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Old 19th November 2008, 09:24 PM
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I did a quick search and didn't seem to find anything on this (if it turns out there's already a thread, then I do apologise)

If I were to describe it quickly - it's a puzzler in which you need to build a sort of bridge to get a bunch of little goo balls across to the exit. Where the challenge comes in is with the physics playing a bit of havok, because as you develop the bridge/structure to get the goo balls to the exit, it slowly begins to warp across the level.

It's pretty charming (at least in my opinion), and the fact they've done a decent job in actually getting a real OS X port out there (coughEAcough) happens to mean it should run pretty well on pretty much everything.

I had quite a blast with it, and thought it was worth the ~$31AU easy, especially seeing it's from an 2-man dev team.

Their site is at: 2D Boy: I love you, 2D Boy!, and there's also a few gameplay videos up there as well...
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Old 19th November 2008, 09:32 PM
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Their site is at: 2D Boy: I love you, 2D Boy!, and there's also a few gameplay videos up there as well...
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They recently relocated web hosts pretty recently, so it might just be a case of the DNS not fully propagating yet.. I was checking it at work earlier this morning and ran into a similar issue... But it was alright at home.

Might be worth waiting a tad longer and hoping it clears up ;(
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Just finished World 1 in World of Goo, great game, it keeps throwing new things at you, highly recomended!
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Old 2nd December 2008, 04:41 PM
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Great little game good for killing time with all the puzzles. Recommend it for any one even children.
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What tremendous fun! Beautiful gameplay and highly addicitive!

Worth watching the little movie

Thanks for the tip!
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does anyone remember "the incredible machine"? Seems like a similar premise, but the implementation is way sexier.
I loved that game, so will buy this for sure.
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does anyone remember "the incredible machine"? Seems like a similar premise, but the implementation is way sexier.
I loved that game, so will buy this for sure.
showing some age there...

But then again... I also remember TIM and The Incredible Toon Machine,
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Holy hell - TIM was so long ago...
You remember M&M series?
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World of Goo is a fantastic app. I love that it's just two guys in a coffee shop, and they managed to not only make this jewel of a game but swing the deals required to get it onto the Wii.

I can't recommend this game enough. Everything about it screams polish and charm.
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OMG it is on the Wii???????
Off to EB!
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My understanding is that you just buy it off that Wiiware site.
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Yes, it's only available through WiiWare.
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Old 23rd December 2008, 07:27 PM
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bewdy isn't it?

I was introduced to it on a mates vista machine.

Reminds me of Lemmings!

The dev team started it as a freeware game 'Tower of Goo' I believe (dunno if its osx or not) but yeah its definitely worth the $31!
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Just grabbed this for Wii tonight. Have to say that it suits the point and click interface of the Wii-motes perfectly. I much rather it than using the mouse.
10/10.
Can't get the wife off it though.

Have you bought this off Wiiware yet Taezar? You won't get any work done if you have.
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nay - I am having issues connecting my wii to the net... had a fiddle but decided to play Zelda instead. Now tonight the batteries are flat cause I forgot to pop them in the recharger (no sexual innuendo plz).
It is a project for the weekend.
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nay - I am having issues connecting my wii to the net... had a fiddle but decided to play Zelda instead. Now tonight the batteries are flat cause I forgot to pop them in the recharger (no sexual innuendo plz).
It is a project for the weekend.
Kiss the weekend goodbye. Wife has been glued to the T.V for 4 hours playing the damn game. I played it for 10 minutes then handed her the controller. She was going to have a quick play to see what the fuss was about (I have been talking about this game for ages). I'm still waiting for that quick play to end.
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Wish there was a Mac port (I think it's available for the PC as well as the Wii).
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Wish there was a Mac port (I think it's available for the PC as well as the Wii).
But there is (and it's why I highlighted it originally). See my first post - that links to the developers site, where you can purchases it for Win/Mac/Linux.

If you only game on Windows, you can also buy it over Steam.

If you've got a Wii, you can pull it off WiiWare (which was also mentioned in this thread).
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I have this game on my Wii it is AMAZING! why though is it $31 for mac and $17 for Wii?
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