<s>
Eidolon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
open	O
world	O
exploration	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
narrative	O
and	O
survival	B-Application
elements	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ice	O
Water	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
obtain	O
food	O
and	O
manage	O
the	O
risks	O
of	O
cold	O
and	O
injuries	O
,	O
these	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
challenging	O
than	O
in	O
most	O
survival	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
more	O
relaxed	O
mood	O
and	O
slower	O
pace	O
of	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eidolon	B-Application
obtained	O
a	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
reviewers	O
mostly	O
appreciated	O
its	O
distinctive	O
graphical	O
style	O
(	O
which	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
with	O
Proteus	B-Application
)	O
and	O
its	O
narrative	O
,	O
some	O
criticised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
as	O
too	O
slow-paced	O
or	O
repetitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eidolon	B-Application
simulates	O
the	O
exploration	O
of	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
minimalist	O
,	O
feature	O
stylized	O
,	O
polygonal	O
objects	O
,	O
an	O
absence	O
of	O
textures	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
also	O
attend	O
to	O
the	O
protagonist	O
's	O
survival	B-Application
,	O
which	O
involves	O
obtaining	O
food	O
,	O
staying	O
warm	O
and	O
treating	O
injuries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
objects	O
may	O
be	O
found	O
to	O
assist	O
navigation	O
and	O
survival	B-Application
:	O
a	O
fishing	O
rod	O
,	O
compass	O
,	O
bow	O
and	O
binoculars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
in	O
many	O
survival	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
these	O
tools	O
are	O
simply	O
found	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
crafted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
Kotaku	O
,	O
Luke	O
Plunkett	O
discussed	O
Eidolon	B-Application
as	O
a	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
survival	B-Application
genre	I-Application
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
distinguished	O
from	O
earlier	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
by	O
the	O
easy	O
and	O
forgiving	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
peaceful	O
"	O
atmosphere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eidolon	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
approximately	O
the	O
year	O
2400	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eidolon'''s	O
primary	O
creator	O
,	O
Kevin	O
Maxon	O
,	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
thesis	O
project	O
while	O
studying	O
game	O
design	O
at	O
Western	O
Washington	O
University	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
then	O
developed	O
over	O
20	O
months	O
by	O
Maxon	O
's	O
company	O
Ice	O
Water	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
theme	O
is	O
reflected	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
Walt	O
Whitman	O
's	O
poem	O
"	O
Eidolons	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
provided	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
title	O
but	O
quotations	O
that	O
appear	O
when	O
the	O
protagonist	O
sleeps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
survival	B-Application
elements	O
were	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
minimal	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
allow	O
relaxed	O
exploration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pre-release	O
trailer	O
in	O
December	O
2013	O
drew	O
attention	O
from	O
gaming	O
media	O
including	O
comparisons	O
of	O
the	O
visual	O
style	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Proteus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
early	O
attention	O
encouraged	O
a	O
Steam	B-Application
Greenlight	O
campaign	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
Eidolon	B-Application
was	O
released	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Ice	O
Water	O
Games	O
website	O
warns	O
of	O
compatibility	O
problems	O
under	O
OS	O
X	O
with	O
some	O
recent	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Metacritic	O
displays	O
an	O
aggregate	O
review	O
score	O
for	O
Eidolon	B-Application
of	O
64	O
,	O
representing	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Kill	O
Screen	O
,	O
Chris	O
Priestman	O
gave	O
Eidolon	B-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
62	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radu	O
Haulica	O
's	O
Softpedia	O
review	O
gave	O
Eidolon''	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
(	O
"	O
poor	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
de	O
Quidt	O
,	O
Haulica	O
complained	O
that	O
discovering	O
the	O
narrative	O
required	O
excessive	O
,	O
tedious	O
wandering	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
that	O
the	O
limited	O
survival	B-Application
aspects	O
provided	O
insufficient	O
additional	O
reason	O
for	O
engagement	O
.	O
</s>
