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How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by jschwartzi »

SketchySeaBeast wrote: post #17
paulmd wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if this isn't the work of a viral marketing company, they certainly have the possibility of a new line of work ahead of them after this. I can't remember seeing a viral marketing campaign as effective as this in a long time. edit: this comment is apparently oddly controversial for a startup-oriented forum. Perhaps someone could explain why? They have really struck marketing gold in a way most small companies would en…

It nearly got me to purchase something on the Epic Store. Nearly.

* Make a tribute to coffee mugs in the middle of the office

* Make a developer spit their coffee out.

* Preside over the morning's stand-up.

* Force SketchySeaBeast to buy something on the Epic Store

* Lock somebody out of their office.

* Water the office plants.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by bduerst »

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

That goose-version of the comic is (almost) in the loss format.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by ryanmcbride »

InvisibleCities wrote: post #22

>“Untitled Goose Game is a safe, socially acceptable way to relieve stress,” the Washington Post declared shortly after the game’s release. “It’s the new punching a wall. It’s the new crying at your desk.” Likening crying at your desk to a delightful video game is exactly the kind of analogy that I would expect from one of Jeff Bezos' employees.

"You know how we all punch walls and scream and cry at our desk and drink heavily to relieve stress? ...wait... you don't all do that too?"

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

paulmd wrote: post #14
wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

if this isn't the work of a viral marketing company, they certainly have the possibility of a new line of work ahead of them after this. I can't remember seeing a viral marketing campaign as effective as this in a long time. edit: this comment is apparently oddly controversial for a startup-oriented forum. Perhaps someone could explain why? They have really struck marketing gold in a way most small companies would en…

I've seen a few people on Reddit insist that it must be an astroturf campaign. Because Reddit would never latch onto some random thing and meme obsessively about it for months, otherwise.

It's extremely streamer-friendly (i.e. "fun to watch other people play and react to"), which is a big boost to virality, and it got featured by a hugely popular YouTuber (Dunkey) four days after its launch. And it got lucky. It's not an uncommon story.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by PhasmaFelis »

I love how this is almost exactly the same story as Goat Simulator. Modestly successful indie studio, looking for something to do after wrapping up their last project, starts work on a goofy little game about a chaotic, malicious farm animal, more for fun than anything else. Somehow it goes massively viral and becomes their greatest success.

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Post by cdirkx »

monocasa wrote: post #29
smcl wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are these franchises?

The term 'franchise' is mutated a bit in the game industry. They're new games that don't have anything to do with previous games (not a sequel, remake, prequel, etc.) so they're new franchises.

I have mostly seen this be named IPs (intellectual property), as in "studio X confirms it is working on a new IP". I guess 'franchise' also works nowadays, as for any succesful game it will be profitable to make a sequel/spinoff/eventual remaster.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by jacobush »

redbergy wrote: post #7
wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

Hadn't seen that second link before. Just lost my good boy a month ago. Thanks for the unexpected (happy) office tears

Damn.
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