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Three Pins a daily 3-hole golf game in the browser

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HN · launched Sep 1, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 87%) · 93 views

Niche: browser-based video games · 380 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▼ -28% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • B2C
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Partial While basic browser games can be vibe-coded, an accurate 3D golf game featuring complex physics (ball spin, trajectory, lie, wind, elevation contours), 12 courses, and real-time multiplayer party play requires advanced graphics and physics tuning.

What it would actually take: The stack likely uses Three.js or Babylon.js paired with a custom or modified physics engine (like Rapier or Cannon-es) tuned specifically for golf aerodynamics (Magnus effect, ground friction, and lie bounce). Real-time party play requires WebSockets or WebRTC networking with state synchronization and anti-cheat validation. Building smooth 3D terrain rendering, responsive camera orbit controls, and nuanced sports trajectory math requires seasoned 3D graphics and game physics programming.

Discussion

3 comments analyzed.

Concerns raised: Physics feel wonky, Ball trajectory curves unexpectedly

Feature requests: Make wind effects more visible

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 428 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #359 of 429 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 305 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Putt.day a daily mini golf game · hn · 2026-06-12 · 320 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • Mashy · hn · 2026-10-06 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • pocket-aces · github · 2026-10-08 · 55 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • Game-HTML · github · 2026-10-27 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • Daily Holes · ph · 2026-10-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • playstunts · github · 2026-09-10 · 22 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • Daily9 · ph · 2026-10-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • kongroyale · github · 2026-11-03 · 47 upvotes · similarity 0.50

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