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{{Short description|2017 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
| image = Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.jpg
| developer = Bennett Foddy
| designer = Bennett Foddy
| engine = [[Software:Unity (game engine)|Unity]]
| platforms = [[Software:Windows|Windows]], [[Software:MacOS|macOS]], [[Software:IOS|iOS]], [[Software:Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Software:Linux|Linux]]
| released = {{ubl|'''Windows'''|October 6, 2017|'''macOS, iOS'''|December 6, 2017|'''Android'''|April 25, 2018|'''Linux'''|2018}}
| genre = [[Software:Platform game|Platform]]
| modes = Single-player
}}

'''''Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy''''' is a [[Software:Platform game|platform game]] developed by the titular Bennett Foddy. The game was released as part of the October 2017 Humble Monthly, on October 6, 2017, where it went on to be played by over 2.7 million players.<ref name="PC Game Steam Release">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/qwop-successor-getting-over-it-is-now-available-on-steam/|title=QWOP successor Getting Over It is now available on Steam|last=Wood|first=Austin|date=December 6, 2017|magazine=PC Gamer|access-date=29 December 2017|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112943/http://www.pcgamer.com/qwop-successor-getting-over-it-is-now-available-on-steam/|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Software:Steam (service)|Steam]] version of the game was later released by Foddy on December 6, 2017,<ref>{{cite news|last=Hester|first=Blake|title='Getting Over It' is the Next Ultra-Hard Game From 'QWOP' Creator Bennett Foddy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/next-game-from-gwop-creator-exclusive-to-humble-bundle-w506014|access-date=October 9, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=December 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216034443/https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/next-game-from-gwop-creator-exclusive-to-humble-bundle-w506014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Kotaku">{{cite news |last=Rogers |first=Tim |date=October 6, 2017 |title=Getting Over It Is A Game About Using A Sledgehammer To Climb A Mountain |work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/getting-over-it-is-a-game-about-using-a-sledgehammer-to-1819219469 |url-status=live |access-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708074834/https://kotaku.com/getting-over-it-is-a-game-about-using-a-sledgehammer-to-1819219469 |archive-date=July 8, 2018}}</ref> with a release on [[Software:IOS|iOS]] that same day.<ref>{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Jared|title='QWOP' Developer's New Game 'Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy' Arrives on iOS thanks in Part to Zach Gage {{!}} TouchArcade|url=http://toucharcade.com/2017/12/06/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-released-on-ios/|work=Touch Arcade|access-date=December 8, 2017|date=December 6, 2017|archive-date=July 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710101845/https://toucharcade.com/2017/12/06/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-released-on-ios/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Software:Android (operating system)|Android]] version was later released on April 25, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.droidgamers.com/2018/04/26/physics-puzzler-getting-hits-android/|title=Hardcore physics puzzler Getting Over It hits Android|date=April 26, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214905/https://www.droidgamers.com/2018/04/26/physics-puzzler-getting-hits-android/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Software:Linux|Linux]] version was available for beta testing in August 2018 and received a stable release in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/08/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-now-has-a-linux-build-for-testing|title=Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy now has a Linux build for testing|date=August 13, 2018|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=GamingOnLinux|last=Dawe|first=Liam|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301112001/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/08/getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-now-has-a-linux-build-for-testing|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==

[[File:Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy screenshot.jpg|thumb|The [[player-controlled character]] ascends a mountain using only a hammer.|left]]

''Getting Over It'' revolves around the player-controlled character, residing in a large metal cauldron and named Diogenes in reference to the [[Biography:Diogenes|pot-dwelling philosopher]]. He wields a [[Engineering:Rock climbing hammer|Yosemite hammer]], which he can use to grip objects and move himself. Using the [[Computer mouse|mouse]] or trackpad,<ref group="note">Controllers are supported, but make the game considerably harder because of the lack of precision the joysticks provide.</ref> the player tries to move the man's upper body and sledge hammer in order to climb a steep mountain.<ref name="Kotaku" />

As the player progresses up the mountain, they are at a constant risk of losing some or all of their progress; there are no checkpoints.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/8/16748164/getting-over-it-stream-twitch-youtube-funny|title=Getting Over It is frustrating the hell out of streamers|last=Frank|first=Allegra|date=2017-12-08|website=Polygon|access-date=2017-12-24|archive-date=2017-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020858/https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/8/16748164/getting-over-it-stream-twitch-youtube-funny|url-status=live}}</ref> The game concludes when the player reaches the highest point of the map, entering space. Closing credits fade in, where at the conclusion, a message asks players if they are recording the gameplay. If the player indicates that they are not, the game provides access to a chatroom populated by other players who have recently completed the game.

''Getting Over It'' is accompanied by voice-over commentary from Bennett Foddy discussing philosophical observations he makes of the climb up the mountain, as well as his own inspirations for and experiences developing the game. Additionally, the commentary provides quotations relating to disappointment and perseverance when significant progress is lost by the player,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-12-07-bennett-foddy-qwop-getting-over-it|title=The new game from the creator of QWOP is as brutal as it is brilliant|last=Purchese|first=Robert|date=2017-12-07|website=EuroGamer|access-date=2017-12-28|archive-date=2017-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229171911/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-12-07-bennett-foddy-qwop-getting-over-it|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as when the player reaches certain milestones in the game.

== Development ==
Foddy had been drawn to difficult games while growing up. Living in Australia in the 1980s and 1990s, he was limited to what was brought into the country through imports. Many of these games lacked any type of save mechanism and sent players back to the start of the game if their character died, such as ''[[Software:Jet Set Willy|Jet Set Willy]]''. Into the 1990s, video game developers in the [[United States]] and [[Earth:Japan|Japan]] began adding checkpoints or means to save. Foddy said, "The flavor of being sent back gradually disappeared up to the point now where it's this boutique thing. People of a certain age still have that taste, or maybe everyone has it, but it's been written out of the design orthodoxy."<ref name="gamasutra interview">{{cite web | url = https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/312553/Designer_Interview_The_aesthetics_of_frustration_in_Getting_Over_It.php | title = Designer Interview: The aesthetics of frustration in Getting Over It | first = Alex | last = Wiltshire | date = January 5, 2018 | access-date = January 6, 2018 | work = Gamasutra | archive-date = April 19, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190419044650/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/312553/Designer_Interview_The_aesthetics_of_frustration_in_Getting_Over_It.php | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2018, Foddy stated that the main reason he put his name in the title of ''Getting Over It'' was due to a culture that does not generally "recognize the individuals who make games".<ref name=pcgamersexyhiking />

''Getting Over It'' was aimed towards "a certain kind of person, to hurt them" and took inspiration from ''Sexy Hiking'', a similar game released by Czech [[Video game designer|video game designer]] 'Jazzuo' in 2002.<ref name="pcgqwop">{{cite news|last=Wood|first=Austin|title=Getting Over It is a brutal new game from the maker of QWOP|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/getting-over-it-is-a-hellacious-new-game-from-the-maker-of-qwop/|access-date=October 14, 2017|work=PC Gamer|date=September 27, 2017|language=en|archive-date=December 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217070818/http://www.pcgamer.com/getting-over-it-is-a-hellacious-new-game-from-the-maker-of-qwop/|url-status=live}}</ref> Foddy learned of ''Sexy Hiking'' around 2007 from a post by Derek Yu on TIGSource. According to Foddy, the game was 'somewhat of a meme among indie game developers', with Adam Saltsman having described ''Sexy Hiking'' as "the single worst game I have ever played".<ref name=pcgamersexyhiking /> While dismissing ''Sexy Hiking'' at the time, Foddy found the game memorable, and later showed the game to students of his class on game design at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, whereupon he "realized how timeless the design" of ''Sexy Hiking'' was.<ref name=pcgamersexyhiking /> Foddy stated that he is a fan of "messy, realtime physics puzzle games", and further expressed that they are "a huge area of inspiration in my own work".<ref name=pcgamersexyhiking /> In a now-deleted tweet from 2014, Foddy asked his followers "would it be wrong if I made a sequel to ''Sexy Hiking''? Given that I am not actually Jazzuo (as far as you know)".<ref name=pcgamersexyhiking>{{cite web |last=Macgregor |first=Jody |title=The creators of Spelunky and Getting Over It talk about Sexy Hiking and 'B-games' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-creators-of-spelunky-and-getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-on-sexy-hiking-and-b-games/ |website=PC Gamer |publisher=Future US |date=April 11, 2018 |access-date=June 6, 2020 |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919195034/https://www.pcgamer.com/the-creators-of-spelunky-and-getting-over-it-with-bennett-foddy-on-sexy-hiking-and-b-games/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Foddy |first=Bennett |user=bfod |number=478212899102814209 |date=June 15, 2014 |title=would it be wrong if I made a sequel to Sexy Hiking? Given that I am not actually Jazzuo (as far as you know) |link=https://twitter.com/bfod/status/478212899102814209 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414083241/https://twitter.com/bfod/status/478212899102814209 |archive-date=April 14, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

More recently, Foddy had seen a return of difficult games such as through the ''[[Software:Dark Souls|Dark Souls]]'' series. In August 2017, he observed that, while there was outcry by players over the mechanism in ''[[Software:Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice]]'' which reportedly erased the player's save file if they died, other players readily took to the challenge, showing renewed interest in games that were difficult by design. He said, "whenever you see something that disproves a strongly held design orthodoxy it's extremely exciting because it opens up new avenues for exploration", and considered ''Getting Over It'' as his exploration of this new development space.<ref name="gamasutra interview"/>

== Reception ==
[[File:Bennett Foddy receiving 2018 GDC IGF Nuovo Award (40064691935).jpg|thumb|Foddy receiving the Nuovo Award for ''Getting Over It'' at the 2018 Independent Games Festival]]
''Getting Over It''{{'}}s difficult gameplay was praised by reviewers, including ''PC Gamer'' writer Austin Wood.<ref name="pcgqwop"/> ''Rock, Paper, Shotgun'' listed it as one of the best PC games of 2017,<ref>{{cite web |author=RPS |date=25 December 2017 |title=Best PC games of 2017 |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/25/best-pc-games-of-2017/10/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072428/https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/12/25/best-pc-games-of-2017/10/ |archive-date=3 January 2018 |access-date=2 January 2018 |publisher=Rock, Paper, Shotgun}}</ref> and ''GameSpot'' said it might have been the "weirdest game" to come out of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/naked-man-in-a-pot-climbs-mountain-with-sledgehamm/1100-6454901/|title=Naked Man In A Pot Climbs Mountain With Sledgehammer In What Might Be 2017's Weirdest Game|first=Chris|last=Pereira|date=14 November 2017|website=GameSpot|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=30 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030162014/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/naked-man-in-a-pot-climbs-mountain-with-sledgehamm/1100-6454901/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Polygon'' ranked it 36th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2017-best-games/2017/12/18/16781674/best-video-games-2017-top-50-mario-pubg-zelda|title=The 50 best games of 2017|author=Polygon staff|date=18 December 2017|website=Polygon|access-date=12 February 2018|archive-date=21 December 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171221002547/https://www.polygon.com/2017-best-games/2017/12/18/16781674/best-video-games-2017-top-50-mario-pubg-zelda|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Awards
|-
! Year !! Award !! Category !! Result !! {{Refh}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |2018
| rowspan="2" | SXSW Gaming Awards
| Trending Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://gaming.sxsw.com/news/2018/2018-sxsw-gaming-awards-finalists/|title=Here Are Your 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards Finalists!|first=Andrew|last=McNeill|date=31 January 2018|publisher=SXSW|access-date=2 February 2018|archive-date=2 February 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180202222809/https://gaming.sxsw.com/news/2018/2018-sxsw-gaming-awards-finalists/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/18/sxsw-gaming-awards-2018-winners-revealed|title=2018 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners Revealed|author=IGN Studios|date=17 March 2018|website=IGN|access-date=18 March 2018|archive-date=18 March 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20180318104031/http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/03/18/sxsw-gaming-awards-2018-winners-revealed|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Mobile Game of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | Independent Games Festival Competition Awards
| Seumas McNally Grand Prize
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/independent-games-festival-awards-nominees-announc/1100-6455924/|title=Independent Games Festival Awards Nominees Announced|first=Patrick|last=Faller|date=5 January 2018|website=GameSpot|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=7 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107042859/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/independent-games-festival-awards-nominees-announc/1100-6455924/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/complete-list-of-2018-independent-games-festival-awards-winners-129025|title=Complete list of 2018 Independent Games Festival Awards Winners|first=Kayla|last=Whitney|date=22 March 2018|publisher=AXS|access-date=22 March 2018|archive-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701083156/https://www.axs.com/complete-list-of-2018-independent-games-festival-awards-winners-129025|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Excellence in Design
| {{nom}}
|-
| Nuovo Award
| {{won}}
|}

== Legacy ==
''Getting Over It''<nowiki/>'s gameplay design has inspired many other games, such as ''[[Software:Jump King|Jump King]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prescott |first=Shaun |date=2019-07-09 |title=Check out this speedrun of fiendishly tough platformer Jump King |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/check-out-this-speedrun-of-fiendishly-tough-platformer-jump-king/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Software:Only Up!|Only Up!]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jarvis |first=Matt |date=2023-06-26 |title=Only Up, a 3D Getting Over It-a-like inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk, is the latest indie sensation to blow up on Twitch |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/only-up-a-3d-getting-over-it-a-like-inspired-by-jack-and-the-beanstalk-is-the-latest-indie-sensation-to-blow-up-on-twitch |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref> and ''A Difficult Game About Climbing'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Dustin |date=2024-03-07 |title=The horror of Getting Over It is about to take over Twitch again with a new rage game from a solo dev who "took it upon myself" to revive the masochist genre |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-horror-of-getting-over-it-is-about-to-take-over-twitch-again-with-a-new-rage-game-from-a-solo-dev-who-took-it-upon-myself-to-revive-the-masochist-genre/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=GamesRadar+ |language=en}}</ref> as well as [[Social:User-generated content|community maps]] in other games such as ''Deep Dip'' in ''[[Software:Trackmania (2020 video game)|Trackmania (2020)]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cox |first=Matt |date=2022-11-21 |title=This Getting Over It-inspired Trackmania track is beautiful and painful to behold |url=https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/this-getting-over-it-inspired-trackmania-track-is-beautiful-and-painful-to-behold |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=Rock, Paper, Shotgun |language=en}}</ref>

An [[Easter egg (media)|Easter egg]] appears in the game ''[[Software:Just Cause 4|Just Cause 4]]''. At a point on the game map, the player can guide the protagonist to where a cauldron and hammer are located. Activating them puts the game into a side-view mode, challenging the player to move about scattered obstacles as in ''Getting Over It'', with Bennett Foddy narrating atop about the folly of the exercise and meta-humor of the Easter egg.<ref>{{cite web |last=Livingstone |first=Christopher |date=December 3, 2018 |title=Just Cause 4 Easter egg replaces Rico's grappling hook with instruments of sheer agony |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/just-cause-4-easter-egg-replaces-ricos-grappling-hook-with-instruments-of-sheer-agony/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030162017/https://www.pcgamer.com/just-cause-4-easter-egg-replaces-ricos-grappling-hook-with-instruments-of-sheer-agony/ |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |work=PC Gamer}}</ref> Diogenes was added as a playable character to the crossover fighting game ''[[Software:Indie Pogo|Indie Pogo]]'' in May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2019 |title=This May, Indie Pogo will see a huge major content update called the Heavy Metal Update, which introduces Bullet Kin from Enter the Gungeon, and newly announced Diogenes from Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy!pic.twitter.com/MOOAQ5LlGs |url=https://twitter.com/lowebros/status/1122300532662657024?lang=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030162052/https://twitter.com/lowebros/status/1122300532662657024?lang=en |archive-date=October 30, 2022 |access-date=February 21, 2020}}</ref> Diogenes also appears as an assist character in the crossover fighting game ''[[Software:Fraymakers|Fraymakers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 26, 2020 |title=Here comes another #Fraymakers Content Spotlight! This time, we're taking a look at two more assists: Diogenes from @bfod's Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy and Nikandreos from @AlientrapGames's Apotheon! Read all about them here |url=https://twitter.com/McLeodGaming/status/1332035137341591552 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126185528/https://twitter.com/McLeodGaming/status/1332035137341591552 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=December 12, 2020}}</ref>

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