Available for:personal computer, iOS, Android
Golf in the desert is exactly what the text says and nothing more. There's a ball, a hole, and a procedurally generated desert in the middle. That's it. There's no par, no club selection, no music, no items, no pause menu, no restarts, not even an avatar. Just dragging a cursor back to determine the angle and power of the next shot, and an attempt to get A to B. Once you do, a new hole appears and you continue on, infinitely. (The game Technically it has (an “ending,” but God bless anyone who plays long enough to see it).
Golf in the desert In theory, it seems overly simple, but it makes sense as a sneaky critique of time-consuming, player-degrading mobile games. Playing it, however, actually borders on meditation. The game's radical minimalism makes everything and nothing matter at once. There's a shot counter at the top, but functionally it's meaningless, just indicating how long you've played. You can spend 60 shots on a hole, but there's no invisible eye judging you. Instead, you can focus entirely on the simple pleasure of arcing a ball through the air, watching it kick up sand, and eventually, plonk In the hole. It is about the act of playing rather than the rules of a game: golf.Inno golf. And when something new comes along—a waterhole, a setting sun, a cactus—it feels momentous.
