Alphaputt 4+

Lovely design

Beautiful miniature letterform holes that make you want to zoom in for a closer look. Interesting themes and a few novel mechanics thrown in too to keep you on your toes. Good sense of humour in the writing, and a clean minimalist vibe to it all.

The main downside for me is that whilst the word play structure is fun for discovering each letter, it feels a bit flat and unchallenging after a few goes of each hole. The Parfection mode is a touch frustrating as certain holes require a heady mix of precise placement *and* a big dollop of luck simultaneously (“E”, I’m looking at you!) so it’s hard to stay engaged in.

Haven’t tried multiplayer yet, but for single player perhaps some other modes or challenges would keep it interesting longer term.

Overall, still a great thing, glad to have played it.

Developer Response ,

Hi J-Daaawg, many thanks for your review - we're really glad you're enjoying the game! We added zoom with the last update and hopefully we'll be able to address some of the other observations with the next updates.

Good start

App looks great and it’s a good start but feels like it released before there was enough playtesting. The basic mechanic of putting is ok, nothing particularly novel, but it works. But there are just too many frustrations to make the game truly rewarding.

For example, hitting a shot a fraction too hard sends the ball bouncing off the too-low rims around the hole. It would seem to make more sense if, by the time you make it through all the obstacles on the level, the final drop into the hole is actually fairly straightforward.

After all, the satisfaction here comes from dodging the things ON the course, not battling with a short, awkward putt right at the end.

I get they they’re apparently making one of those ‘super hard, go for perfection’ games but if it quickly becomes a drag, I’m not sure there’s enough incentive to continue trying.

General updates like being able to see which words you’ve completed, turn off the music but leave on the sfx, zoom in to see the course detail, etc etc would all improve the experience. Like I said, the fact they’re not there yet suggests there was not enough testing before release.

Developer Response ,

Hi Billy, thank you for your feedback. Hopefully we'll be able to address some of your comments with the next updates.

Amazing could you add 1 thing

This game is amazing this is the first time I’ve ever written a review so this is a big thing. This game is definitely worth getting as it passes the time and really fun love the 3D art and everything. To make this even better could you add or make it so when you have done your own word could you make it so when you Finnish it has the word that you did all together in one word as those 3D art thing so that makes it cool. If that makes sense
Thanks