<s>
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Random	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2011	O
role-playing	O
and	O
bullet	O
hell	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Vlambeer	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
,	O
The	O
Random	O
Encounter	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
Indie	O
Series	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
BFE	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Devolver	O
Digital	O
initially	O
envisioned	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Vlambeer	O
's	O
Super	B-Application
Crate	I-Application
Box	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Random	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
of	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
with	O
turn-based	O
elements	O
and	O
a	O
bullet	O
hell	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Random	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Vlambeer	O
,	O
an	O
indie	O
game	O
developer	O
composed	O
of	O
Rami	O
Ismail	O
and	O
Jan	O
Willem	O
Nijman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
previous	O
releases	O
included	O
Super	B-Application
Crate	I-Application
Box	I-Application
and	O
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
coming	O
across	O
the	O
former	O
,	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
,	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
series	O
,	O
contacted	O
Vlambeer	O
,	O
asking	O
them	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
Indie	O
Series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
triplet	O
of	O
spin-offs	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
small	O
studios	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
impending	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
mainline	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
entry	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
BFE	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Indie	O
Series	O
also	O
encompasses	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
Double	I-Application
D	I-Application
and	O
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Kamikaze	I-Application
Attack	I-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
requested	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Crate	I-Application
Box	I-Application
with	O
a	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
theme	O
,	O
which	O
Ismail	O
and	O
Nijman	O
disliked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creating	O
Sam	O
's	O
accomplices	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
his	O
sister	O
but	O
found	O
that	O
she	O
was	O
already	O
deceased	O
in	O
the	O
lore	O
of	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
designed	O
the	O
cover	O
artwork	O
and	O
,	O
when	O
its	O
files	O
were	O
lost	O
in	O
a	O
crash	B-General_Concept
shortly	O
before	O
the	O
associated	O
deadline	O
,	O
quickly	O
re-created	O
it	O
from	O
a	O
low-resolution	O
version	O
that	O
he	O
upscaled	B-Algorithm
and	O
re-coloured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
fit	O
the	O
action	O
theme	O
of	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
,	O
characters	O
were	O
fully	O
animated	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
more	O
static	O
style	O
of	O
other	O
role-playing	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
Indie	O
Series	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Devolver	O
Digital	O
in	O
March	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
The	O
Random	O
Encounter	O
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Vlambeer	O
's	O
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
another	O
company	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
quickly	O
became	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Vlambeer	O
had	O
itself	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Radical	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
(	O
titled	O
Ridiculous	B-Application
Fishing	I-Application
)	O
that	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
this	O
plagiarism	O
led	O
to	O
demotivation	O
within	O
the	O
studio	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
delay	O
of	O
The	O
Random	O
Encounter	O
and	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Random	O
Encounter	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	O
on	O
24	O
October	O
2011	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
through	O
the	O
Get	O
Games	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
services	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
marked	O
Vlambeer	O
's	O
first	O
commercial	O
release	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
previous	O
games	O
had	O
been	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
revenue	O
generated	O
from	O
it	O
to	O
purchase	O
a	O
Mac	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
create	O
a	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vlambeer	O
re-iterated	O
its	O
plan	O
for	O
this	O
port	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
,	O
also	O
announcing	O
plans	O
to	O
update	O
the	O
existing	O
Windows	O
version	O
and	O
release	O
one	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Serious	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Random	I-Application
Encounter	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
which	O
calculated	O
a	O
weighted	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
64/100	O
based	O
on	O
eleven	O
critic	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinsof	O
,	O
Hodge	O
and	O
Shacknews	O
Ozzie	O
Mejia	O
felt	O
that	O
The	O
Random	O
Encounters	O
concept	O
was	O
a	O
good	O
fit	O
for	O
the	O
Serious	B-Device
Sam	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinsof	O
and	O
Hodge	O
noted	O
an	O
overall	O
lack	O
of	O
polish	O
,	O
of	O
whom	O
Pinsof	O
also	O
encountered	O
several	O
bugs	B-Error_Name
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
Mejia	O
opined	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
good	O
learning	B-General_Concept
curve	I-General_Concept
,	O
although	O
he	O
found	O
little	O
replay	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
