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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, [3]  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 Guy Dangerous, an  archaeologist , Scarlett Fox, an  escape artist , Barry Bones, a city cop, Karma Lee, Montana Smith, Fancisco Montoya, or Zack Woner, a football star, who embark on an adventure to seek an ancient and valuable golden  idol  from a  temple  in the  Gardens of Bomarzo  in  Italy . They do not realize that the temple is inhabited by a family of demonic  monkeys  who want to devour them. As the