Its a beautiful day in the village, and you are a horrible goose, ready to wreak charming havoc on the weary locals. Youll ruin their gardens, invade their pub, and terrorize their children. What kind of scoundrels would make such a devious game?
Before the critical acclaim, the tweets from celebrities, the major awards, the memes, the fan art, and the legion of players, Untitled Goose Game was just the goofy dream of House House, four friends in Melbourne, Australia. What began with a photo of a goose and the joking caption Lets make a game about this transformed into one of the wittiest and most stylish games of its generation.
Through interviews with the creators and their co-conspirators, journalist and developer James OConnor tells the story of how this indie megahit came to be, revealing how the team succeeded by evolving their friendship into an art practice, contributing to the wider Australian game development scene, trusting their own good taste, and never, ever naming their game. Honk!!
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