<s>
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
programming	B-Language
game	I-Language
developed	O
by	O
Zachtronics	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
macOS-based	O
personal	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
near	O
future	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
an	O
electronics	O
engineer	O
who	O
has	O
emigrated	O
to	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
China	O
to	O
work	O
for	O
fictional	O
technology	O
company	O
Shenzhen	O
Longteng	O
Electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
programming	B-Language
language	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
the	O
circuit	O
elements	O
resemble	O
simplified	O
versions	O
of	O
real-world	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
challenges	O
by	O
writing	O
Lua	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Zachtronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
their	O
previous	O
title	O
TIS-100	B-Application
,	O
a	O
coding	O
puzzle	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
was	O
designed	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
niche	O
audience	O
in	O
mind	O
,	O
specifically	O
people	O
interested	O
in	O
programming	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
more	O
approachable	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
than	O
TIS-100	B-Application
and	O
a	O
cast	O
of	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zachtronics	O
was	O
reluctant	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
tutorial	O
to	O
teach	O
players	O
how	O
to	O
play	O
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zachtronics	O
announced	O
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
in	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
an	O
in-development	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
via	O
Steam	O
Early	O
Access	O
in	O
October	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
launched	O
out	O
of	O
early	O
access	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
on	O
November	O
17	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
players	O
 '	O
feedback	O
,	O
Zachtronics	O
also	O
released	O
Shenzhen	B-Language
Solitaire	I-Language
,	O
a	O
mini-game	O
within	O
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
,	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
,	O
standalone	O
title	O
on	O
December	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
was	O
received	O
favourably	O
by	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
writer	O
Brendan	O
Caldwell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Shenzhen	B-Language
I/O	I-Language
has	O
a	O
higher	O
price	O
tag	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
TIS-100	B-Application
,	O
Zachtronics	O
observed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
selling	O
faster	O
during	O
its	O
early	O
access	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
