Re: [Plib-devel] Mario Kart Like Game

[Brian N. <ze...@on...>]

Incidentally, I think the "scaled down" version that Christian is talking about
is usually called "pitch and putt" in the USA.  Each hole is less than 100 yards
(or 100 meters if that works for you), and you usually only play with a wedge and
a putter.

Miniature golf, a.k.a. Crazy Golf, Adventure Golf, or Putt-Putt, is exactly what
Steve described.

It's funny that this came up, because I had actually considered doing a golf-related
game, but I hadn't decided whether to do something along the lines of mini golf, or
something more similar to real golf, along the lines of Mario Golf.

-Brian

On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Steve Baker wrote:

> Christian Mayer wrote:
> > 
> > Steve Baker wrote:
> > >
> > > ...MarioGolf - well, my Son (Oliver) has been interested in a 3D minigolf game
> > Hm you called it crazy golf in an other mail, so I'm a bit confused.
> > In Germany we've only got 'Minigolf' (small artificial tracks) that was
> > called crazy golf in England (Brighton). The English minigolf (real golf
> > just scaled down) isn't really known in Germany (at least in the part
> > where I live).
> 
> Crazy-golf - you play with just a putter around short courses that are
> full of silly traps and tubes that you have to hit the ball through.
> For example, on our local course there is a 15 foot tall monkey - you
> have to hit the ball up a ramp and into his mouth - but you have to
> time it just right because his hand is motorized and keeps getting
> in the way.
> 
> No special rules - it's just fun.
> 
> > > ...MarioParty
> > 
> > I've never heard of that. What's it about?
> 
> Imagine a computerised board game where you roll dice to move.
> Landing on certain squares takes you off to play certain *simple*
> 3D games for which you can earn money or collect useful bonuses.
> 
> Mario Party is a collection of perhaps 50 or 60 really simple 3D
> games linked by the board game.
> 
> The games are things like rowing a boat in a race by quickly
> wiggling the joystick left and right - or there is a field
> with about 30 sheep in it that are running around quite
> quickly - and you have to count them (pressing one button
> to increment your count and another to decrement it) - or
> there is a turntable spinning and your character is running
> around trying to pick up coins while fighting the centrifugal
> effect.
> 
>