Gravity Golf

How to play

Gravity Golf is mini golf in space. Drag back from the ball to aim, watch the dotted preview line, then release to launch toward the glowing green goal. There is no friction out here, so the ball keeps sailing until a planet, a barrier, or the goal stops it. Twenty holes, each with a par to beat.

Tips

• Trust the dotted preview line over your instincts. It already accounts for how every planet will bend your shot.
• Planet color signals pull strength. Red and orange planets tug much harder than blue ones, so give them extra room.
• Skim close past a planet to slingshot. Its gravity whips the ball around corners a straight shot could never reach.
• Crashing into a planet or barrier resets the ball but keeps the stroke on your card, so a slow safe shot often beats a fast risky one.

Golf without friction

On Earth a golf ball stops because grass and air slow it down. In Gravity Golf there is nothing to slow it, so a shot keeps going until something stops it, and the only forces acting on the ball are the planets. Each one pulls the ball towards itself, more strongly the closer it gets, and that pull bends the path. A shot that would fly straight past the goal can be curved into it by aiming near a planet, and a shot aimed straight at the goal can be pulled off course by one you did not account for.

The dotted preview line already includes the gravity of every planet on the hole, which is why the tips say to trust it over instinct. Instinct is calibrated for friction and straight lines, and neither applies here. Twenty holes each carry a par, and the score is strokes against par across the course.

Playing the course

• Trust the preview. It is the actual path, gravity included. Your instinct is wrong out here.
• Use planets as bumpers. A shot that grazes a planet on the near side bends around it, which is how most of the hard holes are meant to be played.
• Less power is often better. A slow ball bends more, and bending is how you reach a goal that is not in a straight line.
• Barriers stop the ball dead. If the preview shows it hitting one, it will.
• Par is a target, not a rule. A hole where you take one extra stroke to set up a clean finish often beats a heroic single shot that misses.

Common questions

Why does the ball not stop?

There is no friction in this game. The ball keeps moving until a planet, a barrier or the goal stops it.

Does the preview line show the real path?

Yes. It includes the pull of every planet on the hole, so it is more reliable than judging by eye.

How many holes are there?

Twenty, each with a par. Your score is how you did against par across all of them.