<s>
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
:	I-Application
Year	I-Application
One	I-Application
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
episodic	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
formerly	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Autumn	O
Moon	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
:	I-Application
Year	I-Application
One	I-Application
would	O
have	O
used	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
with	O
a	O
context-sensitive	B-Application
radial	O
cursor	O
,	O
much	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Curse	I-Application
of	I-Application
Monkey	I-Application
Island	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
begun	O
when	O
she	O
first	O
meets	O
the	O
bat	O
who	O
will	O
become	O
her	O
sidekick	B-Application
,	O
Froderick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
development	O
of	O
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
2	O
:	O
A	O
Bat	O
's	O
Tale	O
stalled	O
due	O
to	O
financial	O
problems	O
with	O
its	O
publisher	O
Crimson	O
Cow	O
Games	O
,	O
Tiller	O
conceived	O
of	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
as	O
an	O
opportunity	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
franchise	O
independently	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
fill	O
in	O
the	O
backstory	O
between	O
the	O
Mona	O
and	O
Froderick	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
:	I-Application
Year	I-Application
One	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
as	O
an	O
episodic	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
iPad	B-Device
first	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
PC	O
version	O
following	O
afterward	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
verified	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
targeting	O
Windows	B-Application
first	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
platforms	O
a	O
later	O
possibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Bill	O
expressed	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
exploring	O
crowdfunding	O
to	O
complete	O
development	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Broken	B-Application
Age	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
campaign	O
's	O
goal	O
was	O
for	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
fund	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
self-contained	O
episodes	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
upgrading	O
the	O
existing	O
Autumn	O
Moon	O
engine	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiller	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
campaign	O
could	O
serve	O
to	O
raise	O
awareness	O
for	O
the	O
franchise	O
that	O
he	O
hoped	O
might	O
elevate	O
Crimsom	O
Cow	O
's	O
willingness	O
to	O
resume	O
production	O
of	O
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
2	O
:	O
A	O
Bat	O
's	O
Tale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
proved	O
unsuccessful	O
,	O
Tiller	O
stated	O
that	O
development	O
of	O
A	B-Application
Vampyre	I-Application
Story	I-Application
:	I-Application
Year	I-Application
One	I-Application
would	O
continue	O
without	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
proceeded	O
with	O
the	O
effort	O
to	O
convert	O
their	O
engine	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
,	O
creating	O
a	O
tech	O
demo	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
Duke	B-Application
Grabowski	I-Application
:	I-Application
Mighty	I-Application
Swashbuckler	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
