I am getting classy with this game. Classy in that "My Aunt's house is strictly themed with Forest Green and white wallpaper and cherry hardwood furniture" way...

New Game Setup screen:


New button skins (moving away from the "Windows 95" style):


Also, Kermit's expression goes SO well with the menu music. So well. Too bad I cannot keep him in there. Perhaps a close approximation via scaled down photo of myself or something.

So Game Maker is currently having major issues. Did a couple tweaks then tried to open another instance and poof, it's all busted. Waiting to hear from YoYo. 

In the meantime, I guess I can try to make fancier looking buttons or something.

Update for today:

-updated game setup screen to be more polished/final
-updated "zazzy" dialogs
-fixed some bugs
-added previous shot location for penalty strokes
-broke water penalty strokes which causes first shot water penalties to make balls overlap. Need to fix that one soon.

Time for bed...

Update for today:

-The new mouse aim/shoot mechanism is integrated and working well.
-I also added a "hole" object that does sort of an orbiting movement.

So now there's a "hole" around the cup that makes the ball miss more dramatically, and allows for more realistic "trickle in" shots. A nice knock-on effect is that now I can have big gradual curved terrain anywhere on the course. I made them dampable, so it can be really subtle.

I think I can say that core gameplay mechanics are now "shippable" for the compo. Time to make some more holes and polish the sounds and artwork! 

When in doubt, try vector addition...

Not really exciting, but I did a little coding at the airport. I got a new shot mechanism working which is way better than the multi-tap space bar one. It does aiming and power in the same action, then release to shoot. Going to plug it into the game today or tomorrow and see how it goes

This is coming together really nicely and the "Masters" theme is a really nice touch. Given it a bit more originality. Can't wait to play 

Glad you like it 

Tonight I'm working on what I think is a slightly better "putt" mechanism. Right now it's based on multitap space bar (start stroke, choose strength, match accuracy line). It's a kick back to Jack Nicklaus Golf, but it feels a bit clunky. I am playing with a smoother "pull back and aim at the same time then release to shoot" type thing. We'll see what feels better I guess.

For those of you who need sex content in your devlogs, here's a raunchy code snippet:

Code:

  balls = ig.game.getEntitiesByType 'EntityBall'
  for ball in balls
    if @touches ball  # HURRR
      touched = true
      break
  if not touched
    holes = ig.game.getEntitiesByType 'EntityHole'
    for hole in holes
      if @touches hole # Seriously I don't even have to try.
        touched = true
        break

 

Truly amazing work, sir 

This is looking fun!

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  Awesome - keeeeep goiiinng.

Thanks for the encouragement 

Update for this evening:

-Added a ton of polish items. Lots of sounds, a title screen, ambient environment noises
-Added water hazard and trees
-Added cheesy menu music 

Example of a tree here. The canopy becomes more transparent the closer the ball gets, so that the gameplay is not negatively impacted


And here's my best "Requires SVGA"-era title screen. I don't know if I like the hole, but I love the rest, especially the pixelated by "omg that is photorealistic" golf club.

Great idea! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with 

Another unexciting update: Got some "

" added in the form of tween'd little placeholder "you got a hole in one!" type messages. Overall gameplay flow is working, can now play a round, finish, start another with no hiccups.

Time to start the content creation and polish phase! 

I think I am just going to ship the game with the collision bugs. They are occurring infrequently enough that it doesn't really matter to the gameplay. I've added the "Restart Level" (well, need to reword to "Restart Hole") option so it's not the end of the world.

Time to re-focus on adding polish to the gameplay and make at least 16 more fun holes of golf

Hehe, nice name you got there.
Cool updates also, you've got quite the steady pace !

Thanks - I am hoping to work on it some more tonight!

Still have to nail down a couple collision quirks. Maybe that tonight.

I think I may have found a theme for my game now. I was just playing with sound effects, and made a couple with a crowd. It all sounds very serious like the masters, but it's mini golf which is ridiculous.

So, I am going to make this have a "Masters of Mini Golf" theme. Too serious to be serious, if that makes sense. So far I am laughing while playing with the sounds, so that's got to be a good sign

Oh man, latest screen looks great. Can't wait to play!

This looks great! 

Update for this evening...a few major things got finished up:

• Ball colors now customizable
• Game menu implemented
• turn indicator (just grabs attention of player and makes their ball stand out for a second when it's their turn
• Scoreboard implemented (still quite rough, but the logic/drawing is there)
• All player customization now working, except difficulty (as it does not yet have implications on the game play

Player Customization:


Customization in "action" (namely, ball colors):


Scoreboard (note how the name area is far too small...hehe):


Game Menu:

[Edit:]

Thank you!
Will you add FXs and such, going for a cartoon way, or keep a more serious style ?

I think I want to make it a mix of both actually

Edit: And by that I mean semi-realistic looking balls, grass, etc. but with some juicy fun visual and audio effects. So serious looking, but not serious.