"The first thing the viewer sees is a closeup of a goat lying on the ground, its tongue out, its eyes open. Behind it is a man on fire, running backwards in slow motion towards a house. Interspersed with these images is footage of the goat being repeatedly run over by a car. In the main shot, the goat, now appearing backwards as well, flies up into the first-floor window of a house, repairing the glass it smashed on its way down."
"Skovde has managed to produce some of the biggest and most talked-about video games on the planet not just Goat Simulator but titles like V Rising, Valheim, and RV There Yet?. In a city of 58,000, there are almost 1,000 people studying or making a living from video games there by comparison the entire gaming sector in the UK amounts to 28,500 people."
A striking trailer for Goat Simulator showcased surreal, slow-motion imagery of a goat and a man on fire, parodying a zombie-survival trailer while highlighting the game’s absurd premise. Goat Simulator places the player in the hooves of a goat tasked with causing wanton destruction. The game originated in Skovde, a small Swedish city historically reliant on Volvo. Over the past 25 years Skovde shifted toward a vibrant game industry, producing major titles such as V Rising and Valheim. In a city of 58,000, nearly 1,000 people work or study in games, and the local university implemented changes at the turn of the century that further differentiated Skovde from neighboring cities.
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