Disc Golf Unchained - VIDEO GAME!

[billtvshow]

I did have 1st on Android with -18, but I just noticed someone -19'ed it. I actually had first on every config about 2 weeks into the update, but since then it has gotten super competitive.

 

[rakamkram]

Everybody still playing this game?

 

[bobmcnelly]

Yup! Really enjoying the Pine Forest level. Easily the best course in my opinion.

 

[CaptainAnhyzer]

Just realized the iOS update is available.
Probably gonna run my battery down in the next hour or two.

 

[namar]

yeah the iOS update is solid, timed out well for a slow day at work. now to pump up the putting meter. also, the Pine Forest level is indeed awesome.

 

[Snaques]

I have been playing this a ton. Really entertaining. Especially once the update came and made the courses so much more diverse.

I have few gripes though, that I'd like to list here.
1. On the new course layouts, 99% of the holes are putter shots. What's up with that? It's much more fun to manipulate lines with faster discs.
2. There are way too many holes where the tee pad is headed directly at a hill or a tree. They make the hole feel very gimmicky and unrealistic. There should be a clear fairway to at least try to hit. If you've gained enough power to go over the top then that should be just an alternative route.
3. The island greens on the beach course are ridiculous.
4. The courses are a bit too easy. It's quite easy to birdie out some of the courses. The difficulty should be increased by tighter fairways and longer holes, not by impossible greens or unrealistic lines.
5. The baskets are letting discs through and spitting out too often. I can live with some spit outs, but disc floating through is just irritating. Sure, this usually happens only if I don't hit it dead center, but still some reaction from basket would be nice.
6. The estimated line is way off. I'm not sure if it's because I already improved my stats before the update, but generally I need to "overthrow" each basket some 30-50ft.
7. The lines get messed up sometimes. I could be aiming a power drive with a driver and the line is heading to the ground after 50ft. Clearly a bug, but don't quite know when/why it happens.
8. Camera gets messed up. Similar bug, but in this case the camera angle goes just straight up or down and it's impossible to shift it towards the basket.

Eventhough the list of issues seems long, I still enjoy the game and think it's the best one out there (at the moment). So hopefully the guys will keep improving and adding on the nice product.

 

[Sopuli]

Is somebody still developing this, or has the whole project been abandoned?

 

[CaptainAnhyzer]

Is somebody still developing this, or has the whole project been abandoned?

Seems that Android version is further along than the iPhone version. Waiting on the replay upgrade for the iOS

But this happened yesterday:

 

[Smigles]

I cant play this any more since the latest update. It keeps freezing and crashing on my galaxy s3. I think it doesnt have enugh computing power

 

[Jenga54]

I have been playing this a ton. Really entertaining. Especially once the update came and made the courses so much more diverse.

I have few gripes though, that I'd like to list here.
1. On the new course layouts, 99% of the holes are putter shots. What's up with that? It's much more fun to manipulate lines with faster discs.
2. There are way too many holes where the tee pad is headed directly at a hill or a tree. They make the hole feel very gimmicky and unrealistic. There should be a clear fairway to at least try to hit. If you've gained enough power to go over the top then that should be just an alternative route.
3. The island greens on the beach course are ridiculous.
4. The courses are a bit too easy. It's quite easy to birdie out some of the courses. The difficulty should be increased by tighter fairways and longer holes, not by impossible greens or unrealistic lines.
5. The baskets are letting discs through and spitting out too often. I can live with some spit outs, but disc floating through is just irritating. Sure, this usually happens only if I don't hit it dead center, but still some reaction from basket would be nice.
6. The estimated line is way off. I'm not sure if it's because I already improved my stats before the update, but generally I need to "overthrow" each basket some 30-50ft.
7. The lines get messed up sometimes. I could be aiming a power drive with a driver and the line is heading to the ground after 50ft. Clearly a bug, but don't quite know when/why it happens.
8. Camera gets messed up. Similar bug, but in this case the camera angle goes just straight up or down and it's impossible to shift it towards the basket.

Eventhough the list of issues seems long, I still enjoy the game and think it's the best one out there (at the moment). So hopefully the guys will keep improving and adding on the nice product.

Is somebody still developing this, or has the whole project been abandoned?

Definitely not abandoned.

I have been testing with them for quite some time. This is still in the very early stages, so a lot of the above concerns are valid, but not part of the game design for release. Notice that all of the holes just come from random seeds from computer-generated maps based on the different biomes. The courses are just made from 18 seeds that are interesting, but have no design on purpose, they were just seeds that we found to be fun or interesting.

The game that will be released will have holes that were designed, and actually I've heard some pretty neat things around this course design. But they will have the ability to make fairways with trees lining the edges, placing trees, the basket, teebox placement, all that.

My list of things for improvement include:
Flight characteristic of fade. It's hard to turn a corner. With a fresh OS disc, it shouldn't sweep gently left, it should have a much greater hook at the end.
Flight Characteristic of beating in turn. The turn kicks in very late, so much so that I use the opposite hand for getting around corners. For a hard fade left at the end, I throw a beat up disc RHFH and it bends left more than an OS RHBH
Basket Physics, general spit outs. It is not perfect but there is a logic to it. Hard putts, weak side putts go through more. Lower putts, slower putts stick well. I believe in a game they should stick more putts, it is a game it doesn't need to to be too life like, if I wanted spit outs I'd play for real.
Hole Distances - they are all set up to be Par 3s. Mainly I think due to random seed generation parameters. In the future with designed holes I hope for Par4 and Par5 holes.
Disc preview line - I used to be able to set the line and average an ace per 18 holes. Just a slight adjustment for wind and hit all kinds of metal. A recent update with power settings and player attributes makes it hard to hit the center of the target on release. Hitting 100% power is easy but rarely to I hit the release point well. The preview though does not reflect nearly as close to actual anymore.
Headwind/Tailwind - this seems to not quite be right - headwind loses distance as it stalls out early. Tailwind loses distance as the disc doesn't float right and just dies early. Like you said above, you need to overshoot the basket quite far regardless of wind. Side winds play accurately for me still.

From early on this game has matured a lot with a lot of awesome features, in my most humble voice some of the ideas came from me and other testers. It's pretty awesome in that regard. I love the proshop because IRL I'm very picky about disc color/weight/mold and I love cycling discs with a range of wear.

Yes, iOS takes a lot longer to push out updates, android is pretty much right away. Looking forward for things to come!

 

[Jenga54]

Seems that Android version is further along than the iPhone version. Waiting on the replay upgrade for the iOS

But this happened yesterday:

I have the replay update through the tester portal - now I need a screenshot video capture on iOS. Any suggestions?

 

[LmidgitD]

While upon initial thoughts the game is nice, I cannot deal with being asked 3 times for permissions, which google account, etc after every hole. That should automatically be saved after the initial setup.

 

[Jenga54]

While upon initial thoughts the game is nice, I cannot deal with being asked 3 times for permissions, which google account, etc after every hole. That should automatically be saved after the initial setup.

On android I'm guessing? Sounds like a bug.. I'll send it in

 

[LmidgitD]

Yes, I'm running a lg g3 us cellular if that helps.

 

[Jenga54]

Oh yeah play blue tees and blue pins... Then they won't be all putters

 

[tylerc]

This new update is super weird, i keep lining up my disc to go 100 ft past the basket and it comes up short? Distance is weird for drivers, midranges and short drivers the distance has always been like that but jow everything is that way.. I dont get it. Also seems like more spit outs..

 

[Snaques]

Oh yeah play blue tees and blue pins... Then they won't be all putters

Oh man, completely missed out this option. Unchained reborn! :thmbup:

 

[Local Route Labs]

Is somebody still developing this, or has the whole project been abandoned?

We are still here and getting more done than ever on Disc Golf Unchained! Our DGCR posts are thinner than we'd like, but there's only so many hours in a day (and so many platforms to keep up on). We've been deep in development of the game and have had some huge updates go through recently on both Android and iOS. As per usual, Android development is still a week or two or three ahead of iOS due to the review and release schedule set forth by Apple. Fear not, everything that is released on Android will be done on iOS.

As far as some of the bugs we've seen posted on here, a few of them have been taken care of and the others are on our list to be fixed. With a small (and less than optimally organized) test group, some things do fall through the cracks from time to time. With the game in Alpha, we do rely on the feedback we get from places like DGCR to fix bugs. Thanks to everyone for posting about the game, and rest assured we are listening.

Finally, we want to give a special shout out to Jenga54 for keeping us apprised of the discussion here. He has been invaluable as a tester and an extra eye on discussions regarding Unchained. Contributions like his are appreciated more than we can say, and they really take some of the weight off the shoulders of our 2-man dev team. If anyone wants to follow his lead and help us out in some capacity or another, we are always happy to give some direction on how to do so. Drop us a line at http://www.localroutelabs.com/contact, and we can talk more about how you can help.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support and interest!

 

[LmidgitD]

Just pm'ed you with some others things I've noticed. Thanks again for getting this game up and running.

 

[LmidgitD]

So I found only the driver is going 150ft max. It's flight path is also dead straight, no anny or hyper at all). All other discs are flying the correct distance (eg: fairway will go 300ft)