available: PC, iOS, android
desert golf It does exactly what it says on the tin and nothing more. There are balls, holes, and procedurally generated desert land in between. That’s it. No waves, no club selection, no music, no items, no pause menu, no restarts, not even an avatar. Simply drag the cursor back and forth to determine the angle and force of your next shot and attempt to get from A to B. Once you do that, a new hole will appear and continue indefinitely. (game technically But God bless anyone who plays long enough to see it.)
desert golf On paper, it reads as overly simplistic, and it makes sense as a sly criticism of mobile games that waste time and degrade players. But actually playing it is more like meditation. The game’s radical minimalism makes everything and nothing matter. There is a shot counter at the top, but it is functionally meaningless and simply indicates the time played. You can take 60 shots on a hole, but there are no unseen eyes judging you. Instead, you can focus entirely on the simple pleasure of kicking the sand as the ball arcs through the air and eventually hitting it. boom boom In the hole. Golf is more about the act of playing than the rules of the game.ingIt’s not golf. And when something new appears – a well, a setting sun, a cactus – it feels momentous.
