Hi! I have some feedback for Golfdle.
The game mechanics are mostly solid, but the user experience needs some work.
Here are examples, in order of importance:
- There are no instructions on what to do or clear display about what is happening. When the game starts, it just says “DRIVER / Strokes: 1 / Green” at the top and “Click to aim => Click to confirm” at the bottom. What hole am I on? What is the par for this hole? How many holes are there in total? The user needs a clear goal and some expectation of how long the game might take. When I first played, I was on mobile and struggled just to finish the first hole because of the controls. I thought I was finished and was confused why the game did not end.
- On mobile, I accidentally tap to swing very often when I’m trying to just pan for the right spot to target. A dedicated “Swing” button would improve the experience on mobile immensely. On desktop, it works fine but I think a “how to play” modal would really help new players.
- A lot of the time when I try to press the “Cancel Shot” button, it does not cancel and instead swings to hit the ball. Maybe the hitbox for the button should be bigger, especially on mobile.
- There’s no option to turn off the sound, there should be!
- When the hole is off the screen, I think there should be a flag+hole indicator in the direction of that the hole is in.
- There should be some sort of arrow or path coming from the ball while you’re aiming. It’s easy to lose the ball, especially if it is next to a hedge.
On your Golfdle.com domain, it would be nice if there was a way to leave feedback! I had to find this page to do so.
There is a lot of potential with this game, thank you for working on it! I like the end screen with the score card! Is the bar chart global stats?