Kick a Migrant – THE VIRAL GAME. In November 2007, amnesia was the first digital agency (ever) to be invited to participate in the ADNEWS MOCK ADS.
THE BRIEF:HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE PERCEPTION OF MIGRANTS?Australians are suspicious of migrants and more of us than not believe our intake is too high. A common perception is that migrants steal jobs from hard-working Australians. Create an ad promoting immigration as being of benefit to the country’s economy and/or cultural heart.
OUR ANSWER:KICK A MIGRANT – A game based on the extremely popular Flight Sim X paper plane game, (developed late 2006 by amnesia and has now passed 200 Million games played).
Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, play through and see what happens at the end…http://www.kickamigrant.com
UPDATE: WE DARE YOU to join the Facebook group… remember this is an experimental viral campaign – we ask, “Would you be willing to say you’ve ‘kicked a Migrant?’” JOIN NOW!
January 17, 2008 at 2:05 pm |
[...] Kind of like what we did with Kick a Migrant. [...]
January 17, 2008 at 5:27 pm |
Andy is ranked 3rd with 1739m, but I can’t get past 1660 something. ARRRGH
January 17, 2008 at 5:30 pm |
1739.4 metres … global rank = 3 … i thank you ladies and gentlemen.
January 17, 2008 at 5:31 pm |
You won’t last Andy….
January 18, 2008 at 8:36 am |
To get the best distance, I wonder if it makes a difference which migrant you throw.
January 18, 2008 at 3:03 pm |
Check it out 6th in the world at 1890
my mate in the ffice got 1992 by keping it low and bouncing under the ballon at 1900 kms!
January 18, 2008 at 3:04 pm |
by the way 1992km’s is the 3rd largest so two mart people know how to get it a lot further, no cheats required in this game yest
January 18, 2008 at 11:15 pm |
[...] Source: http://amnesiablog.wordpress.com [...]
January 19, 2008 at 12:17 am |
Phew!
I was not happy when I saw the kickamigrant game, but thankfully took your advice to ‘Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, play through and see what happens at the end…’
Good work.
January 20, 2008 at 12:05 am |
Impressive.
Effective.
Maybe grow the song selection.
When playing the game the it becomes rather tedious…and painful…
Maybe… waltzing matilda or something, anything…
January 21, 2008 at 10:13 am |
i’m first i swear
2147 and number 1
wooooh!
January 21, 2008 at 10:18 am |
http://www.skateboard.com.au/forum/read.cfm?forum=15&thread=50722&p=2
theres the proof (pic)
i’m at the end named stankie
January 21, 2008 at 3:17 pm |
stankie looks like i beat you.!
http://media.skateboard.com.au/forum/images/migrant.jpg
January 21, 2008 at 3:27 pm |
Well done! 2147 is the maximum distance. I will update later to allow for further distances but in the meantime, see if you can reach the maximum in other ways. (e.g. maybe bounce off the balloon)
January 22, 2008 at 2:16 pm |
Seems that 2147 clips you off while it’s still going…
Lets see how far it will really go!!
January 23, 2008 at 8:10 am |
A recent update has been made to the game, you can now record distances past 2147.
January 23, 2008 at 2:13 pm |
Should it be in m’s rather than km’s?? it doesn’t really make sense that the migrant goes 7km when you just drop them straight down the cliff. Anyway, some how made it to no1 with 2385.4
January 23, 2008 at 3:34 pm |
Yeah, it seems a bit strange at the base of the cliff, however, it’s not to scale plus we wanted to get a message across that they were being thrown out of the country (overseas to their home country).
Good comment though
January 23, 2008 at 5:32 pm |
BUG!!!
When you land on the second whale I got blown into outer space and gun on 495 km
January 23, 2008 at 5:33 pm |
Sorry meant last Hung in space.
Aslo got to 2429 KMs world reorcd guys
January 23, 2008 at 5:40 pm |
Phil, don’t take the credit from me buddy. (workmates)
To be more precise, the world record is currently 2429.388, set by… myself
Not giving away my strategy though
January 24, 2008 at 8:28 am |
Superb piece of work. Congratulations!
Nice to some socially conscious stuff that isn’t overly earnest and has a sense of humour.
January 24, 2008 at 10:23 am |
Is the game broken at the moment?
What happened to the high scores/number of global-throws tracking, and about 5 of the islands?
Not to mention the baloon at 1850 and the fact that launch speeds are WAY higher than they used to be.
January 24, 2008 at 10:25 am |
Oh lol, I changed my browser-mode from Firefox to IE, and above problems are gone
And I see my top score is still top, WOOT !
January 24, 2008 at 10:38 am |
Made some minor backend changes this morning, sorry for any inconvenience.
Nice score by the way.
January 24, 2008 at 1:19 pm |
I just noticed it’s been beaten
January 24, 2008 at 1:59 pm |
Error report:
Before Kicking – Strill in 2nd place with personal best of 2429.388
I just kicked a 2444.58 (screenshot can be provided), but the finish screen said Global Rank: 0; Your Best: 0
Clicked “Kick Again” -> Now I’m pushed down to 3rd place with personal best of 2429.388 still
What the !!
January 24, 2008 at 2:03 pm |
obviously you cant kick far enough!
January 24, 2008 at 2:19 pm |
Ahrensy, if you chose to kick again, does the score update? Maybe best if you clear your cache just in case you’re running an older version. I made updates this morning.
January 24, 2008 at 2:36 pm |
Nah it just still says 2429.388 as “my best”.
January 25, 2008 at 7:30 am |
Damm game is broke, was #37@2222.880 then the lilltle bugger got hung up on a rock so I hit F5 to refresh and it gave me someone elses score? Now back at 337 and by the way you do not need cheats just those water spouts.
January 25, 2008 at 8:13 am |
Gary, thankyou for your feedback, although it was hard to replicate I think I’ve found and fixed the problem. New version is now online. (version 1.1 at top right corner)
January 25, 2008 at 12:27 pm |
hey dean why cant you extend your game to go past the 2500km??
January 25, 2008 at 1:19 pm |
Phil, I made an update this morning to allow for further distances, are you running into troubles? Are you running version 1.1 (see top right corner above the distance gauge). If not you may need to clear your cache.
January 25, 2008 at 1:40 pm |
Having spent the last 4 hours on this game I am now up to 10th. I have thrown over 500 migrants. Will I be in trouble for doing this with the authorities.
The second migrant I threw I managed to get 2004km and got 21st place. It has taken me another 520 throws to get to 10th place because I couldn’t remember what migrant I had thrown and how I did it , now I am on 2432.281km.
Much more fun then the paper plane and a lot more skill involved when trying to bounce off the islands and reach the whales at the right time to get lifted up into space.
Linda seems to be doing the best for me, I don’t know if it makes any difference which migrant you decide to throw. But I tell ya what, I’m totally knackered!! When you get to around 1850 and you bounce off the balloon, how much further can you go, because you don’t seem to have much speed to go much further. Only time will tell I suppose.
January 25, 2008 at 2:07 pm |
Down to 11th already……don’t take long does it!!!
January 26, 2008 at 3:04 am |
Now I’m down to 15th ….what’s going on !!!
January 27, 2008 at 4:20 am |
Why has everything gone back to zero……No top scores, no nothing….help!!……have the migrants attacked back?
January 27, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
sorry all i’m currently ranked no. 1 with 2615.22km. basically trial and error using paperplane cheat but the whale blowhole seems to be the key at around 450-500km
January 29, 2008 at 2:09 am |
78th with 2390.377km after 347 throws.
It’s addictive isn’t it!
I use the same technique as rastus – from what I can tell, it doesn’t matter which character you choose, all it changes is the speed (distance remains the same). I tend to use Kumar.
January 29, 2008 at 5:00 am |
I’m using the second blow hole technique, but I don’t understand what Rastas was talking about when mentioning the same cheat as paperplane. When using the zoom technique on the paperplane makes the plane fly further, it makes no difference whatsoever when using the same technique on this game. So I don’t really know what he means…….for some reason the game is messed up somewhere and I seem to have lost about 300ks…which isa shame because its so hard to get that distance back again…….I seem to have gone from being 11th to 82nd through no fault of my own…..whats going on amnesia?
January 29, 2008 at 5:56 pm |
Maybe you’ve slipped to 82nd because 71 people have beaten your score?
I think what Rastas meant was using the cursor cheat where you move the mouse to the far left then out of the game area then bring it in from the right hand side to get maximum speed.
January 29, 2008 at 10:25 pm |
58th now with 2428.362km – I used Mohammed Basir, using the paperplane cheat, then bounced off the island just before the 2nd whale, caught the 2nd whale’s blast at the right time which shot me high enough into space that I could see the glitch with the space bitmap doesn’t scroll anymore then as I came back down to earth I bounced off the huge baloon which is at the 1850km mark – then I landed at 2428.362km… Anyone got a better technique?
January 29, 2008 at 10:57 pm |
Finnbee, I reckon thats about it really……although at one point I did linger around in space for ages and without hitting the balloon still managed to get 2395.656km…there seems to be a barrier in space that doesn’t allow you to get much higher…..believe me I have tried every goddam thing…..I think I may need another week on the sick to get over the frustration of this crazy game….anyway, keep plugging on!!
January 30, 2008 at 6:15 pm |
I don’t think there is a barrier, it just gives that impression. In programming this is known as clipping (when you leave the game area and it doesn’t have anymore texture to display). You can tell because as you say, you still carry on rising, you just can’t tell. If it was a barrier, you’d hit it and bounce off it, starting to return to earth again immediately.
Deano, how about a couple more whales and islands around the 2400km mark for the die-hards among us?
February 1, 2008 at 11:58 am |
Where has the balloon gone at 1850!!!!!
HIGH SCORES NOT POSSIBLE OR HAVE YOU CHANGED THE GAME???
February 1, 2008 at 12:03 pm |
I don’t like it.
I don’t like it.
I don’t like it.
February 1, 2008 at 2:02 pm |
So sorry guys, my mistake, the balloon has returned but not the same size and position. I hope none of you are losing wives, girl friends or jobs over this. Remember, be nice to migrants as they are an important part of our wonderful land.
February 1, 2008 at 5:00 pm |
GAME SUCKS BALLON CANT GET YOU OVER 2500, NO LIFT, NO EXTRA ROKS TO GET FURTHER
February 1, 2008 at 9:06 pm |
After 50 odd kicks I have got 2600 and ranked 4th
February 1, 2008 at 9:13 pm |
You only need 1 rock and then into space to get over 2500
February 2, 2008 at 5:28 pm |
Rank #1 at a distance of 2618
February 2, 2008 at 5:30 pm |
Rank #1 at a distance of 2618
February 4, 2008 at 2:27 pm |
did you really need to add two posts to say exactly the same thing?
February 4, 2008 at 8:55 pm |
I think it was worth saying twice
February 11, 2008 at 3:32 am |
OK guys, post season is over, it’s time to remember your wife or girlfriend. Maybe you better make up for ignoring her for most of January. How about a Valentines gift from 1-800-Flowers.com (http://www.1800flowers.com)
February 11, 2008 at 4:41 pm |
2364.975kms rank 434 dont even know how i did it all i know is i was in space for a long time
February 14, 2008 at 7:06 pm |
Deano, is it just me or is the last balloon now located at around 1350km? This makes it impossible to get much beyond 2100km (i.e blast into space but never bounce off a balloon) or did you move the old 1850km balloon further on? I’ve yet to spot it and I’ve gotten to 2100km a few times now…
February 15, 2008 at 7:47 am |
Hey finnbee, yes the Balloon was moved as the background is a non-looping (limited) image therefore I wanted to restrict the distance, (maybe unlimited next time).
I’ve noticed Carl has gone past the 2600km mark which amazes me. Personally I can only get around 2100 as well. Answer to question: Yes, Balloon is at approx.1380km.
February 15, 2008 at 6:36 pm |
Cool thanks for that, I can stop playing it now!
February 18, 2008 at 7:28 pm |
Deano – I got 2618.694 and now ranked 4th -very annoyed with 3 people.
February 19, 2008 at 12:46 am |
Carl – Out of interest, which migrant do you use?
February 20, 2008 at 9:17 pm |
I used Linda, and as another useful hint – bottom of left armpit at the top of the far left building and mouse to the bottom right corner of white box – give or take.
February 21, 2008 at 12:01 am |
It’s no secret that here in the US we have a major problem with illegal immigration from Mexico and Central America.
However, not even the most stringent “secure our borders” person is saying we need to deport LEGAL immigrants…..
Australia is lucky to be an island. If you shared a border with a 3rd-world cesspool like we do then your “migrant problem” would be a million times worse than it is now.
February 21, 2008 at 9:28 am |
I’ve added a video of my gaming technique on the facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10065796314
Carl – i’ll try your technique out and if I can get it to work, i’ll make another video.
February 21, 2008 at 6:35 pm |
Carl, thanks I’ll give it a try. It’s quite different to the technique I used to get 2428km – I used Mohammed and go from the bottom left corner then mid way through the sign post but since the big balloon at 1800km is gone, I can’t seem to get past 2200km anymore.
February 21, 2008 at 8:11 pm |
Woah! Just got 2609.145km with Kim! Global rank 27th
Thanks Carl!
February 23, 2008 at 1:47 am |
Great game-very addictive. I have gotten out to 1700-2000 kM’s a few times, but no further. Where are the islands, balloons, whales, etc. at this distance? I keep hitting the water.
February 23, 2008 at 6:41 am |
Outstanding response to all of the negatives about immigration. We are a nation of immigrants who have forgotten who we are. The problem in the USA is a lack of any policy other than the Bush Fence at our southern border.
Obama is about to change the mindset. Get ready world we are back from a devastating detour crafted by George Bush!
February 24, 2008 at 6:24 am |
Hey Bill, You’re so far off of the truth that it isn’t funny, And stop blaming everything on President Bush. Do you let people that break into your house stay and take ownership?!
February 25, 2008 at 12:03 pm |
guys – check out the videos on the facebook group. should get you over the 2000km mark. video any other techniques you might have. cheers. andy
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10065796314
February 25, 2008 at 12:10 pm |
2438.96km and still only global rank of 470. what am i missing? anyone got any tips?
February 25, 2008 at 11:48 pm |
well dear friends fellow kickers Ive kicked more migrants off then you chicken chop Sue was first then Abdul didn’t like Abdul so thrown him off 7.5000.678,000 world record lots of them thank god well my mum said to me when i was young Abdul the curry king get him back for that terrible vindaloo he delivered last 10 years ago at our grange Williams house near the harbour .
so Abdul is sent to India he is up in the air on his travel bloody good a!!!!! how are you my dear mosh Albert fart face from London he isnt to well after eating Abdul’s curry the Barbie ain’t to hot now dear followers of the game i am the boss the boss of the game i live now in boss land which is every were in boss land
bit mad now as i play this game day night weekends in bed so were do you play this game on the toilet is best after the curry more abdul’s Ive read your blogs none match mine why not are you mad like me or are you then let us know but please no abdul’s
All the best
H the boss man
February 26, 2008 at 4:25 am |
Grrrr ok I just got 2291.553km on my 12th go and without looking at any cheats…not bad I think…but looks like I got some practicing to do before I take the boss of bosses!!!!
February 26, 2008 at 8:22 am |
you rock boss of bosses!
February 27, 2008 at 7:54 pm |
I just kicked the 500000th migrant!
Congrats Deano, half a million milestone passed!
http://teamfly.co.uk/images/500001.jpg
Anyway, back to kicking migrants, I’ve kicked over 1300 and still only ranked 31st!
February 28, 2008 at 8:07 am |
Nice work Finnbee
Over 1300 kicked, WOW!
Anyone else close to that number?
I’m on about 400.
Is finnbee the King?
February 29, 2008 at 7:11 am |
lol… I have alot of spare time at work
March 5, 2008 at 9:57 pm |
I have scored 2479.158km on kick a migrant and global ranking only 446. Any ideas to move up the rankings?
March 6, 2008 at 9:22 pm |
I use Kim and I place her bottom of left armpit at the top of the far left building and then use the “mouse out of the game area” trick bringing it back in at the top right corner. If you do this right she should land on the far left edge of the island that is just before the 2nd whale. Time this so that the 2nd whale blast just a split second before Kim flies over it and it’ll catapult you into space to the point where the moving screen of stars disappears off screen completely for ages – You’ll know you’ve done well if you start coming back down to earth (i.e: you start seeing the moving screen of stars again) at around 1900-2000km, by the time you land in the sea you should be in the region of 2500-2600km.
I find this technique (thanks to Carl) enables me to consistently get over 2500km but very rarely gets over 2600km (my best so far is 2606km now ranked 39th) – If anyone knows how to tweak this technique even further please let us know!
It’s all a question of timing, I find that going just as the 1st whale’s blast is disappearing seems to get you to the 2nd whale at the right time for a blast into space but it is tricky to time perfectly.
March 6, 2008 at 11:32 pm |
I used Kim. From the bottom left of screen, round the outside and just about on line with the far right of the flat of the cliff. She caught the back end of the first island, just makes the second island nice and low then it’s down to timing of the whale, just as it is beginning to spurt. I used to be about rank 76 when I first did that. Now I hit it again at the right time and ranked 6!!! with 2627.712km.
It’s all down to timing and missing that first whale!
March 7, 2008 at 11:25 pm |
interesting thanks stuey, I’ll have to give that a go…
March 10, 2008 at 12:56 pm |
Scored 2674.331 (global ranking 4) throwing Ji
March 16, 2008 at 6:01 am |
Using Ji Hyun Kim I hung her by the armpit on the very top of the tall building far left, took my curser round to the right hand point of the picture and let her go. I reached 2675.331 (still global ranking 4). Can’t improve on this. Would love to hear what the three people ranked 1, 2 and 3 did to reach their ranking.
March 29, 2008 at 10:16 am |
Just reached 51 in the world with 2625.354.
March 31, 2008 at 4:45 pm |
What technique do you use Lee? Same as above?
Adn folks, where abouts do you bring your cursor in on the right side once you’ve taken it around the outside of the play area? I just bring it in at the very top right corner – doesn’t seem to make much difference if it’s there or a little bit lower…?
Still can’t seem to beat my 2606 score from ages ago yet.
April 8, 2008 at 2:02 am |
With Kim I reached up to 2645.613km. Last week I was ranked 31, now im ranked 33! Dont know how to go any further then what I have. I have tried all characters and still Kim floats the furthest for me.
April 15, 2008 at 9:07 pm |
Still no further than 2675,331 but now dropped 2 places to 6th
May 20, 2008 at 12:00 pm |
Hi Im Will,
I’m 12 and really into this game. Are you guys gonna make any cheats for this?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Thanks
June 24, 2009 at 6:52 am |
** comment deleted **
That kind of stuff isn’t funny.
May 20, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
Hi Will, yes there are some “cheats” (more techniques really). Best thing to do is read through some of the more recent comments as they explain some ways of gaining the best distance.
Good Luck!
June 18, 2008 at 10:44 pm |
Just kicked one 2234.576 km !!!
June 18, 2008 at 10:49 pm |
Oops ok now my best is ….2452.743KM
Get outa here
July 7, 2008 at 10:59 pm |
does anybody knows how you can throw exactly in time that the imigrant hit the second whale blast perfect?
July 8, 2008 at 7:57 am |
Luck!
July 9, 2008 at 11:57 pm |
is there any 3rd or 4th whale blast? or any isle after 1350km???
July 23, 2008 at 1:28 am |
My Score is 2485, very addictive, does it end?
July 23, 2008 at 8:42 am |
There’s definitely a limit to how far you can go, no idea what that distance is though. (Only 2 whale blasts)
August 28, 2008 at 6:35 pm |
I got 2585! can anyone beat that?
Igot both whale blasts and went into space!
October 7, 2008 at 11:34 am |
what about. you just kicked out an illegal who killed a citizen while DUI? What about you just kicked out an illegal who got in state tuition while your kids get screwed? What about you just kicked out an illegal who got a low interest home loan with no downpayment , no employment history check and no citizenship or background check, while you can’t get a loan because you obey the Law? Oh yeah, welcome illegals, natives , you racists are screwed.
October 17, 2008 at 6:23 am |
I agree. Illegal “migrants” make up 70% of our Federal prisoners. Oooops. “they all come here to work and we should be greatful”. Talk about Racism. Activists today say, “they’ll work cheap and our economy needs the cheap labor.” That is the same thing slave owners said in the South. “Who will pick the cotton, plow the feilds, etc. ” It was Racist then and it is Racist now. How can any “Imigrant Activist” say, “it is OK to pay our race of people less than whites?”How wrong is that but that is the talk. In simple terms “Migrant Activists” in effect say, ” we are sub human and deserve to be paid less than the white man. Please let us into your country to work as slaves. ” SAD
October 22, 2008 at 11:48 am |
I reached 2551 and wont update my global rank.Whats up with that.
February 5, 2009 at 10:01 pm |
I have reached 2535.597 but only rank 6,604 in the world. Where are the much higher distances getting to? Very confused…
February 16, 2009 at 4:55 am |
Please Post More Teqniques with MORE detail Thank You.
March 23, 2009 at 7:57 am |
hit 2286 and ranked 17,417 i cant get further
March 23, 2009 at 7:58 am |
my strategy is i click on the person then right click farthest left on the screen then right click farthst right on the screen
April 4, 2009 at 6:18 am |
2624 Ranked 1096 3/4/9
June 7, 2009 at 7:01 am |
Racism is so sad.
The age-old pesky U.S.-Mexico border problem has taxed the resources of both countries, led to long lists of injustices, and appears to be heading only for worse troubles in the future. Guess what? The border problem can never be solved. Why? Because the border IS the problem! It’s time for a paradigm change.
Never fear, a satisfying, comprehensive solution is within reach: the Megamerge Dissolution Solution. Simply dissolve the border along with the failed Mexican government, and megamerge the two countries under U.S. law, with mass free 2-way migration eventually equalizing the development and opportunities permanently, with justice and without racism.
Click the url above to read the details.
June 13, 2009 at 8:40 am |
Funny how in that game, the two with the lowest worth are also Europeans.
1. Kasia -$67,000
2. Linda -$87,000
3. Ji Kim -$78,000
4. Mohammad -$120,000
5. Kumar -$481,000
July 30, 2009 at 4:30 pm |
i’ve kicked a migrant 2624.886 and i’m ranked 1,184. how do i get further????
any tips would be great!
August 17, 2009 at 5:42 pm |
kk heres sometin that my friend found out
go as far down to the left corner as u can with ur migrant
right click then move ur mouse to where the like throwing thing stops
click
and it launches so fast
i got to 2785 with hitting 1 balloon
August 18, 2009 at 8:00 pm |
HUGE BOOBIES DICK DICK COCK BOOBIES DOODLE POO COCK BOOBIES
September 28, 2009 at 10:45 am |
I was all ready to kick off about this game till I played it and saw what it was truly about. Great idea, great message.
Well done!
September 28, 2009 at 10:51 am |
We truely are against racism here at Amnesia Razorfish. Thanks for your support!
October 4, 2009 at 11:42 pm |
Thank you very much…
afyon web tasar?m
ahmet k?r?at ?anak
ahmet k?r?at ?anak
October 9, 2009 at 4:45 am |
??????How many have you played??????
1429 here!!!!!(high score 2564)
October 11, 2009 at 10:02 pm |
high score now 2624, ranked 1918!!
October 22, 2009 at 2:31 pm |
just got ranked 315th in the world: 2625.354km
