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Re: Show HN: My first game, minimal procgen gravity golf inspired by Desert Golfing

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Post by Xophmeister »

JamesAcorn wrote: post #55
Xophmeister wrote: post #22

I remember playing a game like this when I was a kid (25ish years ago) at school, except it wasn't golf, but rather a two player game where you shot gravity-assisted missiles at each other (think Worms-in-space). I remember it being on an Acorn Archimedes, but it may have been a PC.

It was called !Gravity on the Acorn Archimedes. It was written in BASIC (and possibly some assembler) and I remember it being a popular game at school to hack - change the number of planets, acceleration rate etc.

That's the one :)

Re: Show HN: My first game, minimal procgen gravity golf inspired by Desert Golfing

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Post by melonbar »

Wow, absolutely fantastic mate! So cool; a friend and I tried our hands at making a game in Unity called Galactic Putt a while back, with a similar riff, but sadly the physics got the best of us and we never finished. It is really inspiring to see someone with a one man team put out something so stellar. Keep up the good work!!!

Re: Show HN: My first game, minimal procgen gravity golf inspired by Desert Golfing

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Post by ablation »

mrspatula wrote: post #41
big_chungus wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stupid question, but I see your logo is on there as well. Might you be able to just make a larger image, or make a background image that blended in with the colors so as to make it illegible? I'm sure that was not top priority, just curious.

No, they don't make it easy (and more importantly, it would violate their terms). You just have to pay to remove the splash screen.

It's really not much of a bugbear anyway. I actually found it useful to see it was built in Unity!

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Post by heyitsguay »

mrspatula wrote: post #98
heyitsguay wrote: post #92

Great game! Purchased. I think you could have a lot of fun visually by giving the ball some trailing particle effects or some other creative coloration of the trajectory. Especially on the long shots that loop around a bunch of planets, i want to see the curve I've traced out!

It's probably a bit buggy, but there's an Easter egg if you tap 3 times on the middle right planet during the loading screen.

That's too awesome a feature to keep hidden away as an easter egg! Your trail should start looking cooler and cooler the longer it continues on a single shot, and you should be able to unlock designs by doing stuff like making long shots, orbiting around a planet several times, making N holes in one in a row, etc.

Re: Show HN: My first game, minimal procgen gravity golf inspired by Desert Golfing

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Post by mrspatula »

sohkamyung wrote: post #100

On Android, is there a way to restart the whole game from the first hole? If not, I presume erasing user data will do the same thing. :-) In Zen Mode, a way to retry a previous level would be nice, for practice and to try to get a better score, even if it's not a hole in one.

No way to restart the game - you'll have to reinstall :)
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