Goat Simulator 'The Musical Motion Picture': Driving Celebs Baaahrmy in Award-winning April Fool’s Campaign

Goat Simulator 'The Musical Motion Picture': Driving Celebs Baaahrmy in Award-winning April Fool’s Campaign

Coffee Stain

Coffee Stain

Coffee Stain

Gaming

Gaming

Gaming

Ahead of the reveal of Goat Simulator 3, Swipe Right and Coffee Stain wanted to capitalise on the original game’s anniversary on April 1st to bring the franchise back into the spotlight since it launched in 2014, and drive traffic to the new Goat Simulator TikTok channel.

Swipe Right devised an April Fool’s creative campaign based on the insight that video game adaptations are saturating the market both on the big screen and streaming services. So if Sonic, Lara Croft and Geralt of Rivia could have their own movies or TV shows, why not Pilgor the goat!

We designed the narrative of the campaign ‘announcing’ the movie, drafted assets including a full synopsis and script to heighten believability and secured high-profile talent to add star power.

These included Jackass star Steve-O as our ‘Director’ and a series of carefully chosen celebrities to launch an open casting call on Goat Simulator’s TikTok for fans of the game to ‘audition’ with their best dramatic goat impressions.

Swipe Right devised an April Fool’s creative campaign based on the insight that video game adaptations are saturating the market both on the big screen and streaming services. So if Sonic, Lara Croft and Geralt of Rivia could have their own movies or TV shows, why not Pilgor the goat!

We designed the narrative of the campaign ‘announcing’ the movie, drafted assets including a full synopsis and script to heighten believability and secured high-profile talent to add star power.

These included Jackass star Steve-O as our ‘Director’ and a series of carefully chosen celebrities to launch an open casting call on Goat Simulator’s TikTok for fans of the game to ‘audition’ with their best dramatic goat impressions.

Results

Results

56,000 new followers on the Goat Simulator TikTok channel, and a net increase of 700,000 likes on profile

56,000 new followers on the Goat Simulator TikTok channel, and a net increase of 700,000 likes on profile

MCV’s 2023 PR Campaign of the Year, Best Use of TikTok at the Global Digital PR awards

MCV’s 2023 PR Campaign of the Year, Best Use of TikTok at the Global Digital PR awards

382x pieces of coverage including The Sun, Kotaku, GameSpot, PCGamer, IGN and more

382x pieces of coverage including The Sun, Kotaku, GameSpot, PCGamer, IGN and more

Swipe Right devised an April Fool’s creative campaign based on the insight that video game adaptations are saturating the market both on the big screen and streaming services. So if Sonic, Lara Croft and Geralt of Rivia could have their own movies or TV shows, why not Pilgor the goat!

We designed the narrative of the campaign ‘announcing’ the movie, drafted assets including a full synopsis and script to heighten believability and secured high-profile talent to add star power.

These included Jackass star Steve-O as our ‘Director’ and a series of carefully chosen celebrities to launch an open casting call on Goat Simulator’s TikTok for fans of the game to ‘audition’ with their best dramatic goat impressions.

Results

56,000 new followers on the Goat Simulator TikTok channel, and a net increase of 700,000 likes on profile

MCV’s 2023 PR Campaign of the Year, Best Use of TikTok at the Global Digital PR awards

382x pieces of coverage including The Sun, Kotaku, GameSpot, PCGamer, IGN and more

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