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Posted by ellg 11 hours ago

Show HN: Putt.day a daily mini golf game(putt.day)
180 points | 79 comments
Retr0id 10 hours 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.

munro 9 hours 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 10 hours ago|||
tweaking this currently, thanks for the feedback
Retr0id 10 hours 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!
taikahessu 3 hours 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.
shakna 5 hours ago|||
Don't aim forward. Jump the wall to the side, and you'll be in within shout of the hole.
wtfHN26 9 hours ago|||
Got it done in 4.

https://ibb.co/VYwvY4qN

dcanelhas 38 minutes ago||
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anotheryou 8 minutes ago||
I'd love a rotation fixed overhead camera
hankbond 10 hours 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 10 hours 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
felooboolooomba 29 minutes ago||
A positive AI side effect. The era of "little flash games" is coming back and I love it!
uludag 20 minutes 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.
felooboolooomba 32 minutes ago||
Bug: Show a message that WebGL is disabled instead of blank white screen.
kjgkjhfkjf 9 hours 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 9 hours ago|
i agree on the camera direction. that is annoying.

the flying blobs are other players going wild

Scoundreller 5 hours ago||
I suggest "feather touch"

you have selected: "POWER DRIVE"

unknown_user_84 1 minute ago||
you have selected a 3 wood, may I suggest PUTTER

https://youtu.be/k3vWkqfX9fY?is=ot-bpGP8tXMcgE6b

cush 5 hours ago||
On mobile, don’t make the ball the hit target to putt, because you can’t see where the direction/power under your thumb
darkgray 10 hours ago||
Prove you can get in the hole in just 6 putts, damn you.
daemonologist 10 hours 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.
wtfHN26 9 hours ago|||
https://ibb.co/VYwvY4qN

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.

jdauriemma 9 hours ago|||
I scored 5. Bank at max power at 5 o’clock from tee, the ball bounces over the wall and skips most of the course.
mcapodici 9 hours 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 10 hours ago|||
I made it in 3. Git gud.
keraf 8 hours ago||
It's possible to do it in 2 ;-)
foco_tubi 9 hours ago||
edit LocalStorage and you can have whatever score you like

https://ibb.co/nNBYzWPp

kevinwang 8 hours ago||
Nice! Also reminds me of https://minigolfle.com/
kylegalbraith 2 hours ago|
This is really cool. Probably needs some physics tweaks as a short putt is almost always way to hard. But love the idea!
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