A Special Christmas Miracle
Our favorite Christmas gift of all, the extremely handsome IGN guys named us Wii Game of the Year along with six others, Best Puzzle Game (pc), Best Puzzle Game (wii), Best Artistic Design (wii), Best WiiWare Game (wii), Best New IP (wii), and Most Innovative Design (wii). This has been a great year, thank you guys :)
Also, we’ve just been informed that, somehow, we are the #2 top selling pc game on Amazon, second to World of Warcraft. We’re absolutely stunned, and 1. we will be naming all future games “world of whatever“, and 2. this might be interesting to add to the piracy discussion. (click image for full resolution evidence before someone notices and we disappear! ->)
Update: Just found out we’re #2 Game of the Year over on Gamasutra, thanks to everyone who emailed! We’re one happy 2d boy.
Update 2: The ever wonderful and courageous Rock Paper Shotgun guys made World of Goo Game of the Year, making this the most surreal christmas ever. Thanks Kieron, Jim, Alec, and John <3 I showed my parents, but I’m not sure they understand.
Update 3: Gametunnel Game of the Year! Thanks guys!
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
I won this game in the Spike VGA contest.
It was so amazing, I got 2 of my friends to buy the game last night, and they love it.
Congrats guys, the game deserves it.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:08 am
I don’t know if it adds to the piracy discussion, since the #1 title in that list is the only one that can’t be reasonably pirated. :)
Oh, and congratulations. Damn, that’s a LOT of awards. Probably more to come?
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Yay for World of Goo!!!! That’s incredible news and I’m really happy to hear that! :)
P.S. World of **** seems to be a key to success :)
P.S.S. You might be #2 in the PC Games category, but you’re #1 in the PC Games => Classic games category!
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Holy Crap!!!!!!
I just played through chapter 1 of this game on the weekend. i cant believe how good this game is!! Thanks for giving me a reason to dust of the wii again. great job!! just wanted to say that. peace
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Congrats! You deserve it.
Though for me a real special Christmas miracle would have been if you released the linux port…
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:53 pm
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December 22nd, 2008 at 1:16 pm
What, no music award?!
Congratulations guys. You more than earned it :D
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm
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December 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Well done! I love the game as well so thats another award to add to your collection: “Matt Oakes’s Fav Game Award 2008″
Have a good christmas!
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm
take a new look at amazon.com.
world of goo is currently the #1 pc game (!)
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
And now number 1, yay!
http://i42.tinypic.com/ir2nab.jpg
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Nintendo just sent out a letter to all who have the Nintendo Channel asking them to buy World of Goo.
Hopefully this will turn into good sales for you guys.
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Hey guess what? Check the amazon link again; you’re number one in pc games!
December 22nd, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Too bad nobody ever checks the Nintendo Channel >_>
Anyway, congrats guys. Great to see your game getting the sales it deserves. Though I’m curious to see how the Wiiware version’s sales figures stack up.
Also, lol @ Monopoly outselling Left 4 Dead.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:40 pm
you guys are the #1 selling PC game on Amazon now! Congrats!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
@phil most L4D sales are through steam i would wager
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
That’s what you all get for kicking ass. Go indie. Happy Holidays!
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Mission success win. Congrats.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:01 am
All of this makes me extremely happy. I’m glad you’re doing so well, guys.
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:24 am
Congrats! <3
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:20 am
Gongrats! You guy’s deserved it. I own an steam copy and an WII copy(for my family) of the game :)
This game is to good to pirate. I’ll not even think about doing it.
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:44 am
Congrats for all the well deserved attention! I’m buying my parents a Wii and a Points card for christmas, World of Goo fun for the whole family! :)
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Congrats! I really enjoy playing World of Goo….
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:23 pm
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December 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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December 24th, 2008 at 4:27 am
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December 24th, 2008 at 10:22 am
My brother, sister (her fiancee actually bought it) and I all own this on the Wii. It is so awesome. Thanks so much for this really fun game. It also was named on the five happiest gaming surprises of 2008 at Ars Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081222-the-five-happiest-gaming-surprises-of-2008.html
December 25th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Also GoTY@RPS ;)
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2008/12/25/the-12-games-of-christmas-game-12/
December 25th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Congratulations guys
I noticed the game because you were not using DRM, and after that I was completely blown away how good the game actual was. In my case the non DRM was at least one legitimate copy sold which you guys would not have sold by including it and probably another one by a friend who is going to buy it for the Wii!
Thanks for the game and congratulations to you guys, if anyone deserves success it is you.
Merry Christmas
Werner
December 25th, 2008 at 11:05 am
You deserved it :)
But when you make it Linux-native, you’ll deserve a little shrine with an altar in a corner of my living room, where I’ll pray every morning.
And I’ll name my first born “2D Boy” if it’s a “he”, and “MOM” if it’s a “she”.
December 25th, 2008 at 11:44 am
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December 25th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Wow, great job. You very well deserve it. But it shouldn’t only be best wii game of the year, it should be best game of the year, period. And I also agree with Dave, it should had won best music award. Any possibility of a released soundtrack? I would fall asleep to the music everyday! Goo!
December 26th, 2008 at 2:20 am
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December 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
What goes around, comes around. Love (or good karma) in this case
PS: Ey! World of Whatever is a great name and it could lead to a awesome game concept!.Furthermore the WoW abbreviation is a synonym of money.
December 26th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Great, you deserve all of this!
December 27th, 2008 at 7:45 am
You also won Best Game No One Played on Gamespot.com
December 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Congratulations!!! Thank you for this game, looking forward to your future releases!
December 28th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Got the game for Wii and already finished it. It’s amazing, very very good! Bring on more games! :)
December 28th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
You were also named #6 game of the year by Variety.
http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2008/12/the-sixth-best.html
December 28th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
The fact that you guys beat Super Smash Bros Brawl on Wii for Wii Game of the Year is absolutely incredible. Congratulations I say!
December 28th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Hey, congrats 2D Boy on sweeping the awards scene. Merry belated Christmahukkwanza and a happy new year. Also, thanks again for an awesome gaming experience (for even the strange non-gamers like me, who only selectively invest in a few good ones…)
December 29th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I just got to level 4… it’s wonderful!
December 29th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Congrats 2D Boy, on everything that has been happening! Sorry for not congratulating you earlier, I reformatted and forgot to put goo on my RSS feed subscriptions!
I can only hope that DtD Tower Defense 2 will be nearly as successfuly as WoG.
~DtD
December 30th, 2008 at 11:07 am
@Matt:
The third game on that list is one of the most ridiculously DRMed games of all time: Spore. And… World of Goo OUTSOLD Spore!
Let me repeat that: World of Goo OUTSOLD Spore!
Plus Spore, which got a 1.5/5 Star rating on Amazon due to really bad DRM, was cracked almost a week before release. I don’t know what the exact definition of “fail” is, but I propose Spore’s DRM-mania to be mentioned next to the word in every future dictionary.
If that isn’t empirical proof that consumer goodwill is more powerful than any DRM mechanism, I don’t know what is.
Did I mention I love you guys? I think I did. But I don’t mind saying it one more time: You guys rock!
December 31st, 2008 at 8:18 am
You’re the best and you’ve got a special place in my heart for World of Goo :) As the sign up there says, I love you 2DBoy! :)
December 31st, 2008 at 11:19 am
I just officially purchased my gooness last night. It was recommended at a now fairly anti-EA Sims2 fansite as a fun game. People there are relatively open to piracy, but not a one said they’d pirated World of Goo. I tried it. I loved it. I bought it. With no DRM, easy ordering, and a very reasonable price, why would any person want to pirate it? Ya’ll are doing things right.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
you’re also first on the top 10 games of the year at gametunnel
http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=705
congratulations !
January 1st, 2009 at 9:47 am
Congrats guys! You have a great game. My only problem is that I couldn’t stop playing and now I am done. :) I look forward to your future games.
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 am
Well I’d say pirace was beneficial because through it more people (=more potential purchasers) got to know the game and soem of the bought it, so imho this shows piracy doesn’T prevent you form making money with good games :).
So this once again proved that not piracy prevents making enough money but obscurity of the product (potential buyers who dont know the game is out there) :).
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:45 am
Sorry for the porr spelling :). Just wanted to add I pretty much bought World of Goo via Paypal from 2dboy.com pretty much directly after I’d finished the demo because I liked it so much :).
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:00 pm
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January 2nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Wow congrats :D I really enjoy this game :D
About the pirate question, I think that in this case “pirate to try and, maybe, buy” doesn’t apply because of the demo wich offers the complete 1st chapter of the game. I think is enough to decite to buy or not a game :)
January 5th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Browsing through IGN’s list, I noticed you guys were also nominated for IGN’s “Best Artistic Design” (pc), “Best Original Score” (Wii), “Best Family Game” (Pc) and “most innovative design” (pc)!
January 9th, 2009 at 12:51 am
Hi
I think it is awesome someone will develop a game on linux, As much as
I like to play Goo. I’m waiting for the linux version. Please hurry.
January 13th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
World of Goo ein wundervolles 2D Spiel…
World of Goo ist ein 2D Physics Spiel, das von einem kleinen Label vertrieben wird und ohne DRM auskommt. Sobald eine Linux Testversion verfügbar ist gibt es ein Update wie sich das Spiel anfühlt.Es schaut aber auf jeden Fall sehr kurzweilig aus. Abe…
January 15th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Guys, now you’re even on 1# place in PC Games category on amazon….
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:24 am
One explication to this:
You are the best!
January 27th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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April 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
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July 19th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Well its a good game and its very impressive. Good job guys you made it very well its nice. It’s too bad to be pirated.goodluck guys.