<s>
Thumper	B-Application
is	O
a	O
rhythm	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Drool	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
optional	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
(	O
VR	O
)	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Oculus	B-Device
,	O
HTC	O
Vive	O
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
VR	I-Device
headsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
August	O
2017	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
Oculus	B-Device
Go	O
in	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
Oculus	B-Device
Quest	O
in	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
Stadia	B-Application
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
Thumper	B-Application
is	O
to	O
guide	O
a	O
beetle-like	O
creature	O
along	O
a	O
single	O
or	O
multi-track	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
unnerving	O
worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thumper	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
two-man	O
team	O
of	O
Drool	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
Marc	O
Flury	O
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Brian	O
Gibson	O
,	O
the	O
bassist	O
for	O
Lightning	O
Bolt	O
,	O
who	O
composed	O
the	O
music	O
and	O
created	O
the	O
artwork	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
rejection	O
of	O
the	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
paradigm	I-Language
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
procedural	B-Application
programming	I-Application
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
code	O
was	O
organized	O
via	O
a	O
small	O
handful	O
of	O
large	O
files	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
reached	O
6000	O
lines	O
of	O
C++	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
on	O
May	O
18	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
released	O
on	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
as	O
Thumper	B-Application
:	O
Pocket	O
Edition	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
launch	O
titles	O
for	O
Stadia	B-Application
on	O
November	O
19	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thumper	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chloi	O
Rad	O
of	O
IGN	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
Thumpers	B-Application
trippy	O
sights	O
,	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
intense	O
rhythm	O
action	O
create	O
a	O
terrifying	O
VR	O
experience	O
I	O
wo	O
n't	O
soon	O
forget.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Official	O
UK	O
PlayStation	O
Magazine	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
best	O
PS	B-Device
VR	I-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
