<s>
Notrium	B-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
top-down	O
view	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
PC/Microsoft	O
Windows	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
independent	O
Finnish	O
programmer	O
Ville	O
Mönkkönen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
2003	O
,	O
later	O
also	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
a	O
custom	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
a	O
"	O
Notrium	B-Application
Special	O
Surprise	O
Edition	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
commercially	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
eponymous	O
planet	O
,	O
Notrium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
may	O
move	O
between	O
squares	O
at	O
will	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
other	O
areas	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
are	O
only	O
accessible	O
via	O
methods	O
such	O
as	O
boarding	O
certain	O
vehicles	O
or	O
using	O
teleportation	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Environments	O
range	O
from	O
jungle	B-Device
terrain	O
,	O
to	O
desert	O
,	O
to	O
tundra	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
affected	O
by	O
a	O
day-night	O
cycle	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
interior	O
levels	O
which	O
are	O
artificially	O
lit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
tree	O
placement	O
in	O
the	O
Jungle	B-Device
zone	O
changes	O
each	O
time	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
is	O
begun	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
start	O
location	O
will	O
not	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Jungle	B-Device
zone	O
stays	O
adjacent	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
general	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
that	O
a	O
starship	O
,	O
the	O
Var	O
 '	O
Equinalin	O
,	O
is	O
exploring	O
the	O
Hive	O
sector	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
approaches	O
the	O
titular	O
planet	O
Notrium	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
attacked	O
by	O
ground-launched	O
missiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Varying	O
on	O
whichever	O
character	O
is	O
being	O
played	O
,	O
'	O
journal	O
entries	O
 '	O
,	O
which	O
appear	O
every	O
day-night	O
cycle	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
in-game	O
fortnight	B-Application
,	O
detail	O
different	O
happenings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notrium	B-Application
has	O
several	O
endings	O
,	O
which	O
differ	O
depending	O
on	O
what	O
character	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
chosen	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notrium	B-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
,	O
giving	O
an	O
overhead	O
view	O
of	O
proceedings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
may	O
move	O
in	O
all	O
directions	O
while	O
facing	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
one	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
way	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
is	O
controlled	O
,	O
and	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
PC	B-Device
shooter	O
Crimsonland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
some	O
areas	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
weather	O
is	O
more	O
extreme	O
;	O
the	O
location	O
undergoing	O
sand	B-Application
storms	I-Application
,	O
blizzards	O
,	O
or	O
acid	O
rain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notrium	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
highly	O
moddable	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
download	B-Application
on	O
Ville	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
player	O
begins	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
mod	O
they	O
want	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
provided	O
that	O
additional	O
mods	O
have	O
been	O
downloaded	B-Application
and	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
correct	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
Notrium	B-Application
folder	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
PC	B-Device
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notrium	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
independent	O
Finnish	O
programmer	O
Ville	O
Mönkkönen	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notrium	B-Application
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
after	O
2003	O
under	O
a	O
custom	O
open-source	O
like	O
software	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
developed	O
as	O
OpenNotrium	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
by	O
the	O
community	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
code	O
being	O
GPLv3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
that	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
platforms	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
also	O
mobile	O
devices	O
like	O
the	O
Pandora	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Dec	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
a	O
"	O
Notrium	B-Application
Special	O
Surprise	O
Edition	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
commercially	O
by	O
the	O
author	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
distribution	O
adding	O
some	O
improvements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
2014	O
retrospective	O
,	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
noted	O
Notrium	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
procedural	O
generated	O
survival	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
