<s>
Darkwood	B-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
horror	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Acid	O
Wizard	O
Studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
eventually	O
becoming	O
a	O
full	O
game	O
release	O
on	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2017	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
20	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
announced	O
during	O
the	O
Nindies	O
Nintendo	O
Direct	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
publisher	O
Crunching	O
Koalas	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Google	B-Application
Stadia	I-Application
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
on	O
October	O
28	O
,	O
2022	O
and	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
on	O
December	O
23	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higher	O
difficulties	O
have	O
higher	O
penalties	O
for	O
death	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
loss	O
of	O
lives	O
or	O
permanent	B-Application
death	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Darkwood	B-Application
is	O
set	O
somewhere	O
in	O
the	O
Polish	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
or	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
,	O
somewhere	O
else	O
in	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Bloc	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
where	O
a	O
mysterious	O
forest	O
has	O
engulfed	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
land	O
and	O
is	O
continuing	O
to	O
expand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
revealed	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
pre-alpha	O
gameplay	O
trailer	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
page	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
on	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
following	O
months	O
seeing	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
a	O
campaign	O
on	O
the	O
popular	O
crowdfunding	O
website	O
Indiegogo	O
which	O
funded	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
initial	O
developing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
32-bit	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
although	O
present	O
at	O
first	O
,	O
was	O
dropped	O
mid-development	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
survey	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
showed	O
no	O
players	O
currently	O
using	O
such	O
a	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
released	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
on	O
image	O
hosting	O
website	O
Imgur	B-Algorithm
,	O
telling	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
releasing	O
a	O
free	O
torrent	O
of	O
it	O
,	O
asking	O
the	O
players	O
to	O
buy	O
it	O
if	O
they	O
enjoy	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
move	O
was	O
motivated	O
by	O
two	O
reasons	O
,	O
they	O
wanted	O
some	O
players	O
who	O
could	O
n't	O
afford	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
play	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
received	O
several	O
e-mails	O
related	O
to	O
theft	O
of	O
game	B-Application
keys	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
,	O
Darkwood	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
works	O
of	O
David	O
Lynch	O
,	O
Strugacki	O
brothers	O
,	O
Stanisław	O
Lem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
like	O
Fallout	B-Application
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Souls	I-Application
,	O
Project	B-Language
Zomboid	I-Language
,	O
Teleglitch	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
A	O
lot	O
people	O
said	O
there	O
are	O
similarities	O
between	O
Lovecraft	O
and	O
Darkwood	B-Application
,	O
and	O
turned	O
out	O
that	O
none	O
of	O
us	O
read	O
any	O
Lovecraft	O
before	O
making	O
Darkwood.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
articles	O
by	O
Variety	O
and	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
second	O
one	O
,	O
Tom	O
Marks	O
(	O
writing	O
for	O
IGN	O
)	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
"	O
not	O
taking	O
cheap	O
shots	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
playing	O
surprisingly	O
well	O
with	O
a	O
Switch	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
Controller	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
