Wonder Wickets Demo

Mini-golf is not a hugely popular sport, but it certainly has all the makings of a fun activity if you enjoy testing your precision and intuition. In essence, the goal is to get the ball to the hole in as few moves as possible, but unlike with regular golf, there are all sorts of traps and obstacles to overcome along the way. Hence, the sport is that much more versatile in a virtual environment.

Wonder Wickets is a mini-golf game in which you get to explore the vastness of space in an effort to visit the most ludicrous mini-golf courses out there. The game integrates a variety of mechanics to make the experience more challenging, including all sorts of power-ups and special abilities that must be used at the right time in order to get the desired effect.

You start by selecting a character, and there are more of them to unlock as you manage to complete the stages. There is also a tutorial to get you started with the controls and the overall mechanics, but then again the controls are displayed on the screen anyway even if you skip the tutorial. After that, it’s a matter of slowly getting the ball to the target in as few moves as possible, all while avoiding nasty traps.

An interesting thing about Wonder Wickets is the fact that your character is free to roam around the level between the shots, which allows you get an overall picture of the obstacles beforehand. You can also zoom in or out, and there are multiple surfaces to get acquainted with, including thick foliage, water, and a few others that require different amounts of power to be navigated.

Speaking of which, the physics are not exactly realistic, but they are easy to understand and pretty straightforward. It would appear the the bouncing effects don’t always go according to the preview, on the other hand, so you must learn the ropes by actually trying things out. Lastly, the graphics are very nice as well, even if they lack detail sometimes and the levels appear too flat and simple.

Wonder Wickets is the perfect way to relax for a while, but it can also frustrate you to no end if you are trying to achieve a high score or anything of the sort. It even comes with an editor for you to create personalized levels and share them with other people.