<s>
A	O
sequel	O
named	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
artificial	O
life	O
technology	O
from	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Docking	O
Station	O
updated	O
to	O
a	O
3D	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
titles	O
to	O
code	O
artificial	O
life	O
organisms	O
from	O
the	O
genetic	O
level	O
upwards	O
using	O
a	O
sophisticated	O
biochemistry	O
and	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
brains	O
,	O
including	O
simulated	O
senses	O
of	O
sight	O
,	O
hearing	O
and	O
touch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
desktop	O
pet	O
with	O
a	O
brain	O
,	O
Grand	O
later	O
incorporated	O
inspiration	O
from	O
The	O
Planiverse	O
to	O
pitch	O
a	O
"	O
little	O
computer	O
ewoks	O
"	O
game	O
,	O
like	O
the	O
game	O
Little	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
People	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
instantly	O
successful	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
of	O
players	O
soon	O
formed	O
,	O
swapping	O
Norns	O
,	O
creating	O
new	O
objects	O
for	O
Albia	O
,	O
sharing	O
tips	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
anecdotes	O
about	O
unexpected	O
evolutionary	O
changes	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
seen	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
creating	O
new	O
breeds	O
of	O
Norn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
Creatures	B-Application
online	I-Application
community	O
was	O
the	O
largest	O
of	O
its	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
began	O
in	O
Q3	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
nominated	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Artificial	I-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
category	O
of	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
's	O
Spotlight	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sequels	O
to	O
Creatures	O
,	O
including	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
the	O
small-children	O
'	O
s	O
games	O
Creatures	O
Adventures	O
and	O
Creatures	O
Playground	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Creature	O
Labs	O
in	O
subsequent	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kutoka	O
Interactive	O
,	O
a	O
Canadian	O
children	O
's	O
software	O
company	O
,	O
has	O
created	O
releases	O
of	O
Creatures	O
Exodus	O
(	O
Kutoka	O
)	O
and	O
Creatures	O
Village	O
(	O
Kutoka	O
Kids	O
)	O
that	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
both	O
Apple	O
's	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Raised	I-Application
in	I-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
One	O
game	O
,	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Plus	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
announced	O
they	O
were	O
developing	O
Creatures	O
4	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
demonstrated	O
at	O
that	O
year	O
's	O
Gamescom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	O
4	O
is	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
's	O
most	O
complex	O
game	O
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
and	O
BigBen	O
were	O
partnering	O
with	O
ProSiebenSat.1	O
Games	O
as	O
a	O
distributor	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
changed	O
from	O
Creatures	O
4	O
to	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julien	O
Hamaide	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
presented	O
about	O
it	O
at	O
the	O
Game/AI	O
Conference	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
halted	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2021	O
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
Creatures	O
:	O
The	O
Albian	O
Years	O
and	O
Creatures	O
Village	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
games	I-Application
service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
have	O
compared	O
the	O
Norns	O
 '	O
visual	O
design	O
to	O
the	O
Mogwai	O
of	O
the	O
Gremlins	B-Language
film	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shee	B-Application
originally	O
created	O
the	O
Norns	O
as	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
valet	O
and	O
pet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
spread	O
of	O
Norns	O
throughout	O
the	O
galaxy	O
is	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
mysterious	O
disappearance	O
of	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
from	O
Albia	O
(	O
from	O
the	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
Norns	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
how	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
fared	O
in	O
their	O
attempt	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
habitable	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
Norns	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
simulated	O
biochemistry	O
,	O
haploid	O
genetics	O
,	O
and	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
brain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
onwards	O
,	O
Norns	O
also	O
possess	O
organs	O
determined	O
by	O
their	O
genetics	O
;	O
mutation	O
and	O
injury	O
can	O
render	O
these	O
defunct	O
,	O
with	O
typically	O
fatal	O
consequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shee	B-Application
are	O
a	O
race	O
of	O
absent-minded	O
scientists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shee	B-Application
are	O
all	O
inventors	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
inventions	O
to	O
save	O
time	O
on	O
tasks	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
taken	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
otherwise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Millennia	O
ago	O
,	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
had	O
left	O
the	O
disk-shaped	O
world	O
of	O
Albia	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
desired	O
to	O
live	O
on	O
a	O
"	O
more	O
spherical	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
created	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
Ark	O
,	O
took	O
along	O
some	O
Norns	O
,	O
Ettins	O
,	O
and	O
various	O
animals	O
and	O
plants	O
,	O
and	O
set	O
out	O
for	O
their	O
new	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shee	B-Application
Ark	O
,	O
like	O
all	O
Shee	B-Application
spacecraft	O
,	O
was	O
itself	O
a	O
living	O
creature	O
grown	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
and	O
used	O
"	O
Bioenergy	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
energy	O
of	O
living	O
things	O
,	O
used	O
to	O
balance	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
to	O
perform	O
its	O
various	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
concepts	O
of	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
had	O
them	O
as	O
merely	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
life	O
form	O
than	O
the	O
Norns	O
,	O
not	O
their	O
creators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ettins	O
are	O
a	O
species	O
in	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ettins	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
to	O
help	O
them	O
on	O
their	O
experiments	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
using	O
machinery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ettins	O
in	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
were	O
infertile	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
Ettins	O
aboard	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
Ark	O
at	O
most	O
times	O
(	O
both	O
female	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
to	O
breed	O
if	O
two	O
of	O
them	O
were	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
Gene	O
Splicer	O
machine	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
male	O
Ettin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
in-depth	O
exploration	O
of	O
the	O
genetics	O
and	O
neurology	O
of	O
the	O
Ettins	O
in	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
revealed	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
constantly	O
in	O
pain	O
,	O
apparently	O
by	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
two	O
Grendels	O
were	O
alive	O
aboard	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
Ark	O
at	O
most	O
times	O
(	O
both	O
male	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
to	O
breed	O
and	O
have	O
offspring	O
if	O
both	O
were	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
Gene	O
Splicer	O
machine	O
and	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
female	O
Grendel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
all	O
three	O
games	O
,	O
Grendels	O
are	O
automatically	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
"	O
Mother	O
"	O
machine	O
;	O
in	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
Grendels	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
killing	O
any	O
existing	O
grendels	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
the	O
airlock	B-Application
)	O
and	O
then	O
waiting	O
by	O
the	O
mother	O
,	O
then	O
placing	O
any	O
eggs	O
into	O
water	O
(	O
the	O
piranha	B-Application
pool	O
)	O
so	O
that	O
they	O
cannot	O
hatch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Grendels	O
were	O
another	O
genetically	O
engineered	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
,	O
albeit	O
an	O
accidental	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
certainly	O
not	O
what	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
were	O
trying	O
to	O
get	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
from	O
their	O
experiments	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
harmful	O
,	O
useless	O
monsters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
evil	O
Shee	B-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Banshee	O
)	O
believed	O
the	O
Grendels	O
were	O
genetically	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
Norns	O
,	O
and	O
kept	O
some	O
for	O
improvement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Creatures	O
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
players	O
can	O
use	O
applets	O
in	O
a	O
toolbar	O
,	O
often	O
called	O
Kits	O
,	O
along	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
window	O
,	O
to	O
access	O
many	O
functions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
getting	O
their	O
first	O
norn	O
eggs	O
,	O
naming	O
and	O
photographing	O
their	O
norns	O
,	O
monitoring	O
the	O
health	O
and	O
general	O
biochemistry	O
of	O
the	O
norns	O
and	O
administering	O
medicines	O
,	O
monitoring	O
pregnancies	O
,	O
injecting	O
objects	O
into	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
recording	O
deceased	O
norns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
introduced	O
an	O
Ecology	O
Kit	O
and	O
Neuroscience	O
Kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
players	O
still	O
use	O
a	O
hand	O
as	O
their	O
mouse	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
creatures	O
and	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
area	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
toolbars	O
like	O
in	O
Creatures	O
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
but	O
instead	O
has	O
areas	O
along	O
the	O
sides	O
of	O
the	O
screens	O
with	O
buttons	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
press	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
different	O
locations	O
,	O
view	O
the	O
current	O
creatures	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
manage	O
an	O
inventory	O
of	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
change	O
game	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
introduced	O
an	O
angel	O
and	O
devil	O
glyph	O
which	O
appears	O
next	O
to	O
the	O
hand	O
to	O
show	O
you	O
whether	O
you	O
are	O
about	O
to	O
reward	O
or	O
punish	O
your	O
creature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kahn	O
Lusth	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Canard	O
PC	O
,	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
new	O
interface	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
for	O
communicating	O
with	O
creatures	O
,	O
where	O
with	O
a	O
click	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
suggestions	O
to	O
guide	O
their	O
creatures	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
more	O
convenient	O
than	O
typing	O
keywords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
improve	O
the	O
ergonomics	O
on	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
system	O
,	O
a	O
'	O
rubber-band	O
'	O
system	O
has	O
been	O
created	O
for	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
draws	O
a	O
line	O
between	O
the	O
norn	O
and	O
an	O
object	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
initial	O
pitch	O
was	O
for	O
a	O
desktop	O
pet	O
that	O
could	O
interact	O
with	O
other	O
Windows	O
programs	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
developed	O
,	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
self-contained	O
world	O
became	O
more	O
apparent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
world	O
was	O
named	O
"	O
Albia	O
"	O
,	O
after	O
Albion	B-Application
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
goals	O
of	O
gameplay	O
became	O
to	O
explore	O
Albia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Objects	O
are	O
written	O
using	O
an	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
technique	O
-	O
each	O
item	O
has	O
their	O
own	O
scripts	O
which	O
determine	O
how	O
they	O
interact	O
with	O
creatures	O
and	O
with	O
other	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object-oriented	B-Language
approach	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
games	O
are	O
highly	O
modifiable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
the	O
environment	O
became	O
more	O
complex	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
Complete	O
working	O
eco-system	O
,	O
including	O
weather	O
,	O
seasons	O
and	O
a	O
functioning	O
food-chain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
on	O
a	O
spaceship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	O
lay	O
an	O
abandoned	O
system	O
of	O
laboratories	O
left	O
over	O
by	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
,	O
an	O
advanced	O
race	O
that	O
had	O
suddenly	O
left	O
the	O
planet	O
many	O
years	O
earlier	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
more	O
stable	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
took	O
place	O
many	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
devastating	O
natural	O
disaster	O
(	O
or	O
,	O
as	O
explained	O
in	O
later	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
devastating	O
Shee	B-Application
disaster	O
)	O
had	O
changed	O
the	O
landscape	O
of	O
Albia	O
dramatically	O
and	O
opened	O
up	O
new	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
Deluxe	O
(	O
with	O
Life	O
Kit	O
)	O
soon	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
200,000	O
copies	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
were	O
immediately	O
shipped	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
was	O
considered	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
difficult	O
"	O
than	O
C1	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
,	O
more	O
challenging	O
environment	O
and	O
norn	O
biology	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
frustrating	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
after	O
installing	O
a	O
new	O
genome	O
and	O
going	O
through	O
successive	O
generations	O
,	O
the	O
Norns	O
seemed	O
smarter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sid	O
Fisk	O
of	O
Gamezilla	O
criticized	O
the	O
audio	O
for	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
not	O
alerting	O
him	O
when	O
his	O
creature	O
was	O
near-death	O
,	O
but	O
playing	O
a	O
"	O
funeral	O
dirge	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
body	O
left	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
took	O
a	O
detour	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
took	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
spaceship	O
that	O
the	O
Shee	B-Application
had	O
used	O
to	O
flee	O
Albia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
much	O
more	O
technologically	O
focused	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
agents	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
connected	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
to	O
perform	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
included	O
a	O
"	O
new	O
social	O
element	O
"	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
norns	O
could	O
remember	O
relationships	O
they	O
've	O
formed	O
with	O
other	O
creatures	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
major	O
Creatures	O
release	O
was	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
an	O
Internet-based	O
add-on	O
to	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
released	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
on	O
the	O
Creatures	O
web	O
site	O
on	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
sell	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
the	O
player	O
could	O
dock	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
together	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Docking	O
"	O
Station	O
)	O
and	O
extra	O
packs	O
of	O
Norn	O
breeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Docking	O
Station	O
has	O
an	O
intermittent	O
reminder	O
screen	O
that	O
encourages	O
users	O
to	O
buy	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Docking	O
Station	O
added	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
interaction	O
between	O
individual	O
player	O
worlds	O
;	O
Norns	O
could	O
'	O
travel	O
 '	O
to	O
other	O
online	O
worlds	O
via	O
a	O
central	O
server	O
,	O
players	O
could	O
chat	B-Protocol
to	O
other	O
online	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
to	O
track	O
Norns	O
(	O
and	O
their	O
offspring	O
)	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
present	O
in	O
their	O
worlds	O
via	O
the	O
Docking	O
Station	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Docking	O
Station	O
also	O
expanded	O
considerably	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
mythos	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
an	O
'	O
anti-Shee	O
'	O
,	O
the	O
Banshee	O
(	O
a	O
Grendel/Shee	O
hybrid	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
a	O
planned	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
Creatures	O
4	O
in	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
's	O
blog	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
to	O
have	O
5	O
worlds	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
completely	O
in	O
3D	O
graphics	O
instead	O
of	O
2.5D	O
pre-rendered	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
in-game	O
currency	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
buy	O
Norns	O
toys	O
,	O
food	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
norns	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
were	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
new	O
drive	O
,	O
tentatively	O
called	O
"	O
altruism	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
encouraged	O
them	O
to	O
do	O
things	O
to	O
benefit	O
the	O
norn	O
colony	O
,	O
like	O
tending	O
to	O
plants	O
and	O
fixing	O
broken	O
toys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Creatures	O
4	O
"	O
was	O
renamed	O
"	O
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
"	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
unlike	O
earlier	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Creatures	O
series	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
missions	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
November	O
2015	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
the	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Creatures	O
concept	O
was	O
made	O
into	O
three	O
different	O
games	O
for	O
consoles	O
:	O
Creatures	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
and	O
Creatures	O
and	O
Creatures	O
:	O
Raised	O
in	O
Space	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
,	O
the	O
hand	O
is	O
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
fairy	O
named	O
Scrubby	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
limited	O
processing	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
early-day	O
consoles	O
,	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
had	O
to	O
be	O
completely	O
reprogrammed	O
by	O
the	O
console	O
development	O
team	O
around	O
Volker	O
Eloesser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
re-releases	O
from	O
Gameware	O
improved	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
compatibility	O
by	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
run	O
easily	O
under	O
non-administrator	O
accounts	O
and	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
break	O
compatibility	O
with	O
some	O
third-party	O
content	O
without	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
third-party	O
patch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
release	O
of	O
Creatures	O
Trilogy	O
included	O
Creatures	O
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Life	O
Kit	O
addons	O
for	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
before	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
included	O
in	O
this	O
was	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
(	O
except	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
using	O
the	O
newest	O
patch	O
)	O
and	O
was	O
therefore	O
compatible	O
with	O
Docking	O
Station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Encore	O
Software	O
released	O
a	O
Creatures	O
Trilogy	O
containing	O
Creatures	O
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
under	O
their	O
Encare	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
major	O
Creatures	O
release	O
was	O
a	O
re-release	O
in	O
2001	O
by	O
FastTrak	O
Software	O
Publishing	O
as	O
Creatures	O
Internet	O
Edition	O
,	O
a	O
bundle	O
of	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
Update	O
2	O
,	O
Docking	O
Station	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
environment	O
extras	O
and	O
tools	O
(	O
many	O
with	O
multilingual	O
variants	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
Game	O
Publishing	O
released	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Creatures	O
Internet	O
Edition	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
in	O
December	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	O
1	O
and	O
Creatures	B-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
one	O
disk	O
,	O
updated	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
Docking	O
Station	O
plus	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
new	O
Norn	O
breeds	O
on	O
one	O
disk	O
,	O
updated	O
for	O
improved	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
&	O
Mac	O
dual-format	O
,	O
and	O
versions	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creatures	O
Adventures	O
and	O
Creatures	O
Playground	O
,	O
merged	O
and	O
updated	O
for	O
improved	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
&	O
Mac	O
dual-format	O
versions	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
reviewer	O
compares	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	O
'	O
fish	B-Device
tank	I-Device
 '	O
,	O
feeling	O
that	O
once	O
the	O
frustration	O
of	O
raising	O
norns	O
through	O
their	O
childhood	O
was	O
over	O
and	O
a	O
breeding	O
population	O
had	O
been	O
established	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
boring	O
for	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
