World Of Goo!

i just HAD to share this with you guys, my buddy told me about this game last night, i got the demo today and methinks after just finishing it, i'll grab a copy of the full game (tis only $20).

Its a fantastic game, great visuals, quirky sense of humor and a very simply interface.
The game play is great.

Its an odd game, not really sure how to class it, puzzle game mixed with a physics sandbox maybe?

either way - i think its awesome and i strongly suggest ya'll download and check out the demo at least (demo containes the full 1st chapter).

Let me know what you think, heres the links :

Demo/vids/info/buy

As always, Snares' taste for games wins.

World of Goo is now my favourite arcade/physics game ever, officialy. And i, after just finishing it aswell, will also buy a full copy for those measly 20 bucks.
To give a not-so-brief but not-so-lengthy explanation on what the game is about:

World of Goo, as mentioned above, is an arcade/physics game where you are a god-like black thingy controling little balls of goo, and your primary objective is to build these goo balls into such a "formation" so that you get them to a pipe that sucks them into another level. The pipe is usually above your goos, so you basically build a tower of goo to get them to the pipe.

Here's the twist: You have more than one type of goo balls, and you experience 3 types in the demo, which are:

Black Goo: The most basic type of goo. Once it attaches to another goo, it can never detach again, except in Goo Factory mode (explained later). Friction applies to these goo balls.

Green Goo: Almost the same as the black goo ball except for the fact that it is green (duh) and it can detach itself from other goos, even after being attached to another. Also, these goo balls are special because of their mighty friction power, which means that if you attach them to a wall, they won't fall down as easily as black goos.

Red Goo: The last type of goo in the Demo version, these goos inflate once attached to another goo, serving as a balloon which helps hold other goos above ground or spikes. These are especially helpful when you have to build a bridge over a large chasm and dont want your goos to fall to their deaths. Can also be detached from other goos, even once attached.

Now that i've dealt with goo explanation, let's get on to diff modes of gameplay. The first lvl is trivial - Just get enough goos into the pipe and into the next level. As you play along (heh), the environment also gets tougher to beat. For example, somewhere approx. 3/4 into the 1st chapter there's this lvl that rotates, which means you can't get your goos to stay still, etc etc. So you have to use your awsome 1337 brain power and figure out just what to do in every lvl to get those darn goos into the next stage.

Also, in every room there's a given number of goos that you MUST get into the pipe, and others get counted as extras. These extras however don't get sent to the next level, but rather into the Goo Factory.

What is the Goo Factory, you ask?
The Goo Factory is the ultimate open sandbox gameplay mode. Do whatever you want with those extra goos you accumulated during your travels, and the great thing is, here the goos can DETACH! You can make a gigantic tower, or a kitty, or whatever your mind desires - Your mind is the limit.

In all, the game has (i think) 4 chapters (it could be 5) and each of these has multiple stages of mind-blowing fun. Seriously, it's awsome (and if you won't like the last stage of Ch.1, you're crazy - THATS awsome as well!!)

Thats it for my quick explanation on the general aspects of the game, and i strongly suggest you download the demo (measly 34MB) and check it out. Even if you dont like arcade puzzlers - this one just might make you change your mind.

Thanks for the heads-up on this one, Snares!

Glad to hear you are enjoying the game mate, i recently got a copy of the full version myself and am currently stuck on Chapter two, just this one level i cant quite figure out, grrrr.

AGREED! im ADDICTED!!! TY SNARES!!! Not that im having alot of time to play anything these days STUPID MIDTERMS! >.< 28pg MIDTERM!!! WTH!

Ambie forgets, can you download the whole gamie for free or does she have to buy it somewhere because Ambie's parents will say "NO NO NO"

you can download the demo for free (which containes chapter 1 in full).
If you want to play more after that, you need to buy it, it is however, very cheap.

snares wrote:

you can download the demo for free (which containes chapter 1 in full).
If you want to play more after that, you need to buy it, it is however, very cheap.

Ambie can't play~!