World of Goo Screen Saver
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Total downloads: 2,917
Latest version: 1.9
Release date: 03/23/2010 - 04:30
This is BETA software and comes with no warranty. There. I've said it.
Feel free to distribute this screen saver freely, as long as credit is given to MOM4Evr, and as long as no money is charged.
To download, click the "Download Now" link and
save it onto your computer someplace. Right-click on the program
and choose Install. Enjoy!
NOTE: This program does not, and will never, contain any viruses,
malware, spyware, and such.
This program has been tested on Microsoft Windows Vista and
found to work correctly. It should work fine on XP and 7 as well.
If you have any troubles, let me know! It unfortunately won't work on either Mac, Linux, Solaris, or other OSs.
MOM4Evr
Now introducing...
Version 1.9!
Version 1.9 changes:
This version is still not complete, but has new and exciting features! 
For starters, it's not quite so boring. Random goo structures are built, and these are alternated with screenshots of the game. These screenshots are placed in the folder "Screenshots" in the same directory as the screensaver.
NOTE: the screenshots are customizable! Simply take your own screenshots and place them in the "Screenshots" folder, replacing the ones already there. Make sure they are in JPEG format and that they have the same names as the ones previously there. Otherwise the program will pop up a bunch of message boxes at you in frustration. It'll crash, too.
As this is a beta version, I recognize there are a few problems. Don't blame me too much and don't expect that these will be solved anytime soon. I'm busy. 
-Occasionally, one strand will be built off of the first two-strand, then nothing else. Oops. Just sit there and watch the other goos flying around and wait for the next screenshot cycle.
-The tower is a jumbled mess. It looks cool, though!
-The goos aren't walking on the structure. Yet.
-It was crashing before, but I think I solved the problem. Let me know if it crashes on you.
NOTE: not all of the screenshots are customizable. Some are compiled into the program (Where you can't get at them! ) as .bmp images, which accounts for the 6 MB size of the program.
Enjoy!
MOM4Evr
There are 4 screenshots.
| Version | Platform | Release Date | Filename | Size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | Windows | Tue, 03/23/2010 - 04:30 | WOG_Screensaver1.9.zip | 1.49 MB | 2,022 |
| 1.0 | Windows | Wed, 11/04/2009 - 06:41 | World_of_Goo_Screen_Saver.zip | 72.32 KB | 895 |
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Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:18
Great job! I really like it!
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 13:09
Thanks!
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Sat, 11/28/2009 - 20:43
When is the new one going to come out???
...and I would think that this would be considered as other...not utilities.
Mon, 11/30/2009 - 12:56
The new one will come out as soon as I'm done (
), which may be a while. Next semester at school will be killer! Anyway, I didn't get much of a chance to work on it over Thanksgiving break, but maybe Christmas break will be better.
And I was just following Mr. Croft's advice for where to put the page. I really don't care.
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Mon, 11/30/2009 - 14:18
By the way, this screen saver won't persist if you switch screen savers. To make it stay in Control panel, you can copy the screen saver to C:\Windows\system32 and install it from there. Otherwise, you'll have to reinstall it any time you want to switch to this screen saver from another.
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Wed, 01/06/2010 - 00:21
Weird...That doesn't happen to me! I installed it and it stayed there...
Maybe because I have Windows 7 Ultimate...?
Tue, 01/12/2010 - 10:48
Yeah, maybe they fixed that problem from Windows Vista.
Oh, and I don't think Version 2.0 of this screensaver will come out soon. I'm going to be really busy this school year!
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Wed, 02/24/2010 - 19:39
you need to make one for mac!
The last of the goo balls didn't seem to nodice...
That my sandbox was right here! (Link will come when done)
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 10:00
As I said above, I have absolutely no clue how to program Macs, and I don't currently have the time to learn and port this. Sorry...
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Thu, 02/25/2010 - 18:41
Well, you could Goo-gle it!
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 10:22
As I said, I don't have the time...
And I would pretty much have to rewrite the entire program, because it is very Windows-dependent.
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Mon, 03/01/2010 - 18:12
Aw well, that is understandable. (I use the same excuse for GooMaker
, well except that I still have the project files so I don't really have to rewrite anything...)
Sun, 03/21/2010 - 08:26
cooool!
i love cookies.my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/nimmynammy?feature=mhee
Tue, 03/23/2010 - 12:12
OMG you just made best screen saver better! ^^
P.S. It would be cool if you could build the goos yourself!
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Tue, 03/23/2010 - 12:58
Well, that would kinda take away the point of it being a screensaver.
If you want this, just rename your WorldOfGoo.exe as WorldOfGoo.scr and install it as your screensaver. There you go.
But yes, good suggestion. I'm planning on (maybe eventually) having this screensaver as a ball-building demo with a cursor (that you can't control) that builds the tower of its own accord.
And thanks for the compliment!
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Tue, 03/23/2010 - 15:52
Maybe if we got the loading screen and converted it...(cause chances are by the time you try to play WoG.scr it quits because when you move the mouse, that's what screen savers do
)
P.S., now that i look at it, your "strange structure" looks like a Z.
InfernoFans | Chest full of porkchops
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 09:10
Hmm, yes. It does look like a Z.
But actually, simply renaming WOG.exe WOG.scr doesn't make it automatically quit when you move the mouse. It just runs normally. It's up to the screensaver programmer (in the case of this one, me) to make the screen saver actually quit when you move the mouse.
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Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:46
I didn't know that...but, yes, so how about the loading screen from WoG?
InfernoFans | Chest full of porkchops
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:48
You mean a screenshot of the loading screen? That's already in the screensaver. Or do you mean a simulation of the main WOG screen with balls flying all around and stuff?
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Wed, 03/24/2010 - 14:51
I mean to use the LOADING SCREEN as a SCREEN saver. (so when you wait a while, you can expect "homogenizing goo, distilling beauty..." and with Pavke's mod: "HELP ME!, bleeding, imitating Chuck Norris", and (my fav.) "Niblofif...")
InfernoFans | Chest full of porkchops
Wed, 03/24/2010 - 15:10
Ah, okay. Got it. Hmmm... It may or may not work. I'll see...
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Fri, 06/04/2010 - 20:17
how about you add a couple new gooballs. maybe a fuse, a pokey, and a bone goo if its okay to you.
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 10:17
The screensaver throws around error messages on my Vista x64 machine.
It can't load the JPGs. (even though i disabled those "this file is from another PC, it may be harmful ..."-restrictions).
how can i fix this?
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Tue, 08/17/2010 - 17:52
It doesn't work at all on my HP Windows 7 computer.
It just crashes.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 18:44
I think that this should be in the "Other" category since it isn't really a utility. I mean that it ins't really useful for anything except a screensaver. And there is one more problem: When I tried to use it, it gave me some error messages and run, but the screenshots never appeared (World of Goo sign still appeared, though).
I'm playing Minecraft. My username is theMineMaster2. If you want to see my Cartoony mods updated, then be a Mac user and find a image editing program that isn't confusing for me
Tue, 08/24/2010 - 18:59
That's what happened on my computer too!
What OS do you have?
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Wed, 08/25/2010 - 06:47
OK, I think I've had these problems too...
XDBoy: It gives a message box with "Can't load xxx.jpg" ?
This problem and the no-image problem are caused, I think, by the same thing. It seems that Windows likes all screen savers to be in the same folder, namely C:\Windows\System32, thank you very much. Could one of you try copying everything from the screensaver into this folder? (I mean, someone who really knows what they're doing) If this doesn't work, I'll have to compile all the .jpgs into the actual screen saver executable.
And the no-image problem will also (sometimes) cause the screen saver to crash, as it's trying to draw images that don't exist.
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Wed, 08/25/2010 - 07:34
Yes, i meant those message boxes.
Maybe i'll try that solution, another day.^^
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Fri, 09/03/2010 - 17:28
Wait, maybe it's because I never extracted it... Anyway, PLEASE move this into OTHER category... "Utility" doesn't really fit...
Yup, I have XP and it worked PERFECTLY since I extracted it.
I'm playing Minecraft. My username is theMineMaster2. If you want to see my Cartoony mods updated, then be a Mac user and find a image editing program that isn't confusing for me
Sun, 10/17/2010 - 12:27
then use the multi-cross campatibale thingy
The last of the goo balls didn't seem to nodice...
That my sandbox was right here! (Link will come when done)
Sun, 10/17/2010 - 17:27
Come again?
What is this "multi-cross compatible thingy" you speak of?
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Sat, 03/19/2011 - 09:17
Neither can mine. I run Windows 7 Professional. When I click on the .scr file, it gives me the following error messages: (in this order)
[SXQDJ] Cydushqvj, Fehjqb 2, Juhhqhyq.... Cydushqvj, Fehjqb 2, Juhhqhyq... Cydushqvj, Fehjqb 2, Juhhqhyq... Cydushqvj, Fehjqb 2, Juhhqhyq...
Use this website to decrypt that. A Caesar Cipher with Key 12+
Sat, 03/19/2011 - 21:46
OK, I think I've had these problems too...
XDBoy: It gives a message box with "Can't load xxx.jpg" ?
This problem and the no-image problem are caused, I think, by the same thing. It seems that Windows likes all screen savers to be in the same folder, namely C:\Windows\System32, thank you very much. Could one of you try copying everything from the screensaver into this folder? (I mean, someone who really knows what they're doing) If this doesn't work, I'll have to compile all the .jpgs into the actual screen saver executable.
And the no-image problem will also (sometimes) cause the screen saver to crash, as it's trying to draw images that don't exist.
In this case, it may/may not be in System32, if you're running 64 bit, but it ought to work fine.
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Sun, 11/27/2011 - 19:20
it does not work
Merry Christmas!
and Happy New Year!
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 22:28
Please be more specific than "It does not work".
What about it doesn't work? Does it crash? Do you get error messages? Did you read all the posts above and see if someone else had the same issue? Did you try anything to solve it? What worked/didn't?
As stated above, you need the .jpg files, as well as the .scr screensaver itself, inside your C:\Windows\System32 folder for it to work. Even then, there may be some kind of event or something that Windows expects screensavers to pass in that mine doesn't. It seems to fire repeatedly for no reason for me, at least as best as I can remember from back when I made this.
I most likely won't make any changes to this program, anyhow. I'd have to dig around for the source, and it's been a while since I worked on this. It's fairly simple and glitchy, too, so you're not missing much if it doesn't work for you.
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