<s>
Redshirt	B-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
simulation	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mitu	O
Khandaker	O
,	O
developing	O
under	O
the	O
company	O
name	O
The	O
Tiniest	O
Shark	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Positech	O
Games	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
redshirt	B-Application
,	O
a	O
stock	O
character	O
in	O
fiction	O
who	O
dies	O
soon	O
after	O
being	O
introduced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitu	O
Khandaker	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
create	O
Redshirt	B-Application
after	O
her	O
experience	O
from	O
working	O
at	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Redshirt	B-Application
is	O
a	O
social	O
simulation	O
game	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
new	O
character	O
on	O
a	O
fictional	O
space	O
station	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
who	O
is	O
obsessed	O
with	O
"	O
Spacebook	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
satire	O
of	O
Facebook	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitu	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
a	O
social	O
media	O
start-up	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
helped	O
to	O
inspire	O
her	O
work	O
on	O
Redshirt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Red	O
Dwarf	O
was	O
a	O
large	O
influence	O
in	O
the	O
tone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
references	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
in	O
general	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
IGN	O
,	O
Rowan	O
Kaiser	O
felt	O
that	O
Redshirt	B-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
generally	O
successful	O
experiment	O
in	O
social	O
simulation	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
some	O
glitches	O
(	O
although	O
they	O
also	O
commended	O
the	O
developer	O
for	O
quickly	O
patching	O
them	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
