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axeno wrote 1 hour 16 min ago:
My dumbass sent the ball backwards first go haha.
putt.day #32 9/9 Par [1] It is wild how far browser gaming has come.
The stuff on CoolMathGames from when I was a kid isn't so cool
anymore...
HTML [1]: https://putt.day/s/sxUQOXKmSCxC
Xotic007 wrote 9 hours 27 min ago:
Honestly the games very good, i played all the holes in one go. One
thing Iâd like though is for the ball to lose a bit less speed when
it bounces off the wall.
brador wrote 10 hours 3 min ago:
What was used to make this? Is it godot?
ellg wrote 9 hours 33 min ago:
I just used threejs
splwjs wrote 10 hours 18 min ago:
Why can I see other people's ball/cursor? Feels like that adds a ton of
complexity to the project but like, what do I do with/gain from that?
rendx wrote 6 hours 35 min ago:
I enjoy "not playing alone". Keep!
jboogie77 wrote 13 hours 44 min ago:
Reminds me of
HTML [1]: http://kindahardgolf.com
mkolodny wrote 13 hours 20 min ago:
Also reminds me of 3D Ultra Minigolf Deluxe ( [1] ). That game was
kind of Disney World meets minigolf with how imaginative the levels
were.
HTML [1]: https://youtu.be/mr9GbmBROfo
yason wrote 14 hours 35 min ago:
On a related note, does anyone know of a good (open source) golf
simulator/game for Linux? Serious level gaming more than just
entertainment, I'm thinking something like FlightGear of golf games.
Aardwolf wrote 10 hours 5 min ago:
I don't know any since I'm not playing any golf simulator games
myself, but most games on Steam work in Linux with Proton so you
might find something there. That's not open source of course but you
had it in parenthesis which I think means this was optional :)
tosti wrote 16 hours 1 min ago:
I couldn't get past the partial instructions. The box of text is taller
than my screen and centered vertically, with no way to scroll up or
down.
Dheerajiitr wrote 16 hours 2 min ago:
Loved this, I hope it's not another promotion by anthropic :D
buggylearning wrote 16 hours 48 min ago:
Cool project. On my phone the camera is facing the opposite direction
and I can't figure out how to consistently rotate it.
iAMkenough wrote 16 hours 29 min ago:
Thereâs a setting on by default that aims the camera at the hole.
Turning that off helps a lot.
dirkhe wrote 17 hours 40 min ago:
Would be awesome to also have a private room where you can play X old
random/picked holes in a series versus your friends.
aosaigh wrote 18 hours 53 min ago:
Very nice. I'd be interested to hear how the real-time/multi-player
element is working?
anotheryou wrote 19 hours 2 min ago:
I'd love a rotation fixed overhead camera
felooboolooomba wrote 19 hours 24 min ago:
A positive AI side effect. The era of "little flash games" is coming
back and I love it!
uludag wrote 19 hours 15 min ago:
I kind of feel like I'm going crazy when I read comments like this.
The era of "little flash games" has never left and there have always
been countless number of such games developed. The only thing AI is
doing is putting AI developed games in front of Hacker News readers.
LearnYouALisp wrote 15 hours 37 min ago:
With zero dogfooding and feedback-based crafting.
molybd3num wrote 16 hours 59 min ago:
i always enjoy going to the games section on newgrounds, plenty of
great games
atoav wrote 19 hours 25 min ago:
The camera auto orientation was 180 degrees wrong after clearing a
stage. Maybe you need to give it a sort of "preferential direction"?
felooboolooomba wrote 19 hours 27 min ago:
Bug: Show a message that WebGL is disabled instead of blank white
screen.
camillomiller wrote 19 hours 49 min ago:
Fun but closer to the hole itâs impossible to aim. I missed it for
time because I have no way to understand fine direction if my thumb
covers the indicator at low power
andrewshadura wrote 20 hours 56 min ago:
Nothing beats Neverputt.
HTML [1]: https://enderandrew.com/neverputt/
LearnYouALisp wrote 12 hours 59 min ago:
Friction?
mig74 wrote 21 hours 24 min ago:
putt.day #32 14/9 +5
HTML [1]: https://putt.day
kylegalbraith wrote 21 hours 42 min ago:
This is really cool. Probably needs some physics tweaks as a short putt
is almost always way to hard. But love the idea!
verytrivial wrote 22 hours 4 min ago:
Almost complete inability to sink the ball. I though I was meant to get
it to stop in the spinning circle? But it is impossible to putt a short
distance, it's always a couple of feet, and when I managed to use the
edges to bounce away energy and stop the ball on the circle, nothing
happened.
jachee wrote 19 hours 56 min ago:
The hole (like in IRL golf) has a flag in it. :)
The Overview button helps get an idea of where to go.
ZeWaka wrote 22 hours 42 min ago:
Doesn't seem to render on Firefox.
unknown_user_84 wrote 18 hours 41 min ago:
Works on mobile firefox for me.
I often get webgpu errors with firefox.
151.0.4 (Build #2016165791),
GV: 151.0.4-20260608154138
AS: 151.0.2
OS: Android 16
twosky wrote 23 hours 1 min ago:
It's a good game! If I had to give a little feedback, I wish the sound
of falling into the water was a bit more natural! Other than that, I'm
satisfied.
cush wrote 1 day ago:
On mobile, donât make the ball the hit target to putt, because you
canât see where the direction/power under your thumb
chrisweekly wrote 1 day ago:
incredibly annoying to get close to the hole then go back and forth
over the hole on what should be a tap-in. reached it in 3, then got to
22 strokes before saying fuck it, I have better things to do
paulhebert wrote 1 day ago:
Really fun idea! Though I agree about the feedback on the physics: the
ball doesn't travel as far as I'd like and bounces off the edge too
often.
The game also often wanted to reorient me towards the flag which was
annoying when I was trying to go another direction.
It also sometimes was tricky to drag the ball - It thought I was trying
to pan the perspective.
All that said, this is fucking rad! I think with a few small tweaks
you've got something really special. And it could easily be extended
with windmills, power-ups, etc. I'm excited to play more and see it
progress!
passiflora96 wrote 1 day ago:
Really love the concept! It was kinda laggy for me tho. Had to stare at
a blank screen until i spammed the refresh button. Other than that,
pretty cool stuff.
naet wrote 1 day ago:
I made my own daily golf game a couple years ago; honestly it isn't
even really finished but it gets a couple thousand plays every day
somehow.
It's more like a 2d platform golf: [1] I had built out a custom level
editor and some other fun features, but never really polished off the
UI enough to release those. Someday I should really finish / update
it.
HTML [1]: https://squigglegolf.com/game/
Hugsbox wrote 4 hours 55 min ago:
Thank you, this is wicked! Straight to the favourites bar for daily
play.
rendx wrote 6 hours 38 min ago:
Like it a lot!
rkudeshi wrote 11 hours 25 min ago:
I really enjoyed this!
It was also a pleasant surprise when I learned I could hit the ball
again while it was in mid-air.
nswango wrote 12 hours 43 min ago:
No offense to the OP but this game is much more fun.
footydude wrote 16 hours 31 min ago:
> it isn't even really finished but it gets a couple thousand plays
every day somehow.
Having just spent 5 minutes on it...I imagine it gets played because
it's pretty good fun (good work!)
The inclusion of showing the trajectory of your previous (failed)
attempts is really neat - it means I can refine my shots more
accurately.
sudo_cowsay wrote 1 day ago:
Ain't even loading for my poor laptop. Sounds like a lot of fun though!
brikym wrote 1 day ago:
I like it. What stack did you use for rendering, physics etc?
fabled-out wrote 1 day ago:
Love it! If you added a more useable multiplayer mode, I'd love to
share with some friends I usually golf with.
purple-leafy wrote 1 day ago:
The phrase âhow was this holeâ was amazing
Rmnesia wrote 1 day ago:
Looks quite funny actually. Maybe it could be some multiplayer mode
that I can srike and crash my opponent ball.
chandler5555 wrote 1 day ago:
am i dumb how do i get past the first little ledge
ellg wrote 1 day ago:
i fucked up the random seed and it generated a bunk level, its fixed
now sorry
Wilduck wrote 1 day ago:
You don't, you just cheese the level by slamming into the wall just
to the left at the start and skip most of the course.
LearnYouALisp wrote 15 hours 35 min ago:
The ball appears to go high enough but it [control] doesn't like
that it went over space. So the best one could do was put it (after
+1s) into the port.
datenyan wrote 1 day ago:
Same here, got stuck in an infinite loop of the booster pad (?)
sending slamming me into the wall over and over.
heystefan wrote 1 day ago:
lol same
kevinwang wrote 1 day ago:
Nice! Also reminds me of
HTML [1]: https://minigolfle.com/
ellg wrote 1 day ago:
thanks again for the feedback everyone. I just pushed a few updates
around physics and scoring!
m1rsh0 wrote 1 day ago:
I like it! The graphics are really good but it feels a bit laggy to me.
IDK if someone else has experienced this.
falsaberN1 wrote 1 day ago:
Adorable little game, works very well!
In today's hole I found a little shortcut by bouncing back from the
starting position into just before the little "house" and managed to
complete the hole in 4 shots. I like that such things are possible,
feels satisfying.
wuliwong wrote 1 day ago:
Freakin awesome. Hahahah, I love that there are 'cheats' and the fact
that you can see everyone playing definitely makes it cool! You can
even get hints by watching the ghost players. Great job!
lellow wrote 1 day ago:
fun little game!
montag wrote 1 day ago:
The score card should reflect your latest playthru even if it
âdoesnât count.â
em-bee wrote 1 day ago:
or the best one, so i can challenge myself to improve.
kjgkjhfkjf wrote 1 day ago:
I like the concept. It's fun. Feedback:
1. The ball seems a bit soft. I suggest you get a real golf ball and
putter and see how they behave, if you haven't already.
2. It would be nice if the camera positioned automatically so that it's
roughly in the direction the ball should go on the next shot.
3. There were a bunch of flying yellow blobs. I was not sure what they
were supposed to be.
em-bee wrote 1 day ago:
i agree on the camera direction. that is annoying.
the flying blobs are other players going wild
Scoundreller wrote 1 day ago:
I suggest "feather touch"
you have selected: "POWER DRIVE"
unknown_user_84 wrote 18 hours 56 min ago:
you have selected a 3 wood, may I suggest PUTTER
HTML [1]: https://youtu.be/k3vWkqfX9fY?is=ot-bpGP8tXMcgE6b
therealdrag0 wrote 1 day ago:
Congrats on game that can be used in a mobile browser. Thats rare.
ellg wrote 1 day ago:
I made this because I wanted something quick to play while pooping
Madmallard wrote 1 day ago:
how the vibes though
hankbond wrote 1 day ago:
It's cute but the physics feel off. Something about the bouncing feels
like it dampens the momentum too much, and the rolling resistance also
feels like it's too aggressive. I really did not like the ramp that
pushes for you.
ellg wrote 1 day ago:
ya its still a wip, I appreciate the feedback though and I do want to
keep tweaking stuff like this. Feel free to add feedback at the end
of level prompts too if you feel like it, I'll be reading all of them
Hugsbox wrote 1 day ago:
This is really awesome! But par 6 is absolute bullshit. I thought I
was doing really good, made great progress with every putt, didn't seem
to make any major mistakes... but way over par :( I'll return tomorrow
and try again
wuliwong wrote 1 day ago:
I got a Birdie! You don't just have to follow the main
path...(mysterious sounds)
sergiotapia wrote 1 day ago:
Par 6 seem impossible? At least 15 necessary at the least?
djmips wrote 1 day ago:
2 :)
HTML [1]: https://ibb.co/v6RtSPDM
slopinthebag wrote 1 day ago:
I did it in 3, but you need to hit a jump from the start over, and
roll far enough to go through the arch on shot 2.
recursive wrote 1 day ago:
6 is possible. Just did it. Less is possible. Hitting a wall gives
you a vertical impulse. That can be used.
cactusplant7374 wrote 1 day ago:
I got 12. I'm not going to tell you the secret though.
duncancarroll wrote 1 day ago:
There's a trick to it
Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
I got it in 15 but overshot the last 2, so I'd say 13 at least is
possible. But definitely not 6!
Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
Feels like there's too much rolling resistance, even with a perfectly
lined up shot there's not so far you can go. And definitely not enough
to make it in 6!
Also if the camera angle is too high, you can't pull back far enough to
reach maximum speed.
shakna wrote 1 day ago:
Don't aim forward. Jump the wall to the side, and you'll be in within
shout of the hole.
LearnYouALisp wrote 15 hours 50 min ago:
Every time I did that it 'splashed' even with the ball 'landing' on
the grass
wtfHN26 wrote 1 day ago:
Got it done in 4.
HTML [1]: https://ibb.co/VYwvY4qN
munro wrote 1 day ago:
If you bounce off the wall at the start, and RNG gods look down on
you, you're lined up to go through castle on first shot. Then knock
it through castle, and lined up for 3rd final putt into hole.
But I agree with those points. I feel like real putt putt glides
more, then more resistance at slower speeds then slow speeds have
more resistance. And then yeah, default camera angles are
troublesome--it makes it impossible to do full power shot at some
angles too.
ellg wrote 1 day ago:
tweaking this currently, thanks for the feedback
taikahessu wrote 22 hours 50 min ago:
Also it was very disorienting especially after making into the
circular hole thingy, hard to know which way to aim, some small
sign which is the right way would be nice, other than that, quite
nice.
Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
My pasteable "scorecard" was fairly simplistic, just 8 solid green
circles followed by an ellipsis. I think you could improve this by
dividing the course into regions (either visibly or invisibly -
same number of regions as the par) and considering each hit to be
green if it makes forward progress, amber if it doesn't, or red if
it goes backwards. And don't truncate it if it takes more than 8
shots!
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote 1 day ago:
Par 6 my ass
wuliwong wrote 1 day ago:
Got dat Birdie son!
spython wrote 1 day ago:
You can go from the starting position to the last u-turn, skipping
nearly the whole course. But I doubt that's intentional.
ben0x539 wrote 1 day ago:
[1] skill issue
edit: [2] fairly reliable trick shot
HTML [1]: https://i.imgur.com/PzlgXnD.png
HTML [2]: https://i.imgur.com/9xnntqB.mp4
Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
Mind giving a description for the jurisdictionally challenged?
(imgur self-censors in the UK)
bauble wrote 1 day ago:
Before making the first shot, turn around and face backwards.
Shoot back and to the left toward the barrier. After the ball
ricochets, it should hit the downward-angled barrier on the
opposite side and hop over it to the end section, where it's not
too hard to sink the ball with three or four more shots.
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Retr0id wrote 1 day ago:
Honestly I assumed imgur blocked tor exits, but you're right,
it doesn't (at least not in my test just now).
I configured my host-based proxy multiplexer to use tor for
*.imgur.com, and now I'm free!
ben0x539 wrote 1 day ago:
screenshot of finishing with 4 strokes / 6 par (tho my locked-in
daily result was 14 strokes).
The video is bouncing the ball of a wall right at the start to
make it jump over the wall, water, and corner behind the start,
to skip most of the track.
duncancarroll wrote 1 day ago:
There's a shortcut
darkgray wrote 1 day ago:
Prove you can get in the hole in just 6 putts, damn you.
wtfHN26 wrote 1 day ago:
[1] It's possible. Done in 4.
Bounce it off the left wall in your first shot and you can land close
to the end of the course.
HTML [1]: https://ibb.co/VYwvY4qN
foco_tubi wrote 1 day ago:
edit LocalStorage and you can have whatever score you like
HTML [1]: https://ibb.co/nNBYzWPp
jdauriemma wrote 1 day ago:
I scored 5. Bank at max power at 5 oâclock from tee, the ball
bounces over the wall and skips most of the course.
unknown_user_84 wrote 18 hours 45 min ago:
I have to wonder if they modded it because this doesn't seem
possible anymore. Though I may be holding the putter wrong XD
I tried hitting the little floating island behind the start too to
get a bounce but the ball clips through it.
What I did find was that you can use the purple spinning circle at
the beginning as a teleporter to the one near the end if you aim at
the wall opposite the spinner. Your ball will hit the wall and
bounce back and up into the teleporter thing.
edit: I think the level changed?
darkgray wrote 18 hours 27 min ago:
There's a new course every day (like Wordle), so we were talking
about yesterday's. It's still accessible from the archive /
calendar button in the menu!
I'm pretty sure Mr Dev Man messed with the power levels after I
played, though, because it absolutely wasn't doable when I first
tried. Surely.
mcapodici wrote 1 day ago:
Thanks for the tip. Was 26. Now 4.
More specifically: aim back, and where the left side (as you now
face) starts to ramp down there aim for the spot where it starts to
slope down. Full power.
cluckindan wrote 1 day ago:
I made it in 3. Git gud.
keraf wrote 1 day ago:
It's possible to do it in 2 ;-)
daemonologist wrote 1 day ago:
You can bounce the ball up slightly (presumably the spin from rolling
is modeled or approximated, and gives lift when hitting a bumper),
which might be enough to skip from the tee to near the end of the
course. Not sure that should be considered for "par" though. Took me
14.
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