<s>
Paranautical	B-Application
Activity	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
American	O
indie	O
studio	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
Digerati	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
a	O
beta	O
form	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
after	O
completing	O
the	O
Early	O
Access	O
program	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
was	O
fully	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
struggled	O
with	O
Valve	O
's	O
Steam	B-Application
service	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Valve	O
initially	O
refused	O
to	O
allow	O
it	O
on	O
its	O
Greenlight	O
system	O
while	O
the	O
developer	O
was	O
in	O
talks	O
with	O
another	O
publisher	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
pulled	O
it	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
after	O
its	O
lead	O
developer	O
,	O
Mike	O
Maulbeck	O
,	O
threatened	O
Valve	O
's	O
CEO	O
,	O
Gabe	O
Newell	O
,	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
new	O
studio	O
,	O
Digerati	O
,	O
and	O
re-released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
under	O
a	O
"	O
Deluxe	O
Atonement	O
"	O
version	O
that	O
included	O
new	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paranautical	B-Application
Activity	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
that	O
uses	O
procedural	O
dungeon	O
generation	O
and	O
permadeath	O
,	O
features	O
common	O
in	O
roguelikes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
various	O
levels	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
room	O
structure	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
dungeons	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Binding	I-Application
of	I-Application
Isaac	I-Application
,	O
which	O
include	O
random	O
enemy	O
generation	O
,	O
mini-boss	O
rooms	O
which	O
give	O
items	O
,	O
shops	O
and	O
treasure	O
rooms	O
where	O
players	O
can	O
buy	O
health	O
,	O
armor	O
and	O
better	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paranautical	B-Application
Activity	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
a	O
publicly	O
available	O
beta	O
form	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2012	O
,	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
had	O
submitted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
's	O
Greenlight	O
service	O
–	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
allow	O
Steam	B-Application
users	O
to	O
vote	O
on	O
games	O
they	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
see	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
Greenlight	O
phase	O
,	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
and	O
Adult	O
Swim	O
Games	O
opened	O
discussions	O
to	O
have	O
Adult	O
Swim	O
publish	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Adult	O
Swim	O
began	O
working	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
publication	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
Valve	O
saw	O
a	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
pre-existing	O
Greenlight	O
page	O
;	O
Valve	O
's	O
Doug	O
Lombardi	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
message	O
that	O
developers	O
could	O
bypass	O
the	O
Greenlight	O
process	O
by	O
finding	O
a	O
publisher	O
for	O
their	O
game	O
with	O
whom	O
they	O
would	O
split	O
revenue	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code	O
Avarice	O
would	O
later	O
run	O
a	O
successful	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
during	O
August	O
2013	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
obtaining	O
$	O
12,000	O
of	O
the	O
$	O
10,000	O
requested	O
,	O
and	O
fund	O
its	O
publication	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
through	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
following	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
via	O
its	O
Early	O
Access	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
issue	O
with	O
Steam	B-Application
occurred	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
completed	O
,	O
moving	O
it	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
Early	O
Access	O
program	O
to	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
release	O
in	O
October	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
developers	O
had	O
set	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
full	O
release	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
's	O
store	O
page	O
still	O
indicated	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
Early	O
Access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maulbeck	O
,	O
frustrated	O
with	O
this	O
mislabeling	O
,	O
let	O
out	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
complaints	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
against	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Valve	O
,	O
including	O
an	O
alleged	O
death	O
threat	O
to	O
Valve	O
's	O
Gabe	O
Newell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Maulbeck	O
later	O
said	O
the	O
message	O
was	O
not	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
taken	O
seriously	O
,	O
Valve	O
pulled	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
store	I-Application
,	O
saying	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
ceased	O
discussions	O
with	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
threat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Failing	O
to	O
make	O
amends	O
with	O
Valve	O
,	O
Maulbeck	O
opted	O
to	O
sell	O
his	O
part	O
of	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
to	O
his	O
co-developer	O
Travis	O
Pfenning	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
separate	O
himself	O
in	O
the	O
hope	O
that	O
Valve	O
would	O
allow	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digerati	O
worked	O
with	O
Valve	O
and	O
Code	O
Avarice	O
to	O
restore	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
February	O
12	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Deluxe	O
Atonement	O
Edition	O
"	O
,	O
adding	O
some	O
new	O
content	O
alongside	O
the	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
