<s>
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Eric	O
Fredricksen	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
and	O
other	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
games	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
loosely	O
considered	O
a	O
zero-player	B-General_Concept
game	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
that	O
once	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
set	O
up	O
their	O
artificial	O
character	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
user	O
interaction	O
at	O
all	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
plays	O
"	O
itself	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
human	O
player	O
as	O
spectator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
each	O
group	O
of	O
monsters	O
"	O
executed	O
"	O
the	O
quest	O
progress	O
bar	O
will	O
advance	O
one	O
step	O
;	O
once	O
it	O
is	O
filled	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
reset	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
awarded	O
either	O
with	O
a	O
magic	O
item	O
,	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
equipment	O
or	O
a	O
stats	O
upgrade	B-General_Concept
including	O
the	O
learning	O
or	O
leveling	O
of	O
a	O
spell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
equipment	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
randomly	O
given	O
out	O
as	O
a	O
reward	O
for	O
several	O
instances	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
completing	O
a	O
quest	O
,	O
killing	O
certain	O
enemies	O
,	O
leveling	O
a	O
character	O
,	O
and	O
especially	O
when	O
at	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
character	O
uses	O
gold	O
from	O
the	O
loot	O
to	O
upgrade	B-General_Concept
his	O
or	O
her	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
games	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
mocks	O
,	O
these	O
items	O
have	O
statistics	O
and	O
the	O
adjectives	O
are	O
variables	O
describing	O
the	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
parodies	O
the	O
stat-gathering	O
aspect	O
of	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
advances	O
their	O
character	O
by	O
accumulating	O
arbitrary	O
statistic	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EverQuest	B-Protocol
and	O
many	O
other	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
of	O
its	O
time	O
are	O
infamous	O
for	O
their	O
"	O
auto-attack	O
"	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
where	O
players	O
press	O
a	O
button	O
to	O
initiate	O
combat	O
mode	O
and	O
,	O
from	O
then	O
on	O
,	O
have	O
little	O
to	O
do	O
other	O
than	O
watch	O
;	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
mocks	O
this	O
with	O
its	O
totally	O
non-interactive	O
gameplay	O
after	O
the	O
initial	O
character	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
also	O
pokes	O
fun	O
at	O
traditional	O
RPG	O
races	O
,	O
classes	O
,	O
stories	O
,	O
quests	O
,	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fans	O
quickly	O
joined	O
in	O
on	O
the	O
parody	O
by	O
submitting	O
numerous	O
fake	O
reviews	O
to	O
several	O
popular	O
freeware	B-License
download	O
sites	O
and	O
game	O
review	O
sites	O
giving	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
the	O
highest	O
scores	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
upgraded	B-General_Concept
several	O
times	O
throughout	O
its	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
particular	O
upgrade	B-General_Concept
added	O
shaded	O
bars	O
to	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
which	O
caused	O
some	O
players	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
as	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
"	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
now-deleted	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
in-joke	O
leads	O
newbies	O
to	O
believe	O
that	O
there	O
exist	O
Silver	O
,	O
Gold	O
,	O
Platinum	B-Operating_System
or	O
even	O
Diamond-encrusted	O
DVD	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
which	O
have	O
enhanced	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fake	O
"	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
"	O
screenshots	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
obscure	O
3D	O
RPGs	O
,	O
helped	O
spread	O
this	O
rumour	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Eric	O
Fredricksen	O
released	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
have	O
commented	O
that	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
automatic	O
progress	O
,	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
was	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewer	O
Nick	O
Hide	O
compared	O
this	O
with	O
other	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
in	O
which	O
players	O
persevere	O
through	O
dull	O
tasks	O
,	O
just	O
to	O
level	O
up	O
or	O
obtain	O
a	O
new	O
item	O
,	O
owing	O
to	O
an	O
emotional	O
attachment	O
with	O
the	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
arguably	O
represents	O
the	O
first	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
genre	O
of	O
casual	O
game	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
idle	O
RPG	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
incremental	B-Application
game	I-Application
"	O
,	O
popular	O
on	O
certain	O
web	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
games	O
generally	O
feature	O
a	O
complex	O
progress	O
system	O
in	O
which	O
progress	O
is	O
made	O
automatically	O
with	O
the	O
passage	O
of	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
,	O
there	O
are	O
often	O
decisions	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
allocating	O
resources	O
between	O
stats	O
that	O
do	O
affect	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
order	O
that	O
the	O
idled	O
time	O
should	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
efficiently	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bethesda	O
Game	O
Studios	O
executive	O
producer	O
Todd	O
Howard	O
stated	O
Progress	B-Protocol
Quest	I-Protocol
influenced	O
the	O
Fallout	O
mobile	O
spin-off	O
Fallout	B-Application
Shelter	I-Application
.	O
</s>
