<s>
Eco	B-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
American	O
studio	O
Strange	O
Loop	O
Games	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
have	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
civilization	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
world	O
in	O
Eco	B-Application
is	O
threatened	O
with	O
an	O
impending	O
meteor	O
impact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eco	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
survival	B-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
both	O
the	O
world	O
and	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
survival	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
Eco	B-Application
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
combat	O
between	O
players	O
or	O
monsters	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
way	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
to	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eco	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
an	O
educational	O
tool	O
designed	O
purely	O
for	O
middle	O
school	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strange	O
Loop	O
Games	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
produced	O
two	O
games	O
:	O
the	O
logic	O
game	O
Vessel	O
and	O
the	O
serious	B-Application
game	I-Application
Sim	O
Cell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
influenced	O
by	O
open-world	O
games	O
like	O
Minecraft	B-Application
and	O
Rust	B-Application
,	O
and	O
has	O
taken	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
dynamic	O
community	O
processes	O
present	O
in	O
EVE	B-Protocol
Online	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
CEO	O
of	O
Strange	O
Loop	O
Games	O
and	O
designer	O
of	O
Eco	B-Application
,	O
John	O
Krajewski	O
,	O
attempted	O
to	O
raise	O
$	O
100,000	O
using	O
the	O
crowdfunding	O
platform	O
Kickstarter	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
further	O
extend	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
German	O
computer	O
game	O
magazine	O
GameStar	O
called	O
Eco	B-Application
an	O
"	O
ambitious	O
survival	O
game″	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
innovative	O
approach″	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
pretty	O
Minecraft	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
emphasized	O
that	O
survival	B-Application
games	I-Application
usually	O
promote	O
a	O
heedless	O
exploitation	O
of	O
resources	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
players	O
actions	O
in	O
Eco	B-Application
has	O
consequences	O
that	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
thought	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
