New Golf Game - Peter Cox's Golf

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#1

Hell, you spend a fortune going to a flash agency for a game title, and what do they come up with…?

This is the first proper (final beta) release of a simple, yet playable, Crazy Golf game that I wrote last year. Finally got around to add some finishing touches and create a website, now I just need to get some feedback about it.

Features include:

  • 1 to 4 Players
  • Action Replays - for Hole In Ones, other Great Shots and Very Near Misses from long range
  • Multiple Courses - Amateur, Experienced and Professional, some at 9, some at 18 holes
  • Music and SoundFx
  • Course Records - lists of the best golfers and the most hole in ones etc
  • A Course Designer - very basic at the moment, but it’s what I used to create the courses included in the game
  • Bonus and Penalty Stroke pickups

The website is at http://www.petercoxgolf.co.uk

Some screenshots of the game can be found here: http://www.petercoxgolf.co.uk/screenshots.htm

I have included 3 versions available for download - Windows, Mac and Linux. I’d be very grateful for all your feedback.

Thank you.

Pete Cox.

#2

<< UPDATE >>

Game is now up to Version 0.4 (beta) - quite a few changes including Network Games! New features include:

  • Network Games - Play over the Internet (2 to 4 players)
  • Win Trophies for 5 or more holes in one, achieving the Course Record etc
  • Animated display of the hole elevation
  • A How To Play panel that appears at start up

plus lots of bug fixes and some extra polish.

Once again, any comments would be appreciated.

Pete.

#3

:o It looks really nice!! I’ll give it a go when I get home!

#4

Played it a little bit… and it’s a pretty fun game :slight_smile:

A few suggestions:

For the elevation: consider making lower height levels a bit darker, then you can see what’s higher grounds straight away… (made a few mistakes because I assumed wrongly…

I think the ball should slow down a bit slower… a bit to much friction I think… (the ball should roll slowly for a bit… I’ve only played beginner though…)

Maybe do a bunch of columns in the scoreboard so you can see the result on each hole…

Replays are really cool! Like the Unlucky! (Always seems to get that… instead of hole in one… :slight_smile: )

I’d like it if I could first click and hold the mouse to drag out a power arrow… then realease the mouse button and aim it (same length but pointed in direction of mouse…) then shoot with another mouse click…

but maybe that’s just me…

good job tho… will play more later…

#5

I went to try it, and saw there was an installer… yuck! I don’t want to have to install. Make it webstartable and save stuff using webstart’s muffins so you don’t have to install anything.

#6

super game