And as we discovered on the way through, we were the only amateur team in the top 10 competing. It was originally intended to be a contest for amateurs. Rudy: But you won the Make Something Unreal contest in 2004.Īlan: Yeah. It was what we call a mod, which is where you take somebody else’s game, hack it around and make it actually good. Rudy: So, you actually started with a game before you had a company, right?Īlan: It’d be polite to call it a game. They have more than 10 million users and growing and we’re going to talk about how they do that. Tripwire has released ground-breaking games like R ed Orchestra, the Killing Floor series, Vietnam, Chivalry, and Maneater. My guest is Alan Wilson, vice president, co-owner and one of the founders of Tripwire Interactive. Rudy: Thanks for listening to Marketing Upheaval. Welcome to Marketing Upheaval.Įarcon: You’re listening to Marketing Upheaval from Creative Outhouse.
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We also talked about how gaming companies give fans a voice in designing mods for their product. Tripwire gamers are fiercely loyal to the games and to the brand itself. It’s a gaming company that’s grown to millions of users in a really short amount of time. My guest this episode is Alan Wilson, co-founder and co-owner of Tripwire Interactive. Rudy Fernandez: Hey, this is Rudy Fernandez. He also talks about when to pay attention to and when to ignore bad reviews. He talks about how they’ve grown to millions of loyal users. Episode 7: Alan Wilson on gaming, creating and fierce customer loyaltyĪlan Wilson is a founder a co-owner of one of the most creative gaming companies around, Tripwire.