Prepare to get frustrated.

After getting only to the letter F , I’m deleting. Good game though. Everyone should give it a shot! Very well done, with all the bells and whistles. Graphics, music, animation , cute factor, originality, you name it the game is top notch! It’s just that I’ve never seen SO many cheap deaths. Hope you LOVE fall damage and hitting the hole directly only to have it bounce out and not go in. Hit the place that you are aiming for with poor results... shoot to miss a place you are not going for and that’ll be the place you’ll hit. The strength meter seems a little wonky and you will always land in the exact place you are absolutely trying to NOT go...as if the games wants to show you how clever it is and what will happen. Wanna zoom in to get a better view? Go ahead, it’ll make things worse. Very challenging but that’s not always a good thing...unless you enjoy losing, a lot.

A quirky and intelligent app!

I am NOT a golfer. Not. But the graphics and appealing price led me to investigate. Wow. I am addicted. A mini-golf game with the courses designed as letters. But that’s too simple a description. The golf ball physics are spot on. And there are so many little touches that didn’t have to be included but were anyway, like the screams if you flub the knievel jump, or the tiny shark fins circling the jail moat. The sound design is also superb, with every letter getting its own theme, sound effects, and in some cases I think there are actually visual jokes or eyeball commentary hidden in the designs, like the iron filings on X and the levitating stones on Z. Not to mention the constantly changing comments at the end of every letter to encourage you. Apart from the whimsical undertones, the game mechanics are so silly and fun, yet so well executed, that it ends up feeling sophisticated. A truly entertaining app. Who would have thought? Well done Designers! Perhaps add numbers?, or just add anything else. But more wonderful mini-golf please! Thanks!

A game worth playing if you value good design

I’ve been following Sennep’s production of this game for close to a year now (yes, I’m that passionate about mini golf games) and I’m proud to report that Alphaputt has all the charm, wonder & thoughtful design it promised and more! I’ve been thoroughly enjoying playing and typing out my own courses. Not everyone will notice the depth of thoughtfulness that went into even the smallest details of this game, but I certainly do & I hope you keep an eye out for them as well. This is a game by a design studio, not a dime-a-dozen “MiniPutt Lite”.

Four words: Beautiful. Asinine.

Amazing scenes. Unforgiving metrics. Love every level (letter), until you play it, hate it, and avoid any courses (words) where you see it. Picture putting. Now picture a child that runs onto the course and kicks your balls. Imagine how that feels, to have your balls kicked right after putting. The game makes you feel that, then makes you play form wherever the kid kicked your balls. Most letters have objects that run over the MAJORITY OF THE PLAYING SURFACE and auto start you from the beginning. And many sides of the letters don’t even have guard rails, which also starts you from your last location. It’s harder to move the ball forward with every put, than it is backward. Add that with what feels like a non-linear power stroke, and you’ll be pinging 30% power shots off the cup while 20% power shots come up short. I normally like perfectionist games, but this isn’t a challenge, it’s asinine. Fun to look at though. Great imagination. Axe at least one ball reset mechanism from every level, allow a Y axis view tilt, pay some game testers for feedback and push an update. Very promising and striking. I want it to be as fun as it looks.

A flawed gem

A wanted to like this a lot more than I do. It’s absolutely lovely and a clever concept. It’s marred by some weird UI bits, though. Foremost is the fact that the pull-back power mechanism and numeric power indicator sometimes mean that you can’t actually see what power you’re set, and other times you’re limited in the “available” power by the size of the screen. Further complicating that, it’s unclear what the power numbers actually mean and there very little feedback how much travel a given amount of power creates. Obviously, some amount of that is what makes the game challenging, but there’s just too little feedback for my taste.

Just fun, people

Clever, beautiful, unique, intelligent. And FUN! Those who are picking this apart in minute detail are missing the point. The kind of pennies-per-pleasure pedantry that really seems to plague iOS game reviews is wasted effort and disappointing. The cost is low, the entertainment value is high. Is this the best iOS game? The last game you’ll ever need? Of course not. But take it for what it is. A meticulous gem of skilled creative effort. I’ll follow this game studio to see what comes next.

Slow and badly designed.

The game seems like a quick put together from 3D demo. No thought into gameplay or fun. The graphics are nice and the ideas for some of the letters cute. I bought this all excited to play with my kids, that love Stick Man Golf, and was excited about the idea of exploring the alphabet in a fun way with them. But the game quickly became both boring and frustrating. Explains why they don’t have in app purchases to unblock the other letters, nobody would buy after playing a single letter. It was a good idea that requires a lot more work and going back to the drawing board when it comes to gameplay as well as performance tuning.

Potential is there

To be short this game is terrible. I shouldn’t get hit by a roller coaster 45 times before I can aim a shot only to be hit by it 29 more times. The same concept applies to most levels. At minimum there should be a ghost effect until you make your next shot once the ball has been set. A power bar would be better than numbers 0-100 for visual and speed of shoot purposes. Physics seem a bit off when the ball bounces. Over the gameplay is awful. The level designs and concepts however are amazing. Potentially a great game.

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