picogolf

Thank you for giving picogolf a look! It is a simple homage to the golf games of the 90's. It is made using the wonderful PICO-8 fantasy console in July and August 2020.

picogolf (currently) contains a single 9 hole course featuring a range of par 3, 4 and 5 holes. There are no settings, nothing gets saved, if you wanna play again, just reload the page.

Controls

Everything is controlled using the arrow keys and the Z and X keys.

while aiming...

• left and right to aim
• hold up to zoom out
• press down to cycle through clubs
• press X to cycle view modes between close up aim, distant aim, whole course and pin
• press Z to start your shot

while preparing a shot...

• press X to cancel if you haven't already started a shot
• press Z to start your swing
• press Z to indicate the power of your shot
• press Z again to to set your shot accuracy, aim to be as close to the green marker as possible

while driving...

• left and right to steer
• hold Z or up to accelarate
• hold down to brake
• park up near the ball to take another shot

Tips

• Always look out for the wind indicator, this will affect any shots hit into the air.
• The number range to the bottom left of the screen indicates how well you might hit the ball. For example using a driver while in the bunker shows 20-100%. This means you could hit anything between 20% and 100% of your indicated power, so don't rely on it! Cycle through your clubs to see what your best option is.
• The game will try to automatically select a suitable club, but it might not be the best one for you so give them all a go.
• Hitting a ball into water or too fair away from the course will add a penalty stroke and reset your ball.

What next?

I would love to add more courses but I've just about hit the limit of what I can code (Pico-8 limits the amount of code 'tokens' you're allowed to use). I would also like to add both local and online multiplayer. I've got a few other ideas, but I might have to save that for a different game engine.

Credits

• lexaloffle for making pico-8
• kometbomb for their fade to black implementation
• freds72 for their rspr implementation
• Though made by me, the music is a crude remake of a couple of tracks from one of my favourite ever games, Everybody's Golf on the PS Vita. ( title and leaderboard )