I inadvertently released 0.10.4 with a critical bug in "Save & Launch", which generally only showed up for first-time users. The builder tried to install the billboards.goomod file even when it didn't exist. This is now fixed in 0.10.5.

I'm now using mantis for issue tracking for both GooTool and this site. You can find it at /issues. Before you can access it, you need to logout from this website and log back in again in order to copy your password across.

There's now just under a week left to submit your entries for the billboard contest. Even if you're not entering anything, please take a moment to help by voting. For the artists, here are some additional resources that may help:

GooTool 0.10.4 is now out. The major improvements are the addition of a one-click "publish profile" button to upload your tower to this site, and readiness for the end the billboard contest next week. Read on for the full changelog.

In other news, the IRC Web Chat program has been replaced with a new one that seems to be a lot easier to use.

Much love to Ron for his recent promotion of the billboard contest. There's still time to submit your entries for the World of Goo Corporation's consideration, but the contest ends at the end of the month so hurry!

The Goo Balls had come from every direction, from every species, from every island, through a filthy pneumatic pipe system, to build a giant tower into the sky! A giant tower of Goo! But how high can they go?

With the Sign Painter Telescope Operator's giant machine, you can now glimpse into the distance, to see far-off towers built by fellow Goo Fans. Yes, the World of Goo Corporation Tower Leaderboard is here! How high can you get? And will anyone ever beat Kamal?

There are just two weeks left to submit your entries to the billboard contest! Entries must be submitted by Tuesday 30th June at 5am PDT/8am EDT/1pm BST/2pm CEST.

The marketing droids at the World of Goo Corporation have been hard at work. Today they launched a billboard design contest to find new signage for the World of Goo Corporation Tower. The winners will receive a signed World of Goo box direct from 2D Boy, and all highly rated entries will make an appearance in the World of Goo Corporation level. Check it out and get drawing!

After a couple of weeks of embarrassing brokenness, voting is working properly again on the site. Please take a moment to vote on all the addins you've tried. This will help make the site more useful for newcomers and also help us stress-test the voting system for the SECRET CONTEST we're launching next week. Oops, did I mention a secret contest launch? I meant normal day on the intarweb.

Sebastian Wolff has completed transcribing piano sheet music of the World of Goo soundtrack. You can find it on his website, or watch him playing it all on YouTube.

A recent new level worth special mention is XDboy's Infinitive Windows Freezer. Tired of being limited to 300 balls in the World of Goo Corporation? This level lets you build a tower with potentially unlimited black or Ivy balls.

GooTool 0.10.3 is now out. I wanted to get this released ASAP, as recent Windows Vista updates are meaning more and more people are getting "unable to start primary instance server" errors. This is fixed in the new GooTool.

Windows users can now adjust the volume of both the music and effects in-game, thanks to a utility by Maks Verver. Simply go to the "options" tab in GooTool and "enable in-game volume controls". Note that this isn't officially supported.

There's also now a .deb Debian-format download, along with a few other improvements and bugfixes. Read on for the full changelog or download it here.