<s>
Galatea	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Emily	O
Short	O
featuring	O
a	O
modern	O
rendition	O
of	O
the	O
Greek	O
myth	O
of	O
Galatea	B-Application
,	O
the	O
sculpture	O
of	O
a	O
woman	O
that	O
gained	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galatea	B-Application
is	O
licensed	O
under	O
the	O
Creative	O
Commons	O
BY-NC-ND	O
3.0	O
US	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galatea	B-Application
alters	O
the	O
typical	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
mechanics	O
by	O
concentrating	O
instead	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
interactions	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
non-player	O
character	O
(	O
NPC	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Galatea	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
interest	O
of	O
the	O
piece	O
derives	O
from	O
the	O
ambiguous	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
–	O
NPC	O
dialogue	O
:	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
conversation	O
and	O
,	O
indeed	O
,	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
Galatea	B-Application
herself	O
shift	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
focus	O
the	O
player	O
places	O
on	O
certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
personality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
centers	O
around	O
the	O
developing	O
dialogue	O
between	O
Galatea	B-Application
and	O
the	O
player	O
when	O
asking	O
about	O
topics	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
conversation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galatea	B-Application
is	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
myth	O
of	O
Pygmalion	O
,	O
who	O
carved	O
the	O
sculpture	O
of	O
a	O
woman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
myth	O
,	O
he	O
falls	O
in	O
love	O
with	O
the	O
statue	O
,	O
named	O
Galatea	B-Application
or	O
Elise	O
in	O
different	O
versions	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
goddess	O
Venus	O
brings	O
her	O
to	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
begins	O
at	O
the	O
opening	O
of	O
an	O
exhibition	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligences	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
,	O
alone	O
,	O
discovers	O
Galatea	B-Application
displayed	O
on	O
a	O
pedestal	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
information	O
placard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
the	O
player	O
about	O
to	O
turn	O
away	O
,	O
Galatea	B-Application
says	O
,	O
"	O
They	O
told	O
me	O
you	O
were	O
coming.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Galatea	B-Application
,	O
Short	O
presents	O
a	O
story	O
with	O
around	O
70	O
different	O
endings	O
and	O
hundreds	O
of	O
possible	O
ways	O
of	O
reaching	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
interviews	O
,	O
Emily	O
Short	O
has	O
explained	O
that	O
Galatea	B-Application
arose	O
out	O
of	O
her	O
efforts	O
to	O
develop	O
advanced	O
dialog	O
coding	O
for	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
code	O
for	O
simple	O
conversational	O
programs	O
like	O
ELIZA	B-Application
have	O
existed	O
since	O
the	O
1960s	O
,	O
and	O
limited	O
dialog	O
options	O
have	O
existed	O
in	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
since	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
Short	O
's	O
efforts	O
to	O
develop	O
chatterbot-like	O
dialog	O
required	O
her	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
simple	O
test	O
case	O
scenario	O
to	O
test	O
NPC	O
interaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
the	O
single-room	O
,	O
single-occupant	O
Galatea	B-Application
was	O
a	O
natural	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Short	O
has	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
helpful	O
influence	O
of	O
the	O
close-knit	O
IF	O
community	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
atmosphere	O
in	O
which	O
experimentation	O
is	O
valued	O
"	O
as	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
her	O
works	O
like	O
Galatea	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galatea	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
achieving	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
from	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fellow	O
award-winning	O
IF	O
author	O
,	O
Adam	O
Cadre	O
has	O
called	O
Galatea	B-Application
"	O
the	O
best	O
NPC	O
ever	O
"	O
—	O
a	O
view	O
that	O
was	O
echoed	O
by	O
Joystiq	O
's	O
John	O
Bardinelli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galatea	B-Application
was	O
described	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
Indiegames.com	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
fascinating	O
journey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
6	O
August	O
2007.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
In	O
a	O
2009	O
article	O
,	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
praised	O
the	O
depth	O
and	O
detail	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
complexities	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
design	O
and	O
its	O
"	O
masterful	O
balance	O
between	O
intricacy	O
and	O
simplicity	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Galatea	B-Application
's	O
emotional	O
turmoil	O
"	O
that	O
is	O
"	O
encoded	O
sweetly	O
into	O
the	O
subtext	O
of	O
what	O
's	O
going	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
reiterated	O
in	O
a	O
2010	O
1UP.com	O
article	O
that	O
listed	O
Galatea	B-Application
as	O
#2	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Top	O
5	O
Introductory	O
Interactive	O
Fiction	O
Games	O
"	O
feature	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
intriguingly	O
replayable	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
rich	O
game	O
for	O
its	O
apparent	O
minimalism	O
"	O
.Sharkey	O
,	O
Scott	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
highlighted	O
Galatea	B-Application
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
artistic	O
and	O
literary	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
genre.Cobbett	O
,	O
Richard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
titular	O
character	O
,	O
Galatea	B-Application
,	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
2007	O
Portal''	O
character	O
GLaDOS	O
due	O
to	O
similarities	O
in	O
the	O
personalities	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
