<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
TeeWars	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
sidescrolling	O
multiplayer	O
shooting	O
game	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Swedish	O
developer	B-Application
Magnus	O
Auvinen	O
and	O
now	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
there	O
are	O
official	O
versions	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
available	O
via	O
digital	O
distributor	O
Steam	B-Application
since	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
presents	O
itself	O
as	O
a	O
crossover	O
between	O
classic	O
sprite-based	O
shoot-em-up	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
era	O
and	O
modern-day	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
played	O
on	O
two-dimensional	O
,	O
side-scrolling	O
maps	O
typical	O
of	O
the	O
platformer	O
genre	O
,	O
but	O
uses	O
FPS-style	O
keyboard	B-Device
controls	O
for	O
moving	O
,	O
switching	O
weapons	O
and	O
chatting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
sports	O
a	O
grappling	B-Application
hook	I-Application
and	O
double	O
jump	O
mechanics	O
for	O
maneuvering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grappling	B-Application
hooks	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
hook	O
on	O
other	O
tees	O
and	O
pull	O
them	O
towards	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maps	O
 '	O
landscape	O
themes	O
include	O
:	O
grass	O
,	O
cave	O
,	O
winter	O
,	O
desert	O
,	O
and	O
jungle	O
,	O
which	O
feature	O
map	O
elements	O
such	O
as	O
spikes	O
,	O
pitfalls	O
,	O
and	O
non-hook-able	O
metal	O
and	O
rock	O
in	O
vanilla	B-General_Concept
gametypes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
works	O
as	O
a	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
available	O
game	B-Application
servers	I-Application
for	O
multiplayer	O
gaming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
maneuvers	O
a	O
"	O
Tee	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
ball-shaped	O
2D	O
character	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
and	O
aims	O
and	O
shoots	O
at	O
other	O
players	O
or	O
objects	O
using	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
powerup	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
katana	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
better	O
damage	O
dealing	O
and	O
quickness	O
for	O
a	O
short	O
period	O
of	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
vanilla	B-General_Concept
gametypes	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Capture	B-Application
The	I-Application
Flag	I-Application
:	O
Two	O
teams	O
try	O
to	O
capture	O
and	O
score	O
the	O
enemy	O
flag	O
to	O
reach	O
a	O
certain	O
score	O
(	O
combined	O
with	O
team	O
kills	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
higher	O
score	O
when	O
the	O
time	O
runs	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FNG	O
:	O
Tees	O
use	O
lasers	O
to	O
freeze	O
other	O
tees	O
so	O
they	O
cannot	O
move	O
,	O
then	O
kill	O
the	O
frozen	O
tee	O
by	O
throwing	O
it	O
into	O
spikes	O
using	O
the	O
grappling	B-Application
hook	I-Application
and	O
hammer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
a	O
Zlib	B-License
like	I-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
0.4.0	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
name	O
"	O
Teewars	B-Application
"	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
by	O
the	O
developers	B-Application
due	O
to	O
legal	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
non-commercial	O
clause	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
software	B-License
license	I-License
of	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
which	O
made	O
it	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	B-Application
Free	I-Application
Software	I-Application
Definition	I-Application
and	O
the	B-License
Open	I-License
Source	I-License
Definition	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
and	O
developer	B-Application
,	O
Magnus	O
Auvinen	O
made	O
development	O
and	O
forum	O
moderation	O
public	O
to	O
a	O
community	O
of	O
selected	O
volunteers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
0.6.x	O
release	O
in	O
2011	O
the	O
non-commercial	O
clause	O
was	O
dropped	O
what	O
made	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
again	O
;	O
additionally	O
improved	O
character	B-General_Concept
encoding	I-General_Concept
support	O
with	O
UTF-8	O
and	O
introduced	O
localization	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
languages	O
was	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
0.7.5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
19	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
under	O
continued	O
development	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
is	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
a	O
community	O
actively	O
develops	O
it	O
,	O
using	O
GitHub	B-Application
with	O
the	O
main	O
developer	B-Application
known	O
as	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
is	O
mainly	O
programmed	O
in	O
the	O
programming	O
languages	O
C	B-Language
and	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
source	O
code	O
is	O
public	O
,	O
many	O
fan	O
programmers	B-Application
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
"	O
forks	B-Application
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
generally	O
has	O
a	O
strong	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
further	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slightly	O
modified	O
game	B-Application
servers	I-Application
are	O
accepted	O
by	O
the	O
official	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
they	O
broadcast	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
user	O
created	O
maps	O
include	O
their	O
own	O
tilesets	B-Application
that	O
are	O
downloaded	O
with	O
the	O
maps	O
from	O
the	O
game	B-Application
server	I-Application
Teeworlds	B-Application
uses	O
simple	O
image	O
files	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
's	O
graphical	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
can	O
take	O
screenshots	B-Application
and	O
record	O
demos	O
that	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
viewed	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
has	O
led	O
to	O
many	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
videos	O
on	O
web	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
has	O
achieved	O
broad	O
usage	O
in	O
the	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
game	I-Application
community	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
itself	O
lists	O
2.3	O
million	O
players	O
and	O
630	O
servers	O
in	O
July	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Worms	B-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
noted	O
in	O
several	O
gaming	O
news	O
outlets	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
2015	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
Steamspy	O
reported	O
in	O
2016	O
over	O
450,000	O
game	O
installations	O
and	O
around	O
17,000	O
active	O
players	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chip.de	O
listed	O
in	O
July	O
2016	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
as	O
most	O
downloaded	O
Jump	O
and	O
Run	O
game	O
per	O
week	O
from	O
their	O
site	O
(	O
1900	O
downloads	O
)	O
,	O
accumulating	O
700,000	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Teeworlds	B-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
innovative	O
,	O
surprising	O
and	O
an	O
addictive	O
gameplay	O
that	O
's	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
real	O
fun	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
third-party	O
content	O
available	O
with	O
custom	O
game	O
mods	O
making	O
Teeworlds	B-Application
more	O
worthwhile	O
.	O
</s>
