About Grow Golf
Grow Golf is a golf game crossed with a tiny farm, where the golf balls are also your crops. Every shot does a job: a regular ball plants a seedling where it lands, a water ball soaks the ground, and a dirt ball builds new land out of thin air.
Water a seedling enough and it grows into a fresh golf ball, which keeps your supply going. Dirt balls break when they land, and the new ground crumbles if it dries out, so fresh land needs water too. The question is how long you can keep the whole thing going.
It started as a 48-hour jam game, and it's built around a high score. You can play Grow Golf online here with a mouse, plus Shift or a right-click for one handy shortcut.
How to Play Grow Golf
- Pick a tool from the bar at the bottom of the screen.
- With the club selected, click and drag to hit a ball.
- With a material selected, drag over balls to turn them into that type: regular, water or dirt.
- Right-click or Shift+click a material to switch every ball to it at once.
- Plant seedlings with regular balls, water them with water balls and extend the land with dirt balls.
- Keep seedlings and dirt watered so new balls grow and the ground holds together.
What to Expect in Grow Golf
Grow Golf turns aiming into planning. A water ball soaks every tile it passes over, plus a three-by-three patch where it lands, so one good shot can water a whole row of seedlings. Dirt lets you build land where there was none, but it only lasts if you keep it wet.
The pixel art is bright and sunny, and the garden gets busy as it grows. It's a short, score-chasing golf game, and you can play Grow Golf free as many times as you like while you work out the right mix of planting, watering and building.
Tips for Grow Golf
- Aim water shots so they fly over as many seedlings and dirt tiles as possible on the way down.
- Land water balls right in the middle of a cluster to catch the full three-by-three splash.
- Do not build more dirt than you can keep watered. Dry dirt falls apart.
- Use Shift+click or right-click on a material when you need to switch every ball fast.
- Keep some regular balls planting at all times, since new seedlings are where your next golf balls come from.
Who Made Grow Golf
Grow Golf was made by torcado, who released it on itch.io. It was built in OpenFL for Ludum Dare 52. FunClicker embeds the creator's own version so you can play it here without downloading anything. We did not make the game, and the credit for its design, code, and art belongs to its creator. You can find the original on the Grow Golf page on itch.io.
FAQ
Is Grow Golf free?
Yes. Grow Golf is free to play here in your browser, with no install and no account. Pick the club, drag to hit your first ball and the garden starts growing. It's built around a high score, so each new run is a chance to last longer than the one before.
How do you play Grow Golf?
Pick a tool at the bottom of the screen. With the club, click and drag to hit a ball. With a material, drag over balls to change them into regular, water or dirt balls. Regular balls plant seedlings, water balls help them grow into new golf balls, and dirt balls create new land.
What is the goal in Grow Golf?
The goal in Grow Golf is to last as long as you can. You keep a garden of golf balls going by planting, watering and building land, and how long you survive depends on keeping that garden healthy and your supply of balls growing.
Who made Grow Golf?
Grow Golf was made by torcado, who built it in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 52 and released it on itch.io. It was made in OpenFL. FunClicker did not make the game. We embed the creator's own version, and the credit link above goes to the original release.
Can I play Grow Golf on a Chromebook or phone?
Grow Golf runs in a browser tab, so it works on a Chromebook with a mouse or trackpad. Nearly everything works by clicking and dragging, though the bulk switch uses right-click or Shift. On a phone it may load, but a computer gives you the precise drags the shots need.
Is Grow Golf unblocked at school?
Grow Golf needs only a browser tab, with nothing to download and no login. Whether it opens on a school network depends on that network's filters, which we do not control. If it loads on your connection, grab the club and take your first shot.
How do water balls work in Grow Golf?
A water ball in Grow Golf waters every tile it passes over on its way, then soaks a three-by-three patch around the spot where it lands. It waters both seedlings and land tiles, so a well-aimed shot can help several plants grow and keep dirt from drying out at the same time.
What do dirt balls do in Grow Golf?
Dirt balls in Grow Golf create new land in empty air where they come down, and they always break on landing. New dirt dries up and falls apart if you leave it unwatered, so plan to follow a dirt shot with a water shot to keep the new ground in place.
