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===Windows Developers=== Versions 2.0, released in 1998, and 3.0, released in 2001, were made for [[Microsoft Windows]] and featured much more advanced options. ====Pencil Whipped==== ''Pencil Whipped'', released in 2001, might be the most well known of the ''Pie in the Sky'' games and one of the only ones to utilize a later version of the engine. The game won developer Lonnie Flickinger (aka Chiselbrain Software) a chance at the [[Independent Games Festival#Seumas McNally Grand Prize ($30,000)|$15,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize]] and [[Independent Games Festival#Technical Excellence ($3,000)|awards for technical excellence]], game design, [[Independent Games Festival#Excellence In Visual Art ($3,000)|visual art]], and [[Independent Games Festival#Excellence In Audio ($3,000)|audio]].<ref>[http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january02/igfpencil/ Pencil Whipped] - [[GameSpy]] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020070732/http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/january02/igfpencil/ |date=October 20, 2009 }}</ref> Based on a strange dream Flickinger had, the game became known for its unique [[black and white]] pencil drawn world<ref>[http://www.gamedev.net/page/resources/_/reference/105/interviews/igf-interviews/2002-finalists/chiselbrain-software-r1787 Interview with Chiselbrain Software - GameDev.net]</ref> and for its wider novelty value,<ref>[http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/92.html Pencil Whipped - Old Man Murray]</ref> being described by [[Wired.com]] as "like being trapped inside a very disturbed child's drawing."<ref>[https://www.wired.com/2002/04/a-i-artificial-intelligence/?pg=7 Pencil Whipped Review] - [[Wired.com]]</ref> In 2006 work was done towards a sequel on using The Game Creators tools,<ref>[http://webpages.charter.net/lflicking/ Horry Gorry: Pencil Whipped 2 - Chiselbrain Software]</ref> and more recently work has been done on an [[iPhone]] remake called "Escape From Big Ass Castle," which was originally released in 2012 for ios6 on the iPhone, but has been taken off of the market to be redone for the io7.<ref>[http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=27120 Pencil Whipped "Escape From The Tickle People" - GameSalad] {{Dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref> =====The Tickle People===== A previous game by Chiselbrain Software that served as Lonnie Flickinger's educational project. Released in 2000, the plot involved an accident with a super-computer that led to all the nearby workers being absorbed inside its strange artificial environments.<ref>[http://www.gamershell.com/news_421.html Tickle People Demo] - [[Gamers Hell]]</ref> A demo version was released, but the final game was never completed.<ref>[http://www.fileplanet.com/53297/50000/fileinfo/The-Tickle-People-Demo The Tickle People Demo] - [[FilePlanet]]</ref> As with ''Pencil Whipped'', a more modern remake was attempted.<ref>[http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=98119&b=25 The Tickle People remake]</ref> ====XYLOT's Revenge==== ''XYLOT's Revenge'' was developed by Somewhere in the Dark USA (sitdusa) featuring an eclectic mixing of modern, fantasy and science fiction themes. The premise is that twenty years after defeating the half-machine Xylot and recovering the medallion of creation, the people of Zyles learn that the villain has returned and recaptured the medallion within his tomb. Kudar, head of the Elders, sends Ephradius, the original challenger of Xylot, to face him once again.<ref>[http://www.sitdusa.com/Old%20Xylot/welcome.htm Welcome to the REVENGE of XYLOT - sitdusa]</ref> ====Prezzie Hunt==== Prezzie Hunt made by Skyline Software is a FREE multi award winning Christmas game that is still supported and has a new level added each holiday season, the game is easy to play and unlike most FPS games it doesn't involve weapons or fighting, the player has to explore a winter world made up of large levels inhabited by dancing snowmen, penguins and helpful fairies collecting presents and solving puzzles.<ref>[http://www.skylinesoftware.co.uk/kg.html Prezzie Hunt - Skyline Software]</ref> ====Infiltration==== Also made by Skyline Software Infiltration is a classic FPS where the player has to infiltrate the Umbra Corporation to find and steal a mainframe disk and also try to find out what happened to another agent who was sent in before, the game is set over 29 levels but there is only a two level demo available for download, the pages relating to the game have not been updated recently but the author doesn't confirm the game has been shelved, there are plenty of screenshots to suggest there is a lot more of this game than the 2 demo levels.<ref>[http://www.skylinesoftware.co.uk/Infiltration.html Infiltration - Skyline Software]</ref>
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