<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
independent	O
game	O
developer	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
platforms	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
releases	O
on	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
various	O
mobile	O
devices	O
in	O
subsequent	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
physics-based	O
puzzler	O
,	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
has	O
the	O
player	O
use	O
small	O
balls	O
of	O
goo	O
to	O
create	O
bridges	O
and	O
similar	O
structures	O
over	O
chasms	O
and	O
obstacles	O
to	O
help	O
other	O
goo	O
balls	O
reach	O
a	O
goal	O
point	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
challenge	O
to	O
use	O
as	O
few	O
goo	O
balls	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
build	O
this	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
bonus	O
meta-game	O
called	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
highest	O
tower	O
using	O
goo	O
balls	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
collected	O
through	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
from	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
world	O
can	O
compete	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
tower	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
goo	O
balls	O
used	O
are	O
being	O
constantly	O
uploaded	O
to	O
the	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extra	O
goos	O
recovered	O
in	O
the	O
pipe	O
are	O
pumped	O
through	O
to	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
a	O
sandbox	O
area	O
where	O
the	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
worldwide	O
by	O
building	O
the	O
tallest	O
tower	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WiiWare	O
version	O
includes	O
multiplayer	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
people	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
facility	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
albeit	O
unsupported	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
is	O
split	O
up	O
into	O
four	O
chapters	O
and	O
an	O
epilogue	O
,	O
each	O
containing	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chapters	O
are	O
set	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
a	O
year	O
in	O
the	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
additional	O
location	O
reached	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
menu	O
is	O
the	O
World	B-Application
Of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Goo	O
balls	O
in	O
the	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
are	O
unique	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
repositioned	O
like	O
Ivy	O
Goos	O
but	O
are	O
black	O
and	O
can	O
only	O
form	O
two	O
connections	O
at	O
once	O
like	O
Common	O
Goos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
towers	O
built	O
by	O
other	O
players	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
represented	O
by	O
clouds	O
bearing	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
name	O
,	O
nationality	O
and	O
height	O
of	O
the	O
tower	O
,	O
including	O
details	O
on	O
the	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
balls	O
collected	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
how	O
many	O
were	O
used	O
in	O
constructing	O
their	O
tower	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
48	O
levels	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Few	O
details	O
were	O
disclosed	O
,	O
but	O
reportedly	O
this	O
chapter	O
would	O
have	O
featured	O
a	O
freeform	O
sandbox	O
mode	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
addition	O
was	O
canceled	O
for	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
when	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
announced	O
they	O
were	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
WiiWare	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
reaching	O
the	O
pipe	O
entrance	O
,	O
the	O
Goo	O
Balls	O
are	O
sucked	O
by	O
the	O
pipe	O
system	O
into	O
the	O
"	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
"	O
main	O
building	O
where	O
they	O
are	O
processed	O
into	O
many	O
products	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
an	O
energy	O
drink	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
second	O
chapter	O
,	O
more	O
pipes	O
appear	O
in	O
a	O
hostile	O
wasteland	O
where	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
searching	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
power	O
source	O
due	O
to	O
wind	O
power	O
not	O
being	O
sufficient	O
anymore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
this	O
newfound	O
energy	O
,	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
factory	O
,	O
aiming	O
to	O
complete	O
their	O
most	O
compelling	O
new	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
tells	O
them	O
to	O
contact	O
tech	O
support	O
in	O
the	O
information	O
superhighway	O
after	O
mankind	O
,	O
all	O
animal	O
and	O
plant	O
life	O
becomes	O
rendered	O
"	O
incompatible	O
with	O
the	O
world	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Near	O
the	O
end	O
they	O
encounter	O
MOM	O
's	O
computer	O
,	O
who	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
spam	B-Protocol
bot	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
supplies	O
the	O
Goo	O
Balls	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
undelete	O
"	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Goo	O
Balls	O
try	O
to	O
overload	O
Product	O
Z	O
by	O
sending	O
every	O
message	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
spam	O
to	O
everyone	O
at	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
venturing	O
to	O
the	O
Recycle	O
Bin	O
and	O
un-deleting	O
everything	O
,	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
receives	O
the	O
mail	O
and	O
,	O
unable	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
so	O
much	O
spam	O
and	O
mail	O
,	O
explodes	O
,	O
shutting	O
down	O
Product	O
Z	O
while	O
creating	O
a	O
massive	O
layer	O
of	O
smog	O
,	O
dust	O
,	O
smoke	O
and	O
debris	O
that	O
envelops	O
the	O
entire	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
Goo	O
Balls	O
are	O
now	O
completely	O
extinct	O
,	O
all	O
the	O
remaining	O
having	O
been	O
sucked	O
away	O
to	O
the	O
shattered	O
remains	O
of	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
and	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
tower	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
gigantic	O
telescope	O
at	O
the	O
site	O
has	O
been	O
rendered	O
useless	O
as	O
it	O
cannot	O
see	O
past	O
the	O
layer	O
of	O
smog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
balloon-like	O
fish	O
in	O
the	O
sea	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
telescope	O
and	O
lift	O
it	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
ground	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
breaks	O
through	O
the	O
layer	O
of	O
smog	O
and	O
sees	O
the	O
tower	O
of	O
goo	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
built	O
at	O
the	O
former	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Corporation	O
Headquarters	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
also	O
see	O
past	O
the	O
smog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
a	O
team	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
consisting	O
only	O
of	O
former	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
employees	O
Kyle	O
Gabler	O
and	O
Ron	O
Carmel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
August	O
2006	O
as	O
Freeware	B-License
prototype	O
called	O
Tower	O
of	O
Goo	O
on	O
the	O
Experimental	O
Gameplay	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carmel	O
and	O
Gabler	O
estimated	O
that	O
development	O
on	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
lasted	O
two	O
years	O
and	O
cost	O
US$	O
10,000	O
of	O
their	O
personal	O
savings	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
equipment	O
,	O
food	O
,	O
and	O
rent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Actual	O
development	O
was	O
usually	O
carried	O
out	O
in	O
coffeehouses	O
equipped	O
with	O
Wi-Fi	B-Application
hotspots	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
programmed	O
using	O
available	O
open-source	B-Application
technologies	O
,	O
including	O
Simple	B-Operating_System
DirectMedia	I-Operating_System
Layer	I-Operating_System
,	O
Open	B-Application
Dynamics	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
for	O
physics	O
simulation	O
,	O
TinyXML	B-Application
for	O
configuration	O
files	O
,	O
Subversion	B-Application
,	O
Mantis	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
Tracker	I-Application
,	O
and	O
PopCap	O
Games	O
Framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
Capybara	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
thatgamecompany	O
started	O
a	O
program	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Indie	O
Fund	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
aims	O
to	O
support	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
by	O
helping	O
independent	O
developers	O
become	O
financially	O
independent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
released	O
both	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
WiiWare	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
13	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
,	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
bonus	O
patch	O
called	O
"	O
Profanity	O
Pack	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
"[replace]	O
the	O
normal	O
voices	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
naughty	O
words.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
decided	O
against	O
placing	O
digital	O
rights	O
management	O
(	O
DRM	O
)	O
protection	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
versions	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
DRM	O
is	O
a	O
futile	O
attempt	O
to	O
prevent	O
piracy	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
game	O
for	O
which	O
there	O
is	O
demand	O
will	O
be	O
cracked	B-Application
and	O
find	O
its	O
way	O
onto	O
the	O
scene	O
,	O
so	O
why	O
waste	O
time	O
and	O
money	O
trying	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
inevitable	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
later	O
reported	O
that	O
between	O
one	O
in	O
five	O
and	O
one	O
in	O
ten	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
versions	O
had	O
been	O
legitimately	O
purchased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
European	O
release	O
in	O
December	O
,	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
depended	O
upon	O
the	O
community	O
to	O
translate	O
and	O
localize	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
into	O
the	O
appropriate	O
languages	O
,	O
including	O
Dutch	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Italian	O
and	O
Spanish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Summit	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
publish	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2009	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
Games	I-Application
on	I-Application
Demand	I-Application
marketplace	O
as	O
a	O
Games	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
–	I-Application
Live	I-Application
title	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
to	O
iPad	B-Device
in	O
December	O
2010	O
and	O
to	O
iPhone	B-Device
in	O
April	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
3	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
port	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
to	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
both	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
and	O
tablets	O
with	O
demo	O
and	O
full	O
versions	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tomorrow	O
Corporation	O
,	O
formed	O
by	O
Gabler	O
in	O
2010	O
along	O
with	O
his	O
former	O
EA	O
colleagues	O
Allan	O
Blomquist	O
and	O
Kyle	O
Gray	O
,	O
would	O
develop	O
and	O
publish	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
,	O
Epic	O
Games	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
them	O
to	O
release	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
as	O
a	O
free	O
promotional	O
title	O
on	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
this	O
opportunity	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
,	O
incorporating	O
changes	O
and	O
improvements	O
made	O
from	O
the	O
console	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
soundtrack	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Kyle	O
Gabler	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
designed	O
,	O
wrote	O
and	O
illustrated	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
song	O
"	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
Beginning	O
"	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
the	O
intention	O
of	O
resembling	O
Libertango	O
by	O
Ástor	O
Piazzolla	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
received	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
,	O
holding	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
from	O
Metacritic	O
of	O
94/100	O
and	O
90/100	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eurogamer	O
called	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
"	O
Physics	O
 '	O
latest	O
,	O
purest	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
brilliant	O
gift.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
said	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
"	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
is	O
an	O
amazing	O
WiiWare	O
game	O
that	O
you	O
simply	O
must	O
buy	O
for	O
this	O
is	O
exactly	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
software	O
that	O
needs	O
both	O
recognition	O
and	O
support	O
"	O
,	O
finding	O
only	O
minor	O
fault	O
with	O
the	O
camera	O
controls	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1UP.com	O
called	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
just	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
truly	O
excellent	O
original	O
games	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
Nintendo	O
Magazine	O
awarded	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
95%	O
,	O
claiming	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
Virtually	O
flawless	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
has	O
won	O
many	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2008	O
Independent	O
Games	O
Festival	O
,	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Seumas	O
McNally	O
Grand	O
Prize	O
,	O
Design	O
Innovation	O
Award	O
,	O
and	O
Technical	O
Excellence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
found	O
publishers	O
that	O
previously	O
had	O
rejected	O
them	O
approaching	O
them	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
won	O
Best	O
Independent	O
Game	O
from	O
the	O
Spike	O
TV	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
show	O
,	O
and	O
won	O
six	O
Wii-specific	O
awards	O
and	O
one	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
,	O
including	O
Best	O
Puzzle	O
Game	O
,	O
Best	O
Artistic	O
Design	O
,	O
Best	O
WiiWare	O
Game	O
,	O
Best	O
New	O
IP	O
,	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Design	O
,	O
and	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
from	O
IGN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Moore	O
,	O
the	O
head	O
of	O
EA	O
Sports	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
rant	O
about	O
FIFA	B-Application
09	I-Application
being	O
missing	O
from	O
Eurogamer	O
list	O
,	O
commented	O
that	O
he	O
was	O
surprised	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
was	O
included	O
up	O
so	O
high	O
in	O
the	O
list	O
,	O
despite	O
not	O
having	O
played	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
responded	O
by	O
saying	O
they	O
were	O
honored	O
that	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
had	O
this	O
much	O
mainstream	O
awareness	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
derives	O
sick	O
pleasure	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
industry	O
big-wig	O
'	O
s	O
indignant	O
,	O
self-righteous	O
incredulity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2D	B-Application
Boy	I-Application
initially	O
stated	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
producing	O
a	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
November	O
2010	O
entry	O
on	O
the	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
blog	O
,	O
Kyle	O
Gabler	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
second	O
World	B-Application
of	I-Application
Goo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
possibility	O
and	O
something	O
we	O
would	O
enjoy	O
working	O
on.	O
"	O
</s>
