<s>
Epistory	B-Application
-	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2016	O
action-adventure	O
,	O
typing	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
and	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
Stadia	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
later	O
received	O
a	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
,	O
Nanotale	B-Application
-	I-Application
Typing	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Part	O
of	O
the	O
challenge	O
in	O
making	O
Epistory	B-Application
was	O
to	O
"	O
feel	O
like	O
a	O
game	O
and	O
not	O
just	O
a	O
typing	O
application	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
Unity	B-Application
,	O
using	O
the	O
Tiled	O
map	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
art	O
design	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
another	O
game	O
project	O
that	O
Fishing	B-Application
Cactus	I-Application
was	O
working	O
on	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
I	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
the	O
frame	O
story	O
of	O
Epistory	B-Application
is	O
about	O
a	O
writer	O
,	O
it	O
seemed	O
like	O
a	O
natural	O
choice	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
paper-themed	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epistory	B-Application
used	O
random	O
methods	O
to	O
populate	O
levels	O
with	O
trees	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
then	O
manually	O
checked	O
and	O
edited	O
by	O
the	O
designers	O
before	O
being	O
saved	O
as	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epistory	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
on	O
30	O
September	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
editions	O
of	O
Epistory	B-Application
were	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
October	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Epistory	B-Application
was	O
available	O
in	O
English	O
,	O
French	O
and	O
German	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
access	O
period	O
,	O
and	O
Spanish	O
was	O
added	O
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joshua	O
Vanderwall	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
the	O
Escapist	O
,	O
described	O
Epistory	B-Application
as	O
a	O
meditative	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
Best	O
3D	O
Visuals	O
at	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
Awards	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
