Temple Run | |
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Developer(s) | Imangi Studios |
Publisher(s) | Imangi Studios |
Artist(s) | Kiril Tchangov |
Engine | Temple Run engine (iOS) Unity (Android) |
Platform(s) | iOS Android Windows Phone 8 |
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iOS
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Genre(s) | Endless runner |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Temple Run: Brave | |
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Developer(s) | Imangi Studios |
Publisher(s) | Disney Interactive Studios |
Engine | Unity |
Platform(s) | iOS, Android, Windows 8, Windows RT, Windows Phone 8, BlackBerry 10 |
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iOS & Android
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Genre(s) | Endless runner/Action |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Aggregator | Score |
GameRankings | 83.57% (iOS) |
Metacritic | 80/100 (iOS) |
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IGN | 7.5/10 |
148 Apps | |
AppSpy | 4/5 |
Gamezebo | |
Slide to Play | 4/4 |
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Publication | Award |
Shorty Awards | Nominated |
Temple Run is a 2011 3D endless running video game developed and published by Imangi Studios. It is produced, designed and programmed by husband-and-wife team Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova, and with art by Kiril Tchangov. The game was initially released for iOS devices, and later ported to Android systems and Windows Phone 8.
A sequel to the original game was released on January 17, 2013, for iOS, and on January 24 for Android. As of June 2014, Temple Run and its sequel have been downloaded over 1 billion times.
In Temple Run, the player controls either Guy Dangerous, an explorer, Scarlett Fox, an escape artist, Barry Bones, a city cop, Karma Lee, the fastest runner in the Far East, Montana Smith, the "second greatest explorer ever" (referring to Indiana Jones being the greatest explorer; Montana Smith even looks like him, although in Temple Run 2 he looks more like a cowboy), Francisco Montoya, a Spanish conquistador, or Zack Wonder, a football star. The character chosen will embark on an adventure to seek an ancient and valuable golden idol from an Aztec temple. They will not realize that the temple is inhabited by a family of demonic monkeys who want to devour them. As the game is an endless running game, there is no end to the temple; the player plays until the character falls off the temple to their demise or is eaten by the crazed monkeys.
While the character is running, the player can tilt the device left or right to move the character to either side of the screen to collect coins and/or avoid obstacles. There are three types of coins to be found while the character is running: gold, red, and blue. A gold coin will only add one coin to the player's total number of coins. Red coins are worth two coins, while blue coins are worth three. The coins can be used to buy and then upgrade power-ups and/or other characters. Coins can also be bought by the player through in-app purchases with payments of actual money. When the player needs to turn left or right, the touchscreen can be swiped in the corresponding direction. If the player wishes to jump over an object, the screen can be swiped upwards; if the player wishes to slide under an object, the screen can be swiped downwards.