Minigolf Mayhem : LA Edition

Intro: solo-player OR multi-player
Hollywood theme hole
Lar Brea Tar Pitz theme hole
Santa Monica pier park theme hole
Halloween theme hole
Las Vegas Edition theme hole
Olympic Sports edition hole
Multi-player mode: joining games
Multi-player mode: choose course
Course edit: 3D objects custom
Course edit: Floor custom powered by AI
Course edit: Flag custom powered by AI
Scoring

Inspiration

Our inspiration came from two worlds:

Hypercasual games which are designed to be instantly accessible and easy to learn, emphasizing intuitive gameplay mechanics and minimal instructions. Striking and simple visuals, with a focus on bold colors, clean designs, and minimal clutter. This visual style helps to grab attention and create a positive first impression.

Themed entertainment, also known as themed experiences, involves creating artificial, narrative-based environments to immerse visitors in a specific story or world. This encompasses various forms, from theme parks and museums to restaurants and retail spaces, all designed to evoke a particular atmosphere and storyline.

We imagined these experiences colliding through Spectacles: short-form, themed, social games playable in real-world environments.

What it does

Minigolf Mayhem offers an intuitive social gaming experience for public spaces incorporating branded and themed mini golf course designs with different editions based on live event locations, character IP, conference themes, sponsor products, holidays, sporting teams...etc.

How we built it

Using Lens Studio Spectacles Interaction Toolkit we created a complete 3-hole minigolf game prototype based on famous Los Angeles attractions the location of AWE 2025

Key features include:

Realistic physics for ball movement
Gesture-based input
Custom UI that follows the player’s view
Scoring

Challenges we ran into

Not enough time to fully explore, develop and implement all of our ideas.
Hardware limitations: 45-minute battery life and 25MB file size cap for Spectacles constrained asset complexity.
Course physics: Adding accurate collision boundaries for each custom-designed course was time-consuming.
UI design: Creating billboarding UI that orients smoothly with player movement in 3D space took extensive testing.
Customizability: Our edit/create mode for custom holes wasn’t completed due to time constraints, but the foundation is there.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Delivered a functional, playable prototype that runs fully on Spectacles.
Designed and implemented 3 themed AR holes inspired of local LA points of interests.
Demostrate potential of social, co-located AR gaming for live events and public spaces.
Proved viability of hypercasual, themed AR games on wearable hardware.

What we learned

How to develop, QA and publish complete game loop inside Lens Studio for Spectacles
How to adapt rapid prototyping workflows for real-time 3D experiences with hardware constraints