

House House member Jake Strasser stated "It has a set-up and a punchline.
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House House created a structure to the game using missions with specific targets similar to the assassinations in the Hitman series mostly as a joke. Instead of remaining hidden like in most stealth games, the goal was to have the goose attract the attention of NPCs and not get caught. They implemented a system where the NPCs would tidy up after an item was moved.Īfter restricting the field of view of the NPCs, the gameplay evolved into a unique stealth-like experience. The game's playable character, the goose, was originally just a stock image and the idea was non-playable humans would react to it. They used a similar aesthetic in Untitled Goose Game by choosing to use low poly meshes, flat colours and untextured 3D models. Their previous game, Push Me Pull You, had 2D art with flat colours. They wanted the player to control a character who could run around in a 3D environment. House House cited Super Mario 64 as the initial inspiration for the type of game that they hoped to build. The game is House House's second project, and like their debut, was supported by the government organisation Film Victoria, who assisted the studio in getting set up properly.

The game was developed by four-person indie studio House House, based in Melbourne, Australia, and was published by Panic for Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch on September 20, 2019. There are also several hidden optional objectives, many of which require traversing multiple areas or completing an area within a time limit. In the game's ending, it is revealed the goose had stolen many bells before the game's events. There, the goose steals a bell before going back through the previous areas while the villagers try to stop it. When enough of these objectives are cleared (one less than the total), an additional objective is added which, once cleared, allows the goose to move on to the next area.Īfter completing four areas, the goose enters a miniature model of the village. The village is split up into multiple areas, each of which has a list of objectives, such as stealing certain objects or tricking humans into doing certain things. Set in an idyllic English village, players control a goose that can honk, duck down, run, flap its wings, and grab objects with its beak to bother various human villagers. The game also became an Internet meme, with video clips from the game being shared on social media.

Untitled Goose Game received positive reviews with critics praising its gameplay and humour, with it selling over a million copies by the end of 2019. 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. After positive reception to their initial trailer, the developers recreated their trailer's piano soundtrack to play different sections in reaction to in-game events. 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. 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.

The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The player must use the goose's abilities to manipulate objects and non-player characters in order to complete specific objectives and make progress through the game. In the game, players control a goose who bothers the inhabitants of an English village. Untitled Goose Game is a 2019 puzzle–stealth game developed by House House and published by Panic.
