<s>
Islands	B-Application
:	I-Application
Non-Places	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2016	O
abstract	O
art	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
independently	O
by	O
artist	O
and	O
animator	O
Carl	O
Burton	O
,	O
best	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
animated	O
GIF	O
illustrations	O
he	O
created	O
for	O
season	O
two	O
of	O
the	O
Serial	O
podcast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
anonymous	O
,	O
liminal	O
environments	O
–	O
the	O
eponymous	O
"	O
non-places	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Islands	B-Application
:	I-Application
Non-Places	I-Application
consists	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
ten	O
scenes	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
represents	O
an	O
anonymous	O
,	O
non-descript	O
environment	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
parking	O
lot	O
,	O
hotel	O
lobby	O
,	O
or	O
airport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Islands	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burton	O
estimated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
taken	O
six	O
to	O
eight	O
months	O
to	O
develop	O
,	O
using	O
Unity	B-Application
Playmaker	I-Application
and	O
Cinema	B-Device
4D	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Islands	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
to	O
other	O
minimalist	O
art	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Flower	O
(	O
2009	O
)	O
by	O
Thatgamecompany	O
,	O
Monument	B-Application
Valley	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
by	O
Ustwo	O
,	O
and	O
Mountain	O
(	O
2014	O
)	O
by	O
artist	O
David	O
OReilly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jesse	O
Singal	O
at	O
The	O
Boston	O
Globe	O
compared	O
it	O
favorably	O
to	O
the	O
classic	O
adventure	O
game	O
Myst	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
finding	O
it	O
less	O
frustrating	O
.	O
</s>
