<s>
BioForge	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	B-Application
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
an	O
amnesiac	O
cyborg	B-Application
trying	O
to	O
escape	O
the	O
research	O
facility	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
are	O
being	O
held	O
prisoner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
making	O
use	O
of	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
and	O
multiple	O
camera	O
angles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writer	O
Jack	O
Herman	O
created	O
a	O
fictional	O
universe	O
as	O
the	O
setting	O
for	O
BioForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
studying	O
the	O
black	B-Device
box	I-Device
and	O
the	O
remains	O
,	O
they	O
discover	O
the	O
aliens	O
 '	O
home	O
world	O
,	O
a	O
moon	O
in	O
a	O
remote	O
sector	O
of	O
the	O
galaxy	O
which	O
they	O
name	O
Daedalus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mondites	O
establish	O
a	O
base	O
on	O
Daedalus	O
while	O
investigating	O
the	O
ruins	O
the	O
aliens	O
left	O
behind	O
;	O
a	O
sentient	O
race	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Phyxx	O
who	O
were	O
long	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
extinct	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
cyborg	B-Application
(	O
Experimental	O
Unit	O
AP-127	O
)	O
who	O
awakens	O
in	O
a	O
cell	O
on	O
Daedalus	O
with	O
no	O
prior	O
memories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
centers	O
mainly	O
on	O
exploration	O
and	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
using	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
on	O
fighting	O
and	O
interaction	O
with	O
non-player	O
characters	O
(	O
NPCs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
Garriott	O
helped	O
kick	B-Application
off	O
the	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
1994	O
magazine	O
article	O
he	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
Interactive	B-Application
Movies	I-Application
have	O
become	O
a	O
buzzword	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
's	O
being	O
applied	O
to	O
games	O
which	O
really	O
are	O
n't	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Just	O
because	O
a	O
game	O
has	O
FMV	B-Application
that	O
does	O
n't	O
automatically	O
make	O
it	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
,	O
because	O
you	O
have	O
very	O
little	O
control	O
over	O
the	O
actor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
has	O
tank	O
controls	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
can	O
rotate	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
,	O
walk	O
and	O
run	O
forwards	O
and	O
backwards	O
,	O
and	O
sidestep	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
enter	O
a	O
combat	O
stance	O
that	O
makes	O
several	O
punch	O
and	O
kick	B-Application
movements	O
and	O
hand-to-hand	O
weapons	O
(	O
if	O
carried	O
)	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combat	O
system	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
is	O
revealed	O
by	O
finding	O
and	O
reading	O
logs	O
on	O
PDAs	B-Application
and	O
notes	O
left	O
behind	O
by	O
characters	O
,	O
including	O
accounts	O
of	O
experimental	O
subjects	O
losing	O
their	O
memories	O
and	O
lapsing	O
into	O
insanity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
large	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
puzzle	O
element	O
relies	O
on	O
accessing	O
control	O
and	O
computer	B-General_Concept
terminals	I-General_Concept
in	O
order	O
to	O
remotely	O
control	O
robots	O
,	O
open	O
doors	O
and	O
bypass	O
security	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Director	O
Ken	O
Demarest	O
had	O
the	O
core	O
idea	O
for	O
BioForge	B-Application
whilst	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
programmer	O
on	O
Ultima	B-Application
VII	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demarest	O
felt	O
that	O
Ultima	B-Application
VII	I-Application
had	O
too	O
much	O
freedom	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
creating	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
with	O
synthetic	O
actors	O
would	O
create	O
a	O
more	O
immersive	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
at	O
Origin	O
by	O
a	O
core	O
team	O
of	O
ten	O
people	O
under	O
Demarest	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
two	O
years	O
from	O
February	O
1993	B-Application
to	O
March	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
80x86	B-Operating_System
assembly	B-Language
and	O
used	O
the	O
Phar	O
Lap	O
DOS	B-Device
extender	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
used	O
a	O
custom	O
script	B-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
world	O
management	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
employed	O
an	O
HTML-styled	O
language	O
to	O
code	O
the	O
in-game	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
working	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
Interactive	B-Application
Movie	I-Application
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
models	O
of	O
BioForge	B-Application
were	O
created	O
from	O
reference	O
sketches	O
in	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
and	O
then	O
texture-mapped	O
in	O
a	O
proprietary	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
tool	O
named	O
EOR	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
that	O
was	O
capable	O
of	O
displaying	O
captured	O
movement	O
as	O
fully	O
rendered	O
models	O
in	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
software-only	O
3D	O
engine	O
to	O
draw	O
polygonal	O
objects	O
and	O
characters	O
against	O
pre-rendered	O
backdrops	O
with	O
a	O
fixed	O
resolution	O
of	O
320x200	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
in	O
256	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
pioneered	O
quaternion-based	O
skeletal	O
animation	O
,	O
with	O
pose	O
interpolation	O
and	O
interchangeable	O
skeletons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
can	O
be	O
run	O
reliably	O
in	O
the	O
DOSBox	B-Application
PC	O
emulator	O
as	O
of	O
version	O
0.65	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
(	O
BioForge	B-Application
II	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
art	O
when	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
halted	O
and	O
changed	O
to	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
BioForge	B-Application
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
Plus	O
was	O
projected	O
by	O
Origin	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
directly	O
continue	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
after	O
a	O
rushed	O
beta	O
was	O
completed	O
in	O
10	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
former	O
Origin	O
employee	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
going	O
through	O
a	O
"	O
hard	O
year	O
"	O
in	O
1995	B-Application
and	O
that	O
job	O
and	O
production	O
team	O
cuts	O
resulted	O
in	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
BioForge	B-Application
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
blog	O
reported	O
that	O
EA	O
Mythic	O
received	O
a	O
crate	O
full	O
of	O
old	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
archive	O
materials	O
,	O
possibly	O
containing	O
BioForge	B-Application
Plus	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
BioForge	B-Application
at	O
its	O
release	O
were	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
reviewers	O
noted	O
problems	O
but	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
worthwhile	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
While	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
perfect	O
 [ ... ] 	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
mistake	O
to	O
ignore	O
BioForge	B-Application
"	O
and	O
"	O
flaws	O
are	O
n't	O
enough	O
to	O
keep	O
BioForge	B-Application
from	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
unusual	O
and	O
intriguing	O
adventues	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Games	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
devours	O
more	O
than	O
30-Meg	O
of	O
hard	O
drive	O
space	O
to	O
deliver	O
a	O
frequently	O
clumsy	O
combination	O
of	O
an	O
RPG	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	B-Application
movies	I-Application
which	O
are	O
so	O
en	O
vogue	O
these	O
days.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
nominated	O
BioForge	B-Application
as	O
its	O
1995	B-Application
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
to	O
Beavis	B-Application
and	I-Application
Butt-Head	I-Application
in	I-Application
Virtual	I-Application
Stupidity	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
second-place	O
finalist	O
for	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Reviews	O
1995	B-Application
"	O
Role	O
Playing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
Anvil	B-Application
of	I-Application
Dawn	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
Schafer	O
cited	O
BioForge	B-Application
as	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
1998	O
game	O
Grim	B-Application
Fandango	I-Application
in	O
its	O
approach	O
to	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
use	O
of	O
tank	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
ranked	O
BioForge	B-Application
at	O
88	O
in	O
its	O
Top	O
100	O
PC	O
games	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
pushed	O
boundaries	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BioForge	B-Application
was	O
included	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
in	O
the	O
2010	O
book	O
1001	O
Video	O
Games	O
You	O
Must	O
Play	O
Before	O
You	O
Die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Guardian	O
included	O
BioForge	B-Application
in	O
a	O
2014	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
greatest	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
time	O
forgot	O
"	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
fascinating	O
example	O
"	O
among	O
the	O
"	O
nightmarishly	O
unplayable	O
dross	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
mid-90s	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
director	O
Ken	O
Demarest	O
reflected	O
that	O
"	O
BioForge	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
from	O
a	O
technical	O
perspective	O
,	O
and	O
I	O
think	O
that	O
if	O
I	O
’d	O
given	O
as	O
much	O
focus	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
the	O
underlying	O
technology	O
,	O
it	O
might	O
have	O
enjoyed	O
greater	O
acclaim.	O
"	O
</s>
