<s>
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unfinished	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
criticise	O
the	O
treatment	O
of	O
mandatorily	O
detained	O
asylum	O
seekers	O
in	O
Australia	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Australian	O
government	O
's	O
attempt	O
to	O
impose	O
a	O
media	O
blackout	O
on	O
the	O
detention	O
centres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
2003	O
and	O
2004	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
Australian	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
professionals	O
and	O
an	O
investigative	O
journalist	O
,	O
using	O
Half-Lifes	O
GoldSrc	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
opens	O
with	O
three	O
screens	O
of	O
text	O
that	O
explain	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
plan	O
for	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
involved	O
several	O
choices	O
in	O
playable	O
detainees	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
story	O
about	O
how	O
they	O
came	O
to	O
seek	O
asylum	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initial	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
came	O
from	O
the	O
Australian	O
government	O
's	O
arts	O
funding	O
organisation	O
,	O
the	O
Australia	O
Council	O
for	O
the	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
playable	O
demo	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
built	O
as	O
a	O
modification	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
Half-Life	B-Application
,	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
download	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Australia	O
Council	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
fund	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
was	O
poorly	O
received	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chairman	O
Michael	O
Snelling	O
of	O
the	O
New	O
Media	O
Arts	O
Board	O
,	O
the	O
branch	O
of	O
the	O
Australia	O
Council	O
that	O
granted	O
the	O
development	O
money	O
,	O
defended	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
fund	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
purpose	O
was	O
not	O
to	O
promote	O
crime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2010s	O
,	O
the	O
retrospective	O
view	O
of	O
Escape	B-Application
from	I-Application
Woomera	I-Application
is	O
significantly	O
more	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
