{"author_link":"\/author\/jedi\/","author_name":"Jedi","author_uid":"4799","comments":[{"author_name":"mrexcessive","author_uid":"20788","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 8:45am","epoch":1409042400,"text":"Hi there. Nice idea explosives on golf courses... Ball seems to take too long to come to a halt, can't (ahem) aim again until it does - but that's just me being picky. Good job."},{"author_name":"dylanigan","author_uid":"24589","time":"Aug 26, 2014 @ 1:19pm","epoch":1409058840,"text":"I liked it, maybe a Par system would have added to the experience though."},{"author_name":"SoulGame","author_uid":"42398","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 10:51am","epoch":1409136360,"text":"Aha golfing with dynamite, always wanted to do that. Nice!"},{"author_name":"voxel","author_uid":"1789","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:58pm","epoch":1409165580,"text":"The best use of the theme; not tenuous at all. Would have liked more holes, but isn't that always the case"},{"author_name":"Xgor","author_uid":"18652","time":"Aug 27, 2014 @ 6:59pm","epoch":1409165640,"text":"Nice idea, reminds me quite a bit of my own LD28 entry, although your idea is more developed.\rNot sure what it has to do with the theme though..."},{"author_name":"Chikun Dev Team","author_uid":"29857","time":"Aug 28, 2014 @ 5:24am","epoch":1409203140,"text":"Was a good idea, but it looks very rushed. -Flurkin"},{"author_name":"Rage Paint","author_uid":"39734","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:17am","epoch":1409289120,"text":"LOL using dynamite to golf... I want to do this in real life, but I feel it probably won't work the same... Interesting concept."},{"author_name":"Crefossus","author_uid":"23130","time":"Aug 29, 2014 @ 5:23am","epoch":1409289480,"text":"I really loved the way you move the ball.\r\rCould give a goal or par for each level. There didn't seem to be much risk of losing, although that was perfect for the first level.\r\rMore terrain textures\/decorations would be great. Maybe have some terrain used more interesting ways ie hills etc in a way that strongly influences gameplay.\r\rThe negative\/ran out of money sfx was too painful to the ear."},{"author_name":"Steve | tacospice","author_uid":"26369","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 5:18pm","epoch":1409418780,"text":"Crazy.\rA nice idea that deserves further expansion!\r\rMaybe you could add some form of resource system, where along with exploding the ball, you'd also be potentially mining for resources? And then you'd use those to craft new stuff instead of buying it outright.\r\rThat way, you could for example imagine the player sacrificing 2 extra strokes to get the ball slightly out of the way, in order to reach a valuable material source, and then from there blowing it up while also getting the ball towards the goal. For this to make sense you'd also need to limit the radius around the ball where explosives can be placed.\r\rThis could lead to speedruns where optimal paths between holes and resource points and what to spend those points on are found, stuff like that."},{"author_name":"WetDesertRock","author_uid":"30221","time":"Aug 30, 2014 @ 9:33pm","epoch":1409434080,"text":"Needs bigger explosions.\r\rI like it, the sound effects didn't really fit. Wish you could've fleshed this out more.\r\rBig fan of the concept by the way."},{"author_name":"jukimv1986","author_uid":"5402","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:06am","epoch":1409468460,"text":"Don't be lazy! See below.\rUnity -\rhttp:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Oonity_Webplayer_(Not_4_Chrome)\/\rLinux - \rhttp:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega%20Golf%20LinuxUni.tar.gz\rMacOSX - \rhttp:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega_Golf_MacOSX.app.zip\rWindows - \rhttp:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega_Golf_Windows.zip\r\rRegarding your game, I really liked the humourous tone and how the tactical nuke blew my balls (pun intended). Great job!"},{"author_name":"kristof","author_uid":"11354","time":"Aug 31, 2014 @ 7:07am","epoch":1409468520,"text":"Cool and complete game! I would have liked to see some more difficult maps. The music was very fitting."},{"author_name":"brogrammers","author_uid":"26439","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 12:27am","epoch":1409530920,"text":"loved it : D"},{"author_name":"Benjamin","author_uid":"2952","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 5:32pm","epoch":1409592420,"text":"Yeah !! We want more maps !"},{"author_name":"elefantopia","author_uid":"37031","time":"Sep 1, 2014 @ 11:38pm","epoch":1409614380,"text":"Golf with TNT! Fun!"},{"author_name":"MunkeeBacon","author_uid":"10400","time":"Sep 4, 2014 @ 6:50pm","epoch":1409856300,"text":"This is awesome, I wish I could golf with explosives in real life."},{"author_name":"mrjohnson22","author_uid":"29816","time":"Sep 6, 2014 @ 5:03am","epoch":1409979480,"text":"Golfing + explosives is a pretty cool\/fun idea. It would have been really nice if there were obstacles or terrain that could get blown up too, since the game is pretty simple as it is right now. But that's all the more reason for me to be glad you plan on expanding on this!"},{"author_name":"Shivur","author_uid":"36762","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 6:42am","epoch":1410158220,"text":"Good idea!"},{"author_name":"ClownAround","author_uid":"42092","time":"Sep 8, 2014 @ 8:54am","epoch":1410166140,"text":"Awesome game!. Graphics were great. Was a blast to play."},{"author_name":"jerombd","author_uid":"12512","time":"Sep 9, 2014 @ 3:00pm","epoch":1410274500,"text":"The controls are great, and the idea of dynamite\/TNT blasting golf ball could even be funnier if the whole has more context - I don't see the link with the gamejam theme here :\/"},{"author_name":"cardboard","author_uid":"16294","time":"Sep 12, 2014 @ 4:02am","epoch":1410494220,"text":"This game has a nice peaceful aesthetic. I wish Mr. Gravity would be a bit quicker to pull the ball down and hold it still for me, but I still rather enjoyed the few rounds of pro mega golf that I played. The cows are nice, the music fits the game, and I would enjoy an expansion of this if you get around to making one."}],"images":["ld30\/4799-a32f094a06a40e553db540e0d654bfd8.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega_Golf_Windows.zip","text":"Windows"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega_Golf_MacOSX.app.zip","text":"OS\/X"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Mega%20Golf%20LinuxUni.tar.gz","text":"Linux"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.magiccarpenters.com\/jams\/ld30\/Oonity_Webplayer_(Not_4_Chrome)\/","text":"Oonity Webplayer (Problems have been reported with Chrome and the latest webplayer - sorry but it's not my fault!)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"16804","g_author":"4799","g_event":"LD30","g_eventkey":"24","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"16833","g_title":"Mega Golf","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"504","g_commentcount":"21","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/375043\/4799-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Controls:\r\nWASD \/ Arrows - move camera in relation to the ball\r\nScrollwheel \/ E\/C \/ PageUp\/PageDown - Change camera height\r\nRight Click - free look\r\nLeft Click - Place explosive\r\n\r\nDespite not finishing (what else is new?), I like this one; I plan to expand it. Though it's unfinished, I think there's enough gameplay to give it a rating.\r\n\r\nThanks!\r\n\r\np.s. I didn't have time to really implement it but the theme inspiration for this game was that each hole would be taking place on a different world.\r\n\r\nCREDITS!\r\nYikes I got a vote before posting these :[\r\n\r\nMusic:\r\nCarefree\r\nKevin MacLeod\r\nhttp:\/\/www.incompetech.com\r\n\r\njpsweber\r\nhttp:\/\/opengameart.org\/content\/golf-ball\r\n\r\nwood textures:\r\nhttp:\/\/freestocktextures.com\/texture\/id\/667\r\nhttp:\/\/freestocktextures.com\/texture\/id\/698\r\n\r\nfeedback:\r\ntacospice\r\nGeti\r\nand others on IRC, whom I've forgotten\r\n-thanks!\r\n\r\nUpdates: Post-compo, one typo was fixed that prevented multiple playthroughs past the first level, also more buttons were added to change camera height, since not everyone has a scroll wheel.","title":"Mega Golf"}