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A jam submission

Bee Swarm ManiaView game page

Casual simulator game about managing a swarm of bees
Submitted by doubleday (@bytepartner), 456d707479566f6964, TimsyMagnus — 4 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Concept#423.5563.556
Presentation#473.4443.444
Overall#543.4033.403
Use of the Limitation#673.7223.722
Enjoyment#722.8892.889

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Team members
doubleday, timsymagnus,

Software used
Unity, Aseprite, Tilesetter

Use of the limitation
We settled on simple top down 2d pixel art using only 8x8 sprites. UI is made up of 9 slice

Cookies eaten
Too many

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Good concept, but lack of meaningful progression really hurts.

Submitted(+1)

i’m not very good at it, but it was still fun anyway :3

Submitted(+1)

Very nice little game! The mechanics are intuitive, even if you don't want to read the wall of text at the beginning. The pixel art is great and together with the fitting music creates a very relaxed atmosphere. If you develop this further, maybe try putting some goals around the island so the player  has something to work towards.

Great work, keep at it!

Submitted(+1)

Good game! Pleasant music. Great graphics. I liked the concept of the game. A cute game with cute bees. Good game mechanics. I really liked your game!

Submitted(+1)

Very relaxing game, it was fun seeing the bees create a chain of production. There seems to be a problem though, after a while they all get stuck in the hive, even the scouts. I tried playing twice and the same thing happened both times. Maybe I did something wrong?

Keep up the good work!

Submitted(+1)

Really liked the graphics!  Text was a bit small but well designed and fun -great job! :D

Submitted(+1)

I liked the concept of the game even though I ended up being completely terrible at it!  A lot of it is probably due to my stupidity but I really enjoyed the game and the art!

Submitted(+1)

Really cute game and concept - I like the bright look and feel to it. However, I know it's an idle game, but I would have liked some time control buttons so I could play it more "actively" while I was focused on the window. Great work for the jam though! 

Submitted (1 edit)

Very nice! As Cpt. Coffeepot mentioned, there is an issue where bees will collect around the hive, making it impossible(?) for bees to drop off their honey.

Great work on a genre with such scope, though!

Keep up the good work!

Edit: just saw your response below, I'll try to check back later. But I did enjoy the game otherwise!

Developer

Thank you! We are currently trying to fix this issue but we are unsure of whether we are allowed to make this fix while the game has been submitted. We have asked our question on the MiniJam Discord. Hopefully we can fix this issue soon! We apologize for the delay in this bugfix. Thank you for reporting it though! :)

Submitted

i don’t know if you’ve been responded to on the discord yet or not, but, updates are allowed as long as the original version remains available for download

Submitted(+1)

This is a great idea! I really like the different tasks for the bees. I was unable to make my bees leave the hive when I made new ones. I hope you can fix this, it's a very cool game!

Developer

Thank you for the great comment! I'm currently aware of this issue and I've forwarded it to the other Developers. We will hopefully have this fixed soon! I'm glad you enjoyed your experience though! We certainly hope you will revisit this game when we have it fixed. :D

Submitted(+1)

This is advanced. Very cool idea.
Due no doubt to my own misunderstanding, I only got a few minutes in before all the bees huddled up at the hive and wouldn't leave. There was at least one type of bee and I surrounded the hive with flowers to try and coax them, but alas, I'm no beekeeper.

Very well done nevertheless. Good luck! :D

Developer

Thank you for your response! We certainly developed the idea further the more we worked together. I'm aware of this problem and I believe we are currently looking into repairing this issue for future builds. I appreciate your comment! I just want you to know that I've managed to replicate this bug by spawning a fighter bee too. It seems that the hive is then frozen with all bees trapped inside of it. Hopefully we can fix this soon!

We hope you can enjoy your beekeeper experience again sometime soon! :D

Submitted

Very interesting! Could have been more cats but the great art and music balance that out :)

I think the art could be shown even better if the camera was closer to the world. 

Developer(+1)

Thanks for trying out the game. 
I believe it should be possible to zoom in both webGL and windows build versions, but perhaps that not what you meant?

Submitted

Oh damn sorry then!! Didn't see that this is possible