Wonderputt Forever

Well designed with heavy emphasis on visuals. Also quite achievement-heavy.

Not a fan of the dev's decision to not allow the player to replay a hole unless they restart the whole course.

High production quality, solid minigolf; very creative courses. The trip mode is lacklustre and kind of a chore, but otherwise game is marvelous.

oh my god this game is so good. it's a mini golf game with worldbuilding. it's speculative fiction about the future of human kind. it's an incredible, polished work of art. please buy it 11111/10

Wonderputt is the only flash game that I rescued from the extinction because it was my go-to flash game during school, perfect for a five minute break or 45 minutes slacking with friends. The original was so clean on a single frame and I had the pixel-memory for all the hole in one shots, but Wonderputt Forever is more of an adventure. 3x18 hole courses and 4x100 single holes with less design, a proud followup this many years later.

very short minigolf game with interesting mechanics. Fun to play around until reaching the end... not recommended for completionists tho: The lack of level select and unclear path on some levels make "complete under par" and other achievements a nightmare to obtain

Sights & Sounds
- With the indie minigolf game market already more than a little saturated, it really takes a lot for something to stand out. Wonderputt Forever, visually speaking, certainly manages to catch your eye
- Virtually every hole on each course is brimming with colorful detail. The game uses a rich and diverse palette to match the trippy and varied level designs
- I usually have a pretty good memory for music, but I had to go back and check out some YouTube playthroughs to recall this game's tunes. It's a bunch of meditative electronic music that evidently doesn't leave much of an impression
- The sound effects were pretty nice, especially the ambient ones providing a little auditory context for the scenery you putt your ball through. Not a huge thing, but it gives your ears a little more to latch onto in the void created by the uninspiring soundtrack
Story & Vibes
- Every now and then, you'll stumble across a little indie golf game that manages to layer a narrative (or at least a little lore) into the repetitive task of smacking a ball around. This isn't one of those games, though
- No, you just hit the ball into the hole, ideally in as few strokes as you can
- I do like how each course feels like a little stroll through a city, so that's nice, at least
Playability & Replayability
- Wonderputt doesn't really deviate much from your general minigolf formula. It just introduces some obstacles and mechanics (floating the ball through the air with a helicopter attachment, skipping it across water hazards, bouncing off platforms jump pads, firing out of cannons, etc.) across its 3 courses. In other words, it's a bunch of physics-based stuff that you've probably seen in a dozen other minigolf games
- It's not that there's anything wrong with the courses, mechanics, or level design in this game. It's just hard to really find anything unique or terribly exciting here. What the Golf? more or less plumbed the depths of what you can do mechanically in a game like this already, so it's a little hard to be impressed by anything contained here
- Beyond your traditional 3 courses, there's also a modifier-laden endurance mode that I didn't really delve much into. I was on a plane and landed before I could get too far
- These so-called "Geometry Trips" seem to represent a few meaty hours of post game content--if you want to think of it like that--but I wasn't really interested in continuing to play them. I probably wouldn't feel motivated to boot this one up until I fly again, and even then, there are more enticing options lurking on my Steam Deck
Overall Impressions & Performance
- The fact that I haven't touched this game since the plane ride I downloaded it for more or less encapsulates my impression. It's a fine enough way to pass a couple of hours in a cramped 737 economy seat, but it doesn't really have many tricks beyond its slick visuals
- Even so, it scratches that minigolf itch pretty well, runs well and looks good doing it on the Steam Deck, and has a fair asking price for the amount of content you get
Final Verdict
- 5/10. A pretty-looking minigolf game that offers a few physics based challenges, but there's not much in the package behind that

Pretty solid little isometric mini-golf game. There's something of a "campaign" of three worlds that I went through, then I did 25/400 (WHOA!) of the other levels. Really fun and visually interesting game that is def worth grabbing, especially if you see it on sale for a buck like I did.
I will say one thing though. It's locked to 30 FPS due to the animations. On top of that, I don't think it can do 4K. Seemed like it was 1080p at best/only. That really sucked, but thankfully this game still works when limited like that. It wasn't too annoying. Good to note though. Wish it was listed on the page.