<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
indie	O
game	O
developer	O
Lucas	O
Pope	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
through	O
his	O
production	O
company	O
,	O
3909	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
then	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
port	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
border-crossing	O
immigration	O
officer	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
dystopian	O
Eastern	O
Bloc	O
–	O
like	O
country	O
of	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
at	O
political	O
hostilities	O
with	O
its	O
neighboring	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
was	O
positively	O
received	O
on	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
come	O
to	O
be	O
seen	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
an	O
empathy	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
demonstration	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
as	O
an	O
art	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
work	O
life	O
of	O
an	O
immigration	O
inspector	O
at	O
a	O
border	O
checkpoint	O
for	O
the	O
fictional	O
country	O
of	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
in	O
the	O
year	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
frame	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
has	O
recently	O
ended	O
a	O
six-year-long	O
war	O
with	O
the	O
neighboring	O
country	O
of	O
Kolechia	B-Application
,	O
yet	O
political	O
tensions	O
between	O
them	O
and	O
other	O
nearby	O
countries	O
remain	O
high	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
checkpoint	O
inspector	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
reviews	O
arrivals	O
 '	O
documents	O
and	O
uses	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
tools	O
to	O
determine	O
whether	O
the	O
papers	O
are	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
arresting	O
certain	O
individuals	O
such	O
as	O
terrorists	O
,	O
wanted	O
criminals	O
,	O
smugglers	O
and	O
entrants	O
with	O
forged	B-General_Concept
or	O
stolen	O
documents	O
;	O
keeping	O
other	O
undesired	O
individuals	O
like	O
those	O
missing	O
required	O
paperwork	O
or	O
expired	O
paperwork	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
;	O
and	O
allowing	O
the	O
rest	O
through	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
relations	O
between	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
and	O
nearby	O
countries	O
deteriorate	O
,	O
sometimes	O
due	O
to	O
terrorist	O
attacks	O
,	O
new	O
sets	O
of	O
rules	O
are	O
gradually	O
added	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
denying	O
entry	O
to	O
citizens	O
of	O
specific	O
countries	O
or	O
demanding	O
new	O
types	O
of	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
also	O
choose	O
to	O
escape	O
to	O
a	O
neighbouring	O
country	O
,	O
Obristan	B-Application
,	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
new	O
life	O
,	O
with	O
or	O
without	O
their	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Lucas	O
Pope	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
developer	O
for	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
on	O
the	O
Uncharted	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
opted	O
to	O
leave	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
around	O
2010	O
,	O
after	O
Uncharted	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Among	I-Application
Thieves	I-Application
was	O
released	O
,	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
Saitama	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
his	O
wife	O
Keiko	O
,	O
a	O
game	O
designer	O
herself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
crafted	O
the	O
fictional	O
nation	O
of	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
,	O
fashioned	O
as	O
a	O
totalitarian	O
,	O
1982	O
Eastern	O
Bloc	O
state	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
guided	O
to	O
uphold	O
the	O
glory	O
of	O
this	O
country	O
by	O
rigorously	O
checking	O
passports	O
and	O
defeating	O
those	O
that	O
might	O
infiltrate	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arstotzka	B-Application
was	O
partially	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
setting	O
of	O
Pope	O
's	O
earlier	O
game	O
The	B-Application
Republia	I-Application
Times	I-Application
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
acts	O
as	O
editor-in-chief	O
of	O
a	O
newspaper	O
in	O
a	O
totalitarian	O
state	O
and	O
must	O
decide	O
on	O
which	O
stories	O
to	O
include	O
or	O
falsify	O
to	O
uphold	O
the	O
interests	O
of	O
the	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
also	O
based	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
border	O
crossing	O
for	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
and	O
its	O
neighbors	O
on	O
the	O
Berlin	O
Wall	O
and	O
issues	O
between	O
East	O
and	O
West	O
Germany	O
,	O
stating	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
naturally	O
attracted	O
to	O
Orwellian	O
communist	O
bureaucracy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
used	O
the	O
Haxe	B-Language
programming	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
NME	O
framework	O
,	O
both	O
open-source	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
build	O
up	O
structures	O
he	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
developed	O
for	O
Helsing	O
's	O
Fire	O
,	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
game	O
they	O
developed	O
after	O
moving	O
to	O
Japan	O
,	O
as	O
this	O
provided	O
the	O
means	O
to	O
set	O
how	O
much	O
information	O
about	O
a	O
character	O
could	O
or	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
shown	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
design	O
was	O
about	O
the	O
purposely-	O
"	O
clunky	O
"	O
user	O
interface	O
elements	O
of	O
checking	O
paperwork	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
Pope	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
from	O
his	O
earlier	O
programming	O
experiences	O
from	O
using	O
visual	O
programming	O
languages	O
like	O
HyperCard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
opted	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
storefront	O
through	O
the	O
user-voted	O
Greenlight	O
process	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
;	O
he	O
was	O
hesitant	O
that	O
the	O
niche	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
put	O
off	O
potential	O
voters	O
and	O
had	O
expected	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
gain	O
more	O
interest	O
from	O
upcoming	O
gaming	O
expositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
attention	O
drawn	O
by	O
several	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
streamers	O
that	O
played	O
through	O
the	O
demo	O
,	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
was	O
voted	O
through	O
Greenlight	O
within	O
days	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
successfully	O
voted	O
on	O
Greenlight	O
,	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
was	O
being	O
touted	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
empathy	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Cart	B-Application
Life	I-Application
(	O
2011	O
)	O
,	O
helping	O
Pope	O
to	O
justify	O
his	O
narrative	O
choices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
systems	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
machines	O
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
had	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
considering	O
a	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
though	O
noted	O
that	O
with	O
the	O
handheld	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
several	O
challenges	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
user	O
interface	O
that	O
may	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
revamped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Apple	O
required	O
Pope	O
to	O
censor	O
the	O
full	O
body	O
scanner	O
feature	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
aspect	O
to	O
be	O
pornographic	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
Pope	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
"	O
kind	O
of	O
sick	O
to	O
death	O
"	O
of	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
more	O
smaller	O
games	O
that	O
would	O
only	O
take	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
of	O
time	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
already	O
spent	O
far	O
too	O
much	O
in	O
his	O
mind	O
on	O
this	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
expected	O
to	O
keep	O
supporting	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
and	O
its	O
ports	O
,	O
but	O
had	O
no	O
plans	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
release	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
rule	O
out	O
revisiting	O
the	O
Arstotzka	B-Application
setting	O
again	O
in	O
a	O
future	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
iOS	B-Application
release	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
Android	B-Application
port	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
5	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
was	O
free	O
for	O
those	O
that	O
already	O
own	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
on	O
release	O
,	O
receiving	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
from	O
40	O
reviews	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
has	O
been	O
praised	O
for	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
immersion	B-General_Concept
provided	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
intense	O
emotional	O
reaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CBC	O
News	O
 '	O
Jonathan	O
Ore	O
called	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
a	O
"	O
nerve-racking	O
sleuthing	O
game	O
with	O
relentless	O
pacing	O
and	O
dozens	O
of	O
compelling	O
characters	O
–	O
all	O
from	O
a	O
desk	O
job	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
Parkin	O
writing	O
for	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
blog	O
declared	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
the	O
top	O
video	O
game	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wired	O
listed	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
as	O
their	O
top	O
game	O
for	O
2013	O
,	O
recognizing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
,	O
often	O
coupled	O
with	O
the	O
Hollywood	O
representation	O
of	O
Nazi	O
officials	O
stopping	O
people	O
and	O
demanding	O
to	O
see	O
their	O
identification	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
drab	O
presentation	O
captured	O
the	O
ideas	O
of	O
living	O
as	O
a	O
lowly	O
worker	O
in	O
a	O
police	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
by	O
several	O
journalists	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
as	O
an	O
art	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
is	O
frequently	O
categorized	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
empathy	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
role-playing	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
asks	O
players	O
to	O
inhabit	O
their	O
character	O
's	O
emotional	O
worlds	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
described	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Begley	O
of	O
the	O
Sydney	O
Morning	O
Herald	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
described	O
by	O
Pope	O
himself	O
,	O
"	O
other	O
people	O
simulators	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
,	O
"	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Narrative	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Excellence	O
in	O
Design	O
"	O
awards	O
at	O
the	O
2014	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
Awards	O
and	O
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
Nuovo	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
also	O
won	O
an	O
Interactive	O
Narrative	O
and	O
Game	O
+	O
Play	O
Peabody	O
Award	O
in	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
Russian	O
filmmakers	O
,	O
Liliya	O
Tkach	O
and	O
Nikita	O
Ordynskiy	O
of	O
Kinodom	O
Productions	O
,	O
developed	O
an	O
11-minute	O
live-action	O
film	O
based	O
on	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
entitled	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Short	O
Film	O
,	O
starring	O
Igor	O
Savochkin	O
as	O
the	O
passport	O
inspector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
debuted	O
worldwide	O
via	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
storefront	O
on	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
received	O
"	O
Overwhelmingly	O
Positive	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
upon	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
short	O
film	O
's	O
success	O
led	O
Tkach	O
and	O
Ordynskiy	O
to	O
pursue	O
a	O
similar	O
short	O
film	O
for	O
Beholder	B-Application
,	O
another	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
totalitarian	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ordynskiy	O
would	O
later	O
voice	O
Seaman	O
Aleksei	O
Toporov	O
in	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
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