<s>
Prismata	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
game	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
successful	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
mechanics	O
from	O
Real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
,	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
,	O
and	O
card	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prismata	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
,	O
perfect	O
information	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prismata	B-Operating_System
's	O
campaign	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
universe	O
where	O
humanity	O
has	O
colonized	O
other	O
planets	O
and	O
lives	O
alongside	O
sentient	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
humans	O
are	O
assisted	O
by	O
both	O
non-sentient	O
robots	O
and	O
genetically	O
engineered	O
bionic	B-Application
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Swarmwielders	O
control	O
their	O
minions	O
using	O
a	O
device	O
called	O
the	O
Prismata	B-Operating_System
Slate	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
in-universe	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
a	O
physical	O
prototype	O
game	O
was	O
built	O
,	O
titled	O
MCDS	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
mechanics	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
make	O
it	O
into	O
Prismata	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Hearthstone	B-Application
:	I-Application
Heroes	I-Application
of	I-Application
Warcraft	I-Application
at	O
PAX	O
East	O
the	O
three	O
Canadian	O
developers	O
quit	O
their	O
PhD	O
studies	O
to	O
begin	O
work	O
on	O
Prismata	B-Operating_System
full-time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prismata	B-Operating_System
received	O
a	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
attention	O
of	O
social	O
media	O
attention	O
after	O
a	O
post	O
about	O
the	O
developers	O
became	O
the	O
highest	O
rated	O
post	O
ever	O
on	O
the	O
popular	O
Reddit	B-Application
board	O
,	O
/r/bestof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
frequently	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
StarCraft	B-Application
and	O
Hearthstone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCGamer	O
referred	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
,	O
"	O
StarCraft	B-Application
without	O
the	O
RTS	O
element	O
"	O
saying	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
does	O
provide	O
strategic	O
depth	O
without	O
the	O
necessity	O
of	O
mechanical	O
skill.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Comparisons	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
drawn	O
to	O
Magic	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Gathering	I-Application
and	O
Dominion	O
.	O
</s>
