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Honey Heist

By cappagames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness1100
Theme1342.94
Innovation1432.82
Graphics1513.00
Fun1562.63
Overall1572.82
Mood1722.51
Audio1911.77
Humor1981.81

Comments

flyboy 2012-04-24 06:46

It's kind of frustrating how hard it is to dodge the bees once they target you. Cool game though.

endurion 2012-04-24 14:59

Why'd you put an installer, a direct archive would've been nicer (for others, simply remove the extension .deploy on every file and it works without installing).

Nice idea, however the controls are weird. And the time limit is incredibly tough!

cappagames 2012-04-24 16:56

Thanks a lot for the tip Endurion! We've fixed the problem and now the game is an executable! That's much better.

pbackx 2012-04-24 17:27

The game doesn't want to start for me: double click or run from the command prompt: nothing happens, no error message.

raptor85 2012-04-24 17:45

Tried to test but crashes trying to load XNA4, can't do XNA4 on my box, sorry :/ (would be cool in future compos too if you add the tech you used to your description, helps save a lot of time sorting through this many games for those of us who can't run it)

alink 2012-04-24 18:31

Very fun game and nice level variety. I like how you can run to escape when detected. Adding some sounds would make me jump from stress.

adventureislands 2012-04-24 18:53

The idea is good but controlling your bee is pretty darn hard.

cappagames 2012-04-24 22:14

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. There is now a link to any extra software you may need to run Honey Heist.

devwil 2012-04-24 22:44

***I'm posting this on all non-browser games I bring up in an attempt to encourage folks to make browser games next time around. Do not take it personally.***

When hundreds of people make non-browser games, that means that, to play all of the entries, I would need to download hundreds of games to my computer. I typically use OS X, so Windows-only entries are particularly inconvenient.

Please consider making a browser game next time.

lawrence-esswood 2012-04-24 23:07

Sooo difficult to control the bee. Rage quit.

pdyxs 2012-04-25 00:51

The background is a little too noisy (its too similar in texture to the bees themselves, and makes it oddly hard to focus on them).

I thought the gameplay idea was solid, though the controls needed to be smoother (I didn't feel in control of my bee, and I didn't think that was the point), and the timer was somewhat unnecessary.

robcozzens 2012-04-25 03:22

I would have played it if there was a Web or OSX version.

attagcatc 2012-04-25 07:56

The controls are pretty difficult to use. I think it would be better if up arrow accelerated in the direction you are facing, down decelerates and left and right turn.

dr-pingu 2012-04-25 16:42

Cool game, good work :)

bitslap 2012-04-25 19:47

Neat controls, they added to the immersion. Now where can i find a window to bash myself against?

pabloam 2012-04-25 19:51

I like the strategic games.
Good graphics and game. :)

jwolf 2012-04-27 19:08

It's a neat idea and the graphics aren't half-bad.

I'm running into some collision detection issues though...I think if something chases you and you escape, the next time you enter something's range you die automatically. Or maybe something else is triggering it.

Anyway, thank you for the entry!

jomomomo 2012-04-27 20:37

Can't play... no winders

wampus 2012-04-27 20:55

Good fun game. The difficulty ramps up a little too quickly imo.

Jeremias 2012-04-27 21:07

The inertia of moving makes it too hard to really control it, so you can collect the polls in time. But good graphics :)

summaky 2012-04-27 21:27

It is extremely hard to control the bee. When it collides with the screen's border, then pressing up moves backwards! To confusing to finish even the second level (the first was luck, because I could only do it once.)

demonpants 2012-04-27 21:53

Will it be possible to run this on Mac through Mono?

Shadow 2012-04-28 00:57

Controls are a bit hard (it gets specially confusing after hitting a wall) and since it's already difficult to move around the timer seems like an overkill. I quite liked the graphics and the idea though. It's not half bad as a game, I would like to see it polished (a bit of balancing and serious work on the controls mainly).

frankthetank 2012-04-28 02:55

Nice game, I enjoyed the first levels but it gets a bit hard (and that's an understatement :D) later on.

permanent7 2012-04-28 08:08

Really couldn't get my head around the controls. I think it was that the bee would turn faster depending on what direction I was moving to. It made it feel like there was some sort of physics involved. :/ maybe it was just me.

tcstyle 2012-04-28 15:48

I like the basic idea but the controls are not what I excepted. Some accelerate/decelerate/turnleft/turnright controls would probably work better.
As it is this game is far to difficult to play. The graphics are nice.

ryana 2012-04-29 02:11

Good concept but a painful control scheme.

waynetron 2012-04-29 06:45

Not running for me (Windows). No error message.

emongev 2012-04-29 20:44

Great game, i have no complaints. Except lack of a level editor. =) Multiplayer would also make this game great! :)

kirbytails7 2012-05-04 07:33

I really like the idea, but the controls make the game brutally difficult.

billknye 2012-05-05 02:36

Pretty decent, a bit of a steep difficulty curve, interesting gameplay though.

mneubrand 2012-05-05 07:45

Nice game concept! Only made it to Level 5. Couldn'd make it to the labyrinth anymore. Controls could use some fine tuning but otherwise great game.

johnicholas 2012-05-07 12:07

The controls seemed awkward.

jeffalisk 2012-05-07 17:13

This was a fun game, the time limits were a bit tight though. Not sure it really needed a time limit at all, might have been more fun without.

davidwparker 2012-05-07 18:05

I'm sorry, I can't play your game as I don't have Windows.

jezzamon 2012-05-08 04:54

Can't play this game on my mac. :C