By Kieron Gillen on September 2nd, 2009 at 11:49 am.
Christ, 2Boy have knocked this out quickly, you may think. But no, it’s nothing to do with World of Goo. It just rhymes with it. THQ have a forthcoming World of Zoo game, and to introduce us to its land of animal fun, have released this animal creator demo where you get to create and distribute your own cuddly, furry friends. By which I mean, animals, not John Walker. You can get it from here. Alternatively, here’s some I made earlier…
This is, at least, relatively practical and where the selection pressure against being bright red will lead the Bengal in a few thousand years of hunting.
(It won’t. The selection pressure will lead it to being extinct. Man!)
This is somewhat less practical, but it’s not like anyone’s not going to see a Giraffe anyway.
Something like 98% of koalas have Gonorrhea Chlamydia. I thought one should look like it actually has it. And has earned it.
My take on the creation kit? A marvelous way to totally confuse your children what animals look like.
02/09/2009 at 12:28 Scalene says:
Hey, our koalas don’t have Gonorrhea!
They do, however, shit everywhere, which is annoying.
02/09/2009 at 12:32 Phill Cameron says:
@Scalene Isn’t that what gonorrhea does to things?
02/09/2009 at 12:56 MacBeth says:
I believe it’s chlamydia that is rampant among the koala population. And I have a perfectly good reason for knowing that, not involving any shady incidents.
02/09/2009 at 13:06 RobF says:
A likely story…
My kid’s going to love this later. I’m going to be in a corner crying woefully to myself as I lose the computer yet again.
02/09/2009 at 13:09 Kieron Gillen says:
Ah, getting my STDs mixed up. Typical.
KG
02/09/2009 at 13:35 Gap Gen says:
Yeah, it’s difficult to tell the difference when you have most of them at once.
02/09/2009 at 13:43 yhancik says:
What’s the next one ?
World of Boo, Foo, Moo, Poo, Woo ?
02/09/2009 at 13:50 cyrenic says:
I would certainly play World of Poo.
02/09/2009 at 13:55 Richard Beer says:
@cyrenic “You are mankind’s greatest copraphage, their last, best hope against the invading Stool Army!”
02/09/2009 at 14:09 MacBeth says:
Handy aide-memoire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvZpi3nbsc
02/09/2009 at 14:30 JonFitt says:
The next one is a user created content game: World of You.
02/09/2009 at 14:39 Lars Westergren says:
Creature editor released first? Sounds like Spore. Hopefully this game will be fun though.
Well, Spore was fun… for three days. Then suddenly all the fun leeched away and I got thoroughly fed up with it for some reason. Can’t really put my finger on why.
02/09/2009 at 15:14 Pie21 says:
Theme Hospital 2: World of Flu
Please?
02/09/2009 at 15:43 Xercies says:
@Pie21
I would buy that.
02/09/2009 at 16:29 Jugglenaut says:
World of Two: Repopulating the World
02/09/2009 at 16:36 dan- says:
I would play World of Woo. Surely it would feature hundreds of tooled up Chow Yun Fat’s diving through the air and slow motion doves.
02/09/2009 at 16:47 jsutcliffe says:
World of Woo would feature ladies on balconies and handsome suitors, surely.
02/09/2009 at 16:57 HexagonalBolts says:
Please please please be a spore that’s fun to play
02/09/2009 at 17:21 Oak says:
I don’t think there’s going to be any similarity to Spore outside the creature creation.
This is the work of Blue Fang, who are behind my beloved Zoo Tycoon, so I was looking forward to WoZ being pretty-much-that with a neat cel-shady look. However, it would appear they’ve gone and done a Wii-friendly “animal care” type of thing.
02/09/2009 at 19:20 Bret says:
I managed to get world of blue running on my old PC, but the quit button is hidden most fiendishly.
02/09/2009 at 20:15 Alikchi says:
World of Moo: Cow Simulator
02/09/2009 at 21:33 LionsPhil says:
Actually, they’re working on World of Shoe. I’m on the closed beta.
Unfortunately, I’ve not been impressed. It’s a load of cobblers.
02/09/2009 at 21:49 Mortiphago says:
@ Alikchi:
That’d be an awesome expansion pack for yesterday’s Farm Simulator german gamey thingy.
02/09/2009 at 21:56 Serondal says:
Alikchi says:
World of Moo: Cow Simulator
Or the German version “World of Shaaazooo”
02/09/2009 at 22:43 Sergio says:
I totaly miss the point of this demo. What it is this game about?
Anyway World of Who will be the next rithm game ever with all the songs from the notorious brit band
02/09/2009 at 23:50 A-Scale says:
I’ve got a strong preference for World of Jew.
03/09/2009 at 00:13 luminosity says:
World of Pew Pew?
03/09/2009 at 04:58 Minsc says:
The brave and butt-kicking Boo would like to inform you that he would be most enthusiastic for the opportunity to chew on the ugly face of evil in World of Boo. Hamsters everywhere, rejoice!
03/09/2009 at 08:46 Frankie The Patrician[PF] says:
World of Loo wouldn’t be bad…
03/09/2009 at 12:57 Kieron Gillen says:
Are you lot auditioning for RPS headline writers?
KG