World of Goo
Two whizz-kid programmers exit EA, decide to create a game to enter the Independent Games Festival, snatch awards for design innovation and technical excellence, and Linux gets a cracking new game as a result.
World of Goo for Linux already makes up 10% of the direct sales of the game - who said Linux users didn't play games? Read on for our full review...
They say the simplest ideas are the best. Strip most games down to their essence and you'll be left with either a dull husk of nothingness or a database. But not World of Goo: It's nigh impossible to pare down any further. Every extraneous idea has been lanced and excised.
It's an uncannily addictive puzzle game with no HUD, no 3D extrusions, and only the barest minimum of exposition laid upon its core of pure physics-based construction. That's not to say there's no window dressing at all; the music is fantastic, and the layered 2D graphics are beautifully stylish.
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