How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game • Hacker News Board

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by golergka » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

Between this game, Disco Elisium, Control and The Outer Worlds, it's a very busy season for great new game franchises. Wish I had the time for them all. And Death Stranding is just around the corner!

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by InvisibleCities » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

>“Untitled Goose Game is a safe, socially acceptable way to relieve stress,” the Washington Post declared shortly after the game’s release. “It’s the new punching a wall. It’s the new crying at your desk.”

Likening crying at your desk to a delightful video game is exactly the kind of analogy that I would expect from one of Jeff Bezos' employees.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by citizenkeen » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:39 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

John Harper, who created the tabletop RPG Blades in the Dark, posted in support of a Kickstarter for his new Odyssey-themed RPG Agon, this tweet:

https://twitter.com/john_harper/status/1177301721837535232?s...

Which, I think, says something.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by gavanwoolery » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:41 PM UTC

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

May I present my favorite UGG meme: https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1590291-untitled-goose-game

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by smcl » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:42 PM UTC

golergka wrote: post #21

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

Between this game, Disco Elisium, Control and The Outer Worlds, it's a very busy season for great new game franchises. Wish I had the time for them all. And Death Stranding is just around the corner!

Are these franchises?

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by smcl » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

ben0x539 wrote: post #20

sneakernets wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally, It's a game I love to hate. growing up near a large lake, I got to see these flying rage machines up close, and to play as one opened up a part of my brain I had closed up for years. I want more games like this.

(i'm curious why this reply is apparently downvoted?)

Occasionally the HN hate machine rains down upon you if your comment doesn't fit someone's narrow idea of what a comment should be. I upvoted, but really it's best to not take votes too seriously or personally as people on here are fickle

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by BubRoss » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

citizenkeen wrote: post #23

wlesieutre wrote: post #6

My favorite piece of Goose Game fanart so far is this one: https://i.redd.it/wbts33d7u6u31.jpg A bad goose variation on https://i.imgur.com/WPuSziL.jpg It's a simple and hilarious game. Haven't finished it yet, but strongly recommend to anyone who's on the fence.

John Harper, who created the tabletop RPG Blades in the Dark, posted in support of a Kickstarter for his new Odyssey-themed RPG Agon, this tweet: https://twitter.com/john_harper/status/1177301721837535232?s... Which, I think, says something.

What does that say other than a niche developer using something popular for promotion?

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by Tade0 » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

DeSinc did a brilliant piece on the various glitches in the game that let you go over fences etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwWvQXexDkE

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by monocasa » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:45 PM UTC

smcl wrote: post #25

golergka wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Between this game, Disco Elisium, Control and The Outer Worlds, it's a very busy season for great new game franchises. Wish I had the time for them all. And Death Stranding is just around the corner!

Are these franchises?

The term 'franchise' is mutated a bit in the game industry. They're new games that don't have anything to do with previous games (not a sequel, remake, prequel, etc.) so they're new franchises.

Re: How Untitled Goose Game became a real video game

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Post by dang » Tue, Oct 29, 2019, 5:59 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #10

This seems to imply the finished product is somehow not a joke. I think the finished product is one of the best jokes I've experienced in years.

Ok, we've changed the title above to a different chunk of the article's subtitle.