World of Goo Update Improves Visuals, Next Free Game on Epic Games Store - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 May 2019 / 2,339 Views
World of Goo will be the next free game on the Epic Games Store starting tomorrow, May 2. The game will be getting a free update to improve the visuals.
Read a blog post of the update below:
Hey old friends, it’s been a long time! We no longer have a 2DBOY blog, so thought I’d post this here – we’ve just updated the Win / Mac / Linux versions of World of Goo for the first time since 2008 or 2009 – and hope you and your modern computers enjoy it!
We’re slowly updating the game everywhere it’s currently available over the course of this and next week. Some info on what’s new:
- To be super clear, there are no new levels, no new characters, no new battle royale deathmatch mode. This is just a gentle remastering we did for fun.
- The framework has been replaced. This is the thing that draws all the graphics onto your screen, and sends all the audio to your speakers, etc. This means the Win / Mac / Linux version should work on modern computers again without freaking out, and you can run the game on modern displays at whatever resolution you want.
- Game now runs at a hi-def widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio by default. The original ran at a squarer 4:3 ratio.
- Resolution of graphics is doubled. The original game ran at 800×600, and the tiny graphic files didn’t scale to huge monitors very gracefully. We used a few different high quality upscaling tools to start, and then went over each image by hand, tweaking each image further as needed. In a few lucky cases, we still had the original source files and were able to use those. But if you still really want the original flavor, there’s a setting to use the original graphics, also included with the game.
- Fabulous joke about looking good in hi-def has remained unchanged.
- Brought over graphical and UI improvements from releases on other platforms, like Nintendo Switch.
- No more encrypted assets or save files. We hope this makes the game more open and friendly to mod.
- The config.user.txt file is now located wherever your save file is stored. So no more editing that file in your Program Files folder. It has a bunch of new config vars exposed as well.
- We’ll be updating the game everywhere Win / Mac / Linux versions are available in the next few days.
Want to try it right now? If you got the game directly from 2dboy.com sometime before 2014 or so, and if you can still find your old download link, dust it off and give it a click. The new Win and Mac versions should be there waiting for you, Linux coming soon. Let us know (here in the comments or at 2dboy.com) how they work for you, and especially if you find any bugs! You can also try to look up your download link here if you can’t find your original receipt.
It was fun returning to World of Goo again, and hope you enjoy this small update!
Kyle (the one from 2DBOY & Tomorrow Corporation)
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Congratulations to the developers. An incredible game that is supported well beyond anyone's expectations. I'll be buying the Switch version to reward the Devs, even though I have it already on Wii.
That's some pretty good support and quite contrary to the current trend of releasing a remastered version of game, selling it for a significantly higher price than the original, and removing the original from sale.
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