Hello Arching Archaeoperteri,
I hope Archaeopteri is the plural of Archaeopteryx, it certainly sounds the best out of the various versions. Now, down to business, there's been another update! What does this one bring? New things, of course! Specifically:
- Monthly Leaderboards! This will have its own entire section below, see that for details. Just know our artist made new icons, and seems to be appeased by this development.
- Level geometry fixes. You can't escape your teenage math years, next up will be level trigonometry! Yes, math, not maths.
- Some backend prepwork for a future update. This may result in slightly longer leaderboard submissions.
- Minor bugfixes. If you notice any bugs, please report them on our Discord server (https://discord.gg/UNApuJcyxr)!
Monthly Leaderboard
Would you look at that, there is a whole new leaderboard in the game. Well, technically 36 whole new leaderboards, but that's a small detail.
Every level has a leaderboard that will be reset monthly. This is the new default leaderboard shown when selecting a level. Don't worry, the global leaderboards haven't gone anywhere. They are still accessible via a tab similar to the friends-only tab, and have not changed. I repeat: Monthly Leaderboards are the new default view, but the global leaderboards still exist and will be submitted to the same.
In addition to monthly leaderboards for every level, we would like to so something to highlight specific levels for people to compete in. So, each month we will make a Community Post (both here and on the Discord) specifying which levels are the focus for that month. And with each one of these, we will shout out the top players from the previous month's highlighted levels.
March's monthly leaderboards are starting now, have an extra two days! The highlighted levels for March 2024 are:
- Island Hopping
- Lava Falls
In addition to monthly leaderboards, we have a speedrun.com page! Well, we've had one since launch but kept forgetting to say something about it. The page is for entire game speedruns, so from Sweet Beginnings all the way through to Pyramid Scheme, the entire time counts! Check it out at https://www.speedrun.com/Disaster_Golf_
Development Update
Development update time! Did someone say Meteor Basketball news? Even if no one did, you are getting some pre-alpha footage anyway:
Happy golfing!
- Auri