title of this article is event 0 . the substitution or omission of any brackets is because of technical restrictions . event 0 developer s ocelot society publisher s ocelot society platform s microsoft windows macos release date s ww september 14 2016 genre s adventure exploration mode s single player event 0 is a first person science fiction exploration video game developed and published by ocelot society . it was released on september 14 2016 for both microsoft windows and macos . contents 1 plot 2 development 3 reception 4 references 5 external links plot edit the player is stuck on an empty spaceship in an alternative futuristic 2012 . with help from an artificial intelligence ai computer called kaizen 85 the player progresses through the ship and solves puzzles in an attempt to return to earth . 1 2 the player communicates with the ai by physically typing input instead of selecting from a set of inputs . 3 the ai is capable of procedurally generating over two million lines of dialog with personality influenced by the player s input . 4 development edit event 0 began as part of a graduate student project at the national school of video game and interactive media in france enjmin in 2013 . the students later formed ocelot society in order to continue development into a commercial project . 4 5 the team that worked on event 0 is composed of eleven people . 5 in 2014 the game received the student award at the european indie game days as well as the innovation award at big 2015 . event 0 received funding from france s cnc as well as from the indie fund . 4 reception edit event 0 has received positive reviews and has a score of 78 on metacritic . 6 reviewers have compared event 0 to games such as the solitary narrative of firewatch 4 as well as the king s quest series . 7 the environment has been compared to the spaceship in ridley scott s alien . 7 several reviewers have also noted the similarities between event 0 s kaizen ai and hal 9000 from stanley kubrick s film 2001 a space odyssey . 4 8 references edit event 0 a space adventure about befriending ai releases this september . pc gamer . future plc. july 13 2016 . retrieved august 17 2016 . event 0 . steam . retrieved august 17 2016 . event 0 a sci fi game about building relationship with powerful a.i. releases this september . wccftech . july 15 2016 . retrieved august 17 2016 . a b c d e event 0 is 2001 meets firewatch due this september . eurogamer . gamer network . july 13 2016 . retrieved august 17 2016 . a b event 0 a narrative exploration heavy sci fi thriller . indie game magazine . retrieved august 17 2016 . event 0 for pc reviews metacritic . metacritic . retrieved september 24 2016 . a b the eerie event 0 asks you to talk with a hal like space computer . inverse . july 13 2016 . retrieved august 17 2016 . converse with a sentient ai in sci fi adventure event 0 . pc gamer . future plc. october 29 2014 . retrieved august 17 2016 . external links edit official website video games portal 2010s portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title event 0 & oldid 744602743 categories 2016 video gamesindie video gamessingle player only video gamesalternate history video gamesvideo games developed in francewindows gamesos x gamesvideo games set in 2012dystopian video gamesretrofuturistic video gameshidden categories official website not in wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 october 2016 at 09 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view