The team were brainstorming ideas for a new game in a chat group when someone posted a stock image of a goose as a passing gag. Untitled Goose Game is only the second game released by House House, the studio founded by Disseldorp and co-creators Stuart Gillespie-Cook, Jacob Strasser, and Michael McMaster. Stuart Gillespie-Cook and Nico Disseldorp were part of a group that met as teenagers and shared a passion for indie games. There's not too many consequences,' Disseldorp said. 'You can make a big mess but the people will be able to tidy it back up again. Other developers have explored the concept before, with games like The Sims and Grand Theft Auto allowing players to run amok and elicit reactions from computer characters.Р”В«ut Untitled Goose Game is purely whimsical fowl play - there are no explosions, guns or bloody deaths. The player controls a goose who runs around a town honking and startling residents, and causing mischief by stealing their keys and dumping their mail in the river.Р”Вisseldorp said the creators wanted to tap into a 'dark but not too dark' mentality many gamers have in the virtual world, which is to 'make as big a mess as possible'. They're writing about it as if it's a cultural fad,' co-creator Nico Disseldorp told the ABC, chuckling in disbelief. 'People aren't writing about this as a piece of media.

YouTube videos about the game have clocked up millions of views, there have been celebrity endorsements, memes, and major publications like the New York Times and the BBC have published online pieces.

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