The world of Temple Run is also familiar, but distinctive: Recalling games like Tomb Raider and the Indiana Jones and Mummy film franchises, the player-controlled character is an explorer seeking to avoid certain death at the hand’s of the temples demonic monkey guardians. The player always has four available directions to move (plus the ability to tilt the screen), and the game artfully walks the line between challenging and rewarding. Temple Run succeeded partly because people were already familiar with the formula: Players knew they had to avoid obstacles like pits, fire, and low-hanging trees, but developer Imangi made it even easier by utilizing the iPhone’s touchscreen interface and giving the player simple, swipe and accelerometer-based instructions. Robot Unicorn Attack was released in 2010.īut it wasn’t until Temple Run that the genre became popularized. In fact, Temple Run had to first leap over two already popular games in the same genre: 2D minimalist platformerĬanabalt launched in 2009 and the over-the-top Adult Swim-promoted And like Angry Birds, it wasn’t the first kid on the block. Just as Angry Birds once defined the physics-based puzzler, so has Temple Run come to define the endless running game. ![]() Official partnership between Imangi and Disney Interactive). The franchise now spans several games, including Temple Run, Temple Run 2, Temple Run: Brave (tied into the Pixar film Brave) and Temple Run: Oz (tied into the movie Oz the Great and Powerful both movie tie-ins were developed after an Imangi Studios, founded by husband and wife team Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova in 2008. ![]() ![]() Imangi announced its one billion downloads mark with this handy infographic. TechHive looks back at the endearing popularity of one of the most popular games of all time. Combining reflexes, a fear of deadly monkeys, and a smooth game mechanic, Temple Run isn’t just an endless running game: It’s the measuring stick against which all other endless running games are judged. Earlier in June, Imangi Studios announced that Temple Run and Temple Run 2 have combined to surpass one billion downloads, becoming one of the only game franchises to his this insane mark (Īngry Birds, naturally, being another).
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