Dumb Ways To Die tops charts with new iPhone + iPad app game via McCann + Barrel Of Donkeys

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INTRO SCREEN.jpgDumb Ways to Die continues to gather pace with an app game for iPhone and iPad, developed by McCann Australia in collaboration with local game developer Barrel Of Donkeys, claiming the number one free app spot in Australia for a full week.

 

The game is charting in 79 countries, and is the number one free app in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, and the number one game in those three countries as well as The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Starring all the characters from the viral hit Dumb Ways to Die for Metro Trains Melbourne, the game allows players to flick piranhas away from a character’s private parts and defend another from a snake attack among other ways to avoid being dumb.

 

Players can also pledge to “not do dumb stuff around trains” at the click of a button.

 

Says John Mescall, executive creative director of McCann Australia: “With the main Dumb Ways to Die video now close to 46 million views, we wanted to give young people another platform on which to enjoy the characters and, more importantly, to continue to remind them that being dumb around trains can and should be avoided.”

 

Agency – McCann

Executive Creative Director: John Mescall

Creative Director: Pat Baron

Group Account Director: Adrian Mills

Senior Account Director: Alec Hussain

Digital Agency – Barrel Of Donkeys

Game design & development: Julian Frost & Sam Baird

Client – Metro Trains

General Manager Corporate Relations: Leah Waymark

Marketing Manager: Chloe Alsop