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Buzzy Bee

By estebe

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall6332.5549
Fun6252.2949
Innovation5962.3849
Theme6182.5549
Graphics5592.5149
Audio4782.1249
Humor1.9012
Mood5612.2946

Comments

ramkey 2017-07-31 15:30

Man, I like it very much that you made it soo the score is based on percentage. That way the player knows how good he is.As an example, mine score is 98,67%

sogomn 2017-07-31 15:38

The audio is VERY loud!

captaindreamcast 2017-08-01 03:57

32%, looks like my career as a bee is over before it began ;_;

Anyway, interesting take on the theme. I liked the sound effects, they gave a nice feedback for actions.

badly-drawn-rod 2017-08-01 20:32

There were some nice touches in there. I liked the attention to detail, such as making the mouse cursor a bee even before you started playing the game, and the little buzzing noises. I wouldn't last very long as a bee though.

cakemonitor 2017-08-02 18:14

Nice work. I like the cartoon style of the background image.

gurbx 2017-08-02 18:17

Cool! I liked the different sound effects when you collect the nectar at different stages of bloom. Makes it clear for you when you miss. I managed to collect 93% :)

zeriver 2017-08-02 19:14

Simplistic game for a quick play. Timing when flowers are fully bloomed instead just clicking on them as they appear gives additional depth to the gameplay. Game is pretty short but interesting and graphics feel really lighthearted. My best score is 83%

ectucker1 2017-08-02 21:39

Wow, this is pretty tricky. I don't have the flickshot skills needed for this.

That said, I at least got 54%.

maggardjosh 2017-08-02 21:50

I am NOT very good at this game. The most I got was 51% :)

The different pitched sound effects to indicate how close you were to perfect timing was a great touch.

drtizzle 2017-08-02 23:08

Highest I could get was 75%, so I guess I would be an average bee?

Love the simple concept, no unnecessary gameplay elements, WYSIWYG to the max!

The flower animation was cool, it would've been nice if the bee had some animation, especially if you click the flower at the exact right time.

Also sometimes when I want to click a "good" flower suddenly a new flower pops up in front of it, reducing my score.

Overall very well done!!

wmerges 2017-08-03 03:14

Apparently I am not very good at being a bee. The game was simple but it worked out very well. Loved the sound effects and the quick gameplay. Nice work!

pkenney 2017-08-03 04:20

Took me some tries, but I did get up to a bit over 75%. I thought this was a cool simple game, and you kept it nice and quick to play through so I could want to try again to do better. The different sound effects were key in terms of feedback to let me know when I was doing well, nice work!

If I were to suggest one change it would be about adding little more visual impact to the action of gathering a flower, because at first when the flower didn't disappear I thought I had to stay and repeatedly click on one flower.

Impressive that one of the other commenters got over 98%! This is a real test of reflexes.

Fun quick play with nothing getting in the way of engaging with the game, thanks!

wesley-werner 2017-08-03 04:53

Your game has nice art and a clear concept, I find it hard to play with a laptop trackpad, max 20%. Your game would be very fun to play on a touch device. Good job!

zarkonnen 2017-08-03 12:36

The bee cursor is adorable. :D

cnoble 2017-08-04 03:09

That was a neat concept in such a short time. I agree with a couple of the other comments - giving both the visual cues and audio clues as to how you did each flower added both depth and rapid player feedback to what they were doing. Another layer of depth could be to add different flowers that gave more or less to the pollination percentage. Overall though -- a very cute and fun game to continue to work at to get a high percentage. Very nicely done! :)

peachtreeoath 2017-08-04 04:31

This almost plays like Elite Beat Agents or OSU, where you have to time your taps to the beat of the music. I find this mechanic to be very satisfying. Consider how you might be able to spice it up to differentiate this from those titles (like maybe competing bees that try to steal your flowers, or bogus flowers that are actually predators.)

cmlsc 2017-08-04 04:48

It's not the most original idea I've seen. It felt nice to play. The volume of the SFX was fine, but it could use a bit more sound(like ambiance or bee buzzing). I liked how you could hear how close you were to the right time at clicking by the sound. It still could use some polish. Nice entry! :smile:

aaranos 2017-08-04 18:05

It's a simple game, I think some variety of flower with them having different levels of nectar, or needing to spread the pollen between rounds might of added more depth to it. The bee cursor was a nice addition.

commanderstitch 2017-08-05 04:02

I figured out that you had to click it. Everything else was pretty straight forward. You got it all up and moving. Nice! I'd love to see more variation on what you can do with the beeeeeeeeeeeeeee

steve-johnson 2017-08-05 15:44

I got 77% on my second attempt. For a game with such simple mechanics, this one could use a lot more "juice" in the animations and sound. But congrats on finishing!

vkmicro 2017-08-07 19:08

**Overall game impression:** A clicker game :D first one I played, neat. I personally liked the flowers blooming and dying animation. Had to turn down my mouse DPI to be able to get more flowers xD too high DPI didn't allow me to have good enough precision. On my 3rd try I got 83% Good job :D

**Suggestions and comments on improvement:** Maybe some kind of background music and make clicking sound quieter a little maybe?

pandakipu 2017-08-07 21:03

Yeah, 80.67% ^^

Bees are cool, good job !

meta-link 2017-08-10 19:11

A simple but yet simple game :) Good job !

pedro-cipriano 2017-08-11 11:02

Simple and fun! Good job! I didn't like the sound effects and I would prefer to have the game a bit slower but the bee would have to take some time to go from flower to flower.

simonhutchinson 2017-08-11 23:33

Cute! Very straightforward clicker. I do like that it's a bee though... somehow that seems to add some sense of urgency to everything (and it makes it more adorable). Great work for 48 hours!

abductedplatypus 2017-08-14 17:48

Nice take on the whack a mole genre. It was pretty fast, but that made it enjoyable. Trackpads make it much harder though. Graphics were decent, music would be great. Fit very well together overall.

somnium 2017-08-19 06:36

Interesting take on the "whack-a-mole" concept!

The timing-element makes it interesting, and the sound feedback was a really nice touch. Some music might add even more to the mood.

The success percentage score at the end of the game, further increased the replayability.

>An efficient bee, >exhibits careful timing, >collecting nectar!