Grenade Golf by pickledbrain

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made by pickledbrain for LD 41 (JAM)

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Golf games usually include staring at a lovely golf course and listening to the birds. I wanted more explosions...and robots!

NOTE: The WebGL Version had some problems with TextMesh Pro. It's still playable but the text is messed

Desktop Versions are 1000% Better

Ratings

Overall 766th 3.289⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Fun 366th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 437th 3.526⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 540th 3.658⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Humor 485th 3.059⭐ 19🧑‍⚖️
Mood 940th 2.816⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

HKoisumi
24. Apr 2018 · 00:17 UTC
Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time
detectiveLosos
24. Apr 2018 · 05:42 UTC
![Скриншот 2018-04-24 08.34.32.png](///raw/76e/c/z/134f3.png)
I found an advantageous position!
There is not a whole lot to this game, but it looks quite clean and pleasing. And sometimes you dont need a whole lot to have fun for a couple of minutes, you only need some grenade golfing.
Tutti Ankka
24. Apr 2018 · 05:42 UTC
Funny entry! Golf with grenades is just amazing. After 20 score enemies started spawning on eachother though.
microwerx
24. Apr 2018 · 05:42 UTC
This is a great idea, but it's too difficult. Sometimes your golf-bomb goes underneath the ground and doesn't blow up the enemy. And the wind affects the ball too much when you first start the game.
hhsaez
24. Apr 2018 · 22:07 UTC
I like what you did with the themes. You ended up with a pretty fun game.
The texts were not working for me, even with Mac client.
Great work!
GiovanniBarrottu
26. Apr 2018 · 08:51 UTC
You were right, golf with explosions is definitely more fun, though the realistic explosion VFX looked a bit out of place with the rest of the game.

The visuals and audio could use more content, maybe add some music, and make the player more than just a default capsule.

The UI and grenade shooting indicators all looks really good though!
MacDoom
27. Apr 2018 · 03:24 UTC
SUPER FUN!! I had a blast playing your game, congratulations!
A few things that called my attention:
- Tank bullets make curves. That felt weird
- Being an actual golf hole made me try to hit it several times until I noticed there was no points for it. Or there's an use for it that I didn't get?
- Power gauge is the same for long and short shots. I would have expected a nearer marker for shorter shots.

Excellent work!!
jk5000
29. Apr 2018 · 13:08 UTC
The idea is really fun, but the game is a bit difficult to play. The issue is mainly because you have to do a lot of things to do at the same time. The graphics and sounds are good, and they both fits the game idea very well. So overall this is a fine LD game. Well done.
torcado
30. Apr 2018 · 00:54 UTC
oh man this is super cool, great idea! It was pretty interesting trying to think of ways to make the time spent while shooting shorter while still hitting the enemies, like aiming further so you didnt have to wait to hit the very end of the bar, you could stop a bit shorter since you overaimed. :grin:
LeonLaci
30. Apr 2018 · 14:11 UTC
Really fun! Though it's super easy to die while the canons are shooting at you and you're trying to swing the bat.
LemonBalmGames
30. Apr 2018 · 18:13 UTC
![danger zone.jpg](///raw/953/31/z/14829.jpg)


I've rated a few 'danger zone' games now and I detect a running theme. "Granade Golf" has a great idea that probably would've been among the top-rated games had you managed to polish it just a tiny bit more. The core gameplay is fun and tight but the game could use some music, maybe some more animations, a player model and like a touch more complexity. Still, it's a pretty good entry and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it!