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The Vault

Two files that survived from the original project, kept on Google Drive: the business plan and the Android APK. Plus a small photo scrapbook from 2011–2012 Japan — mascot appearances, street-side pop-up holes, and the hybrid app demos. Feel free to poke around.

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Japan, 2011–2012

Photo scrapbook

Life-size Putty mascot in a Japanese shopping arcade, waving and holding a Japanese-language sign
Putty on duty in a Japanese shōtengai arcade, waving hello and holding a hand-lettered sign: オリオンスクエアでアドベンチャーゴルフをやってみよう — come try adventure golf at Orion Square.
A Japanese mother and young child posing with Putty the mascot in a shopping arcade, with a pop-up miniature-golf hole visible behind
My sister-in-law and nephew meeting Putty at the same arcade stop. The pop-up miniature-golf hole is set up just off-camera to the right.
The Putty mascot standing with a team member in a Japanese plaza in front of a Putter King easel sign
Putty and Kevin at the Orion Square demo. Team t-shirts, an easel poster with the green-field Putty illustration, and the oversized red-arrow prop sign all made the trip.
A couple lining up a putt on a pop-up miniature-golf hole in the middle of a Japanese street
A young girl lining up a putt on the portable plywood hole.
A mother and small child playing on the pop-up mini-golf hole on a Japanese shopping street
My nephew taking his first swing, bundled in a puffer coat.
A young girl in a pink coat mid-swing on the pop-up mini-golf hole, with adults watching
A much more confident swing from the girl in the pink coat. The hole has the signature white triangle obstacles and the angled kicker rails that Kevin designed for the app.
A young man in an 'Are you a KING?' t-shirt putting on a physical mini-golf hole indoors with Adventure Golf gameplay on a big screen behind him
Putter King Adventure Golf on the big screen and one of the original 'Are you a KING?' brand tees.
A wide shot of the Putter King app demo booth with a large screen, easel poster, and mini-golf setup
Wide shot of the same booth. 1回 100円 — one play, one hundred yen. The easel-mounted Putty poster did a lot of advertising work.
A table with a printed Japanese leaderboard titled おみくじホール, a cash box, and a receipt printer, with a mini-golf hole visible behind
The event table in between demos: the おみくじホール leaderboard ready for the day's top three scores.
Close-up studio shot of the crystal Miniature Golf Scavenger Hunt Champion trophy
A cleaner studio angle of the crystal Scavenger Hunt Champion trophy on its bevelled base — the same trophy that shipped to Allan Cox in Australia after PKSH1.
The in-game scorecard screen from Putter King Adventure Golf
A rare scorecard screenshot: probably the best 9-hole round of Putter King Adventure Golf ever recorded — if memory serves, by one of my freshman college hallmates.