Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Goat Simulator

Goat simulator is by far one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. Produced by coffestain studios (creators of the fps tower defense series sanctum) this humble game started as a training project for new members on the team to learn how to use the unreal engine. A short while later they posted some videos of their goat crashing into props in a hilarious fashions, 2.3 million views later they thought about fan servicing a bit and working up the game to a full release. The absolute beauty of the game is its light laughable nature and the immense amount of hilarious bugs intentionally left in to make the game funnier. 

If you have ever played  a tony hawk skating game you pretty much know what to do with goat simulator except replace tricks with getting rammed by cars flying into things with a jetpack and discovering the numerous hidden secret references scattered throughout the map. Goat simulator is there to remind us that a game doesn't have to be a serious dark and gritty game it could be a boatload of ridiculousness and laughs by the minuet.

What i'm excited for is the steam workshop compatibility (user created content) means so many people can make new maps special modes and goat skins all of which will grow and grow as more people join the sensation that is flying away after being rammed by a speeding redneck riding through a corn field.



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