Putt-Putt BOOM!

by landosystems

co-authored: @doug-graham, @jeffrey-hwang, @mecubed, @bainerd, @moshen

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.99

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.24

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.51

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.49

Links

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- Web (HTML5)
- Desktop/Java
- Source

The year is 2048 🗓️ and 🌎 *international relations* 🤝 are in *tatters* 🖕

The only remaining form of diplomacy is 🏌️💣 tank-based mini-golf ⛳

*Diplomats, to your vehicles!*

Controls:

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- Left click Control the power of the putt
- Mouse cursor Aims the tank's turret
- Mouse scroll Zoom on the map
- WASD Basic control of the tank
- TRFG Advanced control of the tank using individual treads
- Escape Go back to level select screen

Game:

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Here's the general flow of the game:

- A classic game of Mini Golf, but with tanks... and turrets... and catapults... and maybe one really big tank.
- Get the ball in the hole to complete the level.
- Aim with the mouse cursor and left click to charge fire the ball.
- Each death, including resets, is a two stroke penalty.
- Enemy turrets will only fire in a set direction. Catapults, on the other hand, will aim and attack when you are in sight.
- Like normal golf You can't move when you have the ball, so timing is crucial.
- Pick up powerful power-ups to assist you in your relaxing time on the greens.

About the Team:

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LandoSystems is a group of jammers from Madison, Wisconsin that varies in size from 2 to 12 people. This is the team’s 16th Ludum Dare game!! :grinning:

Team Members:

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Code:
- Doug Graham dsgraham
- Brian Ploeckelman PalpatinesSmile
- Brian Rossman
- Jeffrey Hwang
- Brandon Humboldt
- Colin Kennedy

Art:
- Matt Neumann
- Troy Sullivan

Music:
- Tyler Pecora

Baklava provided by
- Ian McNamara

Support Shiba:
- Asuka!

We hope you enjoy playing the game as much as we did making it! :fingers_crossed:

Tags: #casual, #funny

Genres: action, sports

Comments35

johnnyjw24 Apr 2018, 02:45

Great and Fun Game

BlazeDragon24 Apr 2018, 02:51

ha dude overall, fun, innovation all 5.0 great game concept. nice old school grahpics, could use some music. But the concept and game play is a 'BLAST" see what I did there? lol

LandoSystemsauthor24 Apr 2018, 02:53

@BlazeDragon The game actually does have music... it's mixed a little quiet, but it's definitely there. Thanks for playing, glad you liked it!

Oeathus24 Apr 2018, 02:55

This game had me laughing pretty heard and saying wow often, great work!

Ninjascribble24 Apr 2018, 03:02

Oh yeah, this is great! I was hooked as soon as I made it to the second course, and started getting fired upon by the turrets. Great entry!

fashionbatman24 Apr 2018, 04:35

What a great concept! Everything worked great and it was tons of fun. Only issue is i needed to turn up my volume really loud to hear that music. Good job!

Mau24 Apr 2018, 05:33

Very good, guys... really fun game.

Chris Hall24 Apr 2018, 05:39

HILARITY ENSUED. Love the sfx in particular.

Deadly Apps24 Apr 2018, 05:39

Nice work lol Here is video of me playing: https://www.twitch.tv/deadlyapps

I especially like the sound effects.

MegRabbit24 Apr 2018, 05:44

This is rad! The sound effects are hilarious. :)

tokkiseul24 Apr 2018, 05:46

Cool game! Nice seeing someone else's idea of putting a spin on golf. Great job!

dob24 Apr 2018, 05:52

Very fun - lots of good parts. There were some holes where it was tough to navigate (hole 8 in particular). I wasn't sure what some of the powerups did, either. But I enjoyed it a great deal - made sense, looked sharp, followed the theme, and fun sound effects and cool music. Nice work.

DoubleDragonBimmy24 Apr 2018, 05:53

I had a blast right to the end! See what i did there? Everything about this felt great and was incredibly fun! Combining these two things worked incredibly well, and provided for some really awesome stages. My only complaint is really the default sound volume is super low. I couldn't tell where the smooth music was coming from. Great job!

neverautomatic24 Apr 2018, 05:54

Great concept and execution. :D

Team Orange Pop24 Apr 2018, 06:08

I love this game! This is genuinely one of my favorites. It's addicting.

chainedlupine24 Apr 2018, 06:15

Pretty much the only way I'd ever play golf...

EkkoEkko24 Apr 2018, 06:29

Very smart approach! Really well done!

Alex_ADEdge24 Apr 2018, 07:05

Great stuff, it was a fun dynamic having to chase after the ball with the tank after each 'putt'! Slick controls, the individual track controls were a nice touch too :)

Also... Asuka!! 😍

juju24 Apr 2018, 11:30

This is awesome! Neraly made a hole in one in level 3. Some really tense moments too when trying to aim under fire.

Adam Wallberg24 Apr 2018, 14:41

Great game! Really follows the theme perfectly. I liked the sound effects ^^

Blinkenlights24 Apr 2018, 19:50

Sound effects, concept and the fact that YOU TRANSFORM INTO A SUBMARINE WHEN IN WATER made this game entirely worth playing. Well done!

smiley25 Apr 2018, 20:55

Nice game! :) and +1 for also using libgdx :)

SraBatata26 Apr 2018, 07:38

Great game, very fun and the sound effects were incredible! Congratulations!

Aumbra27 Apr 2018, 03:57

This was great. Great use of themes and it was fun to play. I enjoyed the sound effects too.

Paul Avallone27 Apr 2018, 20:45

This is a really great idea turned into a really great game. There is a small bug on level 10. I went into the water with the life raft and when I came out of the water I pop over the boundary wall and was moving around in the grey outside section and couldn't get back in. The music is really great and while the sound effects were funny, I think real sound effects would suit the tone of your game better. I understand the controls are retro but it is really hard to turn with left and right and go forward and backwards with up and down. I think you should keep the retro controls but have an easier option for movement to choose like moving the direction you press. The art is amazingly retro and the level design is superb. This is one of my favorites for sure.

Axe28 Apr 2018, 03:59

this is a really cute idea tbh!

the way that you mashed together the realtime elements with the turn based stationary shot mechanic really surprised me.

i'd say maybe adding some timer bars would go a log way for the shooting obstacles but otherwise i love the heck out of it

Nikolaj28 Apr 2018, 05:35

Wow this is definitely the most complete game i have played so far. Great theme, great execution, fun, balanced. Well done!

Fabian Pohl28 Apr 2018, 12:08

Funny and well polished retrogame! Minigolf-Panzerz are a good idea.

cristiano.m.garcia29 Apr 2018, 03:22

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape

neontropics29 Apr 2018, 09:15

Good concept and execution! Having to do your shots quickly before you get hit in certain places worked surprisingly well.

Funny sound effects, though after a while I would have just liked "normal" sounds as well!

a_a1 May 2018, 02:05

This was really fun to play. I like the combination of tanks and golf. It feels like a natural combination of two disjoint ideas. The transitional time is great too. Gives the user enough time to feel sad about his/her actions and start right back up again. This game session transition is usually lacking in game jam games.

wdebowicz1 May 2018, 21:05

Great combination of genres! I had a lot of fun playing it!

Yozamu2 May 2018, 18:49

Pretty fun game, nice genre mix, and the audio just killed me haha.
Good entry overall!

PS: shiba rules

Darkphnx4 May 2018, 01:23

What a cool concept! This game was original, fun, and what it "lacked" in the audio department, it made up for it with comical genius! 5 stars!

StrangerYann13 May 2018, 15:44

OMG how do you guys have so little comments!? This game is AWESOME :-O! There is SO MUCH CONTENT for 72 hours, the mouth sound effects made me giggle, the level design and progression curve are really well-made... Honestly... come on my page and tell me your secret ^^# - how do you make something so fine in one week-end only? ALSO... best teammate ever - this dog pic wearing a scarf OMG - how is it called :-3? Anyhow I tim my hat to you guys, amazing job, you deserve more comments

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