Mighty Coconut takes an interstellar journey with its new paid add-on course, Escape From Planet Xylodon in a new update that also brings mulligans and experimental hand tracking to Walkabout Mini Golf.
Escape From Planet Xylodon is the forty-second course for Walkabout Mini Golf and the fifth of a planned six new courses for 2026. Along with the standard lineup of 18 collectible balls on the Easy course and the Foxhunt for the themed putter on the Hard course, Xylodon also brings two new avatar heads and five sci-fi-styled customizations for the base avatar head.
Course Inspirations & Special Notes
We took a trek through Xylodon with Mighty Coconut’s Shane Rhodes, who generously provided insights into the process of bringing the new course to life. You can view the full video on our YouTube channel.
Here are just a handful of fun facts from the course tour:
- The course was conceptualized and started as far back as 2022, but was shelved due to Mighty Coconut’s collaboration with Meow Wolf in 2023. The similarities between that course and the plans for Xylodon necessitated some time between the two.
- The course features a new creature nicknamed ‘the whale’ internally that is rideable from two different positions.
- The team drew inspiration from Buck Rogers and Ed Wood in designing the alien world.
As always, UploadVR thanks the team at Mighty Coconut for being so generous with their time.
Images provided by Mighty Coconut
New Feature: Mulligans
A mulligan is a golf term for a penalty-free do-over of a bad shot. A common mistake in Walkabout is lining up a shot and accidentally tapping the ball, costing yourself a stroke in the process. I personally have done it even with the grip-to-putt feature turned on.
Now session hosts can set a number of mulligans allowed per player before starting the round or mid-round via a modifier on the scorecard. A mulligan button has been added to your wristwatch to activate while playing if you shank a shot or two.
Images provided by Mighty Coconut
Experimental Hand Tracking
Quest players can help test a new hand tracking feature while golfing. This option can be toggled on or off in the options tab. A tutorial has been included to practice the new gameplay method first. The feature supports two play methods:
- Swing Mode is a more ‘traditional’ style where you grip your hand as if simulating holding and swinging a putter.
- Pinch-to-Putt Mode is the style recommended by Mighty Coconut and closely resembles the input for the now retired iOS app for the game. You pinch and pull back on the ball to bring up a power meter, then aim and shoot. You enter this mode by activating a radial menu, then performing the pinch/release gesture in the lower-right corner.
Bear in mind that the feature is still being tested and you need to have hand tracking enabled for the device to use it. Mighty Coconut will have a video and tutorial on its website that we will link as soon as we see it.
Walkabout Mini Golf is available on Steam, PSVR2, Quest, Pico, and Samsung Galaxy XR. The game is also available as part of Meta’s Horizon+ subscription service.
The Escape from Planet Xylodon DLC is available now for $4.99.
