<s>
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
is	O
an	O
episodic	O
adventure	O
game	O
by	O
Montreal	O
developer	O
North	O
Side	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
through	O
a	O
PC	O
client	O
,	O
whose	O
major	O
functions	O
are	O
running	O
the	O
3D	O
world	O
,	O
speech-to-text	B-Application
,	O
and	O
communication	O
with	O
the	O
server	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
language	O
processing	O
and	O
reasoning	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
server	B-Operating_System
farm	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
early	O
prototypes	O
in	O
2009	O
and	O
a	O
failed	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
featured	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
is	O
set	O
on	O
Agrihan	O
,	O
an	O
island	O
in	O
the	O
Marianas	O
in	O
the	O
Pacific	O
,	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Nakagawa	O
's	O
robots	O
will	O
play	O
a	O
major	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
colonization	O
of	O
Mars	B-Application
,	O
they	O
need	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
high	O
degree	O
of	O
autonomy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
starts	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
landing	O
in	O
an	O
area	O
of	O
the	O
island	O
mostly	O
staffed	O
by	O
robots	O
and	O
hence	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
novel	O
relates	O
how	O
KHT	O
managed	O
to	O
infiltrate	O
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
communicates	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
speaking	O
into	O
a	O
microphone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
uses	O
speech-to-text	B-Application
software	O
to	O
interpret	O
and	O
react	O
to	O
the	O
spoken	O
words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
beginning	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
player	O
is	O
usually	O
required	O
to	O
build	O
an	O
acoustic	O
profile	O
and	O
train	O
speech-to-text	B-Application
,	O
unless	O
typing	O
is	O
preferred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
the	O
player	O
can	O
discover	O
the	O
story	O
organically	O
by	O
querying	O
characters	O
about	O
their	O
environment	O
and	O
events	O
they	O
witnessed	O
,	O
guiding	O
robots	O
through	O
complex	O
tasks	O
,	O
negotiating	O
transactions	O
with	O
robots	O
and	O
teaching	O
them	O
new	O
concepts	O
and	O
new	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
conversation-based	O
interactions	O
are	O
mediated	O
by	O
speech-to-text	B-Application
and	O
text-to-speech	O
solutions	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
North	O
Side	O
dialogue	O
pipeline	O
as	O
client	O
and	O
server	O
side	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
North	O
Side	O
Inc	O
.	O
started	O
research	O
on	O
its	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
technology	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
least	O
initially	O
,	O
the	O
business	O
plan	O
was	O
to	O
apply	O
English	O
to	O
rapid	O
scripting	O
of	O
simulations	O
and	O
scenarios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
was	O
first	O
storyboarded	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
when	O
North	O
Side	O
decided	O
that	O
producing	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
initial	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
understanding	I-General_Concept
and	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
generation	I-General_Concept
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
also	O
hope	O
that	O
the	O
scripting	O
language	O
will	O
enable	O
players	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
content	O
in	O
a	O
MMO	B-Application
environment	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
compete	O
in	O
some	O
area	O
(	O
as	O
in	O
a	O
Jeopardy	O
!	O
-style	O
game	O
for	O
robots	O
)	O
or	O
cooperate	O
in	O
a	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NLP	B-Language
technology	O
cost	O
$20	O
million	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
$2	O
to	O
$3	O
million	O
to	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
closed	O
alpha	O
of	O
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
was	O
started	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
and	O
was	O
extended	O
in	O
June	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unsuccessful	O
Kickstarter	O
funding	O
campaign	O
ran	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
system	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bot	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
on	O
January	O
29	O
,	O
2015	O
because	O
of	O
low	O
sales	O
;	O
it	O
had	O
sold	O
814	O
units	O
and	O
made	O
$	O
10,000	O
of	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
