<s>
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2018	O
adventure	O
and	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Lucas	O
Pope	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
3909	O
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Pope	O
's	O
second	O
commercial	O
game	O
,	O
following	O
2013	O
's	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
before	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
a	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
narrative	O
;	O
it	O
won	O
several	O
awards	O
including	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
1807	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
assuming	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
insurance	O
inspector	O
for	O
the	O
East	B-Application
India	I-Application
Company	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
,	O
a	O
merchant	O
ship	O
missing	O
for	O
five	O
years	O
,	O
has	O
reappeared	O
off	O
the	O
coast	O
of	O
England	O
with	O
no	O
one	O
alive	O
aboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
played	O
in	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
uses	O
a	O
"	B-Algorithm
1-bit	I-Algorithm
"	I-Algorithm
monochromatic	I-Algorithm
graphical	I-Algorithm
style	I-Algorithm
inspired	O
by	O
games	O
on	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
,	O
insured	O
by	O
the	O
East	B-Application
India	I-Application
Company	I-Application
,	O
went	O
missing	O
in	O
1803	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
to	O
sail	O
around	O
the	O
Cape	O
of	O
Good	O
Hope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
is	O
effectively	O
one	O
large	O
logic	O
puzzle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
played	O
as	O
a	O
first-person	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
fully	O
explore	O
the	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
,	O
using	O
a	O
monochromatic	O
dithering	O
style	O
to	O
mimic	O
the	O
shading	O
and	O
color	O
methods	O
of	O
early	O
computer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
,	O
an	O
East	O
Indiaman	O
trade	O
ship	O
,	O
departs	O
from	O
Falmouth	O
to	O
the	O
Orient	O
in	O
1802	O
with	O
51	O
crewmen	O
and	O
9	O
passengers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
the	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
reappears	O
off	O
the	O
coast	O
of	O
England	O
with	O
every	O
hand	O
either	O
dead	O
or	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
East	B-Application
India	I-Application
Company	I-Application
sends	O
its	O
Chief	O
Inspector	O
to	O
determine	O
what	O
happened	O
aboard	O
the	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
had	O
launched	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
passengers	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
royal	O
Formosans	O
and	O
their	O
guards	O
carrying	O
an	O
exquisite	O
treasure	O
chest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remaining	O
crew	O
member	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
captured	O
mermaids	O
(	O
who	O
also	O
had	O
shells	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
was	O
shot	O
on	O
approach	O
by	O
the	O
surviving	O
Formosan	O
guard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
circled	O
around	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
England	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
deaths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
dispelling	O
the	O
first	O
assault	O
,	O
the	O
ship	O
was	O
attacked	O
by	O
a	O
kraken	B-Device
,	O
killing	O
more	O
crewmen	O
and	O
the	O
captain	O
's	O
wife	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
executed	O
two	O
before	O
the	O
final	O
one	O
called	O
off	O
the	O
kraken	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
surviving	O
passengers	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
crew	O
decided	O
to	O
abandon	O
the	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
and	O
make	O
for	O
the	O
western	O
coast	O
of	O
Africa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evans	O
,	O
knowing	O
that	O
the	O
East	B-Application
India	I-Application
Company	I-Application
will	O
investigate	O
the	O
ship	O
via	O
the	O
Memento	O
Mortem	O
,	O
purposefully	O
killed	O
his	O
pet	O
monkey	O
inside	O
the	O
locked	O
lazarette	O
,	O
and	O
kept	O
its	O
paw	O
for	O
safekeeping	O
before	O
leaving	O
for	O
Africa	O
with	O
the	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
inspector	O
leaves	O
the	O
ship	O
,	O
a	O
fierce	O
storm	O
rolls	O
in	O
and	O
the	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
sinks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Inspector	O
then	O
uses	O
the	O
"	O
Memento	O
Mortem	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
monkey	O
paw	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
deduce	O
what	O
happened	O
in	O
the	O
lazarette	O
,	O
thereby	O
completing	O
the	O
whole	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
his	O
career	O
,	O
American	O
video	O
game	O
designer	O
Lucas	O
Pope	O
had	O
developed	O
an	O
appreciation	O
of	O
"	B-Algorithm
1-bit	I-Algorithm
"	I-Algorithm
graphics	I-Algorithm
used	O
in	O
many	O
early	O
Macintosh	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
his	O
prior	O
game	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
Pope	O
had	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
1-bit	O
aesthetic	O
in	O
an	O
experimental	O
game	O
,	O
leading	O
him	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
move	O
in	O
a	O
three	O
dimensional	O
space	O
,	O
rendered	O
in	O
a	O
vintage	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
one	O
point	O
,	O
Pope	O
had	O
considered	O
creating	O
a	O
cathode	B-Device
ray	I-Device
tube	I-Device
render	O
effect	O
,	O
but	O
opted	O
against	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
teased	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
while	O
completing	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
anticipating	O
a	O
release	O
the	O
next	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
Pope	O
created	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
to	O
link	O
all	O
the	O
various	O
characters	O
and	O
their	O
fates	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
logically	O
follow	O
chains	O
of	O
deaths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dividing	O
the	O
game	O
into	O
"	O
chapters	O
"	O
then	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
logbook	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
the	O
timeline	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
cataloguing	O
the	O
ship	O
's	O
crew	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
the	O
real	O
East	B-Application
India	I-Application
Company	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pope	O
stated	O
he	O
was	O
not	O
worried	O
about	O
how	O
well	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
would	O
perform	O
financially	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
still	O
earning	O
appreciable	O
revenue	O
from	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
considered	O
Obra	B-Application
Dinn	I-Application
a	O
passion	O
project	O
and	O
did	O
not	O
pressure	O
himself	O
with	O
deadlines	O
or	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	O
computers	O
on	O
October	O
17	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese-based	O
studio	O
3909	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
ported	O
by	O
Warp	O
Digital	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Physical	O
editions	O
were	O
released	O
through	O
Limited	O
Run	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Polygon	O
Colin	O
Campbell	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
takes	O
the	O
whodunit	O
's	O
conventions	O
and	O
twists	O
them	O
into	O
kaleidoscopic	O
narratives	O
that	O
are	O
perplexing	O
and	O
delightful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patrick	O
Hancock	O
for	O
Destructoid	O
commented	O
that	O
Pope	O
had	O
"	O
knocked	O
it	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
park	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
follow	O
up	O
to	O
Papers	B-Application
,	I-Application
Please	I-Application
,	O
and	O
commented	O
that	O
even	O
after	O
finishing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
he	O
"	O
could	O
not	O
stop	O
thinking	O
about	O
"	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
outlets	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Her	B-Application
Story	I-Application
,	O
a	O
similar	O
mystery-driven	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
work	O
out	O
the	O
timeline	O
of	O
events	O
and	O
come	O
to	O
conclusions	O
using	O
numerous	O
video	O
clips	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
video	O
game	O
publications	O
named	O
Return	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Obra	I-Application
Dinn	I-Application
among	O
2018	O
's	O
best	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Edge	O
,	O
Polygon	O
,	O
USGamer	O
,	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
The	O
Nerdist	O
,	O
The	O
Daily	O
Telegraph	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
Yorker	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Escapist	O
.	O
</s>
