<s>
AdvertCity	B-Application
is	O
a	O
business	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
VoxelStorm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
17	O
April	O
2015	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
in	O
AdvertCity	B-Application
involves	O
selling	O
advertising	O
to	O
client	O
megacorporations	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
this	O
by	O
moving	O
around	O
the	O
city	O
from	O
a	O
first	O
person	O
god-view	O
perspective	O
,	O
selecting	O
buildings	O
and	O
sites	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
as	O
targets	O
for	O
their	O
advertising	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
mechanic	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
switch	O
between	O
meatspace	O
and	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
at	O
any	O
time	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
perform	O
different	O
actions	O
in	O
each	O
space	O
and	O
to	O
orchestrate	O
advertising	O
effectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdvertCity	B-Application
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
during	O
its	O
Kickstarter	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
was	O
eventually	O
greenlit	O
after	O
an	O
unusually	O
long	O
delay	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdvertCity	B-Application
entered	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
closed	O
beta	O
testing	O
during	O
development	O
after	O
its	O
kickstarter	O
;	O
the	O
final	O
release	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
17	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
June	O
it	O
had	O
appeared	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
several	O
other	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
considered	O
using	O
the	O
industry	O
standard	O
SIGGRAPH	O
2001	O
paper	O
by	O
Parish	O
and	O
Muller	O
as	O
a	O
basis	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
subsequent	O
work	O
on	O
tensor	O
fields	O
,	O
but	O
rejected	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
L-systems	B-Language
on	O
the	O
grounds	O
of	O
their	O
design	O
being	O
unsuited	O
to	O
cities	O
,	O
which	O
"	O
do	O
n't	O
grow	O
like	O
branches	O
on	O
a	O
tree	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
maps	O
...	O
calculated	O
on	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
realtime	O
procedural	O
projection	O
and	O
cached	O
data	O
about	O
population	O
layouts	O
and	O
terrain	O
features	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
different	O
terrain	O
types	O
,	O
gradients	O
,	O
altitudes	O
,	O
population	O
densities	O
,	O
whether	O
the	O
region	O
should	O
be	O
considered	O
urban	O
or	O
rural	O
etc	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
result	O
is	O
something	O
that	O
has	O
the	O
subtlety	O
of	O
the	O
tensor	O
field	O
system	O
,	O
yet	O
generates	O
much	O
larger	O
cities	O
than	O
are	O
feasible	O
with	O
the	O
L-system	B-Language
at	O
a	O
far	O
higher	O
speed	O
than	O
possible	O
with	O
that	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AdvertCity	B-Application
generator	O
is	O
an	O
object-oriented	O
system	O
of	O
roads	O
,	O
junctions	O
and	O
buildings	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
adjusted	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
their	O
immediate	O
surroundings	O
,	O
so	O
roads	O
meet	O
and	O
cross	O
at	O
specific	O
junctions	O
,	O
branch	O
and	O
fork	O
(	O
something	O
not	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
L	O
system	O
design	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
spontaneously	O
degenerate	O
from	O
paved	O
roads	O
to	O
footpaths	O
etc	O
as	O
appropriate	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
terrain	O
or	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AdvertCitys	O
soundtrack	O
is	O
a	O
full-length	O
score	O
,	O
unusual	O
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
presented	O
in	O
two	O
"	O
sides	O
"	O
,	O
one	O
for	O
meatspace	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
each	O
track	O
on	O
each	O
side	O
having	O
a	O
beatmatched	O
equivalent	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
;	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
switches	O
between	O
meatspace	O
and	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
music	O
smoothly	O
crossfades	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
soundtracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
its	O
initial	O
alpha	O
launch	O
,	O
AdvertCity	B-Application
drew	O
comment	O
widely	O
about	O
its	O
stark	O
and	O
"	O
hyper-stylized	O
"	O
aesthetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
frequently	O
praised	O
the	O
dark	O
neo-noir	O
cyberpunk	O
aesthetic	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
tone	O
,	O
and	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
vision	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
as	O
Gibson-inspired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stylistically	O
,	O
reviewers	O
appreciated	O
the	O
dystopian	O
bleakness	O
of	O
the	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
future	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
mentioning	O
that	O
your	O
adverts	O
are	O
the	O
only	O
splashes	O
of	O
colour	O
on	O
the	O
cold	O
and	O
uniform	O
city	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
surreal	O
building-linked	O
conception	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
cited	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Dwarf	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
well	O
known	O
for	O
its	O
steep	O
learning	O
curve	O
and	O
difficult	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
drew	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
high-performing	O
engine	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
previous-generation	O
hardware	O
;	O
the	O
minimum	O
system	O
requirements	O
for	O
CPU	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
are	O
stated	O
simply	O
as	O
"	O
Anything	O
made	O
since	O
2004	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
supports	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
despite	O
Microsoft	O
having	O
discontinued	O
support	O
for	O
that	O
operating	O
system	O
before	O
development	O
of	O
AdvertCity	B-Application
began	O
.	O
</s>
