<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
is	O
an	O
episodic	O
3D	O
adventure	O
game	O
with	O
emphasis	O
on	O
character	O
interaction	O
,	O
exploration	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
and	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
to	O
the	O
adventure	O
games	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
and	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
updated	O
"	O
Final	O
Cut	O
"	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
physical	O
media	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
5	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
versions	O
on	O
21	O
July	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
series	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
two	O
parallel	O
universes	O
:	O
Stark	B-Application
,	O
a	O
cyberpunk	O
future	O
Earth	O
,	O
and	O
Arcadia	B-Application
,	O
its	O
magical	O
fantasy	B-Application
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chapters	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
2220	O
CE	O
and	O
continues	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
whose	O
protagonist	O
Zoë	B-Application
Castillo	I-Application
had	O
uncovered	O
a	O
criminal	O
conspiracy	O
that	O
aimed	O
to	O
enslave	O
both	O
Stark	B-Application
and	O
Arcadia	B-Application
by	O
stealing	O
their	O
residents	O
 '	O
dreams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Zoë	O
managed	O
to	O
disrupt	O
the	O
conspirators	O
 '	O
plans	O
,	O
she	O
was	O
betrayed	O
and	O
left	O
in	O
a	O
coma	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
to	O
find	O
her	O
purpose	O
in	O
life	O
again	O
in	O
Chapters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
Ragnar	O
Tørnquist	O
,	O
who	O
wrote	O
and	O
directed	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Funcom	O
,	O
the	O
owners	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
IP	O
,	O
had	O
licensed	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
next	O
installment	O
out	O
to	O
Tørnquist	O
's	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
4	I-Application
game	O
engine	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
retroactively	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
5	I-Application
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Book	O
Four	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
large	O
3D	O
environments	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
2D	O
backgrounds	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
and	O
smaller	O
3D	O
locations	O
in	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
supports	O
game	B-Device
controllers	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
optimized	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
combat	B-Application
or	O
stealth	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
optional	O
,	O
online-only	O
"	O
social	O
"	O
feature	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
discover	O
(	O
either	O
before	O
,	O
or	O
after	O
making	O
the	O
choice	O
)	O
which	O
options	O
other	O
players	O
(	O
and	O
their	O
Facebook	B-Application
friends	O
in	O
particular	O
)	O
picked	O
in	O
these	O
situations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earth	O
,	O
or	O
"	O
Stark	B-Application
"	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
world	O
of	O
science	O
existing	O
in	O
Balance	O
with	O
its	O
"	O
Twin	O
World	O
"	O
of	O
magic	O
,	O
Arcadia	B-Application
,	O
split	O
off	O
and	O
separated	O
from	O
it	O
by	O
the	O
impassable	O
Divide	O
twelve	O
millennia	O
ago	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
2220	O
CE	O
by	O
Stark	B-Application
's	O
reckoning	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
chief	O
antagonist	O
is	O
Brian	O
Westhouse	O
,	O
a	O
Starkian	O
trapped	O
in	O
Arcadia	B-Application
,	O
who	O
plans	O
to	O
return	O
home	O
by	O
forcibly	O
reuniting	O
the	O
Twin	O
Worlds	O
with	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
Undreaming	O
,	O
the	O
destructive	O
counterpart	O
to	O
Lux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
strengthen	O
the	O
Undreaming	O
with	O
dream	O
energy	O
,	O
Westhouse	O
,	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
Prophet	O
"	O
,	O
had	O
conspired	O
with	O
the	O
corrupt	O
officials	O
of	O
the	O
Azadi	O
Empire	O
in	O
Arcadia	B-Application
and	O
an	O
ambitious	O
Starkian	O
scientist	O
Helena	O
Chang	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
giant	O
dream-storing	O
Engine	O
in	O
the	O
recently	O
conquered	O
Arcadian	O
city-state	O
of	O
Marcuria	O
and	O
to	O
imbue	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
dream	O
energy	O
stolen	O
from	O
Stark	B-Application
by	O
Chang	O
's	O
lucid	O
dream-inducing	O
invention	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Dreamachines	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
a	O
20-year-old	O
Zoë	O
had	O
learned	O
that	O
Chang	O
's	O
sponsors	O
,	O
the	O
Japan-based	O
megacorporation	O
WatiCorp	O
,	O
planned	O
to	O
brainwash	O
Dreamachine	O
users	O
in	O
a	O
bid	O
for	O
world	O
domination	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
failing	O
to	O
stop	O
them	O
,	O
she	O
was	O
put	O
into	O
a	O
coma	O
by	O
Chang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
in	O
Arcadia	B-Application
,	O
an	O
elite	O
Azadi	O
operative	O
Kian	O
Alvane	O
investigated	O
the	O
corruption	O
in	O
Marcuria	O
but	O
was	O
charged	O
with	O
high	O
treason	O
and	O
imprisoned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Zoë	O
attempts	O
to	O
wake	O
herself	O
up	O
,	O
she	O
instead	O
creates	O
a	O
secondary	O
physical	O
body	O
for	O
herself	O
in	O
Stark	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
no	O
memories	O
of	O
her	O
adventures	O
and	O
travels	O
to	O
Europolis	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Zoë	O
attempts	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Dreamachine	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
rest	O
,	O
her	O
secondary	O
body	O
disappears	O
from	O
Stark	B-Application
and	O
appears	O
in	O
Arcadia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
,	O
she	O
reunites	O
with	O
her	O
talking	O
bird	O
sidekick	B-Application
Crow	O
and	O
embarks	O
on	O
a	O
journey	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
dreaming	O
Lux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
in	O
Arcadia	B-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Azadi	O
empresses	O
arrives	O
to	O
Marcuria	O
with	O
General	O
Hami	O
and	O
Mother	O
Utana	O
,	O
Kian	O
's	O
mentor	O
and	O
stepmother	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
storyline	O
begins	O
in	O
the	O
prologue	O
,	O
where	O
April	O
Ryan	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
perished	O
in	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
is	O
reincarnated	O
as	O
Saga	O
in	O
the	O
House	O
of	O
All	O
Worlds	O
,	O
a	O
mystical	O
location	O
between	O
all	O
worlds	O
and	O
timelines	O
of	O
the	O
multiverse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saga	O
's	O
mother	O
disappears	O
soon	O
after	O
her	O
birth	O
,	O
and	O
despite	O
her	O
father	O
's	O
best	O
efforts	O
to	O
suppress	O
her	O
inherited	O
world-traveling	O
powers	O
,	O
Saga	O
runs	O
away	O
from	O
home	O
at	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
14	O
to	O
wander	O
the	O
multiverse	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
April	O
,	O
grows	O
up	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
habitual	O
fulfiller	O
of	O
various	O
prophecies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acting	O
on	O
one	O
such	O
prophecy	B-Application
,	O
she	O
travels	O
to	O
Arcadia	B-Application
just	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
heal	O
Kian	O
with	O
an	O
alchemical	B-Language
concoction	O
after	O
Utana	O
and	O
the	O
Prophet	O
leave	O
him	O
to	O
bleed	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
possesses	O
the	O
Prophet	O
and	O
flings	O
him	O
to	O
Stark	B-Application
,	O
Zoë	O
reunites	O
it	O
with	O
Lux	O
and	O
thus	O
restores	O
the	O
Balance	O
between	O
creation	O
and	O
destruction	O
,	O
before	O
passing	O
out	O
from	O
exhaustion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
week	O
later	O
,	O
Kian	O
leaves	O
Marcuria	O
to	O
pursue	O
Utana	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
intercepted	O
by	O
Saga	O
who	O
,	O
acting	O
on	O
another	O
prophecy	B-Application
,	O
demands	O
to	O
join	O
him	O
and	O
also	O
that	O
he	O
adopts	O
her	O
,	O
foreshadowing	O
the	O
major	O
role	O
they	O
both	O
will	O
play	O
in	O
the	O
War	O
of	O
the	O
Balance	O
that	O
is	O
to	O
precede	O
the	O
looming	O
reunification	O
of	O
the	O
Twin	O
Worlds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
epilogue	O
,	O
many	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
Twin	O
Worlds	O
were	O
reunited	O
,	O
an	O
elderly	O
Saga	O
,	O
now	O
Lady	O
Alvane	O
,	O
reminisces	O
about	O
her	O
travels	O
and	O
chats	O
with	O
the	O
reincarnated	O
Crow	O
,	O
before	O
settling	O
down	O
in	O
her	O
armchair	O
in	O
the	O
House	O
of	O
All	O
Worlds	O
to	O
greet	O
April	O
Ryan	O
,	O
mirroring	O
the	O
same	O
scene	O
that	O
occurred	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
series	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
is	O
rooted	O
in	O
a	O
predeterministic	O
philosophy	O
,	O
which	O
compares	O
life	O
to	O
a	O
journey	O
with	O
a	O
set	O
destination	O
:	O
a	O
person	O
may	O
choose	O
their	O
course	O
freely	O
but	O
will	O
ultimately	O
arrive	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
predestined	O
place	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
,	O
this	O
philosophy	O
is	O
expressed	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
characters	O
 '	O
ability	O
to	O
make	O
story-altering	O
decisions	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
have	O
no	O
effect	O
upon	O
the	O
ending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
megacity	O
of	O
Europolis	O
is	O
presented	O
as	O
"	O
Europe	O
 [ ... ] 	O
finally	O
paying	O
the	O
price	O
for	O
hundreds	O
of	O
years	O
of	O
imperialism	B-Application
,	O
reactionary	O
politics	O
,	O
wasteful	O
spending	O
and	O
industrialisation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
,	O
Ragnar	O
Tørnquist	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
's	O
definitely	O
a	O
political	O
element	O
to	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
,	O
as	O
there	O
was	O
to	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
as	O
well.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Funcom	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
and	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
first	O
announced	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
on	O
1	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
while	O
its	O
plot	O
was	O
already	O
written	O
out	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
could	O
n't	O
begin	O
until	O
2012	O
because	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
creators	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
(	O
including	O
Tørnquist	O
)	O
were	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
working	O
on	O
Funcom	O
's	O
next	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
The	B-Protocol
Secret	I-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
1	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Ragnar	O
Tørnquist	O
's	O
newly-founded	O
studio	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
began	O
the	O
pre-production	O
for	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Funcom	O
's	O
focus	O
has	O
shifted	O
to	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
the	O
company	O
decided	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
IP	O
to	O
Tørnquist	O
's	O
development	O
studio	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
fund	O
and	O
produce	O
the	O
game	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Tørnquist	O
stated	O
he	O
took	O
no	O
other	O
Funcom	O
employees	O
to	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
with	O
him	O
,	O
his	O
studio	O
hired	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
who	O
have	O
since	O
left	O
Funcom	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Blink	O
Studios	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
former	O
Funcom	O
employees	O
who	O
worked	O
on	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
and	O
have	O
since	O
developed	O
an	O
expertise	O
with	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
initial	O
announcement	O
,	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
Film	O
Fund	O
awarded	O
Funcom	O
a	O
grant	O
to	O
"	O
research	O
online-only	O
delivery	O
methods	O
of	O
episodic	O
content	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
finance	O
the	O
initial	O
development	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
hold	O
,	O
the	O
grant	O
was	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
NFF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
$	O
174,000	O
)	O
for	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
to	O
begin	O
pre-production	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
in	O
November	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
game	O
's	O
intended	O
full	O
title	O
has	O
always	O
been	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
used	O
the	O
subtitle	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
during	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
to	O
improve	O
brand	O
recognition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
estimated	O
the	O
necessary	O
budget	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
about	O
$1million	O
(	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
$5million	O
budget	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
and	O
roughly	O
$2	O
–	O
3million	O
of	O
TLJ	O
)	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
supplement	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
money	O
with	O
further	O
grants	O
and	O
personal	O
funds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
starting	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
RTG	O
spent	O
months	O
analyzing	O
previous	O
successful	O
Kickstarter	O
campaigns	O
,	O
particularly	O
Project	B-Application
Eternity	I-Application
and	O
Broken	B-Application
Sword	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Serpent	I-Application
's	I-Application
Curse	I-Application
,	O
to	O
better	O
plan	O
their	O
own	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Сhapters	O
reached	O
its	O
minimal	O
funding	O
goal	O
on	O
16	O
February	O
,	O
much	O
quicker	O
than	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
anticipated	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
on	O
10	O
March	O
with	O
$	O
1,538,425	O
raised	O
,	O
or	O
180%	O
of	O
the	O
initial	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
achieved	O
included	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Device
support	O
,	O
an	O
expanded	O
storyline	O
,	O
several	O
new	O
locations	O
,	O
an	O
improved	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
an	O
interactive	O
comic	O
book	O
,	O
French	O
-	O
and	O
German-language	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
director	O
's	O
commentary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
stretch	O
goal	O
,	O
unlocked	O
at	O
$2million	O
,	O
was	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
Home	O
,	O
a	O
traditional	O
2D	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
starring	O
April	O
Ryan	O
,	O
that	O
would	O
bridge	O
the	O
ten-year	O
time	O
gap	O
between	O
TLJ	O
and	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
and	O
extend	O
to	O
after	O
Chapters	O
to	O
conclude	O
her	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
episode	O
of	O
Chapters	O
,	O
director	O
Ragnar	O
Tørnquist	O
had	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
Home	O
will	O
probably	O
never	O
happen	O
...	O
At	O
least	O
not	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
,	O
long	O
time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
playable	O
prototype	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
had	O
been	O
produced	O
concurrently	O
with	O
the	O
ongoing	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
and	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
record	O
in-game	O
footage	O
to	O
attract	O
additional	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adoption	O
of	O
a	O
cost-saving	O
third-party	O
engine	O
,	O
Unity	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
has	O
enabled	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
iterate	O
much	O
faster	O
on	O
Chapters	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
which	O
took	O
six	O
months	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
RTG	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
minimize	O
the	O
in-house	O
development	O
costs	O
,	O
producing	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
key	O
game	O
systems	O
(	O
conversations	O
,	O
story	O
flags	O
,	O
decision	O
points	O
,	O
the	O
social	O
feature	O
)	O
and	O
otherwise	O
relying	O
on	O
either	O
the	O
native	O
Unity	B-Application
technology	O
(	O
animation	O
,	O
physics	O
)	O
,	O
assets	O
from	O
the	O
Asset	O
Store	O
(	O
foliage	O
,	O
model	O
libraries	O
,	O
shaders	O
,	O
full-screen	O
filters	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
biggest	O
challenges	O
faced	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
and	O
control	O
scheme	O
(	O
a	O
pure	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
was	O
implemented	O
early	O
on	O
but	O
scrapped	O
after	O
the	O
testers	O
found	O
it	O
impractical	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
pathfinding	B-Algorithm
AI	O
for	O
the	O
NPCs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
at	O
Journeycon	O
,	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
soundtrack	O
is	O
composed	O
by	O
Simon	O
Poole	O
,	O
the	O
lead	O
sound	O
designer	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2014	O
(	O
at	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
and	O
the	O
EGX	O
Rezzed	O
expo	O
)	O
,	O
RTG	O
revealed	O
a	O
new	O
level	O
from	O
the	O
alpha	O
version	O
,	O
showing	O
Zoë	B-Application
Castillo	I-Application
in	O
Storytime	O
at	O
the	O
very	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
books	O
had	O
suffered	O
from	O
graphical	O
performance	O
problems	O
,	O
RTG	O
decided	O
to	O
develop	O
Book	O
Four	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
5	I-Application
and	O
to	O
retroactively	O
upgrade	O
the	O
previous	O
Books	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
engine	O
version	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
entire	O
porting	O
process	O
took	O
four	O
months	O
and	O
cost	O
the	O
company	O
between	O
$	O
100,000	O
and	O
$150	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
factors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
having	O
to	O
adopt	O
new	O
tools	O
,	O
to	O
reapply	O
all	O
lighting	O
effects	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Unity	B-Application
's	O
new	O
"	O
Enlighten	O
"	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
rewrite	O
all	O
shaders	O
and	O
scripts	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
engine	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
engine	O
patches	O
that	O
fixed	O
critical	O
errors	O
introduced	O
new	O
bugs	O
instead	O
,	O
eventually	O
forcing	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
stop	O
all	O
work	O
on	O
Book	O
Four	O
until	O
the	O
finished	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
Books	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
23	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
planned	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
final	O
game	O
in	O
what	O
they	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
Dreamer	O
Cycle	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
series	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2019	O
,	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
have	O
once	O
again	O
reiterated	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
various	O
reasons	O
,	O
including	O
licensing	O
terms	O
"	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
working	O
on	O
any	O
projects	O
in	O
The	O
Longest	O
Journey/Dreamfall	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
and	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
were	O
re-cast	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
returning	O
playable	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Zoë	B-Application
Castillo	I-Application
's	O
original	O
voice	O
actress	O
,	O
Ellie	O
Conrad-Leigh	O
,	O
has	O
expressed	O
readiness	O
to	O
reprise	O
this	O
role	O
,	O
she	O
was	O
voiced	O
by	O
Charlotte	O
Ritchie	O
in	O
Chapters	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
target	O
platforms	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
because	O
the	O
developers	O
believe	O
"	O
that	O
's	O
where	O
 [ ... ] 	O
The	B-Application
Longest	I-Application
Journey	I-Application
fans	O
are	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Gamescom	O
2014	O
,	O
RTG	O
announced	O
that	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
port	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
console	O
version	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
and	O
would	O
remain	O
a	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
exclusive	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
through	O
the	O
Remote	B-Device
Play	I-Device
functionality	O
of	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
its	O
RAM	B-Architecture
requirements	O
make	O
a	O
direct	O
Vita	O
port	O
impossible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
RTG	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
port	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
then-current	O
Microsoft	O
policy	O
prevented	O
them	O
from	O
publishing	O
previously	O
PS4-exclusive	O
games	O
on	O
that	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
console	O
release	O
was	O
finally	O
announced	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
confirmed	O
that	O
both	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
versions	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
simultaneously	O
with	O
the	O
Final	O
Cut	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
on	O
24	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
pushed	O
back	O
to	O
5	O
May	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
and	O
to	O
21	O
July	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
versions	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
console	O
ports	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
feasible	O
until	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
upgraded	O
to	O
Unity	B-Application
5	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
had	O
approached	O
Red	O
Thread	O
Games	O
about	O
a	O
possible	O
port	O
of	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
to	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
immediately	O
after	O
the	O
preproduction	O
began	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
n't	O
until	O
July	O
2013	O
that	O
the	O
studio	O
requested	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
dev	B-Application
kit	I-Application
to	O
start	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
considered	O
the	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
port	O
"	O
secondary	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
target	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
stretch	O
goals	O
that	O
was	O
n't	O
reached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
SteamOS	B-Application
,	O
were	O
also	O
under	O
consideration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
pre-production	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
experimented	O
with	O
the	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
virtual	O
reality	O
technology	O
and	O
,	O
by	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
running	O
on	O
it	O
that	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
publicly	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
French	O
translations	O
confirmed	O
,	O
although	O
(	O
version	O
5.7.4.4	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
version	O
only	O
contains	O
English	O
and	O
German	O
voice-overs	O
and	O
English	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
French	O
subtitles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
was	O
translated	O
into	O
German	O
by	O
the	O
Vienna-based	O
studio	O
White	O
Rabbit	O
Interactive	O
,	O
and	O
into	O
French	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
Parisian	O
Words	O
of	O
Magic	O
;	O
German	O
voice-overs	O
were	O
recorded	O
by	O
the	O
Hamburg-based	O
Studio	O
Mühl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marion	O
von	O
Stengel	O
,	O
who	O
voiced	O
Zoë	O
in	O
the	O
German	O
localization	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
,	O
reprised	O
her	O
role	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
announced	O
as	O
an	O
episodic	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
idea	O
was	O
scrapped	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
full-length	O
game	O
when	O
the	O
pre-production	O
started	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
developers	O
felt	O
that	O
extended	O
breaks	O
between	O
chapters	O
would	O
have	O
negatively	O
affected	O
the	O
story	O
flow	O
and	O
pacing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Book	O
Four	O
's	O
subtitle	O
was	O
announced	O
via	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
in	O
late	O
September	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
release	O
date	O
,	O
on	O
30	O
November	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
the	O
episodes	O
were	O
distributed	O
digitally	O
on	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
cleared	O
on	O
the	O
Greenlight	O
process	O
on	O
17	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Munich-based	O
EuroVideo	O
Medien	O
had	O
released	O
an	O
exclusive	O
retail	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Germany	O
in	O
2014	O
,	O
containing	O
Book	O
One	O
and	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
season	O
pass	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
5	O
May	O
2017	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
by	O
the	O
publisher	O
Deep	O
Silver	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
21	O
July	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
subtitled	O
The	O
Final	O
Cut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
review	O
aggregator	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
has	O
received	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
scores	O
from	O
critics	O
on	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ragnar	O
Tørnquist	O
reported	O
in	O
April	O
2019	O
that	O
Dreamfall	B-Application
Chapters	I-Application
had	O
performed	O
"	O
very	O
well	O
"	O
commercially	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
above	O
500,000	O
units	O
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that	O
"	O
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50	O
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"	O
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