<s>
Windosill	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
2009	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Vectorpark	B-Operating_System
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
web	B-Protocol
browsers	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Smith	O
,	O
an	O
artist	O
who	O
taught	O
himself	O
to	O
animate	O
and	O
program	B-General_Concept
the	O
game	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
painters	B-Operating_System
and	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
web	B-Protocol
browsers	I-Protocol
in	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
(	O
running	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
added	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
score	I-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windosill	B-Operating_System
has	O
influenced	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Blek	B-Application
,	O
Donut	B-Application
County	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
planned	O
release	O
of	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
eShop	B-Application
title	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
player	O
solves	O
logic	O
puzzles	O
to	O
progress	O
through	O
eleven	O
successive	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrick	O
Smith	O
,	O
a	O
Brooklyn-based	O
artist	O
,	O
drew	O
,	O
animated	O
,	O
and	O
programmed	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
by	O
himself	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
web	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
iPad	B-Device
(	O
iOS	B-Application
)	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
collection	O
of	O
interactive	O
animations	O
and	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
began	O
around	O
2001	O
,	O
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Vectorpark	B-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
first	O
sketched	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
level	O
ideas	O
in	O
pencil	O
,	O
and	O
transferred	O
his	O
favorites	O
into	O
Adobe	B-Language
Illustrator	I-Language
,	O
where	O
he	O
added	O
detail	O
,	O
"	O
shapes	O
and	O
colors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
animated	O
and	O
programmed	O
the	O
scenes	O
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
incorporated	O
sounds	O
from	O
Freesound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Smith	O
studied	O
painting	O
at	O
Washington	O
University	O
,	O
he	O
learned	O
to	O
animate	O
and	O
program	B-General_Concept
on	O
his	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
's	O
main	O
inspirations	O
when	O
creating	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
were	O
mainly	O
artists	O
and	O
not	O
games	O
:	O
surrealists	O
René	O
Magritte	O
and	O
Joan	O
Miró	O
,	O
metaphysical	O
painter	B-Operating_System
Giorgio	O
de	O
Chirico	O
,	O
animators	O
Max	O
and	O
Dave	O
Fleischer	O
of	O
Fleischer	O
Studios	O
,	O
cartoonists	O
Chris	O
Ware	O
and	O
Jim	O
Woodring	O
,	O
sculptor	O
Alexander	O
Calder	O
,	O
and	O
Italian	O
Renaissance	O
painters	B-Operating_System
Paolo	O
Uccello	O
and	O
Piero	O
della	O
Francesca	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
credits	O
the	O
latter	O
painters	B-Operating_System
for	O
his	O
use	O
of	O
flat	O
shapes	O
as	O
3D	O
forms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windosill	B-Operating_System
was	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
a	O
specific	O
audiencein	O
fact	O
,	O
Smith	O
designed	O
them	O
for	O
his	O
own	O
enjoymentbut	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
its	O
"	O
toy-like	O
"	O
qualities	O
and	O
emphasis	O
on	O
discovery	O
were	O
intentional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windosill	B-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
as	O
a	O
downloadable	O
Flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
was	O
free-to-play	O
and	O
its	O
second	O
half	O
could	O
be	O
unlocked	O
with	O
payment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
iPad-only	O
)	O
port	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
two	O
features	O
:	O
Complex	O
Gravity	O
(	O
which	O
adds	O
"	O
tilt	O
controls	O
"	O
)	O
and	O
See-Thru	O
(	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
room	O
's	O
elements	O
transparent	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
score	I-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nissa	O
Campbell	O
of	O
TouchArcade	O
described	O
the	O
style	O
as	O
"	O
surreal	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Tim	O
Rattray	O
of	O
Slide	O
to	O
Play	O
wrote	O
that	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
is	O
"	O
serious	O
"	O
in	O
its	O
attempt	O
to	O
"	O
be	O
'	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
described	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
as	O
not	O
just	O
a	O
game	O
but	O
"	O
a	O
toy	O
"	O
in	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Campbell	O
of	O
TouchArcade	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
port	O
was	O
"	O
always	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
tactility	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Campbell	O
added	O
that	O
iOS	B-Application
multitouch	B-Application
changed	O
how	O
players	O
could	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
change	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kirk	O
Hamilton	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
similarly	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
helped	O
him	O
remember	O
"	O
how	O
wonderfully	O
tactile	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
can	O
be	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rattray	O
of	O
Slide	O
to	O
Play	O
described	O
Windosill	B-Operating_System
as	O
"	O
an	O
interactive	O
abstract	O
mosaic	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
absolute	O
thrill	O
ride	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
and	O
Rattray	O
said	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
reason	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
playing	O
through	O
,	O
apart	O
from	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
the	O
added	O
iOS	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windosill	B-Operating_System
has	O
influenced	O
games	O
including	O
Alto	B-Application
's	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
Blek	B-Application
,	O
Donut	B-Application
County	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
later	O
made	O
the	O
2015	O
interactive	O
alphabet	O
game	O
Metamorphabet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
