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it's actually continuous collision detection :) I kind of cheated and now use box2d (fastest and easiest solution).

Thanks for the note on the bug, that has been fixed.

I fixed the issues @PaulsGames mentioned.

Thanks for your constructive criticism!

The window size is actually 4 times the framebuffer size; 3/4 of the current size should work fine.

Yes, the sound effects are actually generated on sfxr, I didn't actually played around much, after I had found some sounds that were good enough. I can change that, I get your point :)

And with the collision detection: I actually use a discrete approach. So yeah, tunneling is an issue which I could fix by just restricting the maximum velocity the ball can move. My approach is that I first check if a collision occurs and if it does, I handle both axis separately to resolve the collision. I might have a clue why collisions are resolved in the wrong direction. I will have a look at that. After all, I will have a look on continuous collision detection, that's something I want to learn about anyway.

I'm a software engineer with a strong focus on computer graphics, but actually never got my hands dirty on game programming, which is a hole different beast. I used an data oriented approach instead of a "classical" object oriented approach. This way I didn't end up with overengineering things, like I tend to do with my never ending side project of a 3D game engine (which is actually more a 3D rendering framework, but who knows the difference nowadays, right? :)

I didn't really care about the size. 200kb is actually pretty much for such a small game. BMP/WAV for ease of use isn't the go to decision when you aim for compression haha. 

Hi everyone,

I finally finished my first game!!

As everyone, I had big plans with a quake-like 3D first person shooter in the beginning. I basically built my own 3D engine in C++ and OpenGL. But  after realizing 3D physics are extremely hard , I hat to take multiple steps back and I needed something much simpler, more easier to finish. A 2D puzzle game seemed feasible! MiniGolf was born.

As soon as the main game mechanics were done I thought. I finally made a game with multiple levels, sound and editable maps (paint is the editor of choice here :D ). After I realized that a game without a title screen and a score is not really much a game, I kind of hacked this things in the code. Good enough for my very first game I thought.  I always read in blogs that you need to release a game, so here I am!

Have fun playing it, it get's funnier when you design your own maps and see how many shots you need to finish the game.

https://danqua.itch.io/minigolf

Cheers, danqua