Dossier
Mini golf occupies the Vice City leisure spectrum at the accessible end. The courses are in the tourist zone, built for the demographic that is already on the beachfront and looking for something to do between the beach and the dinner reservation. The activity is light, casual, and deliberately designed for players who want a break from the main activity without leaving the Vice City geography.
The Vice City beachfront is the natural location for it in Leonida. The courses will carry the themed aesthetics of real Florida mini golf: windmills, castle obstacles, and the specific visual vocabulary of the genre.
The minigame uses a simplified putting mechanic relative to full golf. Power and angle selection with a direct shot line shown. The accessible control scheme is intentional: mini golf in GTA is for casual play, social interaction, and the specific humor that emerges from taking the activity seriously enough to be invested in a windmill obstacle.
The social function of mini golf mirrors the broader leisure activity structure. Two characters playing mini golf are having a conversation in a public context where the activity provides cover for the discussion. The protagonist and a contact playing their way through a beachfront mini golf course is a specific GTA scene.