<s>
Banished	B-Application
is	O
a	O
city-building	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Shining	B-Application
Rock	I-Application
Software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banished	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
on	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
praising	O
graphics	O
and	O
difficulty	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
criticizing	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
feedback	O
for	O
player	O
actions	O
and	O
lower	O
emphasis	O
on	O
survival	O
as	O
the	O
city	O
grows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banished	B-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
player	O
guiding	O
citizens	O
of	O
a	O
remote	O
community	O
of	O
outcasts	O
to	O
grow	O
and	O
maintain	O
a	O
settlement	O
through	O
a	O
command	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banisheds	B-Application
development	O
began	O
in	O
August	O
2011	O
by	O
Luke	B-Application
Hodorowicz	I-Application
as	O
Shining	B-Application
Rock	I-Application
Software	I-Application
,	O
a	O
sole	O
proprietorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hodorowicz	O
stated	O
he	O
had	O
put	O
over	O
5500	O
hours	O
into	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
hoped	O
to	O
eventually	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banished	B-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
which	O
assigns	O
a	O
weighted	O
average	O
score	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
to	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
and	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
73	O
based	O
on	O
32	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charlie	O
Hall	O
from	O
Polygon	O
scored	O
the	O
game	O
7.5	O
out	O
of	O
10.0	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
Banished	B-Application
felt	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
"	O
survival	O
simulation	O
"	O
than	O
a	O
city-building	B-Application
simulation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
Andy	O
Chalk	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
70	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
nice	O
change	O
of	O
pace	O
for	O
city-builders	B-Application
"	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
as	O
the	O
population	O
grows	O
,	O
survival	O
becomes	O
less	O
of	O
a	O
focus	O
and	O
city	O
management	O
takes	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Daniel	O
Tack	O
for	O
Game	O
Informer	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
an	O
8/10	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Dwarf	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
and	O
Towns	B-Application
,	O
but	O
more	O
accessible	O
and	O
with	O
improved	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
'	O
s	O
Rowan	O
Kaiser	O
awarded	O
an	O
8.3/10	O
score	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
Banished	B-Application
suffered	O
when	O
the	O
gameplay	O
difficulty	O
was	O
lower	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
making	O
the	O
same	O
comparison	O
to	O
Dwarf	B-Application
Fortress	I-Application
as	O
Game	O
Informer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaiser	O
praised	O
Banished	B-Application
for	O
creating	O
difficulty	O
through	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
money	O
resource	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
money	O
as	O
the	O
primary	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
19	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
designer	O
Luke	B-Application
Hodorowicz	I-Application
announced	O
he	O
is	O
developing	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
