June 2024 Player Update with Walkabout Creator

Hey everybody!

The year is halfway through and already so much has happened. Thank you so much for your ongoing support! I wanted to update everyone on what’s coming up for Walkabout Mini Golf…

We’ve recently announced that the “Wallace and Gromit” DLC is coming in July to Quest, PSVR2, Steam, and PICO players. It’s been a close partnership with Aardman and we think you’re going to love it! It’s chock full of gags, gadgets, and references from their many adventures. A few weeks ago we also announced our next licensed course: “Viva Las Elvis” coming early 2025. But we have so many more surprises before then, including a handful of new courses.

On the tech side, Pocket Edition for iOS has taken much longer than we anticipated but we appreciate all who have participated in the Open Public Beta to help us get it right. That’s still very much in the works and we’ll get it out the moment it is ready. At the same time, we’ve spent much of the past 2 years rebuilding the code architecture to allow for more modes, features, and improvements that were never anticipated when Walkabout was originally created as a solo project. We really appreciate your patience as we have taken the time to do this the right way, and the new game modes that just released are the tip of the iceberg in terms of what we are now able to build on this more flexible system. Expect to see more features, quality-of-life improvements, and some surprises moving forward!

Also, we’ll soon be trying out a few licensed avatar packs for $1.99, which will hopefully make it possible for us to pay for the licensing fees. This was inspired by the creative ways you all use our included avatars, and that library of included avatars will continue to expand. If enough of you like the licensed avatar packs, we’ll make more. If you don’t, we won’t. I know you all have many ideas for potential creative partners (as do we) and the best thing you can do to make those a reality is to keep playing and help spread the word. We are 100% independent, which means no investors, and we’re not reliant on things like ads or data mining to make our business work. Thanks to you, we’re totally player-funded, which allows us to make decisions based primarily on what delights you and us. Our goal is to keep this going by always evolving the game with you and the community at the center of our plans.

Thank you so much,

Lucas