the future of An Other Golf Game

H E L L O E V E R Y O N E

To keep everyone in the loop, here’s a quick update on the development.

Apologies for not being quite as active the last couple months, I have been trying to enjoy some summer weather and also spending some time working on a different weird experimental project in hopes to apply what I learn to An Other Golf Game.

Below you will find what I have been working on and what's to come. I’ve left out ongoing optimizations and bug fixes, since those are a constant part of development and will continue to receive regular attention.

Active Development (likely this year)

Putting Overhaul

The putting system is being completely rebuilt from the ground up allowing for a more natural ball rolling experience. This task has fortunately and unfortunately snowballed quite a bit and to ensure the putting experience is generally better I have been reworking the golf ball physics as well as cleaning up the meshes that make up each hole at the golf course.

This part of the update is taking up most of the development time.

Mini Golf Course

There will be a mini golf course added to the world which should pair nicely with the putting overhaul that's in the works.

Cooking

You'll likely want to cook those raw chickens once the cooking update is in.

More Jobs

Currently there are 9 "jobs" in the world, most of which can be found at the golf course. One of the 9 jobs is a 7 part job available from the rat man, and to kick that job off you'll need to find him on Monday.

There are a few more golf course related jobs that are in the works, and a few jobs and tasks that will be added that can be found elsewhere. For some of the new jobs, expect to use the tractor.

Rain

Occasional California downpours are on the way. Weather severity will affect course conditions and shot behavior.

Other

There's a bunch of other things:

• Downsizing NPC bones

• Refining the drunk effect

• Adding mushroom effects

• Ball backspin

Future Development (next year and beyond)

Tournament

This is more of the long term goal for the game and one of the most challenging things to try to create in an open world golf sim in which you have to take your own score. I don't expect to have this complete by this year whatsoever. I am hopeful that next year after I tackle the near term goals listed above, I can start to deep dive into the tournament.

More NPCs

Eventually there will be more NPCs roaming around the world, especially playing on the golf course.

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Huge thanks to everyone who’s jumped into this niche, weird Early Access game, and my first game. Your feedback and bug reports are invaluable and truly make the experience better for everyone.

As always, if you have feedback, questions, concerns, want to share your experience, or ask me why there is no map at home, I'd love to hear it. Please use the steam forums or check out the discord.

thanks for your time -waxycaps