<s>
Voyager	B-Application
was	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
computer	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
Technologies	O
from	O
1995	O
until	O
its	O
cancellation	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
Star	O
Trek	O
:	O
Voyager	B-Application
license	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
followed	O
Kathryn	O
Janeway	O
and	O
the	O
crew	O
of	O
the	O
USS	O
Voyager	B-Application
in	O
their	O
attempts	O
to	O
rescue	O
members	O
of	O
their	O
team	O
from	O
the	O
Kazon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voyager	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
multi-title	O
agreement	O
between	O
Viacom	O
and	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
,	O
and	O
Viacom	O
took	O
a	O
minority	O
equity	O
investment	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Viacom	O
decided	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
Voyager	B-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
spring	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
Voyager'''s	O
cancellation	O
,	O
team	O
members	O
Ken	O
Levine	O
,	O
Jonathan	O
Chey	O
and	O
Rob	O
Fermier	O
left	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
to	O
found	O
Irrational	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OverviewVoyager	O
was	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Star	O
Trek	O
:	O
Voyager	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
guided	O
Kathryn	O
Janeway	O
and	O
other	O
characters	O
aboard	O
the	O
USS	O
Voyager	B-Application
through	O
three	O
"	O
episodes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
began	O
as	O
the	O
USS	O
Voyager	B-Application
resupplied	O
at	O
an	O
agricultural	O
planet	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
have	O
certain	O
members	O
of	O
its	O
crew	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
the	O
Kazon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
decisions	O
continued	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
led	O
to	O
dead	O
ends	O
or	O
to	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Tech	O
sim	O
"	O
puzzles	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
The	O
Incredible	O
Machine	O
—	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
create	O
Rube	O
Goldberg	O
machines	O
—	O
were	O
a	O
main	O
feature	O
in	O
Voyager	B-Application
:	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
receive	O
collections	O
of	O
mechanical	O
parts	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
combined	O
into	O
complex	O
mechanisms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
thumb|left|Looking	O
Glass	O
Technologies	O
scanned	O
the	O
heads	O
of	O
Star	O
Trek	O
:	O
Voyagers	B-Application
cast	O
to	O
create	O
more	O
accurate	O
3D	O
models	O
for	O
the	O
game.Voyager	O
began	O
development	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
August	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
multi-title	O
deal	O
between	O
Viacom	O
New	O
Media	O
and	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voyager	B-Application
was	O
conceptualized	O
by	O
Dickens	O
and	O
by	O
Viacom	O
producer	O
Rachel	O
Leventhal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
at	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
visited	O
and	O
researched	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
Star	O
Trek	O
:	O
Voyager	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
reproduce	O
it	O
accurately	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
created	O
3D	B-Algorithm
laser	I-Algorithm
scans	I-Algorithm
of	O
the	O
cast	O
's	O
heads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
characters	O
and	O
pre-rendered	O
backgrounds	O
were	O
created	O
with	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
and	O
Alias	B-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
animated	O
with	O
the	O
skeletal	O
animation	O
system	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
for	O
Terra	B-Application
Nova	I-Application
:	I-Application
Strike	I-Application
Force	I-Application
Centauri	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designer	O
Jonathan	O
Chey	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
physics	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
code	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
later	O
said	O
were	O
"	O
really	O
weird	O
"	O
features	O
for	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
and	O
evidence	O
of	O
unfocused	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Voyager	B-Application
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
1997	O
,	O
after	O
18	O
months	O
in	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
Viacom	O
deal	O
and	O
Voyager	B-Application
were	O
ultimately	O
a	O
"	O
giant	O
distraction	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
boondoggle	O
"	O
that	O
hurt	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
events	O
started	O
a	O
financial	O
downward	O
spiral	O
at	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
compounded	O
by	O
a	O
string	O
of	O
troubled	O
and	O
commercially	O
unsuccessful	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
Terra	O
Nova	O
and	O
British	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Championship	I-Application
Golf	I-Application
,	O
culminated	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
closure	O
in	O
May	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Voyager	B-Application
team	O
—	O
Chey	O
,	O
writer	O
Ken	O
Levine	O
and	O
designer	O
Rob	O
Fermier	O
—	O
became	O
close	O
friends	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
cancellation	O
inspired	O
them	O
to	O
start	O
the	O
spin-off	O
developer	O
Irrational	O
Games	O
in	O
April	O
1997	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
System	B-Application
Shock	I-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Looking	O
Glass	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levine	O
later	O
recalled	O
that	O
,	O
while	O
writing	O
Voyager	B-Application
's	O
opening	O
cutscene	O
,	O
he	O
learned	O
that	O
technological	O
limitations	O
made	O
it	O
difficult	O
for	O
characters	O
to	O
express	O
emotion	O
;	O
and	O
this	O
experience	O
influenced	O
his	O
future	O
writing	O
for	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
BioShock	O
Infinite''	O
.	O
</s>
