<s>
Californium	B-Application
is	O
an	O
exploration	O
game	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Darjeeling	O
and	O
Nova	O
Productions	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2016	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
under	O
Proton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Californium	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
tribute	O
to	O
science-fiction	O
author	O
Philip	O
K	O
.	O
Dick	O
on	O
the	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
his	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
each	O
level	O
are	O
several	O
cathode-ray	B-Device
tube	I-Device
monitors	O
that	O
once	O
discovered	O
will	O
present	O
a	O
Roman	O
numeral	O
value	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
third	O
reality	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
Mars	O
,	O
where	O
Green	O
is	O
a	O
Commander	O
of	O
a	O
colony	O
of	O
cyborgs	B-Application
;	O
Green	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
creating	O
sentient	O
androids	O
,	O
who	O
eventually	O
enslaved	O
the	O
remaining	O
humanity	O
as	O
workforce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Californium	B-Application
was	O
borne	O
out	O
of	O
an	O
idea	O
between	O
the	O
development	O
teams	O
Darjeeling	O
and	O
Nova	O
Productions	O
in	O
2011	O
as	O
the	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
Dick	O
's	O
death	O
was	O
approaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Journalists	O
from	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
and	O
Motherboard	O
have	O
noted	O
the	O
game	O
shares	O
many	O
similarities	O
with	O
Dick	O
's	O
1981	O
VALIS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
a	O
planned	O
trilogy	O
,	O
which	O
presents	O
a	O
story	O
in	O
which	O
human	O
behavior	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
an	O
external	O
intelligence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotguns	O
John	O
Walker	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
approach	O
of	O
showing	O
the	O
bubbles	O
of	O
alternate	O
realities	O
was	O
"	O
extraordinary	O
as	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
level	O
design	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
attempts	O
at	O
meta-fictional	O
narration	O
had	O
been	O
better	O
accomplished	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Stanley	I-Application
Parable	I-Application
.	O
</s>
