QWOP

QWOP
Developer(s)Bennett Foddy
Publisher(s)
  • Bennett Foddy (iOS, Browser)
  • Noodlecake Studios (Android)
Designer(s)Bennett Foddy
EngineAdobe Flash, HTML5
Platform(s)
ReleaseBrowser
  • WW: November 12, 2008
iOS
  • WW: December 21, 2010
Android
  • WW: July 4, 2013
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player

QWOP (/kwɒp/) is a 2008 ragdoll-based browser video game created by Bennett Foddy, formerly the bassist of Cut Copy. Players control an athlete named "Qwop" using only the Q, W, O, and P keys. The game became an internet meme in December 2010. The game helped Foddy's site (Foddy.net) reach 30 million hits.[1]

  1. ^ Benenson, Fred (August 2, 2011). "Meet Bennett Foddy: The man behind QWOP and GIRP". Wired UK. Wired Magazine. Retrieved August 14, 2011.