Untitled Goose Game

Untitled Goose Game
Developer: House House Publisher: Panic Inc. Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Released internationally: September 20, 2019 (Mac/Switch/Windows), December 17, 2019 (PS4/XB1) This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused text. This game has a prerelease article

To do: Rip audio files and check for unused content. Check asset files more thoroughly for unused content, such as animations or scripts. Compare against other versions and platforms and note any differences.

Untitled Goose Game is the hit 2019 game developed by the Australian game developer House House and published by Panic Inc. The game is what it says on the tin: you're a goose!

Unused Graphics

Unused Control Diagrams

Within the file sharedassets2.assets are a few images showing mock-ups of control diagrams for a keyboard and mouse, a Nintendo Switch controller, and an Xbox One controller. Two of these seem to be in-game screenshots.

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  Mock-up of Xbox One controls. (controller.png)

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  Mock-up of Nintendo Switch control when Joy-Cons are attached. (controllerSwitch.png)

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  Mock-up of Keyboard and Mouse controls, notably missing the actual button images. (mousekeyboarddiagrammock.png)

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  Mock-up of Nintendo Switch controls when using a Pro Controller. Some buttons that aren't used by default have placeholder text. (reference.png)

Unused Control Diagram Buttons

Similarly, within sharedassets1.assets there's a file called goosebuttons_v3 SDF Atlas which depicts an older version of the buttons used on the control diagram. These are saved as an image, whereas the ones that are used are stored in a font (called goosebuttons_v4). These graphics are drastically different from the used onesd, showing joysticks being moved left and right, and an icon depicting an entire keyboard.

Unused Models

The file sharedassets2.assets contains many unused models that were either replaced or scrapped entirely.

Groundskeeper's Keys

There is an earlier revision of the groundskeeper's keys, which is fittingly named keyring. The final version of the model replaces the blue keyring with a second key, although both files are still called "keyring".

Unused Keyring	Used Keyring

Phone Booth Door

Similarly, there is an older version of the door to the phone booth in the High Street called phoneDoorProp. The name may suggest that it was only used as a placeholder.

Unused Phone Booth Door	Used Phone Booth Door

Tidy Neighbor's Slippers

There is also an early version of the Tidy Neighbor's Slippers called slipperR and slipperL (with the same name as the final ones). These can be seen in the GDC 2019 version of the game, and they're replaced with a much simpler design in the final game.

Unused Slippers	Used Slippers

Unused Crown

dontuse_crown is (obviously) an unused version of the crown from the very end of the game. This version doesn't differ much from the used version, aside from the lack of shading and a slightly different color.

Unused Crown	Used Crown

Bells

There are two unused bell models in the game: one called bellPlaceholder and one called bellideal.

Placeholder	Earlier Version	Final Version

Bows

There are also two unused bow models in the game, one being a placeholder (simply called ribbon) and one being almost identical to the one in the final game, but with thinner tails (both called bow).

Placeholder	Unused Version	Used Version

Unused Door Models

There is two unused door models which have round door knockers, called doorPulled and doorResting. It's unknown where these would've been used.

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  (doorPulled)

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  (doorResting)

Bike Placeholder

The broken bike seen in the starting area of the game has an earlier placeholder version called bikePlaceholder.

Log Placeholder

Also at the start of the game is a log that blocks your path, which has a placeholder model called logPlaceholder.

Unused Text

In StringTables/ there are language files for the game's text, containing various bits of unused text referring to unused missions and removed settings, among other things.

Demo Leftovers

Leftover in the english text file (english.json) is the thank you message from the demo of the game, and the text used for the timer.

Key	Value	Display
DEMO_FIVE_MINUTES	five minutes left	five minutes left
DEMO_SECONDS_LEFT	<seconds> seconds left	<seconds> seconds left
DEMO_THANK_YOU	Thank you for playing our videogame!\nIt will be released in 2019.\n\nFor updates, sign up to our mailing list at\n<font=\"TransportNew-Medium SDF\"><size=+1.5><line-height=100%>goose.game</size></font></line-height>	Thank you for playing our videogame! It will be released in 2019. For updates, sign up to our mailing list at goose.game

Unused Checklist Items

There are references to a few unused or removed tasks.

Key	Value
GOAL_STARTFIGHT	start a fight between the neighbours
GOAL_MAIL	post a letter
GOAL_WALKIETALKIE	steal a pair of walkie-talkies

There are also references to unused flowers from the collect the five flowers task. There are internally labelled as unused, so they were likely cut without plans to be re-implemented.

Key	Value	Display
UNUSED_FLOWERS	chrysanthemum\npoppy\ncarnation\nsunflower	chrysanthemum poppy carnation sunflower

Unused Settings

In english.json there is also unused text for a setting to control how loud the Goose honks.

Key	Value
SETTINGS_HONK	honk volume

Unused Timer Text

Along with the text for timed tasks, there are unused lines which suggest that the church bells were meant to ring after 10 minutes, rather than the 6 minutes used in-game.

Key	Value
GOAL_7MINUTES	seven minutes left
GOAL_8MINUTES	eight minutes left
GOAL_9MINUTES	nine minutes left
GOAL_10MINUTES	ten minutes left