Baldur’s Gate 3 players create functional “Bowler’s Gate” bowling minigame

Baldur’s Gate 3 players are once again pushing the limits of the game’s creativity to the next level by creating bespoke minigames in its engine.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has been widely praised for the freedom it grants to players and the seemingly infinite number of ways its systems interact with each other.

We’ve already seen some insanely creative feats being pulled off, and developer Larian Studios seems eager to engage with and encourage this kind of behavior. The frequent updates the game has received since its launch have only expanded on the game’s flexibility.

However, this latest minigame might be the most creative use of the game’s mechanics yet, because players have somehow managed to make a functioning bowling minigame.

Baldur’s Gate 3 players add Bowling minigame to Act 1

The minigame was posted to Twitter by the official PlayStation account as part of the celebration of Baldur’s Gate 3 coming to console.

Unfortunately, it looks like neither bowling pins nor bowling balls have been invented yet, so they’ve had to make do with barrels and… goblins.

Apart from that, this setup looks like it works pretty well! There’s even a bit of chance involved as it not certain how many barrels you’ll break with each throw.

It should be noted that anyone with the Fire Bolt cantrip can use it to blatantly cheat and get a perfect strike.

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