Great job on this. Wow this shows how much care went into the whole thing.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Theme | #10 | 4.556 | 4.556 |
| Mechanics | #11 | 4.093 | 4.093 |
| Aesthetics | #12 | 4.481 | 4.481 |
| Fun | #22 | 4.093 | 4.093 |
| Overall | #29 | 4.074 | 4.074 |
| Sound | #57 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| Music | #112 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Story | #370 | 2.185 | 2.185 |
Ranked from 54 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
2
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
No
Comments
167 days ago(+1)
We have talked about going further! It might not be a crazy big game, but we could probably build it up and improve on it to make something fun that hopefully the Game Grumps or anyone would enjoy!
168 days ago(+1)
Thank you! You are super kind! My teammate worked hard on the visuals and I think it really came together! Will do, and good luck with the rest of the game jam!
168 days ago(+1)
Glad you liked it! I was partially inspired by slime rancher main menu, but I agree- I really like the main menu!
Holy moly what a game! Out of all the 3d games i've played in this jam this one is probably the best looking one, I love the planet effect and (i'm assuming it's your idea cause i do not play much golf games) that you added a dungeon (as in find a right way in a maze) aspect to golf.
Some feedback:
1. Sometimes the camera twists around the ball (i'm pretty sure it hapens when you cross "equator" of the planet) and it is really disorienting, especially at high speeds.
2. The power meter feels like it scales very slowly at first and very fast closer to the end, so it's hard to give the ball the amount of enertia you want
3. On hole 5 if you try to shorcut from the open road (like a tight road with no walls) to the hole you might get stuck on buildings next to a hole and at first it doesn't register as out of bounds, then after the first shot you make there it does, but does not teleport you back to the course 
4. Hole 9 was honestly too hard, the way i got closest was to get on top of the trees and try to get it in from there but you don't get enough velocity there so it honestly doesn't seem possible
5. If you tickle the ball (just do short strokes) before it stops it adds a bit of velocity
6. Main menu button doesn't work till you press escape once more
168 days ago(+1)
The camera is not my favorite, I agree, but I ended up spending three days on it and called it good enough to focus on other details. Now that we have finished the jam, I'm thinking about approaching it differently, but good to know I am not alone in how the camera is not ideal and worth the time to get it right.
I agree, the power meter needs some working - one of the things we didn't have time to really playtest and tweak which was unfortunate.
Good to note on the out of bounds on a building! We noticed that, but again, didn't have time to fix it... this came together in a rush, so we're proud of where it ended, but yeah, still a lot to work on / fix! Thanks for including a reference picture, too!
Hole 9 was suppose to behave similarly to hole 4 just with an added obstacle, but we noticed afterwards that most of the time it doesn't behave the same way, so we may have to rework the physics or remove the level. I was able to complete it once in testing, but not a single time in any of our builds.
I wonder what you mean - as in the ball is almost about to stop and you try hitting it again and it adds more velocity? I will look into this, thanks for playing with some of the finer details!
Strange, I wonder if that is a WebGL bug, another thing to look into.
Wow, so much feedback, thank you so much!! Greatly appreciate taking this seriously and helping us improve! This means a lot!
Total score is a great reminder! The UI preview of the shot is a little strange, thanks for noting that! And the music is randomly selected after one track plays, so I wonder which track was a little loud- we will have to look into that, thanks for the feedback, and thanks for playing our game!
(PS, I deleted one of your messages since I think your message got posted twice, just an FYI - if you intentionally wanted a second post, please, by all means ;P )
169 days ago(+1)
Haha yeah, some of the levels were put together in a rush and that was a tough one - 10 was just mean, so maybe its good you stopped there XD
We fixed that issue in the web gl, but not the windows version, so we will need to make those changes on the windows version, too, thank you for pointing that out. I agree on the power, I think I would want it to be more accurate, so thank you for mentioning that, too!
Thanks for playing our game!
169 days ago(+1)
Awesome- glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for the comment about the visuals- my teammate made all the assets himself, so I will be sure that he sees your comment!
Glad you liked the art! My teammate made it, so I will point out your comment to him! And thanks for the feedback on the camera! I agree that it wasn't my favorite in the end, but I had worked for a few days on the camera script and decided I was done XD
Still trying to figure out the best way to adjust the camera, so if you have more specifics on what behavior you didn't like, that would help! Thanks again for playing our game!
169 days ago(+1)
Thank you for your kind words! It was a ton of work, but super worth it to see positive comments like yours! We definitely have already started about how we want to expand on this idea because we liked it so much!
Also, just have to brag about my teammate a little bit - he wrote and made the songs for the game in addition to all its visual assets! So I am glad you enjoyed the music and aesthetics!
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