<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2012	O
hidden	B-Application
object	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
BulkyPix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
follows	O
protagonists	O
Brian	O
Basco	O
and	O
Gina	O
Timmins	O
as	O
they	O
retell	O
events	O
from	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
(	O
2001	O
)	O
to	O
a	O
film	O
producer	O
interested	O
in	O
their	O
life	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
marked	O
a	O
departure	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
casual	O
game	O
and	O
first	O
project	O
outside	O
the	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
during	O
a	O
difficult	O
economic	O
period	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
itself	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reviews	O
for	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
were	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
,	O
Pendulo	O
stopped	O
releasing	O
original	O
games	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
,	O
until	O
it	O
returned	O
with	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hidden	B-Application
object	I-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
its	O
object-hunt	O
gameplay	O
,	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
features	O
optional	O
minigame	O
puzzle	O
sequences	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
matching	O
musical	O
notes	O
,	O
piecing	O
together	O
a	O
ripped	O
ticket	O
or	O
playing	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
Whac-A-Mole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaways	I-Application
story	O
retells	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
the	O
debut	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Runaway	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterward	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
encounters	O
a	O
minigame	O
sequence	O
and	O
a	O
teaser	O
for	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Twist	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
(	O
2009	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
retired	O
its	O
Runaway	O
franchise	O
and	O
chose	O
to	O
explore	O
other	O
projects	O
,	O
citing	O
exhaustion	O
with	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
mobile	B-Application
game	I-Application
publisher	O
BulkyPix	O
revealed	O
a	O
new	O
installment	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Pendulo	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TouchArcade	O
reported	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
that	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
hidden	B-Application
object	I-Application
title	O
that	O
featured	O
12	O
minigames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
two	O
projects	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
crowdfunded	O
Day	O
One	O
,	O
planned	O
to	O
follow	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
2012	O
game	O
Yesterday	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
writer	O
Josué	O
Monchan	O
,	O
both	O
projects	O
came	O
at	O
a	O
difficult	O
time	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
commercial	O
failure	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
and	O
ultimately	O
Yesterday	B-Application
alienated	O
publishers	O
and	O
made	O
funding	O
hard	O
to	O
obtain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
marked	O
a	O
departure	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lead	O
programmer	O
Felipe	O
Gómez	O
Pinilla	O
called	O
it	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
first	O
title	O
outside	O
the	O
adventure	O
genre	O
,	O
for	O
which	O
Pendulo	O
had	O
been	O
known	O
since	O
its	O
1994	B-Application
debut	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
he	O
called	O
hidden	B-Application
object	I-Application
games	I-Application
"	O
very	O
attractive	O
for	O
us	O
"	O
going	O
forward	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
similar	O
to	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
existing	O
work	O
but	O
at	O
a	O
smaller	O
scale	O
and	O
with	O
different	O
expectations	O
from	O
buyers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hernáez	O
said	O
that	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
several	O
casual	O
titles	O
intended	O
as	O
lighthearted	O
counterparts	O
to	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
darker	O
Yesterday	B-Application
and	O
Day	O
One	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Latiegui	O
and	O
Monchan	O
characterized	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaways	I-Application
development	O
as	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
new	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
initially	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
May	O
2012	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BulkyPix	O
launched	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
for	O
iOS	B-Application
via	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
calculated	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaways	I-Application
reviews	O
as	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeuxvideo.coms	O
reviewer	O
echoed	O
Slater	O
's	O
praise	O
for	O
the	O
visuals	O
but	O
broke	O
with	O
him	O
on	O
the	O
gameplay	O
:	O
the	O
writer	O
argued	O
that	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
is	O
a	O
solid	O
execution	O
of	O
the	O
hidden	B-Application
object	I-Application
formula	O
,	O
which	O
recaptures	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
of	O
earlier	O
Runaway	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
sharply	O
criticized	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaways	I-Application
sudden	O
ending	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
"	O
completely	O
inappropriate	O
"	O
Whac-a-Mole	O
section	O
and	O
"	O
attempt	O
to	O
beg	O
"	O
for	O
money	O
to	O
make	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Spain	O
,	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
won	O
positive	O
scores	O
from	O
David	O
Alonso	O
Hernández	O
of	O
HobbyConsolas	O
and	O
Fernando	O
Fontanet-Bel	O
of	O
Vandal	O
,	O
while	O
Gina	O
Tost	O
of	O
IGN	O
España	O
called	O
it	O
evidence	O
that	O
Spain	O
's	O
game	O
industry	O
was	O
"	O
in	O
very	O
good	O
shape	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hernández	O
and	O
Fontanet-Bel	O
both	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
Jeuxvideo.coms	O
writer	O
,	O
felt	O
that	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
effectively	O
translated	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
 '	O
style	O
to	O
a	O
touch-controlled	O
casual	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fontanet-Bel	O
concluded	O
his	O
review	O
by	O
calling	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
an	O
encouraging	O
sign	O
for	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
future	O
on	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Hernández	O
went	O
further	O
,	O
arguing	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
once	O
again	O
highlights	O
the	O
enormous	O
potential	O
of	O
smartphones	O
and	O
tablets	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
embracing	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
Josué	O
Monchan	O
called	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
"	O
a	O
complete	O
disaster	O
"	O
financially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
with	O
the	O
poor	O
performances	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
and	O
Yesterday	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
failed	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
of	O
Day	O
One	O
,	O
Hidden	B-Application
Runaway	I-Application
contributed	O
to	O
Pendulo	O
's	O
financial	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
entered	O
a	O
multi-year	O
period	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
launched	O
no	O
original	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
ported	O
its	O
back	O
catalog	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
survive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pendulo	O
ultimately	O
returned	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
