# World of Goo: WiiWare decompilation

> World of Goo is an unfinished decompilation of the European WiiWare release WGOP. The repository contains game-specific C++ source and build configuration; its workflow extracts a user-provided WAD, builds with Python and ninja, and compares rebuilt objects with objdiff.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware/blob/aad03e6f64f57a39595cde6589d0871e6c170ef3/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/world-of-goo-wiiware-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** An existing copy of the WGOP European WiiWare WAD is required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and ninja are required; macOS lists wine-crossover, and non-x86 Linux lists wine.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is a work in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Fancy2209/wog-wiiware/blob/aad03e6f64f57a39595cde6589d0871e6c170ef3/README.md>

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