In this episode of Fractal Marketing features Daniel McGowan, Co-Founder at Humble Links, discusses the almost overnight rise to fame of Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout. Today, Daniel introduces what makes the game so unique and its appeal to gamers. He explains the role of their Twitter in growing the brand and how having a gamer manage it had been central in communicating the language of gamers to gamers. Daniel also explores the advantages of indie game developers and how the stage is set for them to achieve massive success moving forward.

RESOURCES
https://twitter.com/fallguysgame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyADwdiW7rQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXdeNa9d9sg
https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-mcgowan/
https://www.hmbl.ink/directory

QUOTES
01:23 “It’s kind of like those original Japanese game shows where they put their contestants through hell, except these ones are like jelly beans with legs.”
04:19 “They just had a really good Twitter account. They really pushed memes everywhere and I think it really captured their audience because their audience, gamers, are just who they are.”
16:13 “Most of the user content has come from people griefing other people. Like there’s a special stage where there’s only one little bridge and people can stand on that bridge and other people try to get on it, they get knocked off.”
21:57 “Any branding, or any marketing for any company, is community. Community with a face. Not so much community but a community with a face. Having someone behind who is driving your community that everybody knows. And independent studios get to do that.” 22:54 “I think indie developers are in a really good position to be able to use that to push forward that thing.”

 

HIGHLIGHTS
01:07 Introducing Fall Guys
04:08 Utilizing “memekating” and TimTheTatman’s accidental influence
11:37 Putting a gamer in charge of the Fall Guys Twitter
20:07 Indie game developers: Growing the community and finding success
26:57 Humble Links: Cultivating influencers and their relationships with brands

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