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''[http://www.worldofgoo.com/ World of Goo]'' is an indie [[Puzzle Game]] by, essentially, [http://2dboy.com/ two guys], with some help. In it, the player constructs intricate structures from intelligent globs of goo, with the deceptively simple goal of leading the remaining free members of the swarm to each level's exit pipe. Deceptive, because this two-dimensional world is [[Malevolent Architecture|contrived to put as many highly varied obstacles into your path as possible]].

Do not confuse with [[Word of God]], even though it may apply.

 

* [[20% More Awesome]]: Tower of Goo Memorial Park and Recreation Center: Now 20% more infinite in all directions.

* [[Alertness Blink]]: The '''!''' of newly-awakened gooballs.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: It would be difficult to tell the different species of goo apart without this.

* [[Cosmetic Award]]: The very-appropriately named "OCD" goals of each level.

* [[Cutscene]]

* [[Cyberspace]]: "Information Superhighway," an entire chapter dedicated to programming jokes and [[New Media Tropes]]

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: A sinister, polluting, extinction-causing [[Mega Corp]] versus a crazed, identity-stealing spambot.

* [[Fan Translation]]: 2DBoy relied on fans to translate the game to different languages. Results were good.

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Every chapter.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The goo balls often mention game-related facts, according to the sign pianter and the narrator.

* [[Our Time Travel Is Different]]: Time bugs.

* [[Real Is Brown]]: Parodied -- after updating the "graphics card" in Chapter 4, most of the subsequent levels contain nothing but grays, browns, and bloom.

* [[Puzzle Pan]]

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Can venture into this in some levels.

** There are also shout-outs to non-games: for instance, the above-mentioned [[Dialogue Tree]] includes the classic [[Glory Days]] exchange from the film ''[[Sunset Boulevard]]''.

** [[Memetic Mutation|They tightened up the graphics in level three]]

** A sign in "Ode to the Bridge-Builder" references the song "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson. Also Bridge Builder is one of the Chroniclogic's physics-based construction series. ODE is actually a physics engine ''World Of Goo'' is largely based on.

** One of the loading messages is [[Electronic Arts|"challenging everything."]]

 

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