Pay what you want for World of Goo

Author: Joe Martin
Published: 14th October 2009
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Pay what you want for World of Goo

World of Goo is now on offer for whatever you want to pay for it - and is also coming to the iPhone soon too.

2D Boy is celebrating the first birthday of World of Goo in two ways - firstly by announcing a new sale and secondly by announcing that an iPhone version of the game is on the way.

Firstly though; if you don't know what World of Goo is then it's a physics-based puzzler from small indie studio 2D Boy. It's awesome. You should buy it, especially if you're one of those evil people who pirated the game.

Interestingly, 2D Boy is letting customers pay whatever they want for the game if they buy it before October 16th too, though there is a demo on offer if you want to try before you buy.

"If you played and liked the game but hadn't yet paid for it, this is your chance at redemption," said 2D Boy on the official blog, commenting on the rampant piracy that has plagued the game.

2D Boy has also followed up the sale with the announcement that the game, which is already available on Mac, Linux, PC and WiiWare, is also going to be coming to the iPhone in the near future. There's no feature set or release date yet announced, but it apparently runs well on a 3GS already and is being optimised for older handsets.

Oh, and if you want some more free World of Goo goodies then don't forget that you can download that spectacular soundtrack for free too.

Picking up a copy? Let us know in the forums.
Quote Omnituens 14th October 2009, 13:08
I think I accidently bought this on Steam - yet to get round to playing it.
Quote zimbloggy 14th October 2009, 13:22
Didn't radiohead attempt this? and didn't most people pay very little?
Quote mi1ez 14th October 2009, 13:23
I loved the demo! If my new bank card arrives in time *facepalm* ...then I'll be getting it.
Quote Yemerich 14th October 2009, 13:28
The guy deserves credit. Not that i liked the game but his efforts are very worthy.

Cheers mate! I wish you the best of luck!
Quote Blademrk 14th October 2009, 13:47
bought on steam a while back, enjoyable game.
Quote Eriku-Kun 14th October 2009, 13:50
Got it on steam aswell..very good game (love the atmosphere) but a bit short.
Quote Sutters 14th October 2009, 15:17
Anyone know if this is going to be on Steam at 'pay what you want'?
I'm at work so can't check :-(
Quote jazzzyj 14th October 2009, 17:29
Its still £17 on steam.
I really don't know what to pay for this. I mean really how do I rate it?
is £1 too stingy?
Can I put in £0?
That's really hard!
-J
Quote AshT 14th October 2009, 17:29
I've got it on Steam as well but I must have picked it up on a bargain deal because its currently £16.99 and there is no way I'd pay that for it. It's entertaining but it's also typically 'indie' and as such the devs should always price their wares at reasonable prices.

Shame really because I only checked it's Steam price to post a recommendation.

Still, if they go ahead and offer this strange deal from their website (unlikely to be a Steam thing) then I reckon it'd be worth £6.99 easily.
Quote mi1ez 14th October 2009, 19:46
You can't pay nothing for it.

(not that I tried, just that the paypal system is terrible for this "donation" type system!)
Quote Rkiver 14th October 2009, 19:55
I got it from Direct2Drive in their sales, was a fiver, would have paid a tenner for it. It's great fun.
Quote wuyanxu 14th October 2009, 22:04
superb game, can't wait to play it on iphone.
Quote GreatOldOne 14th October 2009, 22:12
Hmmph. I already live in a world of GOO
Quote CardJoe 14th October 2009, 22:19
Quote:
Originally Posted by GreatOldOne
Hmmph. I already live in a world of GOO

LOL
Quote BioSniper 15th October 2009, 09:03
You can pay 0.01 however which is next to free :P
Quote Xtrafresh 15th October 2009, 12:28
i'm one of the evil piraters (got it off some1 else at a LAN), i'll be dropping in 5 euros, if only for this effort!
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