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Tiny World of Bees

By triplevisiongames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness287
Graphics1243.31
Innovation1392.83
Humor1811.90
Theme1822.55
Mood1892.34
Overall1932.60
Audio2101.15
Fun2222.02

Comments

syntaxide 2012-04-23 20:17

Is there a way to get more than one point in a single trip from the nest? How do you get more bees?

pjarosak 2012-04-23 20:20

Liked it. Seems like an original concept!

jeroenimooo 2012-04-24 20:49

40 bees, dunno if it is alot ;p The animation made it all look cooler

eelfroth 2012-04-24 20:58

I liked the pixel art and the general concept. Maybe you should add some difficulty (and a way to lose).

zamando 2012-04-24 21:20

Neat idea! Now just add some more gameplay elements :)

devwil 2012-04-24 21:47

love the sprites, but i didn't feel like i was doing anything.

strega 2012-04-25 17:15

Not bad. I ended with 110 bees. There's a nice exponential growth factor going on there. I started becoming hard to click fast enough to send out all the bees.

hatscat 2012-04-25 17:20

Nice Graphics, but poor gameplay

zkenshin 2012-04-25 17:33

233 Bees, was fun, but would get old pretty quite just rapidly clicking I'd think, but good entry. :)

jiddo 2012-04-25 18:01

Haha, this game had me hooked for much longer then I'd care to admit. I really like the art and the extremely simple but yet effective gameplay mechanics. Turned into a "spam click on the closest bunch of flowers"-game as soon as I got the hang of the idea tho.

marudziik 2012-04-25 20:54

A little more gameplay wouldn't hurt. The strongest part are definitely graphics.

triplevisiongames 2012-04-25 21:03

I just want to say THANKS genuinely for all the feedback :) I'm still trying to get the hang of everything so just that anyone thinks the concept/art/anything is even remotely good is awesome to me. The overall standard on here is great so I really respect everything that everyone has said. I'll be uploading an update version with a bit more 'game' to it hopefully by the weekend so please check back if you thought it had promise. Thanks everyone.

dr-pingu 2012-04-26 10:55

You have a original idea.
I would have liked more interaction, but it's a good game :)

orangepascal 2012-04-26 13:00

missing some gameplay elements, but I think it's a great start of something interesting. It's unique, and not many games can claim that ;)

vilborg 2012-04-26 15:28

Nice graphics; perhaps the gameplay would be more engaging if you added some obstacles or enemies to make it more tactical or challenging?

triplevisiongames 2012-04-26 17:24

Quick question. Well, 2 actually. 1: I'm working on adding bits to this leading up to the weekend, I've got 2 control schemes working. On this version the bees follow the mouse pointer, but I've also got it that the bees just fly where you click when they're released then buzz on back to the hive with or without pollen. Does anyone think one is better than the other? Also quesion 2: is there a way to upload a 'post-jam' version with my new enemy sprites and actual gameplay mechanics in the game? Thanks everyone

sanguine 2012-04-26 19:27

I really liked the graphics! The game was not that hard though, some more gameplay would be nice

Jeremias 2012-04-28 13:46

There should add a target to aim for, including a gameplay mechanism which make it necessary to decide what to do instead of clicking multiple times somwhere on the screen.

I got 192 bees :D

maximschoemaker 2012-04-28 13:58

Interesting idea and lovely art :)
The gameplay wasn't really exciting, which was a shame :P but I really liked the bees' bee-like movement :3

summaky 2012-04-28 14:49

I managed to breed 166 bees and still I don't know how... The graphics are sure cute and well done, but the game play is repetitive and boring.

davedobson 2012-04-29 00:17

Really neat-looking, and it's mesmerizing watching the bees fly around - I like their pathfinding; very realistic-seeming. Not much to the game part, but it looks beautiful with the flowers and clouds dashing by.

jeffz 2012-04-29 00:56

Looks really neat and clean, some good potential here. Let down a little by lack of music, but shows a lot of promise!

suese 2012-04-29 01:02

Would have been nice with music and sound. The graphics were good except the grass background, but the flowers were pretty and so was the hive and sky line. Good colours, good fonts, etc.

zaxuhe 2012-04-29 01:36

Liked the game and the sprites, a little hard to play it, and to use the controls

moth 2012-04-29 04:26

Cute! :) I like the graphics and the different levels of scaling between them. Ended with 39 bees. I think it's a really nice little package, therapeutic and fun to interact with. I'd be excited to see some skill involved in the gameplay that can help or hinder your production of bees.

I will be keeping an eye on this for the later version! :)

robcozzens 2012-05-02 09:14

Looks really cool, but is there any better strategy than randomly clicking?

triplevisiongames 2012-05-03 19:42

Forget the lawnmower I'm ripping that out. I have an idea for a game that actually has a purpose to it. Might work, might not. I plan to have this ready for Sunday so check back then.

triplevisiongames 2012-05-07 09:04

Update is ready except for sound and day counter! See how long you can survive :D

citelao 2012-05-10 20:51

Wow. Innovative, pretty, and with huge potential. The post-compo game is excellent (Introducing the night = brilliant), but alas I could only rate your compo entry, which is still pretty and innovative. Great work!