<s>
Elsinore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
2019	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Golden	O
Glitch	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Ophelia	O
from	O
William	O
Shakespeare	O
's	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Elsinore	B-Application
,	O
Ophelia	O
has	O
a	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
deaths	O
of	O
everyone	O
in	O
Elsinore	B-Application
Castle	O
and	O
relives	O
the	O
same	O
four	O
days	O
again	O
and	O
again	O
as	O
she	O
works	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
tragedy	O
that	O
will	O
fall	O
over	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Elsinore	B-Application
took	O
over	O
seven	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
nights	O
and	O
weekends	O
by	O
its	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
noted	O
that	O
fans	O
of	O
Hamlet	B-Application
would	O
appreciate	O
it	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
slow	O
pace	O
could	O
be	O
sometimes	O
frustrating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elsinore	B-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
William	O
Shakespeare	O
's	O
play	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
four	O
days	O
leading	O
up	O
to	O
those	O
events	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
Ophelia	O
throughout	O
Elsinore	B-Application
Castle	O
and	O
talks	O
with	O
its	O
residents	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
manipulate	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conversations	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
leads	O
to	O
unforeseen	O
outcomes	O
in	O
which	O
tragedy	O
still	O
occurs	O
in	O
other	O
ways	O
—	O
every	O
time	O
Ophelia	O
dies	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
loop	O
begins	O
again	O
,	O
four	O
days	O
before	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Hamlet	B-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
Danish	O
court	O
of	O
the	O
recently	O
deceased	O
King	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Denmark	O
fears	O
that	O
an	O
invasion	O
from	O
Prince	O
Fortinbras	B-Application
of	O
Norway	O
could	O
be	O
imminent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prince	O
Hamlet	B-Application
,	O
son	O
of	O
the	O
recently	O
deceased	O
king	O
and	O
nephew	O
to	O
King	O
Claudius	O
,	O
meets	O
his	O
father	O
's	O
ghost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	O
reveals	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
murdered	O
by	O
Claudius	O
and	O
makes	O
Hamlet	B-Application
vow	O
to	O
avenge	O
his	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
kill	O
Hamlet	B-Application
fails	O
,	O
Claudius	O
and	O
Laertes	O
plot	O
to	O
murder	O
him	O
in	O
a	O
duel	O
by	O
using	O
a	O
poisoned	O
sword	O
and	O
poison	O
in	O
the	O
prince	O
's	O
drink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamlet	B-Application
returns	O
for	O
Ophelia	O
's	O
funeral	O
and	O
gets	O
into	O
a	O
fight	O
with	O
Laertes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamlet	B-Application
and	O
Laertes	O
duel	O
,	O
and	O
through	O
various	O
means	O
both	O
of	O
them	O
die	O
along	O
with	O
Claudius	O
and	O
Queen	O
Gertrude	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fortinbras	B-Application
arrives	O
as	O
Hamlet	B-Application
's	O
heir	O
and	O
takes	O
the	O
crown	O
of	O
Denmark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elsinore	B-Application
begins	O
with	O
a	O
vision	O
of	O
the	O
deaths	O
of	O
everyone	O
in	O
Elsinore	B-Application
Castle	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
play	O
's	O
ending	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Ophelia	O
's	O
first	O
death	O
,	O
a	O
time	O
loop	O
begins	O
where	O
she	O
wakes	O
up	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
of	O
Hamlet	B-Application
where	O
Prince	O
Hamlet	B-Application
is	O
behaving	O
erratically	O
in	O
her	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Ophelia	O
continually	O
talks	O
to	O
people	O
in	O
Elsinore	B-Application
castle	O
about	O
the	O
supernatural	O
dreams	O
she	O
has	O
been	O
having	O
,	O
the	O
characters	O
will	O
send	O
Ophelia	O
off	O
to	O
an	O
institution	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
convinced	O
she	O
has	O
gone	O
insane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
convince	O
Hamlet	B-Application
to	O
ally	O
with	O
Ophelia	O
and	O
to	O
have	O
him	O
trust	O
her	O
with	O
his	O
plot	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
search	O
Queen	O
Gertrude	O
's	O
chambers	O
for	O
evidence	O
that	O
she	O
was	O
not	O
complicit	O
with	O
the	O
murder	O
of	O
her	O
late	O
husband	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
enlarges	O
Ophelia	O
and	O
Laertes	O
 '	O
roles	O
,	O
and	O
adds	O
additional	O
characters	O
such	O
as	O
Othello	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Peter	O
Quince	O
from	O
A	O
Midsummer	O
Night	O
's	O
Dream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quince	O
replaces	O
the	O
acting	O
troupe	O
from	O
Hamlet	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
characters	O
that	O
is	O
aware	O
of	O
Ophelia	O
's	O
time	O
loop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Elsinore	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chironis	O
and	O
Fallon	O
originally	O
created	O
Elsinore	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
jam	O
,	O
scrapped	O
the	O
project	O
entirely	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
it	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chironis	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
Hamlet	B-Application
game	O
by	O
both	O
her	O
high	O
school	O
Shakespeare	O
teacher	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
college	O
writing	O
classes	O
she	O
took	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
combining	O
the	O
tragedy	O
of	O
the	O
play	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
"	O
winning	O
"	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
thought	O
they	O
could	O
have	O
a	O
fresh	O
take	O
on	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Golden	O
Glitch	O
created	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
for	O
Elsinore	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
successfully	O
funded	O
and	O
raised	O
over	O
$	O
32,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Majora	I-Application
's	I-Application
Mask	I-Application
provided	O
inspiration	O
for	O
how	O
to	O
implement	O
time	O
loops	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Golden	O
Glitch	O
drew	O
inspiration	O
from	O
anime	O
and	O
visual	O
novels	O
which	O
had	O
many	O
examples	O
of	O
time	O
loops	O
as	O
a	O
plot	O
mechanic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Golden	O
Glitch	O
decided	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
Ophelia	O
as	O
the	O
protagonist	O
because	O
of	O
her	O
lack	O
of	O
agency	O
in	O
Hamlet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Praise	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
centered	O
especially	O
on	O
the	O
writing	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
mostly	O
perceived	O
success	O
of	O
adapting	O
Hamlet	B-Application
towards	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wireds	O
Julie	O
Muncy	O
praised	O
Elsinore	B-Application
for	O
its	O
"	O
beautiful	O
writing	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
humanistic	O
flourishes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygons	O
Cass	O
Marshall	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
positively	O
to	O
Long	B-Device
Live	I-Device
the	I-Device
Queen	I-Device
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
unlike	O
in	O
that	O
game	O
,	O
Elsinores	B-Application
mechanics	O
meant	O
that	O
progress	O
always	O
felt	O
positive	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
deep	O
levels	O
of	O
character	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
explored	O
.	O
</s>
