Posted by Ryan Allen in Featured Articles, Pixel Art on 08 31st, 2008 | 41 responses

One day I was sitting at work, wishing I could be a part of something grand, when an idea struck me. Why not put a giant pixel art project together!?

I made a thread on the Something Awful forums with a single template and building I had made, and in a very brief period I had the submissions rolling in.

Thanks to no3rdw.com for the google maps code and help implementing it.

I had to take the site down but soon afterwards several people contacted me with free hosting donations, so it is back up now thanks to wtfserve.com. They are hosting the images and everything is running pretty fast, so hooray the fun can continue!

I plan on updating the city for a long time to come, so check Gooncity.com frequently for all the latest awesomeness.

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Here is a list of the SomethingAwful users who have contributed artwork:

Abgekshum
Aciid c0d3r
Adahn1986
Agent019
AlanNegative
Amarie
Angelwolf
apsouthern
mikewozere
Arkanomen
Athanatos
Atican
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Aztejang
Bacon55555
Barbershop
Battle Bot
Beachcomber
beato
benneburg
Big Ink
Bison Wings
BiznatchMcFiznach
Bombajio
Bradzor
BrandNewHero
Budtard
CancerCakes
Canis Ex Machina
CatholicsoulTrain
Cheap Shot
check one two
CHICKENDINOSAUR
Christo
Classicist
Clayren
Clintonmc
Coeus
concerned mom
Crocomire in Acid
Crunchy Taco
Da Gaspodin
Daktar
Dark Gray Fox
Daughter of Mammon
Detroit dogg
dlnorton
DoggPickle
Doktor Per
Dr. Arbitrary
DrakoDWyvrex
Drum
drunkill
emot
Erluk
EvilDeathBee
evilreaver
ExplodingSquid
fivefingers
fluue
FlyinOverTrout
Fors Yard
foundationofnuness
Fourecks
Freelancepolice
frijole
furypants
Gambl0r
Gazhole
gbut
General Ripper
Ghstman
Giganerd
GloriousRobotSatan
GreatJob
gross
HalfPricePimpSuit
harperska
Heroic Yoshimitsu
Ho0Ly
Hobo Mgoo
Hobonomicon
House
Hungry Bit
Hungry Black Mage
Hungry Hippo
Hunkty Krunkty
I7esperado
iamgezuzkryst
IceLicker
ilpadre
Im That One Guy
ImPureAwesome
in circles
InediblePenguin
inksquid
ISavedLatin
jadias
Jarf
Jazu
jercoxthealmighty
jimcunningham
jpduffman
jrr
Kara Thrace
Kifisonfire
killer ninjas
Kite Ryagara
Kolgate
Konstapel
Kotaru
Krastinov
Krng
Larch
le chat
Lee Bow
Little Egypt
LividCoffee
Lord of Sword
Lsnewton
Maide
Mahnarch
Mambolicious
Martial Fur
McKilligan
mean2u
Mello Clello
mikewozere
Miljenko
MissEchelon
Mullitt
MustelaFuro
Muun
myself
neogeo0823
Neon Monster
nny_ix
NotJust4Breakfast
Nuclear Pogostick
nuclear_spy
oberhouse
ohnorobot
Omena
Ookware
Orange lime
orbitize
Pagan
PDMChubby
peanut
pgarage
Phony Username
pissingintowind
plaguedoctor
Polarize
popandlock
prengekp
Provost Zakharov
pseudosavior
rage2kk2
Rattus Amicus
Raws
RenderedToast
Rikkmeister
Roblo
Rocketpig
Rockybar
Roflex
ronin686
Rose
Rutherford b hayes
Ryla
Saalkin
Safety Hammer
sc0ttk0lasinski
Senor Tron
Sepist
Shakespearean Beef
shelltron
shyguy
SideburnHero
signalZSX
Silenceofthehams
Sneaky Monkey
Sodaqui
Sole sushi
sourpuss
sov68n
Space Detective
Squirrel007
Stealth Box
stevey666
Stiggs
syst3m
TaffMaster
Tanag
Tears in a vial
TerrorisBob
The Groper
The NPR Store
TheFatController
thesus
Thriftwood
TigerMoJo
Toddy
Tommy Calamari
tonkafloss
TonTon
TorpedoBeetle
torsloke
Transatlantic Gulp
UnquietDream
vanilla wafer
Vibrating Top Hat
Vletrmx
Wallet
Wet Bandit
winnels
Wittle goony Gurl
ytisomauq
Zodberg
Zombie Quail

41 Comments »

avatar September 1st, 2008 Stephen Cuppett Says:

Good job dude! Some of the stuff in there is pretty hilarious.

avatar September 1st, 2008 moetto Says:

hooooly crap. That is so cool.

avatar September 8th, 2008 Brandon Says:

Hey don;t know if you knew but your bandwith spiked the other day because you were featured on Plime.com … btw GOONCITY is AWESOME

avatar September 11th, 2008 maya66 Says:

heyy!!
awesome!
hou can i be a part of this project??
im very good at pixel art :)

please answer me ;)

avatar September 12th, 2008 Otto Says:

Woooooow
Good job Ryan !!!!!!!!

avatar September 13th, 2008 Chris-vip Says:

Yes good job !!!

avatar September 13th, 2008 Goon City, el paraíso del pixel Says:

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avatar September 14th, 2008 jie Says:

it’s pretty fucked up that you cover up the “Powered by Google”

avatar September 14th, 2008 Goon City: La ciudad pixelada | Otakufreaks Says:

[...] ciudad funciona bajo tecnología Google Maps y es un proyecto creado por Ryan Allen junto a un grupo de usuarios de los foros de Something Awful. La ciudad siempre estará en continuo [...]

avatar September 14th, 2008 Roy Ramker Says:

Very good job! Great work! ;)

avatar September 14th, 2008 gabb Says:

How can I send my design?

avatar September 14th, 2008 dedecuac Says:

OH MY GOD

awesome

avatar September 14th, 2008 Ryan Allen Says:

@jie That black bar is where coordinates and the link shows up, I didn’t make it to intentionally cover the google logo, it’s there to generate links and coordinates.

avatar September 14th, 2008 Goon City | DARKCOLD Says:

[...] couldn’t find much information about this website, read about it here, it’s extremely interesting - a city made in pixel art (looks beautiful) featuring a HUGE [...]

avatar September 14th, 2008 frijole Says:

this is so awesome. i just posted what i hope will be my contribution in the thread, i’m stoked to see it keep expanding!

avatar September 15th, 2008 univac 1951 » Blog Archive » gooncity Says:

[...] what a great project ! gooncity is an open pixel art city ! ryan allen, the creator, explains all here. it’s very influenced by tv and movies pop culture and it’s a [...]

avatar September 15th, 2008 Goon City - Die Pixel Art-Stadt | Phase 5 Says:

[...] City ist ein von Ryan Allen initiiertes Pixel Art-Projekt. Dabei geht es um eine stetig wachsende Pixel Art-Stadt, die man in [...]

avatar September 15th, 2008 Jose Says:

I need help.
I want take part in the city, however, I don’t have account in the awful forums because the register It´s not free.
there are another ways to post my png with the pixel work for take part in it?

avatar September 16th, 2008 Meert Says:

Hi ya’all,
just posted a (small) review on Funkiblog.nl about this pixel art website. More (Dutch) visitors are coming! :)

avatar September 16th, 2008 alex Says:

awesome! I could look at it all day!

I wonder if you could ever create some sort of wiki version, people forever adding and expanding the city… what a wonderful city it would be!

avatar September 17th, 2008 Spees Says:

Why don’t make it an opensource project? Let everyone help building the city. Eventually, you can even make money with .

avatar September 17th, 2008 CocaCola Says:

I suggest… a whorehouse <>

avatar September 17th, 2008 13 steps » Goon City Says:

[...] Check it out, not everything submitted is that creative but there are a lot of funny bits in there. Looks like the only way you can submit something is through the SA forums, that’s a bit of a shame as I’m sure [...]

avatar September 17th, 2008 Gooncity, a Pixel Art Project | Design You Trust. World's Most Famous Social Inspiration. Says:

[...] a Pixel Art ProjectPosted by Dmitry | September 18, 2008 Awesome, awesome, awesome!!! Project by Ryan Allen.   Not rated yet.Rate this!   [...]

avatar September 17th, 2008 ClickClick Magazine Says:

[...] Impresionante proyecto de pixel art, creado por el señor Ryan Allen. [...]

avatar September 17th, 2008 Brogui do Wise» Arquivo do Blog » Goon City, The Giant Pixel City Says:

[...] muitas visitas e o servidor não estava aguentando. Agora com a doação de um servidor exclusivo, Ryan Allen pode colocar novamente seu projeto na [...]

avatar September 18th, 2008 Karlo Estrada Says:

Hi, i love your gooncity man!! How did you do it? i mean what graphic software u used? just photoshop, illustrator? drop me a message. thanks!!

avatar September 18th, 2008 Vision Invisible Says:

[...] City es un proyecto colectivo de Pixel Art ideado por Ryan Allen…que usa el codigo de Google Maps para crear una ciudad hecha en pixeles donde podemos [...]

avatar September 18th, 2008 Jewok Says:

Awesome, it’s crazy!

How can i help you to build it?

avatar September 18th, 2008 Steve Says:

Needs the blues brothers!

avatar September 18th, 2008 Donna Says:

Hey, haha cute. I sepnt hours loooking at stuff. Any way i can get a block to build on? XD

avatar September 18th, 2008 Goon City « starvingmoon Says:

[...] to Goon City Un Giant Pixel Art City di RyanAllen.com e SomethingAwful pieno di riferimenti a videogames e [...]

avatar September 20th, 2008 ☆ Spi0n.fr ☆ » Goon City, la pixel-map ! Says:

[...] s’y déplace à la manière de Google map. L’idée vient d’un américain, Ryan Allen et il a été aidé par une communauté de personne sur un forum qui propose des thèmes, des [...]

avatar September 21st, 2008 Gerusz Says:

Err… are there 2 KITTs, or there is a KARR in the city too?

avatar September 21st, 2008 devolute.net » Blog Archive » Gooncity - collaborative pixel art Says:

[...] the blog of the guy who got the ball rolling here for more information. You can view the project in a Google-maps style interface at gooncity.com. [...]

avatar September 25th, 2008 Matt Says:

This is a really rad project!

Is there a way to participate without a forum account?

avatar October 13th, 2008 Tyler Petersheim Says:

Dude, I never met you, but I am close friends with your friend Alex Garner. He showed me this when I was tripping and I was in awe. Absolutely amazing, and I hope you keep adding to it. I am showing all my friends because its something everyone should see.

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