Ace Golf: Blade Brawlers by elHombreBanana
Welcome to Ace Golf: Blade Brawlers, the golf game where the ball isn't the only thing you can smash with your club!


Bring your best club to the most fierce battle in golf history! A 5v5 match where the only way of winning is to score 3 points by hitting the ball into the enemy hole!
This is a game made in roughly 60 hours for the Ludum Dare Jam 41 and the GameJamON.
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Logo made by FrankieBu
[ATTENTION: It is HIGHLY recommended to play the downloadable version, as it runs way smoother]
CONTROLS:
Mouse Left Click: Move across the map Q: Melee Attack W: Golf Mode when near the ball E: Dash
| HTML5 (web) | https://gamejolt.com/games/acegolf/335418 |
| Windows | https://gamejolt.com/games/acegolf/335418 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/ace-golf-blade-brawlers |
Ratings
| Overall | 39th | 4.189⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 38th | 4.123⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 20th | 4.287⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 33th | 4.418⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 259th | 4⭐ | 63🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 88th | 3.95⭐ | 62🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 140th | 3.788⭐ | 61🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 111th | 3.939⭐ | 59🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 52🗳️ | 74🗨️ |
The only negative thing I found is that sometimes (mostly when the ball is near a wall) it tends to be super hard for the game to let you shoot in the direction you intend.
Can't give negative feedback of this. GO TO SLEEP 40 HOURS STRAIGHT.
I kinda want to know how funny this can be playing in multiplayer. Because I think it will get a LOT funnier.
I'm planning on making the game multiplayer if it gets enough attention (not probable but huh, let me DREAM OK)
I know about the problem with the shoot direction. I tried to reduce the cases when that occurs making an automatic adjustment to the best point to hit the ball towards. It's not perfect at all, but I didn't have the time to improve it ><
I wish I could've made it multiplayer for the jam, but that was too much xD maybe in an update?
Music is a joke, the characters are cool and collisions goes perfect.
Bigger ball maybe?
Congratulations man! curraco!
@Random Thoughts thanks! The AI is pretty basic but gets the job done. As long as it feels good to the player, everything will work <3
@Imphenzia thank you! I'm really excited to see another golf game! I wish I could make something as visually compact and good as your game, really.
@sandovictor17 I'm glad to hear that! <3
Mine is not that great in front of your game, but you can try it here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/memebumps
I'm planning to write a post about how I designed and coded the AI to feel good and enjoyable, if you want I can let you know whenever I do it!
After 5 or 6 multiplayer requests, now I'm legally obligued to implement it, right?
Had a lot of fun playing!
Great Job!!!
I love it! 5 stars
Like many other, I think that a multiplayer mod should exist for this game, playing with firend might be very fun.
A clever idea, well implemented, with the main feature who makes the game works ! I made a whole match , and I get in the mood to play it and enjoy it !
In the bad part : the "one , two, three, go" was too quick, so we see that there is 2 team, but the "2" who appear hide the ball, so the second camera position doesn't seem to have sense and we don't nescessarly know there is a ball on the beginning of the match (the blue circle help a little ).
The part that needs the most work in my opinion is hitting the ball, it seems very hard to get even remotely anywhere you'd want.
@ribout-horace Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you liked the aesthetics ^^ You're totally right about the 2 hiding the ball, and I'm thinking about removing every text in the countdown and using some "traffic light" system like in Mario Kart instead. We'll see how that goes!
@listonos Thank you! Yes, the AI is pretty dumb, but holds the player for a match or two. Glad you liked it!
@arzi Thank you a lot! Yes, the angle is a bit off and maybe the power bar goes too fast, I'll try to improve it for the next release!
@eitrius I'm really glad you liked it! The invisible walls were the solution to a big problem where the ball just falls off almost at every shot. I agree that it's frustrating sometimes, and I think it really is a level design problem: a level without those big holes shouldn't need invisible walls, and would be funnier to play with it. Thank you for the feedback!
@guy-withivy Thank you! Yeah, I slept a little bit x3
Full five-on-five multiplayer w/ some more polish/mechanics and different characters w/ abilities... you could have an awesome golf MOBA! Something I'd like to play :smile:
Also, we made a golf game too - [Golf with Guns](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/untitled-fpsg)
Graphics and especially audio are extremely well done, too! Awesome entry, love it. Have a fish <3 🐟
@jupiter-hadley Thanks! I've seen your gameplays and they're lovely <3
@quijipixel Thank you so much!
@beebo-studios wow, thank you for your kind words! The real multiplayer is on its way, so stay tuned!
I think it would be very insane if they had more balls at the same time.
I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.
I hope you continue with the project.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
It was a bit hard to hit and take the ball and also shooting it, very fast actions in short time. But lovely idea and fun :)
This game is challenging and very funny!
I don't know if you are not setting the camera right behind the player on purpose, when shooting, but it's good because it adds more challenge!
Very good work!
Music atmosphere fits the concept entirely.
Great job!
The menu really reminds me of Jet Set Radio, which is an easy way to get straight to my heart.