How to Bee a MailBee

jared-york 2018-08-14 21:01

Hey, this is a great game! I thought the overall execution was great. The art was nice, although I wasn't sure what kind of theme you were going for with the gray blocks (were they supposed to be a simplistic representation of buildings?) One other suggestion would be to remove the knockback of the packages when trying to fly and grab them. I had so much trouble on level two when trying to fly and grab the one on the top left corner. I really enjoyed the experience though.

mobiusdisco 2018-08-15 06:29

Its always so crazy to see what the compo guys do. great work. I especially like the art palette.

mikixen 2018-08-15 07:53

This is a really fun game! The physics of the bee and package are pretty cool - I could push the boxes to recipients and attempt to throw the package at them if the dark space covered them, and that created different ways of completing a level. The music is upbeat and the pixel art is so beautiful! Thumbs up!

mazzletov 2018-08-15 08:17

Pixel art is great and I love the idea of using bee' in a video game! The bee looks especially great and it's a fun concept. Great job

devio 2018-08-15 14:54

Enjoyed the concept of this game, Very fast paced game, and using physics to help complete the levels was fun. I can see this game getting repetitive unfortunately though. Enjoyed the simple pixel art style and it did the game wonders. Congratulations on this submission!

miracl 2018-08-15 18:01

I had fun but damn this is hard !

nikasxirtla 2018-08-15 18:09

Nice concept, fun game. Physics and art are nice, but game gets quite boring after awhile.

ristoretto 2018-08-15 18:20

Controls feels nice when you fly around and drop packages.

I got to the third level and couldn't complete it. Mostly because you have to rush from one side of the screen to the other to get the packages before the shadows will swallow them, and then having to redo it with one misstep. The first shorter levels worked better or if there was some checkpoint system in longer levels.

Great animation on the bee!

adultlink 2018-08-15 18:37

Quite a fun game! I enjoyed the controls, they feel responsive and fluid, with one caveat, I didn't like you have to press spacebar for the whole time you want to hold on to a package.

Graphics are cool, I like the pixel-art style. If you are considering continuing development in the future, I would look into detailing the background a bit more, and replacing the floating blocks with something related to the bees theme.

Also, on the bigger levels it becomes a hassle to fly around, since you at least have to play the level a few times just to know where the packages and the people are, before you can actually attempt to complete it.

All in all, it's a nice take on the theme of the event and the execution is cute. Good job!

pixelformedstudios 2018-08-15 22:33

Really nice game and a cool concept. Loved the pixel art and the parallax scrolling. The controls felt a little bit floaty but I felt that really added to trying to master controlling the bee. Some packages that were far away were almost instantly inaccessible as the play area shrunk. Other than that, really great idea and great execution.

kinghamster 2018-08-16 10:38

I think the whole game is very clever and I especially enjoy the art style. Found it rather difficult but that's not a bad thing.

timbals 2018-08-16 15:44

Nice game but if you have a high refresh monitor the game runs way too fast.

doey 2018-08-16 16:05

The game looks amazing, is fun and unique. It is really difficult but I wouldn't say that's a downside! My only issue would be that the theme didn't feel like it played into the game that much. I'm aware that the space was decreasing, but it never really screamed running out of space, but that's just me. Overall, with everything else, really great job!