<s>
Eliza	B-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Zachtronics	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
August	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eliza	B-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
present	O
,	O
she	O
serves	O
as	O
the	O
human	O
proxy	O
for	O
Eliza	B-Application
,	O
a	O
virtual	O
counselling	O
program	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
real-life	O
ELIZA	B-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
attempts	O
at	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evelyn	O
is	O
required	O
to	O
stay	O
on	O
script	O
produced	O
by	O
Eliza	B-Application
,	O
but	O
this	O
creates	O
difficult	O
choices	O
for	O
her	O
in	O
how	O
she	O
talks	O
to	O
the	O
clients	O
and	O
to	O
others	O
including	O
old	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
of	O
Zachtronics	O
 '	O
recent	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
variation	O
of	O
a	O
solitaire	B-Algorithm
game	O
with	O
kabufuda	O
cards	O
should	O
the	O
player	O
need	O
to	O
take	O
their	O
mind	O
off	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
of	O
Zachtronics	O
 '	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
where	O
founder	O
Zach	O
Barth	O
has	O
led	O
development	O
,	O
Eliza	B-Application
production	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Matthew	O
Seiji	O
Burns	O
(	O
Matt	O
Burns	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
joined	O
Zachtronics	O
as	O
writer	O
and	O
music	O
composer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
these	O
apps	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
simplicity	O
of	O
ELIZA	B-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
natural	B-Language
language	I-Language
processing	I-Language
demonstrations	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
1960s	O
to	O
simulate	O
a	O
virtual	O
therapist	O
;	O
Eliza	B-Application
was	O
named	O
in	O
honor	O
of	O
this	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burns	O
also	O
considered	O
how	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
virtual	O
wellness	O
apps	O
collected	O
users	O
 '	O
private	O
data	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
seemingly	O
unknown	O
purposes	O
or	O
sharing	O
with	O
other	O
companies	O
without	O
users	O
 '	O
knowledge	O
,	O
drawing	O
this	O
into	O
the	O
story	O
within	O
Eliza	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burns	O
felt	O
that	O
Seattle	O
was	O
a	O
high-technology	O
driven	O
city	O
,	O
both	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Amazon.com,	O
but	O
has	O
gone	O
through	O
several	O
boom-and-bust	O
cycles	O
reflecting	O
the	O
burnout	O
exhibited	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eliza	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
days	O
before	O
its	O
release	O
on	O
August	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
followed	O
suit	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eliza	B-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
