<s>
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
is	O
a	O
short	O
horror	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
on	O
Itch.io,	O
a	O
website	O
for	O
distributing	O
indie	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Belgian	O
university	O
students	O
Adam	O
Pype	O
and	O
Ward	O
D'Heer	O
and	O
sound	O
designer	O
Viktor	O
Kraus	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Haunted	O
PS1	B-Device
Jam	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
twenty-minute	O
horror	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
continued	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
an	O
alternate	O
reality	O
game	O
(	O
ARG	O
)	O
involving	O
cryptic	O
messages	O
and	O
secret	O
passcodes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
quickly	O
solved	O
the	O
ARG	O
on	O
a	O
dedicated	O
Discord	B-Application
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
who	O
praised	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
horror	O
,	O
and	O
PS1-reminiscent	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clicking	O
on	O
the	O
tape	O
brings	O
up	O
a	O
menu	O
screen	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
empty	O
multiplayer	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
server	O
is	O
a	O
capture-the-flag	O
game	O
of	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
(	O
FPS	O
)	O
with	O
PS1-style	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
capture	O
the	O
final	O
flag	O
,	O
John	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
appears	O
in	O
chat	O
,	O
revealing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
resurrect	O
his	O
dead	O
wife	O
,	O
the	O
shadowy	O
figure	O
who	O
is	O
stuck	O
in	O
a	O
state	O
of	O
limbo	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
has	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
eleven	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
pleads	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
not	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
servers	B-Application
and	O
destroy	O
his	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
designer	O
Adam	O
Pype	O
and	O
Ward	O
D'Heer	O
,	O
two	O
students	O
at	O
the	O
Digital	O
Arts	O
and	O
Entertainment	O
game	O
school	O
of	O
Hogeschool	O
West-Vlaanderen	O
(	O
HOWEST	O
)	O
in	O
Belgium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Haunted	O
PS1	B-Device
Jam	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
jam	O
where	O
entries	O
are	O
horror	B-Application
games	I-Application
with	O
PS1-style	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pype	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
undertaking	O
a	O
level	O
design	O
course	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
walked	O
around	O
his	O
empty	O
maps	O
,	O
believing	O
that	O
such	O
an	O
atmosphere	O
was	O
a	O
potential	O
premise	O
for	O
a	O
horror	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
took	O
the	O
developers	O
four	O
days	O
to	O
complete	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Itch.io	O
in	O
November	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
community	O
formed	O
around	O
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
and	O
a	O
Discord	B-Application
server	O
dedicated	O
to	O
solving	O
the	O
ARG	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clues	O
were	O
compiled	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
joined	O
the	O
Discord	B-Application
server	O
before	O
his	O
name	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
assisted	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
ARG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Verge	O
and	O
Bloody	O
Disgusting	O
praised	O
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
's	O
short	O
length	O
and	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
unease	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
reviews	O
,	O
Klimentov	O
said	O
that	O
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
"	O
fuzzy	O
and	O
noncommittal	O
"	O
in	O
conveying	O
the	O
era	O
its	O
aesthetic	O
attempts	O
to	O
evoke	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tanner	O
Fox	O
of	O
ScreenRant	O
ranked	O
No	B-Application
Players	I-Application
Online	I-Application
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
10	O
Scariest	O
Walking	O
Simulators	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
