Jolly Putt - Mini Golf & Arcade

I was borderline on this one, but what it seems to lack by planning overwhelms what it has that works. The core of the game is building a little indoor mini golf and arcade, as the title says. Right from the start there are some options, and as I understand it, you unlock more as the game progresses. Two kinds of arcade games, so you can have a ticket booth with prizes, and you can sell food. You also have to hire staff. The controls are a bit sticky at times, not everything works, for example I can't blow up a misplaced arcade game. I am supposed to be able to according to the developer, so maybe that's just on my computer? No clue. Customers come in and entertain themselves, and if you do well, they join as members, which makes you even more money. The numbers seem wonky to me, which takes away from immersion, fifty bucks just to come in the door? Meh, not a big deal. The game allows you to play your courses, though the controls there are pretty crude. There is nothing like a par score, which I miss but I guess that's a minor point. Where things fall apart for me is that there easily could have been more mini-games. A few arcade games, a race game, even the skeeball could have been added. All in all the awkwardness of the controls and commands, the occasional bug or crash (which doesn't save) and the minimalist design just tips it into the thumbs down category for me. Only by a little bit though, and this might still be fun for some, I can only judge it based on my own experience of course. At the price point I got it at, $1.99, I might have recommended it, but the full price of $8.99 deeply reduces it's desirability.