox	O
game	O
with	O
puzzle	O
and	O
action	B-Application
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
freely	O
navigate	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
nine	O
levels	O
,	O
which	O
consist	O
entirely	O
of	O
destructible	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
materials	O
require	O
stronger	O
tools	O
to	O
destroy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
tools	O
are	O
unlocked	O
throughout	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
blowtorch	O
,	O
a	O
shotgun	O
,	O
bombs	B-Device
,	O
and	O
a	O
rocket	O
launcher	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
limited	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Level	O
overviews	O
and	O
route	O
replays	B-Application
are	O
presented	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
challenge	O
modes	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
each	O
unlocked	O
level	O
:	O
In	O
Mayhem	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
destroy	O
as	O
many	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
as	O
possible	O
within	O
sixty	O
seconds	O
;	O
in	O
Hunted	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
collecting	O
randomly	O
appearing	O
items	O
while	O
being	O
chased	O
by	O
an	O
attack	O
helicopter	O
;	O
and	O
in	O
Fetch	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
collect	O
as	O
many	O
items	O
as	O
possible	O
in	O
a	O
sixty-second	O
time	O
frame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
game	O
elements	O
are	O
scriptable	O
using	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
1,100	O
mods	O
had	O
been	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Workshop	O
by	O
May	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardowns	B-Application
story	O
is	O
primarily	O
told	O
through	O
emails	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
receives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
Löckelle	O
Municipality	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
unnamed	O
owner	O
of	O
Löckelle	O
Teardown	B-Application
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terdiman	O
and	O
the	O
Löckelle	O
Police	O
Department	O
raid	O
Hollowrock	O
Island	O
and	O
apprehend	O
Amanatides	O
,	O
who	O
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
had	O
already	O
deployed	O
the	O
Truxterminator	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Cullington	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
had	O
spotted	O
the	O
former	O
Löckelle	O
Teardown	B-Application
Services	O
company	O
vehicle	O
in	O
Tracy	O
's	O
driveway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Tuxedo	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
,	O
an	O
indie	O
game	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
Swedish	O
programmer	O
Dennis	O
Gustafsson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
had	O
previously	O
been	O
involved	O
with	O
companies	O
developing	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
for	O
game	O
physics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
Henrik	O
Johansson	O
,	O
he	O
had	O
founded	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
studio	O
Mediocre	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
worked	O
on	O
Smash	B-Language
Hit	I-Language
,	O
PinOut	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Sprinkle	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
shutting	O
down	O
Mediocre	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
Gustafsson	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
technology	O
for	O
destructible	O
environments	O
using	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
,	O
an	O
idea	O
he	O
had	O
been	O
looking	O
to	O
pursue	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voxels	B-Algorithm
appeared	O
easier	O
to	O
implement	O
because	O
regular	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
would	O
have	O
led	O
to	O
arbitrary	O
geometry	O
with	O
overly	O
complex	O
collision	O
detection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
MagicaVoxel	O
,	O
he	O
implemented	O
the	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
technology	O
alongside	O
real-time	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
voxel-based	O
scenes	O
made	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reflection	O
colours	O
use	O
screen	O
space	O
reflection	O
instead	O
of	O
full-path	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
"	O
for	O
performance	O
reasons	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
traditional	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
engines	O
that	O
manage	O
all	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
in	O
a	O
single	O
volume	O
,	O
Gustafsson	O
chose	O
to	O
use	O
several	O
volumes	O
that	O
contain	O
a	O
smaller	O
number	O
of	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
to	O
allow	O
for	O
local	O
translation	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
game	O
engine	O
and	O
custom	O
tools	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
were	O
implemented	O
using	O
an	O
8-bit	O
colour	O
palette	O
,	O
where	O
each	O
material	O
determines	O
a	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
's	O
colour	O
,	O
roughness	O
,	O
emissiveness	O
,	O
reflectivity	O
,	O
and	O
physical	O
material	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
creating	O
a	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
sandbox	O
,	O
he	O
worked	O
alongside	O
former	O
Mediocre	O
designer	O
Emil	O
Bengtsson	O
to	O
come	O
up	O
with	O
gameplay	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
Smash	B-Language
Hit	I-Language
and	O
Sprinkle	O
,	O
Gustafsson	O
wanted	O
to	O
model	O
the	O
gameplay	O
around	O
the	O
technology	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
using	O
destruction	O
as	O
a	O
key	O
element	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
explored	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
prototype	O
featuring	O
giant	O
spiders	O
,	O
but	O
Gustafsson	O
and	O
Bengtsson	O
were	O
generally	O
not	O
content	O
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
enemies	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
would	O
disrupt	O
the	O
destructive	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
and	O
Bengtson	O
considered	O
this	O
task	O
too	O
trivial	O
but	O
regarded	O
using	O
limited	O
tools	O
and	O
caches	B-Application
as	O
too	O
restrictive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
shared	O
the	O
progress	O
of	O
his	O
technology	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
from	O
2018	O
onwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
quick	O
save	O
system	O
,	O
Gustafsson	O
used	O
run-length	B-Algorithm
encoding	I-Algorithm
to	O
compress	B-General_Concept
world	O
data	O
at	O
high	O
speeds	O
,	O
seeking	O
to	O
encourage	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
use	O
by	O
eliminating	O
long	O
load	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adding	O
multiplayer	O
was	O
not	O
planned	O
as	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
single-player	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
considered	O
the	O
networked	O
synchronisation	O
of	O
all	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
physics	O
technically	O
infeasible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anticipating	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
want	O
to	O
mod	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
moved	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
gameplay	O
logic	O
from	O
C++	B-Language
to	O
Lua	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Douglas	O
Holmquist	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
many	O
of	O
Mediocre	O
's	O
games	O
,	O
created	O
Teardowns	B-Application
music	O
and	O
sound	O
design	O
,	O
starting	O
part-time	O
November	O
2019	O
before	O
joining	O
full-time	O
in	O
February	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
,	O
unused	O
sounds	O
Holmquist	O
had	O
created	O
for	O
Smash	B-Language
Hit	I-Language
were	O
used	O
as	O
placeholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
revealed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
Teardown	B-Application
on	O
1	O
October	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
was	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
walkthrough	O
video	O
,	O
a	O
website	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
preparatory	O
Steam	B-Application
storefront	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
formally	O
founded	O
Tuxedo	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
in	O
Malmö	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
trailer	O
showcased	O
Teardown	B-Application
during	O
Gamescom	O
:	O
Opening	O
Night	O
Live	O
in	O
August	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
planned	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
title	O
for	O
Windows	O
later	O
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
as	O
such	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
29	O
October	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
later	O
brought	O
on	O
John	O
Kearney	O
as	O
Teardowns	B-Application
art	O
director	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
early	O
access	O
phase	O
,	O
Teardown	B-Application
was	O
received	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graham	O
Smith	O
of	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun	O
lauded	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
destruction	O
mechanics	O
and	O
their	O
intrinsic	O
value	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
destruction	O
technology	O
to	O
outperform	O
foregone	O
destruction-focused	O
games	O
like	O
Red	B-Application
Faction	I-Application
:	I-Application
Guerrilla	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamers	O
Natalie	O
Clayton	O
praised	O
Teardowns	B-Application
ray-traced	O
lighting	O
implementation	O
and	O
overall	O
art	O
style	O
as	O
"	O
something	O
utterly	O
gorgeous	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
believed	O
that	O
its	O
mod	O
support	O
had	O
transformed	O
it	O
"	O
from	O
a	O
fun	O
curiosity	O
into	O
a	O
worthy	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
king	O
of	O
physics	O
sandboxes	O
,	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
and	O
gave	O
it	O
longevity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
criticised	O
some	O
imprecise	O
interactions	O
between	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
elements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
colliding	O
with	O
"	O
glitchy	O
"	O
object	O
edges	O
or	O
large	O
,	O
partially	O
destroyed	O
structures	O
being	O
supported	O
by	O
very	O
few	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
due	O
to	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
stress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
which	O
calculated	O
a	O
weighted	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
80/100	O
based	O
on	O
nineteen	O
critic	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clayton	O
,	O
who	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
labelled	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
creative	O
sandbox	O
platform	O
since	O
Garry	B-Language
's	I-Language
Mod	I-Language
and	O
an	O
"	O
endlessly	O
delightful	O
destruction	O
sandbox	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dawid	O
Biel	O
of	O
CD-Action	O
described	O
interactions	O
with	O
fires	O
,	O
explosions	O
,	O
and	O
destruction	O
of	O
large	O
structures	O
as	O
"	O
mesmerising	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardowns	B-Application
physics	O
were	O
praised	O
as	O
"	O
superb	O
"	O
by	O
GameSpots	O
Alessandro	O
Barbosa	O
,	O
who	O
felt	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
chaotic	O
nature	O
of	O
its	O
physics	O
are	O
a	O
consistent	O
source	O
of	O
joy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cantees	O
found	O
the	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
art	O
style	O
apt	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
destruction-based	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Jarrard	O
reviewed	O
Teardown	B-Application
for	O
Shacknews	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
an	O
absolute	O
stunner	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
use	O
of	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
for	O
lighting	O
,	O
shadows	O
,	O
and	O
reflections	O
,	O
bounce	O
lighting	O
,	O
ambient	O
occlusion	O
,	O
and	O
diffuse	O
reflections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
further	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
fire	O
propagation	O
exceeded	O
that	O
of	O
his	O
prior	O
favourite	O
,	O
Far	B-Application
Cry	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coles	O
similarly	O
believed	O
that	O
mods	O
would	O
be	O
Teardowns	B-Application
legacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Schmädig	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
gamepad	B-Device
support	O
cumbersome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
was	O
among	O
Steam	B-Application
's	O
best-selling	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
few	O
days	O
of	O
its	O
early	O
access	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gustafsson	O
attributed	O
the	O
early	O
success	O
to	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
his	O
Twitter	B-Application
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Teardown	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
1.1million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teardown	B-Application
received	O
nominations	O
for	O
multiple	O
year-end	O
accolades	O
,	O
winning	O
"	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Design	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
2021	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shacknews	O
named	O
Teardown	B-Application
the	O
best	O
early	O
access	O
game	O
of	O
2020	O
and	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
best	O
PC	O
game	O
of	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
cited	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
2022	O
's	O
best	O
games	O
,	O
while	O
Kotaku	O
regarded	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Steam	B-Device
Deck	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCGamesN	O
said	O
Teardown	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
best	O
relaxing	O
games	O
in	O
2022	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
sandbox	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Award	O
Category	O
Result	O
2021	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Design	O
rowspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
2022	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
Best	O
Indie	O
Game	O
rowspan	O
=	O
"	O
2	O
"	O
PC	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Ultimate	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
The	O
Steam	B-Application
Awards	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Gameplay	O
2023	O
D.I.C.E.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Tuxedo	B-Application
Labs	I-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Saber	O
Interactive	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Embracer	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saber	O
Interactive	O
justified	O
its	O
purchase	O
by	O
arguing	O
that	O
Teardowns	B-Application
technology	O
could	O
be	O
expanded	O
into	O
a	O
larger	O
platform	O
and	O
compete	O
with	O
Minecraft	B-Application
and	O
Roblox	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
