Hole in One

Holes keep popping up all over the grounds of Donut County. And as they engulf plants, pets, and everything else in this cartoonified version of Los Angeles, they just grow bigger.

What a disaster! But by making you the menace (you play as a roving sinkhole sliding around the screen), Donut County creator Ben Esposito has unearthed one of indie gaming’s most delicious premises. And it looks beautiful on your Mac’s expansive screen.

You start off humbly, gobbling first the game logo, then some fence posts, then a hapless delivery duck (one of many animal-like characters in the game). Before long, you’ll graduate to gulping down cars and homes.

Fun new twists soon arise. You’ll wolf down lit fireworks, then aim them at high-up targets. Once you get a catapult upgrade, you can launch frogs, boxes, and other objects to solve puzzles.

Underlying the goofiness is a funny, quirky story. Let’s just say the residents of Donut County aren’t too pleased with the misguided raccoon, named BK, who’s summoning the holes you control.

How BK responds to their protests takes the action to surprisingly deep places—and it’s ultimately what makes Donut County feel so...whole.

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