Arcane Golf

Released: Jul 26, 2018
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Last updated: 16 Sep 2026, 05:23 GMT

Updates & announcements

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19 Nov 2025Developer post
New Retro Game: Super Shootin Star!
Your new favorite way to spend your lunch break has just released. Super Shootin Star is a high score em up with a roguelike-ish twist. And all for less than $2! View game page 4 years ago I released a little mobile game that combined Doodle Jump with rocket jumping. People calle
Your new favorite way to spend your lunch break has just released. Super Shootin Star is a high score em up with a roguelike-ish twist. And all for less than $2!
View game page4 years ago I released a little mobile game that combined Doodle Jump with rocket jumping. People called it "Reverse Downwell", Apple called it a "New Game We Love." But alas, I don't have enough hours in the day to maintain mobile and PC games. So with my modern focus on PC first, I decided to resurrect an old favorite, remaster the art, rebalance the gameplay, rebuild the controls, and finally add that roguelike-inspired mode to properly earn the "Reverse Downwell" comparison (sort of).
Support your "local" indie dev! Every dollar earned, goes right back into current and future game development.
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Features
2 game modes: A classic high-score mode that's all skill no frills, and a longer roguelike inspired mode with upgrades
Steam Leaderboards for local, friend list, and global competition in both game modes
28 Steam Achievements to unlock
Short runs are perfect when you have a few minutes to spare
Mouse-only, 1-button controls
Under $2 USD!
See how things have changed:
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16 Aug 2024Developer post
New Game: Cosmic Raze
Announcing my next game, and a new initiative! Cosmic Raze is a tower defense game with auto-battler drafting, and a dash of roguelike elements for endless replayability. Take control of advanced weapon systems, build powerful synergies, and then blast away as aliens attempt to c
25 Dec 2023Developer post
Holiday Hotfix 2023
I've managed to locate the old files and implemented a fix for the tutorial soft locking that was preventing new players from hopping into a fresh dungeon. As a result of years of engine updates, the file structure is also a bit different so the update will change a bit more than
25 Dec 2023Developer post
Known Issue and Simple Fix
Hey everyone! Long time no chat! I haven't been around the putting green in many moons, but as many people are trying the game out for the first time, I have seen that there is an issue with the tutorial text not showing up. Many of you know the fix: Turn off the "Easy Reading Mo
09 Jan 2022Developer post
Quick Fix: "Mull Again"
This small patch should fix a reported issue with unlocking the "Mull Again" achievement. Oh, and happy new year!
13 Jul 2021Developer post
The Golf Labs Update
This update brings the brand new Golf Labs to Arcane Golf! The Golf Lab was originally envisioned as a place for us to release periodic, experimental game updates not tied to the traditional dungeon structure (though it didn't quite work out that way, but more on that below). Tod
This update brings the brand new Golf Labs to Arcane Golf!
The Golf Lab was originally envisioned as a place for us to release periodic, experimental game updates not tied to the traditional dungeon structure (though it didn't quite work out that way, but more on that below). Today we're adding 50 1-shot levels spread across all 4 dungeons, remixed with different traps, and with some brand new features including:

Multi-directional wind
Slimes that ride moving platforms
The Anti-Gravity Gem
Unfortunately, this may prove to be the only content that makes it into the Golf Labs. We'd love to add more, and have appreciated the positive response across all platforms (especially to our huge 2.0 re-release), but ultimately we may have to move on to new projects for a variety of reasons.
If this is our last update though, we just want to say thank you to everyone that picked up our weird little indie game, and we hope you enjoy this last bit of new content. But hey, never say never.
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29 Mar 2021Developer post
Quick Fix 3/29/21
Just a quick fix (as the title says) for a bug that was causing stat-based achievements to unlock twice as fast as they should. Accidentally introduced with the level skipping feature. Dank Dungeon Level 28 also received a small adjustment. The tee has been turned on, allowing yo
19 Mar 2021Developer post
The Accessibility Update (v.2.2)
3 years ago we released Arcane Golf on PC. Last year we took all of the feedback around the internet and rebuilt the game to be better in the free update, Arcane Golf 2.0. This year our new publishing partner, Clickteam, helped us bring our updated vision to mobile platforms , an
3 years ago we released Arcane Golf on PC. Last year we took all of the feedback around the internet and rebuilt the game to be better in the free update, Arcane Golf 2.0. This year our new publishing partner, Clickteam, helped us bring our updated vision to mobile platforms, and it's been a great success so far, but we're not stopping!
The first in what will hopefully be many more content and feature updates of 2021, helps further smooth out difficulty, adds new features to help gamers of all types, brings a new in-game achievement viewer, and lets you skip levels and come back on your own terms.
Full Patch Notes:

New Feature: Level Skip! Players can now skip any level after trying it once. Feeling stuck? Move on and come back to it on your own time.
New Feature: Achievement Viewer: You can now select the trophy from the main menu to view all of the possible achievements and see which you've unlocked already. This includes the hidden achievements.
New Feature: Easy Reading Mode: A new toggle to the options menu will allow you to reduce tutorial length, and double the text size on screen
New Feature: Visual Assist Mode: A new toggle to the options menu will allow you to disable all unnecessary background art and add a brighter highlight around the ball itself.
New Content: In addition to the visual assist, we've added a couple more ball colors in the options menu to give you greater flexibility (and choice) with what your game looks like. The new bright white ball can further help you stay focused on the action.
Quality of Life: Additional text has been added to Dank Dungeon Tutorial on level 5. Some players still think they need to click directly on the ball to aim and shoot, and this should act as a gentle reminder if they don't read the first tutorial...unless they don't read this either.
Quality of Life: A number of levels have had their layouts tweaked, most notably Forest Ruins Levels 34 and 37. If you have feedback on other problematic levels that don't feel fun or fair, let us know in the comments!
Pricing: We've updated our PC pricing to more closely match the mobile game. The PC version has additional quality of life features and flexibility and is our primary development platform, but we think $2.99 is an amazing price for 200 levels of physics goodness!
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10 Jan 2021Developer post
Level Unlock "Bug" Fix
Report: A number of players have indicated that levels and dungeons are unlocking before they've earned them, causing achievements to prematurely trigger for completing dungeons. The Problem: We discovered that a save file from the testing phase was accidentally bundled with the
Report: A number of players have indicated that levels and dungeons are unlocking before they've earned them, causing achievements to prematurely trigger for completing dungeons.
The Problem: We discovered that a save file from the testing phase was accidentally bundled with the update files, and is overwriting player save files.
The Solution: There is a fix, but it comes at a possible cost. Current progress may be reset due to this issue.
If you've already unlocked levels and do not want to again, you can use the konami code at the dungeon select screen for each individual dungeon to unlock the levels in that dungeon. The code, if you aren't familiar is: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A (use the arrow keys for directional inputs). If you have cloud saves enabled already, this issue may not affect you.
To fix your save file and start fresh without issues going forward take the following steps:

Step 1: Go to your Steam Library and right click on Arcane Golf
Step 2: Select "properties" from the drop down menu
Step 3: Uncheck the "Cloud Save" option from the menu that pops up
Step 4: Go to your Steam folder for Arcane Golf and then double click the Data folder. It should look something like this: C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Arcane Golf\\Data (note: depending on where you view these patch notes, you may see two slashes due to formatting inconsistencies on Steam. There should only be one slash between folders as usual.)
Step 5: Delete the file called "Progress.arr"
Step 6: Launch Arcane Golf
Step 7: Once you complete one level of the game and then exit you should be able to re-enable cloud saves and progress through the game as you normally would.
Because we're constantly resetting game progress while testing, we don't always have Cloud saves enabled, and weren't immediately able to replicate the problem. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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07 Jan 2021Developer post
Level Adjustments
Just a small update to fix a few minor build inconsistencies between levels. Most of the changes are so small that players won't be able to immediately notice them, but they have a tangible effect on the gameplay. Level 20 of the Dank Dungeon is the most notable, and should now b
20 Dec 2020Developer post
Arcane Golf 2.0
Settle in! Arcane Golf just got a major upgrade, and there is a lot to talk about! For the past several months we've been working with select testers to reshape Arcane Golf into a better looking, better playing gameplay experience. We've taken feedback from the gaming community,
Settle in! Arcane Golf just got a major upgrade, and there is a lot to talk about!
For the past several months we've been working with select testers to reshape Arcane Golf into a better looking, better playing gameplay experience. We've taken feedback from the gaming community, from our testers, and from our harshest critics (ourselves) and worked to create a much more polished and enjoyable experience than we could have when we first began this game dev journey years ago.
TLDR;

Updated and new levels: More fun, more forgiving, more creative. Smoother difficulty curve. More than 75% of the levels received updates!
No more time-limited shots. Take as long as you want! Levels have been redesigned with this in mind.
New aiming and user interface elements offer more information, better accuracy
Remastered pixel art: 3 times as many colors, updated textures, animations, and special FX!
New tutorials: A much friendlier (sillier) wizard imparts his wisdom this time around. Improved text legibility, with multi-color font to highlight important parts of the text.
A host of additional quality of life updates from optimization to object "collision boxes" and more!
Gameplay:

There is no longer a shot timer. The "casual aim mode" added post-launch has become the only mode, and the option to enable or disable it has been removed from the options menu.
New aim indicator

A new power meter helps players fine tune their shots to the exact %
A new direction indicator will better help players see the initial direction of their shots

Nearly every level has been rebalanced or replaced. The deeper into the game you get the more dramatic the changes are.

Levels designed around precise shot timing have been removed or updated to account for the new timer-free shot style
Levels designed around pixel perfect reaction times have been removed or rebalanced to give players much more time to react
Levels built around only timed inputs (and not shooting at all) have been removed or altered to include interesting shots
A handful of levels include additional shots so players can solve them in multiple ways or simply have an extra shot for simple mistakes
Many brand new levels have been introduced that play more like mini golf, with much lighter maze and puzzle-like qualities. This is still a puzzle game, albeit a much more relaxing, and forgiving puzzle game than before.

Switches now have a more forgiving hit box that favors the player and does not require pixel perfect accuracy
Quality of Life:

The Quick Restart function has been updated
Players can now quick restart when paused

Quick restart now works during penalty animations
Quick restart can be bound to the middle mouse button in the options menu. Note: A number of special powers have been hardcoded to use the right mouse button already.
There is also a tutorial text on level 3 of the first dungeon that will explain that the quick restart function exists (but you already know if you're reading this).

Added a pause button that can be clicked on. Combined with the quick restart changes, the entire game can now be played with only a mouse.
Added a "current level" number to the UI when in-game
You can now also change the ball color by clicking around the ball/tee on the main menu (also still in the options menu).
Tutorials and flavor text have been completely rewritten

Like with the rest of the game, the tone of the tutorials is one that is more welcoming and friendly (and completely silly)
The text system has also been given a small overhaul that should make reading tutorials and flavor text easier
Tutorial text now supports highlighting, so if you want to skip the flavor text you can see the most important bits in orange

Optimization: While Arcane Golf should already run on just about any PC, we've made a number of changes throughout that should further optimize the game.
Art:

Every dungeon tileset has been remastered. Very little has been left untouched.
Expanded the color palette from 32 colors to 80+. Added additional contrast to the overall look. Arcane Golf was originally going to be part of a collection of retro-styled games that shared a limited color palette, but when it became a full stand-alone game the palette remained.
Creature and trap animations have been given more frames of animation and detail
The fairy power has been completely redesigned
Water/waves have been completely redesign
All generic particle effects have been replaced with hand animated effects. Everything from the the tee, to the ball bouncing, to splashes and explosions have been replaced
A new shot "charging" effect triggers when aiming your shot
Updated shot indicator art for a more dynamic, interesting look
Check out some before and after animated gifs: Arcane Golf 2.0 Gallery
Developer Update:

Gold5Games no longer exists, but the two of us that made Arcane Golf do (for now, lol). We may collaborate in the future, but sometimes we'll be doing our own things so we've rebranded to make it much clearer who is working on what projects. You'll see the new logos at startup.
FromLefcourt is Steven Lefcourt , the artist and coder.
thatgregperkins is Greg Perkins, the musician.
We both worked on level design, game mechanics, and tutorials together.
We couldn't have made these changes without those of you that left honest feedback in your reviews, and members of the gaming community that made videos, guides, articles, and podcasts talking about our little game.
Special thank you to our beta testers, and Clickteam for all their help and support! Without them, this new version would not have been possible.
We have a few more surprises and announcements coming in the near-ish future, so stay tuned!
If you enjoy these updates, please share! We think it's a great game for all kinds of gamers, and it's especially fun to play together with younger family members. This year has been trying for all of us, so we hope this update brings a little joy to even a few of you. Happy holidays!
Sincerely,
FromLefcourt and thatgregperkins
P.S. Want to see what we're currently up to?
FromLefcourt will be the easiest way to contact us or follow us on social media.
[email protected]
FromLefcourt.com
@FromLefcourt (on Twitter)
https://fromlefcourt.itch.io/
Important Note:
A recent update to anti-virus definitions has caused Arcane Golf and other games made with the Fusion engine to trigger false positives. Clickteam (makers of the Fusion engine) are working to get this fixed, and most anti-virus should be fine now, but you may need to whitelist Arcane Golf with your anti-virus and redownload the files if you have a problem.
Also, in rare instances you may find certain levels have been locked again. We hope this isn't a problem since most of the levels are new or adjusted, but a certain famous cheat code might help at level select if you'd rather not unlock every level again.
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02 Aug 2018Developer post
Quality of Life Update #003
In today's update we have some fun additions and fixes, as well as a brand new play option that will help casual fans enjoy more of the game. So let's get to it! This is the big one: We've added a "Casual Aim Mode" option to the options menu. If you enable this there will no long
In today's update we have some fun additions and fixes, as well as a brand new play option that will help casual fans enjoy more of the game. So let's get to it!

This is the big one: We've added a "Casual Aim Mode" option to the options menu. If you enable this there will no longer be any shot timer. We heard from a handful of our players that they would like an option with less pressure and more time to aim. We've always wanted Arcane Golf to appeal to a wide range of player skill levels, so we hope this helps. This may make some levels too easy, but overall it should provide a much more relaxing experience for those of you that want it. There is new text on levels 3 and 5 of the Dank Dungeon that will tell new players about this option if they miss it.
New "Ball Color" option in the options menu. It just wouldn't be mini golf without the ability to choose what color your ball was. Of course it also wouldn't be mini golf if nobody got upset that they didn't get their favorite color. We consider this a feature ;) More colors may be added in the future.
Also, as promised we've added the ability to rebind a "quick restart" key. In our last update we added the option for players to quickly restart a level by pressing the "R" key. Now you can set it to whatever key you want!
Lastly, we made a small fix to the tutorial system. Quick restarting a level, then exiting and replaying that level could cause the text to get jumbled. This should no longer happen, but let us know!
That concludes our latest quality of life update. As always, we want to hear how we can improve your experience with our game, so be sure to follow us on twitter (the best place to connect with us) @Gold5Games
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29 Jul 2018Developer post
Quality of Life Update #002
It's time for another small update. We've continued to get some great feedback from our growing community of players and we wanted to get in some quick changes based on that to help foster the best possible experience. First up, we added a quck restart key. Players can now press
It's time for another small update. We've continued to get some great feedback from our growing community of players and we wanted to get in some quick changes based on that to help foster the best possible experience.

First up, we added a quck restart key. Players can now press "R" to quickly restart a level instead of clicking any buttons. In the next update this will be noted in the options menu, and will be rebindable to any key you would like.
Level 47 of the Dank Dungeon has been adjusted to be a bit easier. It's one of our favorite levels, but based on feedback, we realize it may have been too difficult that early in the game.
The "Stretch to fit" resolution option has been adjusted. It was cutting off elements of the game area on certain resolutions, but will now attempt to make the biggest possible playing area without cutting any elements off. As noted in the options menu, this can result in distortion, so if you want pixel perfect visuals, please choose one of the 1x, 2x, or 3x options from the drop down menu.
Finally, we added a small line of text to the first tutorial explaining that players can click anywhere to shoot. It was unclear to some players that they did not have to click on the ball to shoot, and we want to make that as clear as possible. Avoid the edges of the screen for the best results.
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28 Jul 2018Developer post
Quality of Life Update #001
It's time for our first quality of life update! We've appreciated all the kind words and messages we have received through Steam, Twitter, Facebook, email, and elsewhere. We've taken some of that feedback and fixed a few things to improve your gameplay experiences! Slime traps we
It's time for our first quality of life update!
We've appreciated all the kind words and messages we have received through Steam, Twitter, Facebook, email, and elsewhere. We've taken some of that feedback and fixed a few things to improve your gameplay experiences!

Slime traps were not quick restarting the level like other hazards. We have changed this to help smooth things out and make restarting a level easier.
Pressing Esc. when the pause menu is open will now save any updated sound/music options. Previously you had to click one of the options menu buttons to resume, restart or quit the level for a save to happen.
When in windowed mode, the window will no longer re-position to the center of your screen after every restart or new level. The window will still do this in the options menu to make adjusting resolution easier.
On rare occasions the game was allowing players to skip levels they had not completed. This would break the "play next" button that would show up at the end of the level, forcing players back to the level select screen to choose the next level. This could be fixed by making sure to go back and complete any unfinished levels. We've put in some protections to hopefully prevent this from happening to anyone else, but it has been a hard bug to replicate. Let us know if this continues to happen.
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Arcane Golf

Updates & announcements

New Retro Game: Super Shootin Star!

Features

See how things have changed:

New Game: Cosmic Raze

Announcing my next game, and a new initiative!

Byte Size Initiative

FromLefcourt on Patreon

Holiday Hotfix 2023

Known Issue and Simple Fix

Hey everyone! Long time no chat!

Quick Fix: "Mull Again"

The Golf Labs Update

Quick Fix 3/29/21

The Accessibility Update (v.2.2)

Full Patch Notes:

Level Unlock "Bug" Fix

Level Adjustments

Arcane Golf 2.0

TLDR;

Gameplay:

Quality of Life:

Art:

Developer Update:

Important Note:

Quality of Life Update #003

Quality of Life Update #002

Quality of Life Update #001