<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
film	I-Application
video	O
game	O
written	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Sam	O
Barlow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
24	O
June	O
2015	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
eventually	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
police	O
procedural	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
incorporate	O
live	B-Application
action	I-Application
footage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
acclaimed	O
by	O
many	O
reviewers	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
particularly	O
directed	O
at	O
the	O
narrative	O
,	O
unconventional	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
Seifert	O
's	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
a	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
titled	O
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
game	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
seven	O
fictional	O
police	O
interviews	O
from	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
selects	O
clips	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
enter	O
user	O
tags	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
are	O
then	O
available	O
as	O
searchable	O
terms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Sam	O
Barlow	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
:	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
(	O
2007	O
)	O
and	O
Silent	B-Application
Hill	I-Application
:	I-Application
Shattered	I-Application
Memories	I-Application
(	O
2009	O
)	O
at	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
wished	O
to	O
become	O
independent	O
after	O
playing	O
games	O
like	O
Year	B-Application
Walk	I-Application
(	O
2013	O
)	O
and	O
80	B-Application
Days	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
followed	O
through	O
with	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
focused	O
on	O
an	O
"	O
intimate	O
setting	O
,	O
dialogue	O
and	O
character	O
interaction	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
found	O
was	O
often	O
dismissed	O
in	O
larger	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
felt	O
particularly	O
inspired	O
to	O
develop	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
after	O
seeing	O
the	O
continuous	O
support	O
of	O
his	O
1999	O
game	O
Aisle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
referring	O
to	O
how	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
challenges	O
typical	O
game	O
conventions	O
,	O
Barlow	O
compares	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Dogme	O
95	O
filmmaking	O
movement	O
,	O
and	O
Alfred	O
Hitchcock	O
's	O
1948	O
film	O
Rope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
approved	O
through	O
Steam	O
Greenlight	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
crowdfunded	O
by	O
Indie	O
Fund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
24	O
June	O
2015	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
found	O
that	O
playing	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
is	O
a	O
"	O
 '	O
sofa	O
 '	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
felt	O
"	O
natural	O
"	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
regularly	O
used	O
to	O
watch	O
videos	O
and	O
search	O
the	O
internet	O
;	O
similar	O
tasks	O
are	O
used	O
as	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPhone	B-Device
's	O
smaller	O
pixel	O
size	O
of	O
640×480	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
800×600	O
led	O
to	O
Barlow	O
's	O
doubts	O
of	O
a	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
was	O
influenced	O
to	O
release	O
it	O
upon	O
receiving	O
positive	O
feedback	O
through	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
29	O
June	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
conceived	O
the	O
idea	O
to	O
involve	O
real	O
video	O
footage	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
footage	O
through	O
a	O
database	O
interface	O
;	O
he	O
described	O
the	O
interface	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
part	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
part	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
and	O
part	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
compared	O
the	O
searching	O
mechanic	O
to	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
and	O
wanted	O
to	O
"	O
run	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
"	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
"	O
essentially	O
Googling	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspiration	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
stemmed	O
from	O
Barlow	O
's	O
disappointment	O
of	O
other	O
detectives	O
games	O
:	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
L.A.	B-Application
Noire	I-Application
(	O
2011	O
)	O
never	O
allowed	O
him	O
to	O
feel	O
like	O
"	O
the	O
awesome	O
detective	O
who	O
was	O
having	O
to	O
read	O
things	O
and	O
follow	O
up	O
threads	O
of	O
investigation	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
called	O
the	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
series	O
(	O
2001	O
–	O
present	O
)	O
"	O
rigid	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Barlow	O
began	O
development	O
on	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
he	O
added	O
more	O
typical	O
game	O
aspects	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
mechanics	O
became	O
more	O
minimalist	O
as	O
development	O
progressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
took	O
this	O
concept	O
of	O
recurring	O
themes	O
and	O
threads	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
"	O
move	O
beyond	O
the	O
clearly	O
scripted	O
stuff	O
"	O
when	O
developing	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
story	O
's	O
appeal	O
was	O
the	O
ambiguity	O
of	O
the	O
investigation	O
,	O
comparing	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
to	O
the	O
podcast	O
Serial	O
(	O
2014	O
–	O
present	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
listened	O
to	O
late	O
in	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
decided	O
to	O
feature	O
live	B-Application
action	I-Application
footage	I-Application
in	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
becoming	O
frustrated	O
with	O
his	O
previous	O
projects	O
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
the	O
technical	O
challenge	O
of	O
translating	O
an	O
actor	O
's	O
performance	O
into	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
an	O
actor	O
on	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
having	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
process	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
Climax	O
Studios	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
a	O
larger	O
budget	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
contacted	O
Viva	O
Seifert	O
,	O
whom	O
he	O
had	O
intermittently	O
worked	O
with	O
on	O
Legacy	B-Device
of	I-Device
Kain	I-Device
:	I-Device
Dead	I-Device
Sun	I-Device
for	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
before	O
its	O
cancellation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
felt	O
that	O
Seifert	O
is	O
"	O
very	O
good	O
at	O
picking	O
up	O
a	O
line	O
and	O
intuitively	O
pulling	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
subtext	O
into	O
her	O
performance	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
him	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
she	O
was	O
"	O
perfect	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
role	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barlow	O
played	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
detectives	O
during	O
filming	O
,	O
asking	O
scripted	O
questions	O
to	O
Seifert	O
's	O
character	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
never	O
featured	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
conducting	O
research	O
for	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
Barlow	O
looked	O
at	O
the	O
case	O
regarding	O
the	O
murder	O
of	O
Travis	O
Alexander	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
him	O
consider	O
the	O
manner	O
that	O
female	O
murder	O
suspects	O
are	O
treated	O
in	O
interrogations	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
tend	O
to	O
be	O
fetishised	O
,	O
more	O
readily	O
turned	O
into	O
archetypes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
develop	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
Barlow	O
placed	O
the	O
script	O
into	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
which	O
became	O
so	O
large	O
it	O
often	O
crashed	B-General_Concept
his	O
laptop	O
upon	O
opening	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
searching	O
for	O
music	O
to	O
use	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
Barlow	O
looked	O
for	O
songs	O
that	O
sounded	O
"	O
slightly	O
out-of-time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
emotional	O
intensity	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
clips	O
also	O
influences	O
the	O
music	O
changes	O
in	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Telling	B-Application
Lies	I-Application
was	O
Barlow	O
's	O
spiritual	O
sequel	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
;	O
rather	O
than	O
focusing	O
on	O
one	O
central	O
character	O
,	O
it	O
features	O
live-action	O
footage	O
from	O
the	O
video	O
conversations	O
of	O
four	O
characters	O
(	O
played	O
by	O
Logan	O
Marshall-Green	O
,	O
Alexandra	O
Shipp	O
,	O
Kerry	O
Bishé	O
,	O
and	O
Angela	O
Sarafyan	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
piece	O
together	O
events	O
by	O
searching	O
the	O
video	O
clips	O
to	O
determine	O
why	O
these	O
characters	O
were	O
under	O
surveillance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
systems	O
on	O
23	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
calculated	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
91	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
10	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
86	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
49	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
ranks	O
the	O
game	O
within	O
the	O
top	O
20	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
games	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
GameRankings	O
ranks	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
within	O
its	O
top	O
100	O
iOS	B-Application
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGNs	O
Brian	O
Albert	O
called	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
"	O
the	O
most	O
unique	O
game	O
I	O
've	O
played	O
in	O
years	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Steven	O
Burns	O
of	O
VideoGamer.com	O
named	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
and	O
most	O
interesting	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Smith	O
of	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
remarked	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
might	O
be	O
the	O
best	O
FMV	B-Application
game	I-Application
ever	O
made	O
"	O
;	O
Michael	O
Thomsen	O
of	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
declared	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
beautiful	O
amalgam	O
of	O
the	O
cinema	O
and	O
video	O
game	O
formats	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygons	O
Megan	O
Farokhmanesh	O
noted	O
that	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
"	O
nails	O
the	O
dark	O
,	O
voyeuristic	O
nature	O
of	O
true	O
crime	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
thought	O
that	O
by	O
having	O
game	O
mechanics	O
which	O
require	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
deduce	O
the	O
story	O
through	O
investigation	O
and	O
intuition	O
,	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
few	O
games	O
"	O
that	O
truly	O
deliver	O
on	O
the	O
foundational	O
fantasy	O
of	O
detective	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
100,000	O
copies	O
by	O
10	O
August	O
2015	O
;	O
about	O
60,000	O
copies	O
were	O
sold	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
remaining	O
40,000	O
sold	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
has	O
received	O
multiple	O
nominations	O
and	O
awards	O
from	O
gaming	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
The	O
Game	O
Awards	O
2015	O
,	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
won	O
Best	O
Narrative	O
,	O
and	O
Seifert	O
won	O
Best	O
Performance	O
for	O
her	O
role	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
;	O
she	O
also	O
won	O
the	O
Great	O
White	O
Way	O
Award	O
for	O
Best	O
Acting	O
in	O
a	O
Game	O
at	O
the	O
5th	O
Annual	O
New	O
York	O
Game	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
won	O
Best	O
Emotional	O
Mobile	O
&	O
Handheld	O
at	O
the	O
Emotional	O
Games	O
Awards	O
2016	O
,	O
Mobile	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
at	O
the	O
SXSW	O
Gaming	O
Awards	O
,	O
Mobile	O
&	O
Handheld	O
at	O
the	O
British	O
Academy	O
Games	O
Awards	O
,	O
and	O
awards	O
for	O
excellence	O
in	O
story	O
and	O
innovation	O
at	O
the	O
International	O
Mobile	O
Gaming	O
Awards	O
,	O
while	O
The	O
Guardian	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
of	O
2015	O
,	O
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Edge	O
ranked	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
as	O
94th	O
in	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
videogames	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
30	O
October	O
2015	O
Breakthrough	O
Award	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
Game	O
of	O
the	O
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