What makes the game even better is that there’s no “failure.” You can’t die, and if you get too close to a human, they just shoo you away and you go back and try again. You can drag items, honk, and flap your wings, and that’s about it, and yet House House gets a lot of fun out this simple premise. You play as a goose in a middle-class English village and you’re given a task list that includes items like making a gardener bash his thumb with a hammer or swiping items for a picnic. The closest companion I can think of to Untitled Goose Game is the Hitman franchise where you’re assigned various tasks, but instead of murders, it’s mischief. House House has made an utterly delightful, lighthearted bit of chaos that keeps things simple while still being a blast from start to finish with its easy charm and low stakes. I decided to download it to my Nintendo Switch (the game is also available for Windows and macOS) and play it this past weekend, and now I can see what all the fuss is about. Make your way around town, from peoples’ back gardens to the high street shops to the village green, setting up pranks, stealing hats, honking a lot, and generally ruining everyone’s day.Over the past few weeks, plenty of people I follow on Twitter have been raving around Untitled Goose Game, an indie game developed by House House. Untitled Goose Game is a slapstick-stealth-sandbox, where you are a goose let loose on an unsuspecting village. It’s a lovely morning in the village and you are a horrible goose. The game’s unusual name came from a last-minute decision in preparing the title as an entry for a games festival, and since then stuck. Inspired by Super Mario 64 and the Hitman series, House House worked on combining stealth mechanics with a lack of violence to create humorous in-game scenarios.Īfter a positive reception to their initial trailer, the developers recreated their trailer’s piano soundtrack to play different sections in reaction to in-game events. This sparked a conversation about geese, but the team put the idea aside for a few months until they realized that it had the potential to be a fun game. Untitled Goose Game originated from a stock photograph of a goose that a House House employee posted in the company’s internal communications.
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