Cast Iron Hammer Golf by HacksawUnit

Can you beat all 18 levels?
Hints: - Use the left and right arrow keys to angle your shot. - Plan your shot by pressing the up and down arrow keys. - Press and hold the spacebar to charge your shot, then release to swing. - The fish indicates wind. The first two levels give you a "wind preview", but after that you will need to look at the fish. - Clear the golden ingot to make progress. - Make sure to get the blocks within the grid under the sea.
There are other weird little things going on, but that's all you need to get started. Good luck!
| Web + Source Code | https://kirklindsay.itch.io/cast-iron-hammer-golf |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/57/cast-iron-hammer-golf |
Ratings
| Given | 2🗳️ | 2🗨️ |
https://youtu.be/mMOEiSv5y-U

@mateusboga Don't worry! If you miss the grid with an ingot, you lose 1/2 of a mulligan but it is placed back into the queue just like if you had cleared it.

I don't know exactly how to feel about the lives mechanic. Like- yeah, being able to lose is important for a game like this, but man- I got really close in two runs, only to lose to something that I think is a bit... unfair? Getting 5 in a row clears a line, right? And I've had situations where I clear the gold one by having a vertical line go beyond the bounds of the board. Then I lost my last run of the recording by getting 5 in a row, but beyond the bounds, and I lost. It felt like the rules were a bit inconsistent there... I don't know. Going back to hole 1 after that feels punishing, but without lives there's no penalty for failure... I'm not sure what to do about that.
Anyway, I recorded my runs to give as much feedback as possible! Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPN5gBCQZG0
I think I only got to about level 4 or 5.