<s>
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
text-based	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
published	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
by	O
Canadian	O
indie	O
studio	O
Doublespeak	O
Games	O
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
prequel	O
,	O
The	B-Operating_System
Ensign	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
provided	O
more	O
insight	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
its	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
temporarily	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
shortly	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
begins	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
lighting	O
a	O
fire	O
in	O
a	B-Application
dark	I-Application
room	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Michael	O
Townsend	O
,	O
the	O
founder	O
and	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
Doublespeak	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
on	O
June	O
10	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
Townsend	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
under	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
license	O
MPL	B-License
2.0	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
,	O
Townsend	O
was	O
contacted	O
by	O
developer	O
Amir	O
Rajan	O
,	O
who	O
asked	O
for	O
permission	O
to	O
adapt	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amir	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
using	O
the	O
RubyMotion	B-Application
mobile	O
toolchain	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
late	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
of	O
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rajan	O
apologized	O
for	O
the	O
incident	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
he	O
simply	O
wanted	O
to	O
introduce	O
people	O
to	O
coding	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
restored	O
on	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
eShop	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
contributor	O
Jonathon	O
Orsi	O
added	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
and	O
created	O
various	O
lo-fi	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
ambient	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
rating	O
of	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
a	O
strange	O
little	O
thing	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
sure	O
,	O
but	O
I	O
'd	O
definitely	O
recommend	O
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
to	O
people	O
who	O
appreciate	O
off-beat	O
RPGs	O
,	O
fans	O
of	O
experience-driven	O
games	O
,	O
or	O
really	O
anyone	O
looking	O
for	O
something	O
a	O
little	O
bit	O
different	O
from	O
usual.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Slide	O
to	O
Play	O
rated	O
it	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
4	O
,	O
commenting	O
,	O
"	O
It	O
may	O
not	O
seem	O
like	O
much	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
you	O
stick	O
around	O
long	O
enough	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
easy	O
to	O
fall	O
under	O
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
's	O
spell.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
148Apps	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
writing	O
,	O
"	O
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
may	O
have	O
plenty	O
of	O
longevity	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
genuinely	O
intriguing	O
,	O
but	O
its	O
interface	O
feels	O
undeveloped	O
in	O
its	O
iOS	B-Application
iteration.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
explained	O
,	O
"	O
When	O
A	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Room	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
listed	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Best	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
lists	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
published	O
by	O
Forbes	O
,	O
Paste	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gaming	O
site	O
,	O
Giant	O
Bomb.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
"	O
rocketed	O
to	O
the	O
most-downloaded	O
spot	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
's	O
games	O
section	O
in	O
April	O
and	O
stayed	O
there	O
throughout	O
the	O
month	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engadget	B-Application
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
surprise	O
ending	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
...	O
'	O
s	O
definitely	O
worth	O
the	O
time	O
it	O
takes	O
to	O
find	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
