Hey everyone, Anderson here!
We've been listening closely to your suggestions and feedback, whether you mentioned it through Discord, email, or in the reviews, we appreciate your input and you've been heard. We've improved the physics, added several quality of life features, made visual improvements, and other various changes to increase the overall player experience. Here's a list of all the changes made in the update below:
Physics:
- Adjusted physics for increased simulation accuracy.
- The golf ball now bounces off walls while moving at lower speeds instead of getting stuck to the wall. If the golf ball is moving very slowly however, it will not bounce.
- Golf ball physics adjusted to have a more gradual bounce decrease into the rolling state.
Quality of Life:
- Directional buttons can now be used to move puttlers by 0.01 units in all directions. These keybinds are hardcoded and non-customizable. Now for the love of god please stop asking me for this feature.💀
- Left mouse button can now be used to drop puttlers. Right mouse button can still be used as well.
- Mouse scroll wheel can now be used to rotate puttlers both directions.
- Double tapping the rotation button quickly now instantly snaps puttlers to 90, 180, 270, and 360 degrees.
- Puttlers now use a micro grid system, snapping every 0.01 units. This is to make previous solutions more replicable, removing unnecessary decimal points not visible to the eye.
- When a payout is owed and the player leaves to the world, they will be sent home instead to claim their prize. This is to prevent any confusion and ensure the player gets instantly rewarded.
Visuals:
- Puttlers are now highlighted with a black background outline when lifted to make them more visible when moveable.
- Puttlers are now darker when unplaceable for better visibility overlapping other objects.
- Golf ball now has a particle “spark” effect each time it hits a surface.
- Clouds have been darkened slightly to make the golf ball and puttlers more visible.
- Ultra wide monitors, greater than 9:21 aspect ratio, now have black bars on the sides to hide ugly background stuff you guys really shouldn’t see.
UI:
- Added text to the bottom of the leaderboards to make earning course payout more clear.
- Video settings text for window mode changed to “Borderless Fullscreen” and “Exclusive Fullscreen”.
- Rotation keybinds moved to the top of controls underneath the lift and drop keybinds to make them more visible.
- Left Mouse Button keybind to drop text now displays in controls.
- Mouse scroll wheel keybind for rotation now displays in controls.
Misc:
- Gameplay keybinds are now disabled in the options to prevent players from accidentally using them while changing keybinds.
- Removed the 30 fps option from the video settings, minimum is now 60 fps. If you’re negatively affected by this, please buy yourself a new monitor.🙏
We continue to strive to make Puttler the best experience it can be, so if you have any suggestions or features that were not included in this update, make sure to reach out to us and let us know!