| Chapter 1 “The Goo-Filled Hills” | |
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 A portion of the Chapter 1 map screen | |
| Goos introduced | Black Goo White Goo Green Goo Dark Black Goo Balloon Goo Eyeball Goo |
| Characters met | The Sign Painter Fisty |
| Levels | 1. Going Up 2. Small Divide 3. Hang Low 4. Impale Sticky 5. Ivy Towers 6. Tumbler 7. Chain 8. Flying Machine 9. Fisty's Bog 10. Tower of Goo 11. Ode to the Bridge Builder 12. Regurgitation Pumping Station |
| Followed by | Chapter 2 |
| “ | From across a small divide, another mysterious pipe appeared up in the sky. Its opening looked warm and inviting. The Goo Balls seemed to wonder where it might lead. | ” |
Chapter 1 is the first chapter of World of Goo. The title of the chapter is "The Goo Filled Hills." Chapter 1 takes place in summer. The song The Goo Filled Hills plays on the map.
This chapter introduces the player to the basics of World of Goo and introduces the first few species of Goo. As the player progresses through the levels, more of them are unlocked on the Chapter's main map screen, eventually leading up to the level "Regurgitation Pumping Station." After this last level is cleared, a cut-scene conclusion to Chapter 1 is seen and Chapter 2 is unlocked. After clearing the third level of the chapter, "Hang Low", the bonus sandbox area "World of Goo Corporation" is unlocked.
Story[]
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Unlike later chapters, (Such as Chapter 4) Chapter 1 is not a story-focused chapter. However, a story does exist. The first plot development is when World of Goo Corporation opens. The Corporation plays an even larger role in later chapters. The second plot development is at the end of Chapter 1, see Chapter ending.
Some parts of the chapter hint or show off thematic elements of World of Goo, such as "Tumbler" showing industrialist aesthetic, or "Hang Low" showing disturbance of the natural ecosystem, and both showing the continuous themes of industrialization- specifically the "You can't stop progress" mantra repeated throughout the game.
Chapter ending[]
After clearing "Regurgitation Pumping Station", the last level of chapter 1, a cutscene is shown. In this cutscene, the Goo structure built during Regurgitation Pumping Station is seen floating along, carried by Eyeball Balloon Goo. Along the side of the screen, slow, scrolling text concludes the chapter. It reads as follows:
- "From very high up and with some totally huge new eyes,
- the Goo Balls could see very far.
- In every direction, they could see unexplored new islands,
- each crawling with undiscovered new SPECIES OF GOO.
- The gameplay possibilities would certainly be endless!
- The Goo Balls hoped a brave adventurer would explore
- their new discoveries...
- ... as they drifted higher and higher, they knew they
- would never be back..."
Levels[]
Signs[]
Small Divide[]
Small Divide Sign
From across a small divide, another mysterious pipe appeared up in the sky.
Its opening looked warm an inviting...
The Goo Balls seemed to wonder where it might lead.
-The Sign Painter
Hang Low[]
This cave looks like it's been undisturbed for thousands of years...
Hang Low Sign
Until now!
When the pipe broke through the ceiling above, the sunlight must have blinded these rare Albino GooBalls.
They didn't seem to notice when it began to snow.
Maybe they would wake up if they had something to jump onto.
-The Sign Painter
Impale Sticky Sign
Impale Sticky[]
The Goo Balls were excited to explore the mysterious pipe system...
...even if it meant traversing ridiculously contrived terrain.
One of the goo balls seemed to say he felt like an armadillo. Moo!
-love, the mysterious Sign Painter
Ivy Towers[]
First Ivy Towers Sign
A new species of GooBall!
I must say, they look quite beautiful...
Maybe they have commitment anxiety, I'm not sure,
but it looks like they can be easily detached from each other
-the helpful Sign Painter
Second Ivy Towers Sign
If a Goo Ball falls into a well 10 meters deep...
and climbs up 3 meters each day...
but slides down 2 meters at night...
will he still look fabulous in the morning?
...maybe if he were to brace against the walls as hard as he could, and believe in the power of friction...
...he could leave the ground behind...
Tumbler Sign
-your friend, the Sign Painter
Tumbler[]
Some winners are bigger than other winners! Look in each area's MENU for more important information.
Chain[]
The Goo Balls on this side didn't seem to like the Goo Balls over there on that side...
I don't know, they look the same to me.
Totally delicious.
-the Sign Painter
Flying Machine Sign
Flying Machine[]
Open the gates and fly, monkeys, fly!
But don't forget about me, ok?
-sincerely, the Sign Painter
Fisty's Bog[]
Fisty swore he would never be like those tadpoles that grow up and shoot colored gems out of their mouths.
But he wondered what it might be like.
-the Sign Painter
(Fandom detects the Fisty's Bog sign as a duplicate of the Tumbler Sign)
Tower of Goo Sign
Tower of Goo[]
Go as fast as you can! They are stronger than you think...
They will have to work together to climb very high...
...A real Tower of Goo!
Some of them felt they had done something like this a long long time ago...
..but things were more experimental back then.
-peace, the Sign Painter!
Ode to the bridge builder sign
Ode to the Bridge Builder[]
As the sun set over the last of the hills, one of the Goo Balls seemed to say...
...that life sure seemed like a giant physics simulation!
...but as he fell into the spikey death pit below, he knew it probably didn't matter
-love, the Sign Painter
First Regurgitation Pumping Station Sign
Regurgitation Pumping Station[]
The last of the Goo Balls didn't seem to know that they were extremely delicious
or about the nature of the smelly pit in which they found themselves.
They said something about this being the last level of the first chapter...
...whatever that means.
-the Sign Painter
Second Reguritation Pumping Station Sign
You might be on to something...
It will be a tight fit, you might have to leave some behind...
but that's probably ok, we're all in it together
-the signpainter was here too
Trivia[]
- In some trailers, an additional level of Chapter 1 could be seen known as “Straight Up”. The level takes place in a fireplace, and would be about building straight up as the name suggests.
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