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Buzzing Through the Blooms

By violinistsmetronome

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall3.504
Fun3.504
Innovation2.504
Theme3.004
Graphics4.004
Audio2.004
Humor2.003
Mood3.003

Comments

paulhocker 2017-05-03 04:03

super fun game - controls were right on - i could out fly the wasp - - - barely - great graphics - really good game

maximo-pech 2017-05-13 03:03

Very cool graphics.

2017-05-13 16:31

Very cute, fun game. I included it in my Ludum Dare 38 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSWOUTubUBM

superbusyrobot 2017-05-16 02:36

Very fun game, and I enjoy the upgrade system between levels. I have no idea what the third bonus does, exactly, and I assume it's probably responsible for the extra power-up blip I keep hearing once in a while even when it seems like I'm not collecting something, or else that may possibly be a bug.

Otherwise, though, I really enjoy it. Ramping up the number of wasps and pollen nodes for each level was a good design choice, although with a bit of practice radial detection on enemies becomes pretty easy to evade. Occasionally introducing faster units can often solve that problem, though, and mix things up a bit.

Good stuff, though! Definitely has an arcade sort of feel to it, and I also enjoy that the levels don't abruptly end and you have to keep returning to your hive to collect pollen. That plus the time limit is a smart way to eventually end the game even if it is sort of meant to go on for a long time.