<s>
Star	B-Application
Billions	I-Application
is	O
an	O
indie	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Catch	O
&	O
Release	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
an	O
independent	O
development	O
team	O
consisting	O
of	O
game	O
designers	O
James	O
Tillman	O
and	O
Matthew	O
Taylor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
first	O
season	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Star	B-Application
Billions	I-Application
,	O
players	O
observe	O
a	O
hopelessly	O
lost	O
spaceship	O
that	O
is	O
piloted	O
by	O
four	O
unique	O
artificial	O
intelligences	O
represented	O
by	O
anthropomorphic	O
animal	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Billions	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
real-time	O
as	O
players	O
wait	O
to	O
see	O
how	O
their	O
decision	O
will	O
affect	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
also	O
reduce	O
the	O
wait	O
time	O
by	O
playing	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
style	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Star	B-Application
Billions	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
distant	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-designer	O
Matthew	O
Taylor	O
visited	O
James	O
and	O
found	O
a	O
crudely	O
drawn	O
design	O
document	O
for	O
Star	B-Application
Billions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
