<s>
Bound	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Santa	O
Monica	O
Studio	O
and	O
Plastic	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Interactive	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
August	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
woman	O
's	O
mind	O
world	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
Princess	O
who	O
is	O
following	O
the	O
orders	O
of	O
her	O
mother	O
,	O
the	O
Queen	O
,	O
to	O
vanquish	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
that	O
is	O
destroying	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
best	O
played	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
sitting	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
suggested	O
that	O
investigating	O
too	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
before	O
playing	O
it	O
would	O
cause	O
the	O
experience	O
to	O
be	O
spoiled	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
games	O
Journey	B-Application
and	O
Firewatch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
idea	O
also	O
came	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
Ico	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
short	O
experience	O
as	O
the	O
creative	O
director	O
noted	O
that	O
,	O
like	O
other	O
adults	O
,	O
he	O
lacked	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
play	O
larger	O
,	O
100-hour	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Witcher	I-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
after	O
one	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
years	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
disappointed	O
with	O
how	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
typical	O
game	O
character	O
her	O
movements	O
looked	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
a	O
video	O
of	O
a	O
modern	B-Device
jazz	I-Device
dance	O
to	O
change	O
their	O
movements	O
to	O
those	O
of	O
a	O
dancer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
was	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
dancer	O
Maria	O
Udod	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
chosen	O
due	O
to	O
her	O
experience	O
both	O
in	O
ballet	O
and	O
contemporary	O
dance	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
record	O
her	O
movements	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
the	O
protagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
developers	O
were	O
forced	O
to	O
sacrifice	O
visual	O
effects	O
for	O
performance	O
,	O
because	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
with	O
motion	O
blur	O
or	O
framerate	O
drops	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Plastic	O
released	O
a	O
patch	O
that	O
enabled	O
PlayStation	B-Device
VR	I-Device
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
on	O
November	O
10	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
another	O
patch	O
was	O
published	O
,	O
enabling	O
PlayStation	B-Device
4	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
support	O
,	O
including	O
4K	B-Architecture
resolution	I-Architecture
and	O
increased	O
pixel	B-Algorithm
density	O
in	O
VR	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
