Desktop Goose
A downloadable goose-sperience for Windows and macOS
HONK HONK, HEAR YE. I have created a goose for your desktop.
He'll nab your mouse, track mud on your screen... leave you a message, deliver you memes?
Play video games with a desktop buddy who will attack you if you poke him.
Fill out spreadsheets while your screen fills up with instances of Goose Notepad.
Supports MacOS versions 10.10+!
NOTE: I am not affiliated with House House or Panic. This is a different goose. Direct support questions to the Discord!
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[And if you wanna support my work, I made some new things you can check out!]
Fidget Physics: Turn your entire desktop into a literal sandbox!
Desktop Cat Cursor: Transform your ordinary mouse cursor into its eternal nemesis: a cat paw
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now, back to goose stuff...
0.31 AUTUMN UPDATE:
- Adds an official mod to let Desktop Goose play in leaf piles! See autumn.txt in the files for more!
*Mac doesn't support mods yet. Wait for 2023. :)
0.3 UPDATE:
- NEW, OFFICIAL MODDING API! Join the discord discord.gg/xZFRmPT and check the #goose-mods channel for more info on this :D
- YOUR OWN NOT-EPAD TEXTS! Add whatever notepad phrases you want, and the goose will pull them up!
- NEW CONFIG TOGGLES! Customize the goose's behaviour further, silence the audio, and more!
From 0.2+:
- Unlimited memes! Put whatever memes you want in the assets folder! Goose will bring them.
- Added GIF support!
- Config the goose! Alter properties in the config.goos file (open it in Notepad) to adjust his aggression!)
This is not a final itch page - just trying to get something up so I can upload the project tonight! :D
Join the Discord community at discord.gg/xZFRmPT
Check me out on twitter at @samnchiet
Mac support by the brilliant Jesús A. Álvarez
Download
Click download now to get access to the following files:
Development log
- THE AUTUMN UPDATE. HE IS PLAYING.Oct 07, 2022
- HE CAN BE IN YOUR WALLS NOW!Sep 23, 2022
Comments
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he told me nice work and i wrote in the notepad "im not doing work lil goose" hes the cutest and he brings memes and random notes when i close his meme he pulls my mouse hes soo cute but when people play muisic on yt can you make it so he dances and what does he step in when he goes off the screen?
android pls and ios 😭
why did smg4 say this is a virus, while its just a virtual friend?
GOOOOOOOOOOSE!
i want this but im scared i will get a virus
hes actually not a virus, hes just a virtual friend
how do i get it of my screen. i tried clicking the app in folders again and now i have two of those geese.
nevermind i figured it out
ITS FUN TO HAVE TWO GEES :3
dont worry blud not a virus but a saddnes curing joke
do for chromeOS by doing it in browser psplsspplsspl
see if it runs in wine on chromeos well
in web not wine cuz it dosent work
pretty sure you need vcrun2010 and something in the microsoft .net framework installed to the wineprefix
i forgot the password to this account, ignore the different accounts
Can't wait till there's Android version
linux version when :(
I didn't expect it to, but it works great under WINE. I really think this would be a major struggle to get working under Wayland
Thanks, I didn’t even think it would work with wine, I’ll have to try it out. Luckily I don’t use wayland.
when are we getting a linux release?
(alr posted this to someone else but here we go) I didn't expect it to, but it works great under WINE. I really think this would be a major struggle to get working under Wayland
the footstep sounds are bugging out and would play strangly at times
goose clean leaf... *goose going into mud* DONT, NOOO
Is it open source or closed source? I would like to contribute on the project^^
or specifically the modding sdk
i don't know how to play the actual thing lol
This is funny and cool
how the heck do you run it on windows 11?! i cant even run it
LUCKY!i can't play cuz im on laptop
u jus press run...
I love it! The Goose is so cute
BUG: Whenever one of my friends streamed gameplay with the goose ok screen, everytime the goose took a step, sound would bug out. its like pressing the entrance of sound, like you making a noise and tapping your mouth or whenever you play the flute, you interrupt the sound for a few milliseconds before it comes back on. The goose interrupted the sound about 3-4 timed per second, which is her stepping rate. This happened on a Discord call, on fullscreen sharing. And it only happened to me, not the person hosting.
HELP I ACTIVATED LIKE 50 AT ONCE AND NOW MY COMPUTER IS SUPER LAGGY
ggg
guys stop, it's not a virus. youtubers are trolling
its cool but i cant turn it off
hold esc
thanks
how do you turn it off
I found out
thanks
riereen
I love having this open while I just stuff on my pc because it makes it so much more interesting, like you removing one of the things the goose dragged onto the srceen and having it chase your curser around as you attempt to navigate websites normally is so fu
10/10 best thing ever made life channging
OMG I love its TSM for making this! :)
How do you get many downloads?
I love it, he's adorable when he runs too XD Thank you for making this
The ESC key doesn't work for me and the task manager just kills my PC. Is there another way to close the program?
control, shift, and escape will open a task manager thingy, you can click on the app and click end task
Escape doesn't work and task manager just kills my PC
This goes really well with the game "Desktop Survivors 98" that came out this month so you can have a little troublesome animal campaign while adventuring through dungeons and fighting foes.
completely i had downloaded this little guy back in 2021. 4 years later here i am to get the newest version lol
yep , I'm too
aaaaa so cutee! I named him Poko :D
Btw y'all just need to hold esc a bit longer for it to close! don't worry!
You guys just need to read the file 'Read Me! Honk!' geez no need to panic okay
Neither can I get the downloads because my think has such a big anti-virus sync it doesn't allow any downloads
Virustotal flags it as a trojan virus
I think there should be a way to toggle whether the goose can bring memes and text files. For now one way around it is to just set the wandering times to something really big in the config.ini file.
Also would be cool if the goose could do more stuff.
BABY
go furry femboy
please help me
hold down esc it will close him
i seriously can't get rid of him
so i might have got a glitch and i can't find the app in finder and now i have a permanent goose
hold down esc for a bit and he will be disabled