Golfing Dead

by fivecyclops

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.56

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.76

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.24

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.10

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.30

THE GOLFING DEAD #

LUDUM DARE 41 : Combine 2 Incompatible Genres ##

The game is a physics-based golf simulation and a physics melee (close combat) fighting against zombies. Use your mouse to swing the golf club and dismember zombies.

STORY ##

A Golf Resort has been built on a old cemetery. Furious, Hell has released a hord of zombies on Earth. Your mission is to finish all the golf courses with a Holly ball, in order to bring peace to souls of the deads. Are you ready for "The Golfing Dead"?

CONTROLS ##

- WASD/ZQSD : Move
- Right click : Swing
- Left click : Watch around
- E : Third person left view
- R : Third person right view

*(controls are customizable)*

CREDITS ##

A game by Five Cyclops

Game Engine : Unreal Engine 4

Tags: #3d, #first-person, #funny, #golf, #physics, #unreal engine, #zombies

Genres: action, sports

Comments23

Ripter24 Apr 2018, 03:03

Any chance for a macOS version?

Silvae24 Apr 2018, 03:20

That was fun. Trying to kite zombies while hitting a golf ball was a unique experience. Nice work!

kruemelkeksfan24 Apr 2018, 03:48

Is it intended, that you can tear Zombies apart by placing the golfclub on their forehead and entering swing-mode?

dragonslumber24 Apr 2018, 03:50

Cool idea, but tough to control

Dekobii24 Apr 2018, 08:50

Fun but challenging. Enjoyed your YT vid detailing your progress during the jam, you should do that again.

Shape24 Apr 2018, 14:42

Really nice. I like how the body parts of the zombies break when you hit them. I also liked the ending. Cool idea and good implementation.
It didnt ruin the fun, but there is bug where i start going backwards and i can't stop unless i die or restart the game. Nevertheless an interesting genres combination and a good game 👍

Maytch24 Apr 2018, 17:35

Good idea and I like the style. Could do with a small introduction and perhaps a better view. It was tough to control.

Sarrixx24 Apr 2018, 18:29

Awesome idea, once you get a hang of the controls it becomes a lot easier! Would be a great game to be played with a controller. I think some ambient sound would also help set the mood just that slight bit more, some birds chirping in the background, or the sounds of armageddon while your out playing a round of golf xD Kudos on a great game!

ManBeardGames25 Apr 2018, 06:05

I liked the idea of the game, but fumbled a bit on the controls. When looking down at the golf ball and pressing right click to start swinging at it, the camera would move down a bit from the ball, so i found myself having to readjust more and more.

Fighting the zombies was interesting but a little frustrating for me. At times, I found it difficult to measure the depth between when i should swing at the zombie to hit it and it being just out of reach.

LemonBalmGames25 Apr 2018, 20:43

The good: Graphics, idea, humor.

The less good: Controls. I couldn't really get into the game because I found the way it plays a bit frustrating. Maybe I should 'git gud' or accept the fact that playing golf in a zombie apocalypse is tough, but I feel like this game could've used a different control scheme. Still, Golfing Dead looks like a really good effort and it certainly followed the theme of the jam.

smaganik26 Apr 2018, 22:31

Awesome style, but controls are as hard as a real golf for me)

Xycko26 Apr 2018, 23:56

This was a fun experience!

It is so funny that the zombies continue trying to walk even headless and on the floor!

I got really impressed with the menu! Have never seen so much options in a game! Good work!

Paulo Brunassi27 Apr 2018, 19:40

Awesome concept and execution! I'm sure you can turn this into a full game! Congrats guys.

arche-san27 Apr 2018, 22:55

Great idea and great atmosphere but OMG this is so much stressful. XD
Good job everyone!

Daveroony28 Apr 2018, 05:08

Man! this is so fun. Controls are a bit tough to wrangle but well worth the challange. GREAT JOB!

HS_Dave28 Apr 2018, 13:57

I found the melee combat kind of hard and inconsistent to control - in the end it seemed a better strategy to just kite the zombies off some distance and then run back to my ball for golf until they caught up again and just repeat that. But the idea is fun and the implementation impressive for the time you had! I especially liked being able to change controls and sensitivities etc, rare to see in such a short time.

RockinWatson28 Apr 2018, 14:48

Really enjoyed playing this game!

jk500028 Apr 2018, 15:02

Fun idea, but the game sadly nearly unplayable. The graphics and the animations is really good.

Zlabya30 Apr 2018, 17:27

I love it

Almax30 Apr 2018, 17:42

Fun unique idea but I struggled with the controls, having to look down all the time made it frustrating to navigate, though I'm assuming that was by design to increase the tension from not knowing where zombies were :)

Amazura5 May 2018, 23:00

whoa.. really nice graphic :thumbsup: and the animation is good, but yea the controls a bit hard for me. overall, nice work!

IllaBom8 May 2018, 16:40

wow this is a really cool idea. Well done! check out my game if you get the chance

csanyk14 May 2018, 04:26

This looks amazing! I had trouble with the controls, couldn't hit the golf ball, mostly failed at killing zombies. It could be me, not sure. I really loved the concept, and wish I could play it better so I could enjoy more of it.

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