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How Goose Goose Duck Won Big by Staying Small

Shawn Fischtein, co-founder of Gaggle Studios, explains how Goose Goose Duck became a global social deduction hit by staying small, truly free, and relentlessly community-first. The team built seamless social tools into the game, refused to lock content behind paywalls, and avoided whale-driven monetization. Instead of chasing huge influencers or big funding, they focused on organic, clippable moments and small, tight-knit Twitch communities. Five years later, the...