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A jam submission

Bee BlossomView game page

A 2D Bee Adventure
Submitted by ForlornedSkull, Midnight1901 — 12 hours, 38 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Artistic Style#884.5004.500
Cleverness#934.0004.000
Theme#4263.0003.000
Playability#4693.5003.500

Ranked from 2 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

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  • Loved the art and the idea of spreading pollen!
  • Fun game, theme implimentation is a bit weak, spreading pollen is technically its spreading, but its not too different from just having collectables on each map. enjoy the visuals, could use some more feedback on whats dangerous. I thought the spiderwebs were decorative until i touched them. maybe some audio or visual queues of them being threats would clear up the visual language here.

Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes

Tell us about your game!
You take the role of a bee, spreading pollen from flower to flower before heading back to the colony, while avoiding obstacles and enemies. Collect pollen from pollinator flowers and use it to pollinate wilted flowers. Collect honeycombs to recover from damage you may sustain. Pollen can also be used to stun enemies and make your way forward, but if you run out of pollen, you will not be able to pollinate all flowers in the level. Find and pollinate all flowers in each level to see all content.

Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes

Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yes

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

I cheated a little on this one xD I found a way to fall beneath the map and just fly to the end. It was really clever of you to turn the enemy plants into weapons against the boss though! I enjoyed that part and with the music too. As for art, this game felt really stylized - the pixel art went well together, including the background! Overall, a cute and fun game! 

Submitted(+1)

Great work!

I had trouble right off the bat getting it to load fullscreen, it just stayed in the top-left of the screen and the rest was black. Also, feel like the bee was heavy, like it plummeted to the ground, felt like I was working out to fly. I also had trouble stunning enemies, but that definitely could have just been me not being güd. On Level 1 was there more stuff past the hive? I saw the hive and bee-lined it, but saw some pollen and coins further along as it closed.

Overall though I had fun! I liked the premise and the different enemies, the toothy flowers that launch into the sky surprised me and I thought the regen process for them was creative.

Submitted(+1)

I think this game was solid, the only thing I would change is I was not sure when to use space. In other words I was afraid to spend pollen because I was worried I would need it. Its always hard having an ability tied to consumables because then the player is timid and thinks they should hold up and save. I would change that ability to be on a cool down. I think the art and concept were very lovely. A really unique entry in the jam! 

Submitted(+2)

Great platformer, I like the concept and the mechanics, art and music are wonderful! Just the movement that feels a bit weird, but it didn't stop the fun.

Submitted(+1)

Cool game, lovely concept and I like the music.

Submitted(+1)

This is a really awesome game concept with solid play and controls. I like the idea as playing as a bee in a platformer.

(+1)

this a really nice game, nice art, calm music, it let the concentration comes.  also nice to pursue through the game to take care of the bees   nice message to the kids.  I like it a lot thanks. 

Submitted(+1)

The vibes for this one are very calming. Love the art style. I did run into a bug, pun intended) where the flowers stopped responding to being collided with, after I died. The other thing that was intuitive was being able to go through the terrain. Other than that. Nice game!

Submitted(+1)

Art and music on point. I liked that the enemies were all things a bee would have to deal with (well except for the venus fly traps being spring loaded) The honeycoins are genius. Right amount of difficulty, and relaxing.

Submitted(+1)

Nice! I liked the art style and the sound effects that I'm pretty sure were mouth noises :D the "bee flapping" movement was a little tricky to get used to, but I was starting to get the hang of it. I got a bit confused by the fact that some terrain could be landed on and some couldn't... perhaps a way to differentiate them in some way? But really nice chill submission, well done!

Submitted(+1)

Awesome vibe you got going on.....chill music, cool fun game.....more we want more....well done.

Submitted(+1)

Had a lot of fun with this one! The music is a bop too

Submitted(+1)

I was a little confused at the start because the flower only made one sound, for some reason i thought i might have to land on it and get the pollen, but once i got past that i was able to make it pretty far into the level. 

The angled flying kind of made it feel unnecessarily difficult for me, but maybe you are going for a flappy-bird-esque difficulty in the game. 

As for Art it felt really great, i especially liked the player character bee!

Submitted(+1)

I love you made the flying it's own mechanic, keeps the moment to moment gameplay interesting!

Absolutely fell in love with the capsule art.. ❤ Well done!

Developer(+1)

yeah!! It's awesome to hear such positive thoughts!! We enjoyed making the game and we are thrilled you enjoyed playing it


Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Submitted(+1)

Very cute, art and sound is really strong. Great job!

Developer(+1)

We had a ton of fun making it and learnt a lot.. and tbh.. we are thrilled you and many others liked our graphics and music. Its really encouraging us continue developing our skills and do better. 

Thank you! 

Submitted(+1)

Loved the cleverness of the end sequence. Overall wonderful game!

Developer

Ahh thank you so much for your comment!! glad you enjoyed it! Did you find all flowers? 😁

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

This game is so wholesome. The bee boss was a good challenge as well. The animation of flying into the nest at the end of each level is my favorite part. I think the speed of the enemies could be reduced slightly to better balance the game, especially for the boss fight. Also allowing spacebar to act as a jump might feel a bit better, I kept going to that out of muscle memory at first. Great job!

Developer(+1)

Happy that you liked the game!! Yea perhaps its a bit unbalanced in terms of enemy speed.. it was actually hard to know exactly how fast they should go.. and how to place them 😁😁

We will definitely work on this as we add more levels!!

Submitted(+2)

Gorgeous graphics, cool sounds! The sliding on the floor felt a bit weird but other than that loved the concept

Developer

Thanks a lot for the comment! Yea we wanted to convey what the bee experience would be like... and they would be slow and sluggish on the floor.. and more versatile while flying :D

(+1)

I love this game <3 It has really nice graphics and interesting movement mechanics :D 

Developer(+1)

thanks a lot for taking the time to tell us!! We are glad you played and enjoyed our game :D