<s>
Godville	B-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
browser	O
zero-player	B-General_Concept
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mikhail	O
Platov	O
and	O
Dmitry	O
Kosinov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Godville	B-Application
is	O
a	O
zero-player	B-General_Concept
game	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
means	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
interaction	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
progress	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
does	O
require	O
some	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
designers	O
found	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
in	O
2003	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
say	O
they	O
"	O
immediately	O
loved	O
"	O
and	O
which	O
Edge	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
clear	O
progeny	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Terry	O
Pratchett	O
's	O
Small	O
Gods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
named	O
Godville	B-Application
because	O
the	O
name	O
sounded	O
good	O
in	O
both	O
Russian	O
and	O
English	O
and	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
appropriate	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Farmville	B-Application
did	O
not	O
exist	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jim	O
Sterling	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Destructoid	O
,	O
called	O
Godville	B-Application
"	O
a	O
fun	O
,	O
funny	O
,	O
incredibly	O
clever	O
little	O
game	O
"	O
;	O
he	O
later	O
added	O
in	O
GamesRadar	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
compelling	O
,	O
engaging	O
,	O
and	O
addictive	O
little	O
bits	O
of	O
software	O
out	O
there	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bogost	O
was	O
unimpressed	O
with	O
the	O
monetization	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
god	O
powers	O
to	O
influence	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
disappointed	O
that	O
the	O
god	O
could	O
interact	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
but	O
suggested	O
that	O
some	O
interaction	O
was	O
necessary	O
for	O
Godville	B-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
game	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
reading	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NDTV	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
favorably	O
to	O
Godus	B-Application
,	O
another	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
idle	B-Application
game	I-Application
genre	O
's	O
"	O
ease	O
of	O
access	O
"	O
,	O
Godville	B-Application
is	O
cited	O
as	O
one	O
game	O
providing	O
for	O
"	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
player	O
preferences	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
