Untitled Goose Game

Australia, 2019

Gift of House House Pty Ltd.
Acquired via the National videogame collecting partnership between ACMI, the Powerhouse and the National Film and Sound Archive.

Videogame On display

House House’s Untitled Goose Game (2019) is one of Australia’s most successful indie videogames. But the story of its success isn’t one of savvy commercial product development – it begins and ends with friends making each other laugh.  

Untitled Goose Game’s concept spawned from a joke in a group chat between House House’s Jake Strasser, Stuart Gillespie-Cook, Nico Disseldorp and Michael McMaster. Shaped by their creative backgrounds in film and fine art, they drew on a range of comedic influences from Postman Pat to Buster Keaton.  

Playing as a naughty goose who honks, flaps and steals its way through a to-do list of minor mischief in a quaint village, the player stars in their own slapstick comedy, delighting in the chaos caused to the locals’ peaceful lives.  

For a few minutes or hours, Untitled Goose Game lets you break the rules of polite society, and the joy of going rogue continues to resonate. Fans play, draw, modify, meme and reference the goose, channelling its anarchic spirit in creative new ways to make their own friends laugh all over the world.

Games Talks 2020: The creators of Untitled Goose Game | Jake Strasser & Nico Disseldorp, House House

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On display until

16 November 2025

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

artist

Jake Strasser

Michael McMaster

Nico Disseldorp

Stuart Gillespie-Cook

creator

House House

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2019

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

Z000135

Subject category

Game

Object Types

Computer game/Game

Digital

Materials

Executable videogame files (.exe), associated data and asset files.

Collected

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