<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
is	O
an	O
independently	O
created	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
art	O
game	O
by	O
Irish	O
developer	O
thecatamites	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Gillmurphy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
short	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
and	O
centers	O
around	O
a	O
boy	O
named	O
Phillip	O
,	O
who	O
leaves	O
home	O
to	O
save	O
his	O
world	O
from	O
a	O
mysterious	O
corruption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
parodies	O
of	O
the	O
horror	O
and	O
role-playing	O
game	O
genres	O
,	O
its	O
crude	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
and	O
frequent	O
use	O
of	O
blood	O
in	O
dialogue	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
thematics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ability	O
closely	O
resembles	O
"	O
praying	O
"	O
in	O
Earthbound	B-Application
but	O
with	O
a	O
far	O
greater	O
and	O
more	O
prevalent	O
narrative	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
begins	O
with	O
Phillip	O
,	O
a	O
perpetually	O
crying	O
pajama-clad	O
purple	O
boy	O
,	O
seeing	O
a	O
wizard	O
in	O
Scum	O
Vullage	O
who	O
tells	O
him	O
that	O
his	O
world	O
has	O
been	O
"	O
corrupted	O
"	O
and	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
long	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phillip	O
departs	O
the	O
village	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
meets	O
up	O
with	O
Leg	O
Horse	O
,	O
a	O
horse	O
made	O
of	O
severed	O
legs	O
who	O
is	O
later	O
revealed	O
to	O
have	O
formerly	O
been	O
Prince	O
Horace	O
,	O
the	O
prince	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
's	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phillip	O
notices	O
that	O
certain	O
objects	O
appear	O
as	O
graphical	O
glitches	B-Error_Name
,	O
which	O
the	O
denizens	O
of	O
the	O
world	O
are	O
cognizant	O
of	O
and	O
call	O
"	O
errors	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
do	O
not	O
remember	O
what	O
they	O
once	O
were	O
before	O
the	O
"	O
Great	O
Change	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
defeating	O
Moon	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
restored	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
appearance	O
of	O
an	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
characters	O
return	O
to	O
their	O
normal	O
selves	O
,	O
implying	O
that	O
its	O
former	O
appearance	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
corruption	O
inflicted	O
upon	O
it	O
by	O
Moon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
tumblr	B-Application
blog	O
fuckyeahspacefuneral	O
,	O
developer	O
thecatamites	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
artstyle	O
was	O
"	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
weird	O
chunky	O
pixel	O
gore	O
from	O
Monster	B-Application
Party	I-Application
especially	O
the	O
way	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
hard	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
what	O
a	O
wall	O
of	O
tiled	O
bloody	O
heads	O
was	O
meant	O
to	O
represent	O
in	O
game	O
space.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
selection	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
was	O
stated	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
selected	O
by	O
"	O
pulling	O
together	O
things	O
based	O
on	O
kind	O
of	O
superficially	O
similar	O
tendencies	O
and	O
almost	O
creating	O
a	O
fake	O
tradition	O
in	O
that	O
way	O
which	O
could	O
change	O
how	O
you	O
progress	O
from	O
there.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
was	O
stated	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
interview	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
Bat	O
Castle	O
and	O
Monster	B-Application
Party	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
different	O
interview	O
,	O
Murphy	O
claimed	O
to	O
have	O
played	O
Earthbound	B-Application
in	O
his	O
teens	O
but	O
added	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
kinda	O
too	O
late	O
for	O
it	O
to	O
have	O
an	O
impact	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
websites	O
have	O
listed	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
among	O
games	O
very	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Earthbound	B-Application
,	O
including	O
that	O
interviewer	O
's	O
own	O
site	O
,	O
Paste	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
focus	O
on	O
"	O
corruption	O
"	O
versus	O
the	O
"	O
perfect	O
"	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
default	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
decry	O
what	O
he	O
believed	O
was	O
a	O
modern	O
form	O
of	O
classicism	O
for	O
the	O
RPGs	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
where	O
people	O
believed	O
they	O
were	O
the	O
"	O
peak	O
"	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
wanted	O
to	O
copy	O
them	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
experimenting	O
and	O
trying	O
new	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
believed	O
that	O
when	O
RPG	B-Application
Maker	I-Application
games	O
break	O
from	O
tradition	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
more	O
interesting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
received	O
positive	O
critical	O
reviews	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
unusual	O
art	O
style	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quintin	O
Smith	O
of	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
directed	O
by	O
Alejandro	O
Jodorowsky	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
the	O
art	O
"	O
disturbed	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
music	O
"	O
awesome	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
over	O
time	O
,	O
partially	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
attention	O
from	O
YouTubers	O
and	O
streamers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
,	O
several	O
fan	O
made	O
works	O
were	O
made	O
,	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
2	O
and	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Legend	O
of	O
Earth	O
Birth	O
,	O
impressed	O
developer	O
thecatamites	O
so	O
much	O
he	O
claimed	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
canonical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Super	O
Space	B-Application
Funeral	I-Application
IV	O
DX	O
Blood	O
Red	O
Version	O
,	O
another	O
"	O
canon	O
"	O
installment	O
which	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
scrapped	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
