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LDGolf by unit684

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made by unit684 for LD 40 (JAM)

Yet another golf game - try to score as little as possible!

The first level contains all the instructions you need, just click Play to begin.

The idea with the theme was the golf scoring system where you are aiming to use as few shots as possible - the more score you have, the worse it is :)

I was away at the weekend so only had a few hours on Sunday and Monday evenings to make this game. As a result, it's not as finished as I'd like but I was determined to finish a 9 hole course.

Some bugs and potential future features:

  • Some shots don't register properly
  • Nicer looking menus
  • Particle effects
  • Sound effects and music
  • Tweaking physics friction and bounce settings
  • Fix certain models so that the holes are on flat ground
  • Fix gaps at the ends of models (behind holes and tees)
  • Global leaderboard

If you liked it (or not!), leave a comment and I'll rate your game!

Follow me on itch.io and twitter (@Marsbard_​)

If the game doesn't work please let me know what platform/browser you are using so I can recreate it. I've tested it in Chrome and Firefox and the Windows download seems to work fine.

HTML5 (web) https://tommarsland.itch.io/ldgolf
Windows https://tommarsland.itch.io/ldgolf
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/ldgolf

Ratings

Overall 1124th 2.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1037th 2.605⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 1155th 1.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1155th 1.611⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1047th 2.158⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 969th 1.389⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1077th 1.889⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Given 4🗳️ 4🗨️

Feedback

groydis
05. Dec 2017 · 09:17 UTC
Sadly game didn't work :(
🎤 unit684
05. Dec 2017 · 11:40 UTC
Sorry to hear that, are you using webgl or windows version? Did the game crash or was it non-responsive or something?
goxua
05. Dec 2017 · 19:08 UTC
Great job! I enjoyed the gameplay. With just some music and a background this can be a great game! Congrats
Fenerax
05. Dec 2017 · 19:10 UTC
Game was good, I liked the way the world seems to move when shooting rather that the arrow. but i'm not sure how it links to the theme?
averagebrownie
05. Dec 2017 · 19:11 UTC
Not a bad golf game, I understand the lack of time left you with little wiggle room. The ball could do with some bounciness off of the walls it seems to just stick to them on my side.
rmc
05. Dec 2017 · 19:12 UTC
As a prototype I really like your implementation of a simple and nice physics game like yours. The only problem, not about the game per se, is that I cannot see the theme on your game, maybe if we stretch a bit and consider that the more force you put on the shot worse it gets, but this is not always true, like in a big field.

Nonetheless I played for a bit and enjoyed the game.
TowerHufham
05. Dec 2017 · 19:13 UTC
Pretty fun golf game! I would suggest possibly giving the ball more friction though, because sometimes you're stuck waiting for it to stop slowly moving.
gatinmnsok
05. Dec 2017 · 19:14 UTC
Impressive work for only a few hours on sunday and monday! I didn't really get the connection with the theme but it was still nice. On the second hole, I managed to shoot the ball off the course and it just fell down forever. It did reset when I did the same thing on hole 3, but then the put hole was gone.
guilhermesouza
05. Dec 2017 · 19:14 UTC
the game is very fun to play. However, the theme was not well featured on it. But I had fun playing it, well done!
kukiri
05. Dec 2017 · 19:14 UTC
The game is so fun! I really like mini golf games :D
Richard Sage
05. Dec 2017 · 19:14 UTC
I fell off the second level and had no way to reset the hole or anything. I had to restart the whole game.
webthingee
05. Dec 2017 · 19:15 UTC
Nice use of shapes and velocity. Kudow for getting something done in the time you had available.
GiraffeCat
05. Dec 2017 · 19:25 UTC
Was fun, but I really wanted to see the balls falling through the holes!
radmars
06. Dec 2017 · 02:32 UTC
The king's game! Pretty solid golf game. The shot meter felt a bit too powerful for some courses but generally it was fun to line up shots, although the walls felt a bit sticky which made it hard to bank shots. It was a bit frustrating to have to wait for the ball to come to a complete stop though, and I also had some mouse capture issues in the WebGL version (ie the cursor started to show up about halfway through the game which felt weird). With some physics tweaks and polish this could be pretty fun!
notpresident35
06. Dec 2017 · 02:56 UTC
This is just really, really bad.
jlreymendez
06. Dec 2017 · 03:04 UTC
You should improve the physics the ball stops a lot on the curves and then it takes a little time to completely stop. Adding more friction as was mentioned before might help.
🎤 unit684
06. Dec 2017 · 09:22 UTC
Thanks for all the great feedback! The idea with the theme was the golf scoring system where you are aiming to use as few shots as possible - the more score you have, the worse it is :)