World of Goo
A physics puzzle game about building structures from goo balls.
Where World of Goo comes up1 episode or test
- 1Hear Tango ApasionadoKyle Gabler hears a song
- 2See a tower visionA town builds a giant tower
- 3Treat it as a seedGrow it through development, not paper plans
- 4Becomes World of GooThe vision turns into the game
From Mark Brown on Kyle Gabler
What was said about World of Goo
World of Goo began with a song, not a planned game concept. Kyle Gabler heard the song Tango Apasionado, which gave him a vision of a town building a giant tower. That image became World of Goo.
Mark Brown uses it to argue against forced brainstorming. Ideas come more easily when the mind wanders, and a first idea should be treated as a seed to grow through development rather than planned out on paper: "Think of a game idea as a seed".
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The song Tango Apasionado gave Kyle Gabler a vision of a town building a giant tower, which became the game.
World of Goo began with a song, not a planned game concept. Kyle Gabler heard the song Tango Apasionado, which gave him a vision of a town building a giant tower. That image became World of Goo.
Mark Brown uses it to argue against forced brainstorming. Ideas come more easily when the mind wanders, and a first idea should be treated as a seed to grow through development rather than planned out on paper: "Think of a game idea as a seed".
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