- Version 1.0.76 is Live - 5 May 2021
The latest release of UDG is now live for all players. We appreciate everyone's patience while we worked to upgrade the game build to Unreal Engine 4.26 in addition to everything else that was on the list for this release. There are some major improvements to the dynamic weather system including the option to disable it completely and pick the weather for the round (we know this was a major pain for most players). We're also very excited to announce that this release includes angling the disc hyzer or anhyzer. This is a WIP and some flight physics still need further tuning to match up to different release angles but the mechanic is there and many more shot shapes are now possible. Full Changelog: Core update: Updated game build to Unreal Engine 4.26 Core update: Game now defaults to DirectX 12 Menu update - Various improvements and fixes for the Casual Round menu Bugfix - Fixed Atom dri…
- Friday Devlog - 23 April 2021
Hey everyone Happy Friday! We know that the current dynamic weather has issues and one reason the next release has taken a bit longer is making sure the weather was improved and does not impede gameplay in the next release. This screenshot shows some of the updates that now allow us to fine tune the exact weather probabilities on each course, including being able to eventually switch seasons. We're continuing to work hard and will get the next release out asap. Cheers and thanks for supporting UDG, Joshua - Lead Dev.
- UDG v1.0.75 is Live - 17 February 2021
We're very excited to announce that the next release of UDG is now live. It includes new discs, a new course "Hidden Meadow", and a new game mode "Top Disc"! Full Changelog: 1) NEW COURSE - Hidden Meadows 2) NEW GAME MODE - Top Disc! 3) New Feature - Dynamic Weather System to all courses(wip) 4) Enhancement - Further fixed lighting right at dusk and dawn when there are no active light sources to draw from. Should prevent it from becoming too dark to see at those specific times. 5) New Discs - Addax, Orca, Hummingbird, Atom, Vet's DGC Putter 6) New Feature - In-game store (wip) 7) Enhancement - Per course best score leader-boards 8) New apparel options - Frolfer Hat, Disc Golf Vegas gear, and more 9) New Sponsor - Veteran's Disc Golf Club 10) Bugfix - Fixed floating basket on hole 12 BP 11) Bugfix - Fixed size of Zen Putter 12) Minor performance tuning Goals for next release: Angle of re…
- Next Release Is Almost Ready - 31 January 2021
Just wanted to keep everyone up to date that we've been working hard over the last few weeks on the next release and it is just about ready. Should be within the next couple of days. As always we welcome anyone to join the UDG Discord to interact with us directly to leave feedback, suggestions, etc. We also regularly post behind the scenes stuff on Discord as well for those that want to keep up with the latest developments in-between releases. - https://discordapp.com/invite/NrfjsX2 Thanks to all of you for playing, now back to work for us...
- Hot-fix Patch for 1.0.74 - 16 December 2020
We greatly appreciate all of the great suggestions and bug reports on Discord since the last release, it greatly helped us get this hot-fix release done quickly. Progress continues on the remaining major features for alpha such as angle of release and this patch is mainly a hot-fix for minor bugs. Patch Changelog: Bugfix: added check to prevent starting a hole from the wrong tee Bugfix: added check to prevent getting credit for the wrong hole if a disc lands in the wrong basket. Bugfix / Enhancement: Landing a disc on top of basket triggers auto tap-in Enhancement: Cleaned up more camera work Bugfix: Fixed issue where character body mesh was invisible on low graphics settings Minor Change: Unlocked camera movement when targeting the next tee or basket using the targeting system. Enhancement: Added base air resistance which causes discs to wiggle up and down a bit vertically to give more…
- v1.0.74 Is Live - Turbo Putts, New Putting Camera, and More - 3 December 2020
Version 1.0.74 is now live and includes number of improvements and bug-fixes, as well as the addition of Turbo Putts :D. Thank you to all of our players new and old, we appreciate each and every one of you so much! Development is heating up as we are now getting close to beta, and we have planned the next minor release for 1 week from now with the next major version 1.0.8 due in a few weeks being the final of alpha. Full change-log for this version: 1) New Feature - Turbo Putts! 2) New Feature - Basket / Putt cam has been implemented 3) Improvement - Disc cam polishes and fine tuning 4) Enhancement - No tap-ins allowed in expert mode 5) Enhancement - No disc finder in expert mode 6) New sponsor - Added Paragon Disc Golf flag to Breezy Pines 7) New sponsor - Added respect Her Game flag to Breezy Pines 8) New sponsor - Added The Last Cash Podcast flag to Breezy Pines 9) Minor fix - Adjust…
- New Course "Hidden Meadow" Coming Soon - 18 November 2020
Coming soon to UDG "Hidden Meadow" is a scenic 9 hole course that will challenge players with a few tunnel throws and small water hazards. Check out this short cinematic preview of the course. The next release is planned for this weekend, most likely on Saturday. Thanks for playing the game, our energy to push ahead is only growing as we get closer and closer to the end of alpha. Don't forget to join the UDG Discord, it's a great place to interact with our dev. team more directly. - https://discord.com/invite/NrfjsX2
- v1.0.73 Minor Release Is Now Live - 26 October 2020
1.0.73 Alpha 1) Bugfix - disable teleporting after starting a hole to prevent bug that caused player to temporarily be stuck in tee 2) Bugfix - Prevent un-equipping discs using quick slot selection once throw sequence has been started which caused round ending bug 3) Improvement - Finished hole par setup on Whispering Bluffs 4) Improvement - Added default clothing to character creator 5) Bugfix - when teleporting if you are crouched it will now automatically stand you up after the teleport. 6) Bugfix - remove M key that was in use for testing step outs 7) Improvement - Added stairs at hole #10 in Sunny Birch There are also some other minor tweaks and fixes. Work continues to finalize angle of release mechanics, and soon we'll be ready to patch in the first set of challenges, missions, and progression system. A huge thank you to the community for all of the suggestions, bug reports, etc.…
- Halloween Patch - 13 October 2020
The holiday season is upon us, and for most of us it has been a bumpy road through 2020 to say the least. So while lot's of great progress is happening on the remaining core game-play features, we wanted to change things up and have some fun to get in the Halloween spirit. Sunny Birch has gotten a bit of a make-over and has been transformed into "Spooky Birch". This Halloween themed course will be playable through the end of the month. While this isn't an official release we did squeeze in a couple of other small patches. Targeting system now works with Tees and Baskets Day/Night cycle has been set to 3 hours each Further tweaked night-time lighting on several courses Fine-tuned sun hazard on Dusty Canyon Changed sun angle on Dusty Canyon so morning rounds to not start first hole with sun hazard anymore
- Version 1.0.72 is now live - 28 September 2020
Version 1.0.72 is now live for all Steam players. We're very excited to have Steam stats now working (more to be added soon). Leader-boards are now also being tested out and will be polished over the next couple of releases.. Chestnut Lakes had some holes that were very difficult with the current throw power. We will soon be finalizing the player ability system which will make it possible to increase throw power, accuracy, etc. In the meantime we have added safer shot placement options on Chestnut Lakes making it playable with base throw power. Please welcome the new course "Whispering Bluffs" to the game. An 18 hole course with sweeping views and challenging par 4 and 5 holes. 1) Improvements: Chestnut Lakes improvements giving more shot placement options across water hazards 2) Bugfix / Enhancement: Fixed and improved water hazard mechanic and FX 3) New Feature: Implemented lean out m…
- Ultimate Disc Golf v1.0.71 Is Live - 4 August 2020
We got a lot of great feedback on the last major release, and have fixed several small bugs while also finalizing some of the sound settings including the intro music for this minor release. 1) Fixed day/night cycle - all courses now have a 60 minute day and night 2) Fixed night lighting to make it easier to see where one is going 3) Intro Music - Music volume setting now works, and the intro music will now select randomly from 6 tracks. 4) Voice volume now works for character "effort" sounds cues 5) SFX volume now works for most sounds like disc impact and "whoosh". 6) Fixed Sunny Birch preview image in menu (need to switch out with newer image) 7) Trajectory preview now works with difficulty setting (static on easy / normal, moves on hard / expert) 8) Power meter now works with difficulty settings (one chance on hard / expert, endless chances on easy / normal) 9) Release point for put…
- Ultimate Disc Golf Version 1.0.7 Is Live - 13 July 2020
This next major release of Ultimate Disc Golf is now live for all Steam players. We appreciate everyone's patience as we worked to upgrade the game from Unreal Engine 4.22 to 4.24 for this release. Many things have been improved / overhauled including but not limited to: Animation / character locomotion system Menu system Character creation system Throwing mechanics There is still much to do, but we are extremely excited about this release as it marks a solid step in the right direction for the game.
- Version 1.0.7 Releasing Soon - 27 June 2020
It's been a while since the last release, but there is a good reason why. The game was recently upgraded to use Unreal Engine 4.24 which opened up a lot of new features under the hood. This decision was not made lightly, but the team felt it was better to do it now while still in alpha and waiting until later would only make the process more time consuming. Upgrading is looking like the right decision, since the last release 1.0.6 we have been able to improve / overhaul several major things such as the custom character creation, locomotion system, and the entire menu system. This meant a longer wait between releases than the 1-2 week release cycle we had been consistent with. Check out these videos of some updates that will be a part of the next release. We really appreciate all of our player's patience while we worked through these major upgrades. The next version will be releasing in…
- Version 1.0.61 is Live - 10 April 2020
Version 1.0.61 Alpha 1)Bugfix: UI was missing if custom character had not been created yet. 2) Bugfix: Hole distance in UI would show incorrectly after new auto tap-in mechanic was triggered 3) Bugfix: Par on UI would sometimes show incorrectly if more than 3 4) Addition: Stamina system has been partially activated (currently only used for sprinting, but will be used for throws soon) 5) Addition: Chestnut Lakes is Live! A huge thanks to the community from our team for the continued support and feedback.
- The Next Course "Chesnut Lakes" is almost ready - 7 April 2020
The next course "Chestnut Lakes" is almost ready for release! An 18 Hole course with pars ranging from 3-5, many water hazards, and beautiful scenery includes several walking bridges. We are really excited to get this course released hopefully within the next few days!
- Ultimate Disc Golf 1.0.6 is Live - 7 April 2020
Version 1.0.6 of Ultimate Disc Golf is now live for all Steam users. You can find the full change-log below. 1) Bugfix / Enhancement: Added auto tap-in mechanic when a disc is parked right under the basket or lands on top of it. This will quicken the game-play a bit and also prevent the game breaking bug of teleporting into or on top of the basket. 2) Bugfix: Fixed bug where teleporting to first tee very quickly when the map loads would teleport player to absolute 0 on the map. A small teleport delay has been added to allow the map to fully load before enabling player teleport. 3) Bugfix: UI now shows correct disc name 4) Addition: New disc rating UI is now active just under main player UI 5) Addition: Disc ratings show when hovering over a disc in player bag 6) Enhancement: UI polishing of disc bag / inventory pop-up 7) Bugfix: Fixed scoring / celebrations on last 4 holes of Sunny Birc…
- Ace Challenge - 3 April 2020
We're excited to have our first Ace challenge happening this weekend. Starting today and going through Sunday we'll be giving away free Steam keys to the first 3 players who post a screenshot of an Ace. Remember when playing on Steam you can use f12 to take a screenshot, then just make sure to upload that to the UDG community hub. Good luck!
- Quarantine Day 1 Dev Stream - Level Building - Ultimate Disc Golf - 16 March 2020
We're doing a lot of de-bugging behind the scenes in preparation for version 1.0.6, so to switch gears we'll be doing a live dev stream showing some work on one of the next courses in Ultimate Disc Golf.
- Birdie Challenge - 15 March 2020
With most major sporting events including major Tier A disc golf tournaments now being cancelled or postponed we thought it would be nice to have a challenge event to have a bit of fun. For the next 2 days anyone who posts a Steam screenshot of a round that is all birdies or better will be rewarded a Steam key for UDG to give to a friend :) If you know someone who is a gamer that is a bit down with everything going on maybe this is a good chance to introduce them to the sport a bit by giving them a lifetime key to UDG. Once you complete the challenge press "B" on the keyboard to bring up your scorecard, then press F12 to take a Steam screenshot. Good luck!
- Version 1.0.5 Is Live - 20 February 2020
The next release of Ultimate Disc Golf (1.0.5) is now live. It includes several additions and enhancements such as an inventory system, and 9 total discs to choose from :). For those just curious about the game and have not purchased through early access we invite you to try it free when it becomes available through our Itch.io page in about 24-32 hours. 1.0.5 Changelog: 1) Enhancement: Added inventory system! 2) Enhancement: Polished camera effects for celebration cinematic 3) Enhancement: Added contextual hints that can be turned on or off through the game settings and will work on any level (more hints still need to be added). This should greatly improve the experience for first-time players. 3) Enhancement: Added several new discs that now include stable and under-stable 4) Bugfix: Dusty canyon will now correctly use the "time of day" setting in single player mode. 5) Bugfix: changi…
