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Racing Through Rabbit Holes in The Wiki Game

Jan 30, 2024

The podcast discusses the origin and evolution of The Wiki Game, its popularity, and technical challenges. The hosts explore monetization strategies and the impact of COVID-19. They also talk about their experiences with the game and their desire for an updated version. Serendipitous encounters and conversations with players from around the world are highlighted.

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Quick takeaways

The Wiki Game has steadily grown over the years, attracting around 60,000 - 80,000 unique users a month, proving the consistency required for sustained traction.

The creator of The Wiki Game, Alex Klemashaw, has resisted using ads to fund the project and instead plans to introduce premium features and a freemium model in future versions of the game.

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The Slow and Steady Growth of The Wiki Game

The podcast episode discusses the slow and steady growth of The Wiki Game, a passion project and labor of love for its creator, Alex Klemashaw. Despite not having any major spikes in traffic, the game has consistently attracted tens of thousands of users each month. The episode highlights the persistence and consistency required for a game to gain traction over time.

Introduction

2min

The Popularity and Impact of the Wiki Game

14min

Exploring Web Links and Avoiding Ads

3min

Monetization and Gameplay

5min

Discussion on the Web Game and Professional Backgrounds

5min

Serendipitous Encounters and Conversations from the Wiki Game

15min

The Wiki Game is a fun, web-based game that connects two random Wikipedia article links. Alex shares his journey of how he started out, using concepts like six degrees of separation to create a game involving Wikipedia articles, and how it has steadily grown over the years to around 60,000 - 80,000 unique users a month. Despite challenges like hacking incidents and handling various user complaints, for Alex, the game remains a labor of love. He also talks about his ideas for the future of the game — a freemium model targeting larger private groups, the forthcoming launch of version 3, and how he has resisted using ads to fund the project.

Play The Wiki Game:

www.thewikigame.com