Twitch Expedition

Take your favorite challenge show BUT make it LIVE.

Expedition was an unprecedented leap in creator-led live production: a full-scale challenge show broadcast in real time from a 2,200-acre ranch with zero natural connectivity. We built a roaming network from scratch using Starlink and mobile relays, then gave every creator their own discrete live feed back to their community. Viewers didn’t just watch. They influenced challenges, altered routes, and pushed their favorite streamer through the world they were exploring. Nothing like this had been attempted at this scale in the IRL streaming space, and certainly not in a challenge show format. Against every piece of practical wisdom, it worked.

client

Twitch

location

NorCal

days of production

Which technical obstacle did we confidently declare “totally fixable”?

Zero connectivity

MISSION

Big Swings. Bigger Payoffs.

The secret sauce was building a format that felt creator-native from the ground up: quick on its feet, personality first, and powered by communities who like to stir the pot. Chat wasn’t a feature. It was the engine steering decisions, stakes, and the pace of the whole experiment. Animals wandering through frame, puzzle stations in the middle of nowhere, roaming camera teams, five live streams firing at once. On paper, it should have collapsed. Instead, it opened a new lane for interactive storytelling. Expedition proved you do not need studio walls or perfect conditions to make something unforgettable. You need the right creators, the right tech, and a crew that’s not afraid to chase an idea that sounds impossible and make it land.

9

Distinct Livestreams

7,515

KGS OF CARBON OFFSET

What if Chat could help their favorite streamer solve challenges in real time?

“Oh and add in animals?” And then (because why stop at “wildly ambitious”) we gave every streamer their own feed, their own mission, their own tribe of backseat navigators yelling solutions from the cloud. Smash cut to cameras connected via starlink, a small army of techs, challenge designers, ranch hands and one very nervous producer asking, “Are we live yet?” Spoiler: we were. Nine Feeds. Zero Wi-Fi. All live. Against every “best practice” of connectivity and challenge show common sense... it worked.

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