<s>
Starbound	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Chucklefish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
,	O
procedurally	O
generated	O
universe	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
explore	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
obtain	O
new	O
weapons	O
,	O
armor	O
,	O
and	O
items	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
visit	O
towns	O
and	O
villages	O
inhabited	O
by	O
various	O
intelligent	O
lifeforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
was	O
released	O
out	O
of	O
early	O
access	O
in	O
July	O
2016	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
for	O
Windows	O
via	O
Xbox	B-Application
Game	I-Application
Pass	I-Application
in	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
begins	O
with	O
the	O
player	O
inside	O
a	O
spacecraft	O
after	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
Earth	O
,	O
home	O
of	O
an	O
intergalactic	O
peacekeeping	O
organization	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Terrene	O
Protectorate	O
,	O
while	O
just	O
having	O
graduated	O
from	O
its	O
ranks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
contains	O
both	O
quests	O
and	O
story	O
driven	O
missions	O
,	O
buried	O
inside	O
its	O
vast	O
sandbox	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
and	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
items	O
,	O
enemies	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
planets	O
,	O
use	O
procedural	O
generation	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
story-based	O
missions	O
,	O
quests	O
,	O
free	O
world	O
exploration	O
,	O
enemies	B-Protocol
to	O
fight	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
and	O
terraform	O
the	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Chucklefish	O
director	O
Finn	O
Brice	O
in	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
tiered	O
,	O
Kickstarter-style	O
,	O
pre-order	O
opening	O
via	O
the	O
Humble	O
Store	O
on	O
13	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
Starbound	B-Application
pre-order	O
had	O
reached	O
all	O
three	O
of	O
its	O
stretch	O
goals	O
by	O
raising	O
over	O
$	O
1,000,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
entered	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
beta	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
4	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
receiving	O
over	O
$	O
2,000,000	O
in	O
pre-orders	O
prior	O
to	O
its	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starbound	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
uses	O
a	O
custom	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
will	O
also	O
be	O
ported	O
for	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
at	O
a	O
later	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
Chucklefish	O
were	O
accused	O
of	O
exploiting	O
around	O
a	O
dozen	O
voluntary	O
contributors	O
during	O
Starbound'''s	O
development	O
,	O
sometimes	O
logging	O
hundreds	O
of	O
hours	O
with	O
no	O
compensation	O
and	O
completing	O
the	O
same	O
tasks	O
as	O
paid	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
Starbound	B-Application
received	O
favourable	O
reviews	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
praised	O
Starbound	B-Application
crafting	O
,	O
exploration	O
,	O
and	O
combat	O
mechanics	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Terraria	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christopher	O
Livingston	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
stated	O
that	O
Starbound	B-Application
was	O
a	O
charming	O
space	O
sandbox	O
that	O
would	O
keep	O
players	O
entertained	O
for	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Starbound''	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
2.5	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
