<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Luís	O
António	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Annapurna	O
Interactive	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2021	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
with	O
versions	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
released	O
on	O
December	O
7	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Netflix	O
on	O
13	O
December	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
apartment	O
suite	O
shared	O
by	O
a	O
husband	O
and	O
wife	O
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
James	O
McAvoy	O
and	O
Daisy	O
Ridley	O
,	O
respectively	O
)	O
which	O
includes	O
the	O
main	O
living	O
and	O
kitchen	O
area	O
,	O
their	O
bedroom	O
,	O
a	O
bathroom	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
closet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
taking	O
certain	O
actions	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
12	B-Application
minutes	I-Application
,	O
the	O
husband	O
learns	O
his	O
wife	O
is	O
pregnant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
gameplay	O
loop	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Majora	I-Application
’s	I-Application
Mask	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
is	O
a	O
decision-driven	O
game	O
involving	O
time	O
loops	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
order	O
of	O
events	O
will	O
differ	O
depending	O
on	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
plays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
spent	O
time	O
in	O
2012	O
working	O
to	O
help	O
develop	O
The	B-Device
Witness	I-Device
before	O
setting	O
out	O
to	O
make	O
his	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
António	O
also	O
considered	O
that	O
most	O
video	O
games	O
are	O
built	O
on	O
loops	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
player-character	O
dying	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
using	O
knowledge	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
deaths	O
to	O
proceed	O
farther	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
concept	O
built	O
into	O
the	O
time	O
looping	O
nature	O
of	O
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-shown	O
during	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
press	O
conference	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
during	O
E3	O
2019	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
planned	O
release	O
for	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
final	O
elements	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
are	O
fully	O
voiced	O
lines	O
for	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
character	O
animations	O
using	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
António	O
stated	O
an	O
anticipated	O
release	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2020	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X/S	I-Device
,	O
with	O
ports	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
were	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
23	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Netflix	O
on	O
13	O
December	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
but	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hideo	O
Kojima	O
praised	O
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
,	O
stating	O
he	O
had	O
n't	O
"	O
been	O
into	O
a	O
game	O
this	O
much	O
since	O
Inside	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
inspired	O
him	O
to	O
consider	O
making	O
another	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Renata	O
Price	O
of	O
Kotaku	O
stated	O
that	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
possible	O
that	O
a	O
story	O
could	O
include	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
violence	O
if	O
it	O
was	O
well	O
crafted	O
,	O
its	O
inclusion	O
within	O
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
was	O
"	O
pretentious	O
and	O
exhausting	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
considered	O
the	O
twist	O
ending	O
"	O
terrible	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
had	O
been	O
released	O
near	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
Boyfriend	B-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
,	O
which	O
on	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
also	O
had	O
received	O
similar	O
criticism	O
related	O
to	O
darker	O
,	O
mature	O
content	O
that	O
had	O
not	O
been	O
alluded	O
to	O
through	O
pre-release	O
materials	O
or	O
in-game	O
content	O
warnings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twelve	B-Application
Minutes	I-Application
has	O
been	O
considered	O
a	O
fresh	O
take	O
into	O
the	O
‘	O
point-and-click	O
’	O
genre	O
using	O
a	O
very	O
small	O
space	O
for	O
exploration	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
tell	O
a	O
story	O
in	O
a	O
unique	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
