while trying to rectify others. Other film directors that helped to establish the psychological thriller alongside Kubrick like Alfred Hitchcock and David Fincher were also influential to the game's design, and António, along with advertising firm mOcean, designed the game's poster as a homage to films from these directors. António had premiered the game at the 2015 PAX East event, at this point the game using placeholder art but having the gameplay loop completed. The game was given an honorable mention for the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival in 2016. António had planned for the game to be released in 2016. However, in the intervening years, António brought on a team of five to help refine the game, as well as obtained publishing support from Annapurna Interactive. The game was re-shown during the Xbox press conference from Microsoft during E3 2019, and with a planned release for 2020. Among final elements to be included are fully voiced lines for the main characters, and improved character animations using motion capture. As he finalized the game's design, António took a reductionist approach, removing gameplay elements to focus on the essentials he wanted. For example, António originally had timepieces within the game world for the player to anticipate when events would happen, but later removed these, leaving it up to the player to follow on conversations and other cues to know when events were to happen and prepare for them. Voice acting for the game was provided by James McAvoy, Daisy Ridley, and Willem Dafoe as the husband, wife, and the officer, respectively. Annapurna Interactive helped with casting as well as finding safe locations for them to record lines which came just as the general world lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic had started. António stated an anticipated release by the end of 2020 for Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with ports to other systems later. In November 2020, Annapurna Interactive confirmed that the game was delayed to 2021, and was released on August 19, 2021. Versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were announced on November 23, 2021. They were released on December 7, 2021. A version for iOS and Android mobile devices was published by Netflix on 13 December 2022. The game was showcased at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where it competed for the inaugural Tribeca Games Award. Reception Twelve Minutes received