What is Reddit's opinion of Not Golf?

I've spent the last five months working on this from knowing nothing about gamedev before. I just learned as I went along, mostly just following tutorials on youtube.

~~I've got lots of promo codes if anyone wants one.~~

Ads are opt-in only so you can play for free if you like too, whatever works.

Cheers!

Android Playstore Link

EDIT: Hoooly crap! Was not expecting this at all, I'm utterly gobsmacked! All the promos are gone for now, close to 100 went out! For those of you wondering about iOS, I'm on it!

Oh and I mostly watched this guy when I started out: GamesPlusJames - Give him some love. He's a naturally gifted educator and you'll pick it up in no time at all just as I did.

UPDATE: Ahh, the thread got removed for too much self-promotion. My bad. Happy not golfing anyway you guys :)

So I've mentioned a couple of times in the sunday chat threads that I've been teaching myself game development by way of Unity3D. Well, after some 5 months or so of some fairly hard graft I'm all done. I won't say it was easy but it's definitely doable and enormously enjoyable.

I released the game on Friday and am delighted to see the positive reviews come in. It's free to download and play but if anyone wants to get the full game just message me and I'll sort you out with a promo code.

Playstore link

Cheers!

PS. Mods approved me posting this

EDIT: Jaaaaaaysus! Did not expect a response like this at all. Legends the lot of ye!

No offence but it was a very bad decision to go premium on Android. Like really bad. Super bad! Only a handful of studios can pull this off. Also, it's on the wrong side of $5. Sure, it's not a lot of money but it is a lot for a mobile game.

I had fully intended to release a premium app when I was developing my own game but all the evidence told me not to do that so I massively reworked it and it paid off pretty well.

Find something in your game that players genuinely value and monetize it. For my golf game it was level restarts. Watch an ad to get 10 or buy the game and you'll always have restarts when you play. This way players can play entirely for free or buy the IAP if it's of value to them. It's basically shareware where creating value (scarcity even) is key.

If I were you guys I'd be tempted to pull the Android app because the way things are now it's just going to tank.

Good luck!

PLAYSTORE LINK

What can I say guys? You've been enormously helpful with all your kind words of support and playtesting of the alpha and beta. It's been quite the ride these past 5 months from when I knew little to nothing about game development to having my very first game published.

I've got lots of promo codes for the full game so just ask below and I'll send one your way - no strings attached!

Hope you enjoy the game, can't wait to see you guys light up the leaderboards :)

UPDATE: ALL THE PROMO CODES ARE GONE - SORRY IF YOU MISSED OUT

I installed Snapchat yesterday and my phone was on fire. Uninstalled and back to normal. I don't recommend Snapchat.

I do recommend Not Golf. It's a fun game if you like launching balls towards the goal.

I know it rarely rains now-a-days but when it does I use Raindar to see where the rain is.

Multumesc ca raspundeti la ce se scrie aici. E un prim pas pentru orice developer care vrea sa fie pe aceeasi frecventa cu publicul. Inteleg motivul pentru acel ad. Din pacate, pentru mine si pentru multi altii acest model nu rezoneaza deloc. Uite un joc ce mi-a placut foarte mult si care urmeaza un model pe care l-am sprijinit din prima : Not Golf Ei iti ofera un numar de restarts la fiecare vizionare a unui ad, si asta face ca fiecare ad sa merite acel timp pe care il petreci si te lasa pe tine sa alegi cand sa faci asta in loc sa-ti fie bagat pe gat. Apoi, e varianta de a cumpara jocul. Eu l-am cumparat la 10 minute dupa ce l-am jucat pentru ca am simtit ca primesc mult mai multa valoare din treaba asta. E absolut treaba voastra cum faceti si ce faceti, si respect munca pe care o depuneti, dar imo, daca vreti sa scoateti produse de calitate, intai si intai m-as gandi la experienta si nu la cum sa il fac pe jucator sa cumpere monezi sau acadele sau ce o mai fi. Va urez mult noroc in continuare cu urmatoarele jocuri! Toate cele bune :D

Here's the link for Not Golf beta - I'm releasing it in a couple of days!

~~https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.ronancasey.notgolf~~

Released! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ronancasey.notgolf

"not golf", mais j'ai découvert que c'est moins gratuit que ça en a l'air.

Sinon, Adventurer League m'a occupé pendant pas mal d'heures.

You'll be pretty rubbish when you start off but trust me, you'll improve fast.

Yup it's mobile, only on Android!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ronancasey.notgolf

I'd never used Unity before making Not Golf. Or C# for that matter.

Do it. It's amazing. Message me if you need anything.

right now it's Not Golf

btw shout out to /u/delabass