[Aspettando] The Golf Club

[sonmiananxa]

A video game by HB Studios

Sito ufficiale: The Golf Club Game

We are excited to be able to announce that The Golf Club is now available through Steam Early Access. The Early Access price varies per territory but, to provide an example, it will be $34.99 in North America with a first week discount of 15% making it $29.74. Everyone buying the game on PC at this stage receives an automatic upgrade to the final, full PC version for no extra cost.



What is Early Access?
From Steam’s Early Access site – “Get immediate access to games that are being developed with the community’s involvement. These are games that evolve as you play them, as you give feedback, and as the developers update and add content. Click here to learn more.”



The Golf Club Early Access
Please remember that this is an Early Access game – it is NOT a finished product! There are still bugs, missing features and content and more optimizations to be made – but we are working hard to continually update the game and improve the experience! If you’re interested in getting in early and helping shape The Golf Club as a game – then Early Access is for you!

Please note that this process is not for everyone. If you are short of time, a casual player or get frustrated easily then you should NOT get the Early Access version. Please don’t take this as a criticism. We want everyone to have the experience that best suits their needs. Just wait for the full release which will be awesome. The reason for doing an Early Access version is that a lot of people want to get involved, give feedback and help shape the final product.

Right now the full core experience and Course Creator are available – you can create courses, share them, rate them and play locally and online against friends and rivals. Three Themes are available – Alpine, Rural and Autumn – plus all the male characters and 5 official The Golf Club courses. As development progresses, we’ll be adding additional features and refinements leading up to the full release which will include features like Tours and Tournaments.

The full list of features and enhancements that will be added for the full release:

Tournaments – Online and Local
Tours – Online and Local
Female Golfers
Two extra Themes – Desert and Links
More objects, wildlife and buildings for the Course Creator
Twitter Integration
Greater visibility for social features
More HB created (‘official’) courses
More commentary
Localized versions – French, Spanish, German, Portugese, Italian


We are really excited to finally get the game open to the public and look forward to seeing you out on the course. An announcement about our full release date on PC, PS4 and XB1 will follow soon.



Regards
The Golf Club Development Team

Versione Attuale: Early Access 0.1, pubblicata il 17 Aprile su Steam - 941 Mb



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[sonmiananxa]

Riservato #1

The Golf Club is HB Studios’ next generation golf simulation. Stunning visual presentation and outstanding gameplay are to be expected but what really takes The Golf Club into the next generation is the procedural generation of courses and depth of social interaction. The Course Creator can generate a brand new course in seconds which can be shared and played immediately online with friends and other gamers across PlayStation 4, XBox One and PC. There are also full editing capabilities for courses, Tournaments and Tours. Challenge your friends on a new or existing course in real time or try to beat their best recorded round. Add to this a myriad of stat tracking and personal bests of friends and rivals to beat, notifications, challenges and social media integration and you truly have a golf club worth joining.



INTUITIVE CONTROL SYSTEM

We’ve created and fine tuned a swing mechanic that is more about feeling and fluidity above the users’ accuracy of hitting a marker on a power bar. Whilst anyone will be able to pick the controller up and play comfortably, the best players on the global leaderboards will be those with the best feel for the different golf shots and who are able to take into account ball lie, weather and terrain conditions.



INSTANTANEOUS GAMEPLAY

No loading times between holes means you are straight back on the Tee after sinking your putt on the previous green. Also, minimal loading times into a new course make for a refreshing change to your typical console game.



UNLIMITED COURSES

No more getting bored of the courses given to you by the developer. With four clicks you can generate a unique course never seen before that’s ready to play.



GENERATE COURSES

With four clicks of a button from the main menu the game will generate for you a never been played before course. The variation is infinite!

If you don’t like the course that’s been generated, one click and you can generate a new one.

If you want to tailor the courses a little more there are high-level options available to you. Examples of these are the number of holes, par distribution, fairway width, number of bunkers, green size, green slope and rough coverage.



EDIT AND CREATE YOUR OWN COURSES

If you have a particular course in mind, want to use your creative skills to create something from scratch or edit something the generator has created for you the game also has an in-depth editor.

The editor gives you the ability of create from scratch or mould anything on the course. You can alter the terrain, move tees, move greens, move holes, delete holes, add holes, bunkers, rivers, ponds, trees, foliage, buildings, animals and other objects.

During editing you can play the ball from any spot to review holes and make changes as you see fit. The minimal loading times make this practical and enjoyable.



LARGE SELECTION OF PRE-DESIGNED COURSES SHIPPING WITH THE GAME

Courses for all skill levels and utilizing the best of HB’s creative talents will ship with the game. They can be played individually but will also make up the tournament itinerary for the pre-designed Tour that also comes with the game.



LOCAL MULTIPLAYER

Up to four players can play locally. Differentiate yourselves with different character models and clothing and choose between stroke play, match play or fourball.



ONLINE SHARING AND PLAY

Play others creations - work your way through the huge database of user created courses, each rated by other users to help make the decision easy to make.

Share your courses with the World – when you’re happy with your creations you can publish them for the rest of the world to play.

Play against others live or from the past - each round you play on every course is saved Online. Choose from Friends Rounds, Record Rounds or Rivals Rounds (others players close to your ability) to compete against. Their ghost balls and scores will be visible throughout your round giving you the feeling of competition without losing the instantaneous game play. Ghost and live balls can be hidden if so desired either selectively or en masse.

Compete in Tours and Tournaments – play against other players throughout the world in user made tours and tournaments.

Watch others play the courses you’re on live – through our ball trace system you can see other users from around the world on the course that you are playing live, even if they’re on different holes.



TOURS AND TOURNAMENTS

Create and share Tours and Tournaments made up of your favourite courses to test your friends’ or players worldwide over a number of rounds and courses.

These can be Time Constrained or Indefinite. You can choose a start and end date with just one entry per player or, if your tournament or tour is indefinite, you can allow players to enter as many times as they want to try and get to the top of the leaderboard.



SOCIAL FEEDS AND MESSAGES

You will be kept up to date with the world of The Golf Club through a fully interactive social ticker bar and an in-game message feed

To create a truly competitive world the messages will tell you:

Friends achievements and creations
Friends currently playing
When your records on courses are broken
Invites from friends to play
Major achievements from all players within The Golf Club
With one press of a button you can interact with these messages. Immediately join your friends on a round or regain your record by jumping to the course and / or hole where the record was broken. All rounds are constantly saved so you can return to your previous game whenever you want to and play from where you left it.

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Main Menu




Course Details




HUD & Map




Aiming & Swing




Stance & Shot

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Riservato #3

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Riservato #4

[sonmiananxa]

Originariamente inviato da carapippino

è da qualche giorno che l'ho adocchiato.

per me il punto focale sarà come hanno implementato i controlli per forza, precisione ed effetti. ad esempio, nel passato molti usavano la barra con tutto incluso (una soluzione che ci può stare, che ricordo dai tempi di 386 e primissimo gameboy), mi ricordo invece ultimamente tiger woods col mouse che era veramente orrido, sia da fare che nella precisione: in pratica assolutamente incontrollabile (almeno per me)

Riporterò poi tutte le considerazioni all'interno dei primi post, ma al momento è in forte discussione l'implementazione di mouse e tastiera: se oggi vuoi giocare a the Golf club, devi utilizzare un controller, come ad esempio quello per X360.

Personalmente ho trovato il sistema dei controlli molto valido, sicuramente da perfezionare nelle tarature, ma di base molto efficace: non ci sono barre di caricamento, zone "bonus" dove ti garantisci il tiro perfetto o cose del genere.

Lo swing, ed in generale il movimento che porta ad impattare la pallina, è integralmente gestito dallo stick di sinistra, con escursione dall'alto verso il basso per caricare il colpo e rapida escursione dal basso verso l'alto per andare effettivamente a colpire.
In questo frangente, il sistema tiene conto dei gradi di inclinazione laterale che imprimi allo stick: ti ci vorrà un bel pò per padroneggiare con sicurezza un Drive senza imprimere rotazione laterale. Così come con un Put dovrai fare moltissima attenzione se ti trovi con colpi particolarmente lunghi.

Mi ripeto: sicuramente da tarare meglio (non ho giocato moltissimo, ma devo ancora trovare i giusti riferimenti per dosare la potenza del colpo) ma di base un ottimo sistema.

[T-Duke76]

Stavo per prenderlo anche io che bramo un un golf per lo meno decente su PC da TW 2008... da quello leggo il gameplay è molto solido e piu' realistico della serie EA (mancano diversi aiuti visivi, barre di potenza etc per fortuna..) . Quello che per ora mi fa desistere è l'aver letto di diversi e seri problemi di prestazioni anche su pc performanti (in un gioco di golf... ) e che i controlli per mouse e tastiera non sono tarati benissimo (ma ho letto che i programmatori si focalizzeranno su questo aspetto a breve)... non ultimo, ma vabbè è piu' una fesseria questa, mi devono togliere la scia tracciante sui colpi che mi fa cadere los pelotas per terra...
Da verificare anche il multy, che verrà piu' avanti.

[sonmiananxa]

Originariamente inviato da T-Duke76

Stavo per prenderlo anche io che bramo un un golf per lo meno decente su PC da TW 2008... da quello leggo il gameplay è molto solido e piu' realistico della serie EA (mancano diversi aiuti visivi, barre di potenza etc per fortuna..) . Quello che per ora mi fa desistere è l'aver letto di diversi e seri problemi di prestazioni anche su pc performanti (in un gioco di golf... ) e che i controlli per mouse e tastiera non sono tarati benissimo (ma ho letto che i programmatori si focalizzeranno su questo aspetto a breve)... non ultimo, ma vabbè è piu' una fesseria questa, mi devono togliere la scia tracciante sui colpi che mi fa cadere los pelotas per terra...
Da verificare anche il multy, che verrà piu' avanti.

Si, sicuramente ci sono molti affinamenti che sono obbligatori, tra cui anche il motore di gioco, attualmente molto pesante. E' basato su Unity, ma in questa versione (0.1) è poco ottimizzato, se non per nulla.

Sul mio i3570 con 7870 gira fluidissimo, sul muletto con mobility 3750 se va a 5 fps è tanto

Per la scia, ho letto sul forum ufficiale che sarà un'opzione grafica disabilitabile. Se mi chiedi quando la disabiliteranno, non ti so rispondere


Oggi pomeriggio arrivano gli screen ed un bel pò di info aggiuntive

[sonmiananxa]

Minor Update che porta la versione alla 0.11 (34,9Mb)

Show popup on start up for unsupported hardware
Fixed bootup crash
Fixed Nvidia Optimus choosing wrong gpu
Fixed several multiplayer issues
Fixed player handedness save issue
Plus a few more.

[sonmiananxa]

Update live che porta il gioco alla versione 0.2 (249,2Mb)

We downgraded from a hot fix as we added some less than emergency changes.
New build should be up there now

* Ghost Ball Surfacing
Showing current shot number,
yardage from pin
* A restart button in the in-game menu, so it’s easier to restart a round
* Controller Crash bug fix
* Mouse Controls in Course Creator Improved
* Ultra wide resolution support
* Nvidia GPU Improvements
* Server Speed Improvements
* Lawn Mower now available in Course Creator

[sonmiananxa]

Nuovo update che porta la versione alla 0.21 (32,4Mb)

* Fixed course ratings. Minimum number of ratings is now required for it to show up.
* Update button callouts for Play, Appearance and Save & Exit option in course editor menu
* Fixed Course Creator sliders showing the wrong description when they are full.
* Fixed replay for echos not properly setting up the camera
* Fix for ghost stroke and hole displays on the scorecard
* When starting a game from certain notifications, the sender's ghost will now be added to the game.
* Added reset button to start-up Input configuration.
* More performance optimizations

[sonmiananxa]

Dev Diary - Early Access: An initial Assessment

[sonmiananxa]

Originariamente inviato da carapippino

ciò che dici mi ricorda molto da vicino i tiri da effettuare col mouse in tiger woods, cambia solo il control device: sicuramente lo stick è più preciso del mouse poichè riesci a gestire il punto di inizio e di rilascio per il tiro; ma se lo stesso viene usato anche per la direzione laterale devo valutare bene prima il tutto.. non c'è una demo per provare?

Se per direzione laterale intendi lo scarto laterale (o errore) rispetto al punto di impatto ideale, confermo che quella è la volontà dei programmatori, almeno stando al forum ufficiale.

Se invece per direzione laterale intendi la variazione sull'asse orizzontale della direzione del colpo, quella viene gestita dallo stick di destra. Normalmente prima ti posizioni con lo stick di destra e poi confezioni il tiro con quello di sinistra.

Al momento non è disponibile una demo, dato che il prodotto è in Early Access. Non ti so dire se a sviluppo completato renderanno disponibile una demo di test per chi è indeciso sul da farsi.

[mirkonorroz]

Il golf (su Amiga) e' uno dei giochi in cui ho speso piu' ore

Non ho capito se con questo gioco si puo' usare una modalita' come segue:

N+M=4, N umani ed M bots, sullo stesso PC (non in rete locale).

Io mi facevo i tornei di Lotti impersonando tutti i giocatori o lasciandone qualcuno alla IA.

Lotti, Reginald, Karl, Buster, Sam e via dicendo

PS: Ma esiste un "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" golf game?
PPS: Ieri ho rispolverato Jack Nicklaus 6 GBC e Links 2003... (su pc)

[sonmiananxa]

Originariamente inviato da mirkonorroz

Il golf (su Amiga) e' uno dei giochi in cui ho speso piu' ore

Non ho capito se con questo gioco si puo' usare una modalita' come segue:

N+M=4, N umani ed M bots, sullo stesso PC (non in rete locale).

Io mi facevo i tornei di Lotti impersonando tutti i giocatori o lasciandone qualcuno alla IA.

Lotti, Reginald, Karl, Buster, Sam e via dicendo

PS: Ma esiste un "Ashita Tenki ni Nare" golf game?
PPS: Ieri ho rispolverato Jack Nicklaus 6 GBC e Links 2003... (su pc)

Non ho letto di una modalità mista come quella che hai suggerito. Al momento non pare pianificata

[sonmiananxa]

Update che porta il gioco alla versione 0.3 (830.6Mb)

We're just about to push our latest build. Things to look out for this week are:
* Fix issue where the course creator is stuck on one hole when waypoints are placed on top of each other
* Improvements to club selection on large or shared greens
* Fix for penalty application when exceeding shot limit
* Update help menus for mouse and keyboard controls in the course creator to show buttons for each tool
* Add WASD support for tools (along with the arrows) to scale and rotate brushes and objects
* Improve logic to determine when a tee shot is desirable
* Turn off edge panning when the editor menu is active
* Tweak speed of rotation/movement of the camera in Course Creator for mouse/KB

* The user will now always appear in the Global filter of the leaderboard, regardless if they are in the top-10 or not

* Added notifications for when a friend finishes a round and favourites a course
* Improve notification display logic
* Fix bug where moving the pin to another area changes the hole that pin is associated with
* Improved full-screen handling and screen flickering in windowed mode
* Fix issues with the selection tool in the course creator not being able to find brushes/items when they're overlapped
* Fix for 50% input power limitation with low frame-rates 64 bit game version
* Moved course save data out of the registry, fixes lost progress in courses when saving
* Green Grid update. Grid colours now take into account green speeds. This helps course designers judge reasonable pin placements based on green speeds and slope. http://www.gcga.org/documents/speeds..._locations.pdf It also helps players understand any given greens behaviour a bit better when playing.
* It is now possible to take a screenshot when publishing a course with only the keyboard

[Axios2006]

Eccomi!

Complimenti per il thread.

In wishlist, in attesa di sviluppi e soprattutto di smalitire gli arretrati......

[T-Duke76]

si stan dando da fare a quanto pare, ottimo... l'acquisto si avvicina . Grazie per tenerci aggiornati, non sono tanti gli appassionati di golf

[sonmiananxa]

Weekly Update - 558,9Mb

Di seguito il changelog completo:

A new build is up and ready to take a look at. Here's what we've added this week.
* If the height tool is over the green, slow down the rate at which it raises/lowers the terrain so you can tune the slope of the green easier.
* Press Start or click the Player Info panel in the front end to launch the Message Centre.
* Click Messages in the Social Ticker to activate them.
* When finishing an course you haven't rated, the default setting is now the course's current rating.
* Scorecard is no longer interactive.
* New and improved Pause Menu
* Moved social options (change rivals, active friends, watch replay) into the pause menu
* Social Ticker will now populate with messages from your archive when you first start the game
* Fixed bug preventing messages from cycling in the Social Ticker
* "Friend has started a round on X" messages will auto-delete themselves when the sender is no longer playing
* Added "Friend has complete a round on X" messages
* Ball labels will fade out 3 seconds after the ball has come to a stop
* The Hole Info and Scorecard aspects of the HUD are now visible in all camera mode
* Fixed bug where the game could sometimes get stuck on the end of a course when playing with a Ghost Ball

[Axios2006]

Originariamente inviato da carapippino

se è ancora in early access, vorrei testarlo questo weekend

Si, early access a 31,99 €.