World of Goo
By Chad Sapieha,
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Great physics puzzler works well with touch interface.

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What’s It About?
Players navigate WORLD OF GOO by building different types of scaffolding, towers, and bridges in order to solve the puzzles. Players start with a set of googly-eyed goo balls, and drag each one to create a piece of the structure. Players must build in order to connect the goo balls to a pipe that allows the goo to flow. There is some strategy involved since players cannot use all of the goo balls to build –- there is a target number that must remain. Kids can tap a sign in each level to read tips for solving the puzzle.
Is It Any Good?
World of Goo originally arrived on PCs, Macs, and the Wii to wide critical acclaim in 2008. Its physics-based puzzles -- players pick up glops of goo roaming around 2-D environments and stretch them into place to build teetering towers -- was accessible, satisfying, and instantly habit-forming. This rewarding experience has been successfully transitioned to mobile devices and made even more straightforward thanks to the intuitive touch interface, which lets players interact with the goo directly using their fingers rather than a mouse or Wii remote. Creating World of Goo’s cantilevers, latticework bridges, narrow towers, and broad scaffolds has never been simpler. Few mobile games are more creative, entertaining, or endearing. Don't miss it.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Get out the LEGOs and challenge kids to build towers and bridges. Who can build the tallest structure?
Encourage kids to explore careers in engineering, building, or architecture.
Point out ways engineers and architects influence your lives. Do you cross a bridge regularly? Are any buildings under construction in your city?
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Nook HD, Windows app
- Subjects: Hobbies: building, Science: engineering, gravity, motion, physics, Arts: sculpture
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: analyzing evidence, deduction, logic, solving puzzles
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: May 10, 2011
- Category: Puzzle Games
- Publisher: 2D BOY
- Version: 1.6
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 8.0 or later; Android 2.2 and up
- Last updated: November 30, 2018
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