<s>
Galactic	B-Application
Arms	I-Application
Race	I-Application
(	O
GAR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
space	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
by	O
American	O
studio	O
Evolutionary	O
Games	O
in	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
Evolutionary	O
Complexity	O
Research	O
Group	O
at	O
UCF	O
(	O
EPlex	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GAR	O
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
space	O
shooter	O
and	O
Action	B-Application
RPG	I-Application
with	O
single	O
player	O
,	O
co-op	O
,	O
and	O
PVP	O
on	O
dedicated	O
servers	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
attempts	O
to	O
create	O
weapons	O
that	O
players	O
will	O
like	O
based	O
on	O
usage	O
statistics	O
of	O
existing	O
weapons	O
using	O
a	O
custom	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
NEAT	B-Algorithm
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
only	O
because	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
framework	O
for	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
commercial	O
version	O
became	O
available	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Desura	B-Language
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
the	O
developers	O
are	O
redoing	O
their	O
UI	O
as	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
XNA	I-Device
platform	O
was	O
killed	O
off	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
will	O
likely	O
change	O
over	O
to	O
MonoGame	O
which	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
implementation	O
of	O
XNA	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galactic	B-Application
Arms	I-Application
Race	I-Application
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
2010	O
Indie	O
Game	O
Challenge	O
.	O
</s>
