World of Goo

World of Goo

Developer(s)	2D Boy
First release date	Windows October 13, 2008 OS X November 2, 2008 Linux February 12, 2009

General information

Official website

Steam discussions

Availability

Source(s)	Store unlock	Notes
Developer's website
Steam
Desura
Gamers Gate
GameStop PC Downloads

The soundtrack can be downloaded here.

Game data

Save game location

This game doesn't support XDG on Linux

	Location
Steam	Steam/steamapps/common/world of goo/properties/
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\2DBoy\WorldOfGoo\
Mac	~/Library/Application Support/WorldOfGoo/
Linux	~/.WorldOfGoo/

Video settings

Graphics option	Native	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Must be edited in config
Multi-monitor			Only on Linux, the game still is smaller than the size of monitors
Windowed		Must be edited in config
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)

Issues

Multiple monitors issue

Multi-monitor crash on Windows • Link When running the game (on Steam) while using more than one monitor the screen of the game flashes multiple times before crashing or closing the game using the task manager. Since the in-game options doesn't give a possibility to run the game windowed the only way to run it so is to force it through the 'Properties' menu. For exmaple disabling desktop themes and desktop compositsion.

Blue Screen of Death • Link World of Goo is known to cause on occasion a BSoD Happens for some people on start up, usually when the game has finished loading or when the 2D Boy logo appears. In most cases, this is due to an incompatibility with some newer NVIDIA drivers. Fortunately, there are two known ways this can be fixed. If you've bought World of Goo outside of Steam, try installing it through the official site or Humble Bundle (or wherever you bought it from) without using Steam. This will however mean you will not be able to use Steam achievements or some other Steam functions. If the first solution did not work, or you want to continue using World of Goo through Steam, try installing an older NVIDIA driver here, or here to roll back to a previous driver.

Other issues

Steam version not starting at all • Link The Steam Version can cause issues on 64bit PC´s. To fix this problem the newest WoG patch has to be installed which is not that easy. It´s recommended to apply the patch to a completly different directory and than copying over the newly created files into the Steam installation folder ("Steam\SteamApps\common\World of Goo") The patcher is avaliable here.

Input settings

Input Settings	Native	Notes
Mouse acceleration		Must be edited in config
Controller support

Multiple mice

The Linux version of the game has an additional multiplayer mode with a few mice. It can be enabled in the config (manymouse).

Notable mods

GooTool

GooTool is a utility to extend your World of Goo experience, enabling you to install new levels and mods to provide further gameplay, and to view and share your World of Goo accomplishments.

Features:

• Profiles - View your profiles, view your tower image and stats, backup and restore your profile, move it between machines, and upload to your tower on this website.
• Addins - Install and uninstall mods and new levels within the game.
• Options - Configure certain aspects of the game that you can't easily do otherwise - for example changing resolution or removing the loading screen video.
• Translation - An advanced mode for those interested in translating the game into their own language.

Download link

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Windows XP/Windows Vista	Windows XP/Windows Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	Anything released after 2003	Anything released after 2003
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB	70 MB

Mac
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8 or 10.6.3	10.5.8 or 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB	70 MB

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2.4	2.4
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	Anything released after 2003	Anything released after 2003
Hard disk drive (HDD)	70 MB	70 MB