<s>
The	O
Official	O
Hamster	O
Republic	O
Role	O
Playing	O
Game	O
Construction	O
Engine	O
,	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
or	O
OHR	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
,	O
"	O
All-in-one	O
"	O
game	B-Application
creation	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
by	O
James	O
Paige	O
in	O
QuickBASIC	B-Language
and	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
or	O
early	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL-2.0-or-later	I-License
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
soon	O
ported	O
from	O
QuickBASIC	B-Language
to	O
FreeBASIC	B-Language
and	O
to	O
modern	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
simple	O
to	O
use	O
and	O
to	O
create	O
full	O
Final	O
Fantasy-style	O
RPGs	O
without	O
any	O
programming	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HamsterSpeak	O
,	O
the	O
custom	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
used	O
by	O
the	O
OHR	O
,	O
is	O
very	O
simple	O
and	O
is	O
intended	O
for	O
users	O
with	O
no	O
prior	O
programming	O
knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
is	O
specialized	O
with	O
many	O
hundreds	O
of	O
available	O
commands	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
flexibility	O
although	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
attempt	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
general-purpose	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
compared	O
with	O
more	O
complex	O
and	O
more	O
full-featured	O
game	O
engines	O
like	O
the	O
commercial	O
RPGMaker	B-Application
but	O
it	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
unlike	O
the	O
unofficial	O
free	O
warez	B-Application
English-language	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
editions	O
of	O
RPGMaker	B-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
also	O
runs	O
on	O
(	O
and	O
compiles	O
for	O
)	O
more	O
hardware	O
architectures	O
and	O
on	O
more	O
OS	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
's	O
games	O
are	O
amateur	O
and	O
made	O
by	O
novice	O
game	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
editor	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
any	O
supported	O
platform	O
except	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
at	O
an	O
8-bit	O
color	O
depth	O
,	O
by	O
default	O
creates	O
games	O
that	O
run	O
at	O
a	O
320	O
×	O
200	O
resolution	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
its	O
editor	O
prefers	O
keyboard	O
controls	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
modern	O
graphical	B-Library
user	I-Library
interface	I-Library
toolkit	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
hold-overs	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Mode	O
X	O
graphics	O
mode	O
used	O
under	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
other	O
restraints	O
are	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
engine	O
originally	O
being	O
written	O
in	O
QuickBasic	B-Language
,	O
which	O
had	O
severe	O
Real	B-Application
mode	I-Application
memory	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
plans	O
for	O
removing	O
most	O
limitations	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
developers	O
have	O
been	O
implementing	O
gradually	O
since	O
the	O
FreeBASIC	B-Language
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
James	O
Paige	O
as	O
a	O
generic	O
engine	O
for	O
personal	O
use	O
,	O
starting	O
in	O
mid	O
1996	O
and	O
building	O
on	O
previous	O
free	O
and	O
commercial	O
games	O
created	O
by	O
Paige	O
and	O
Brian	O
Fisher	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Hamster	O
Republic	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
engine	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
offering	O
only	O
a	O
crippled	O
"	O
4-Map	O
"	O
version	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
released	O
the	O
full	O
engine	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
November	O
9	O
,	O
1999	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
OHR	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
HamsterSpeak	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
version	O
numbers	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
named	O
versions	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
handshake	O
"	O
release	O
on	O
November	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
19	O
,	O
2005	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
open-sourced	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
,	O
and	O
since	O
then	O
has	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
dedicated	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
long	O
after	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
successfully	O
ported	O
from	O
QuickBasic	B-Language
to	O
FreeBasic	B-Language
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Windows	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
gained	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
sound	O
files	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
music	O
formats	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
"	O
Ubersetzung	O
"	O
on	O
September	O
21	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
Zenzizenic	O
release	O
(	O
May	O
6	O
,	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Callipygous	O
release	O
(	O
April	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Amazon	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
TV	I-Application
Android	B-Application
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
OHRRPGCE	B-Application
games	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
,	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
Itch.io,	O
and	O
other	O
stores	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
on	O
the	O
discontinued	O
OUYA	B-Application
and	O
Gamestick	B-Application
console	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
