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Putt Pastoral — Nine Holes of Storybook Golf
Nine holes of storybook minigolf where the sheep are hazards and the windmill has opinions. One-gesture drag putt. Works on touch, iPad and mouse.
The Game
Putt Pastoral is nine holes of minigolf across a tiny watercolor countryside. Banks, slopes, sand, streams, a rotating windmill — and sheep: slow, woolly, bleating obstacles that wander the fairway and gently shoulder your ball off line. Total par is modest; your dignity is the real stake.
Core Loop
Drag anywhere to aim — the shot line always originates at the ball, so your finger never covers it — pull back for power, release to putt. The ball rolls off friction, banks off walls, curves across painted slope zones, sinks in water (drop at entry, one stroke) and labors through sand. Each hole is a single readable screen with a nameplate ("The Baa-rricade") and a par; the scorecard slides through between holes with birdie/bogey verdicts.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| Drag (touch / iPad / mouse) | Aim — drag back for power, release to putt |
| Drag back to start point | Cancel the shot |
| R | Restart the hole |
| P / Esc | Pause |
Session & Scoring
- A full round takes five to ten minutes
- Nine holes, each with its own par
- Best round versus par and per-hole bests persist in localStorage (
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Visual & Audio
Watercolor washes of meadow green, cream paths, hedgerows and paper-cut cottages under a soft paper grain; sheep are little clouds with legs and blink animations. The putt is a satisfying thock, walls tick, water sploshes, sheep bleat comedically, and holing out earns a plunk and a happy chord — all procedural.
Technical Notes
Single self-contained HTML file. Substepped ball physics (no tunneling through thin walls), guaranteed rest and in-bounds invariants, fixed world coordinates letterboxed to any screen.
Third release in the Apps & Games monthly series — a new game every month.
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