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A jam submission

Busy Like BeeView game page

Game Off 2022 Submission. Cliché = Busy as a Bee
Submitted by MostlyMagic (@HmanHere), bountyhat, pshaft (@apetshaft) — 12 hours, 3 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme interpretation#274.0414.041
Overall#373.8573.857
Gameplay#543.5923.592
Graphics#693.8573.857
Audio#753.5713.571
Innovation#1643.0003.000

Ranked from 49 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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https://github.com/hmanshere/busyLikeBee

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Submitted(+1)

Wow! I'm impressed that y'all were able to get something this polished submitted!

I really enjoyed the gameplay loop. The increases in difficulty felt very balanced. I do wish I could've hired more bees.

Great job!

Submitted(+1)

Super cute game, really well done!

Submitted(+1)

Congratulations on a great entry - this game was really superb. I gave an excellent rating but I do have two pieces of feedback to consider for future games/jams: (1) it was a bit awkward moving back and forth between two hands on keyboard and one hand keyboard/one hand mouse to place the flowers, and (2) the purple and white plants were almost always selling at a loss even when you were right there ready for each bear just due to their initial cost. Other than that I really loved the game and y'all nailed the theme interpretation. Excellent!

Submitted(+1)

The game design was >outstanding< for this one. The colors dynamic too. Beauty in relative minimalism!

Submitted(+1)

So Much Fun! Great work

Submitted

Pretty fun. I think the punishment for not serving bears fast or at all is a little harsh. Also, it might be better to grow the flowers on the same screen as the restaurant. Nice job.

Submitted(+1)

This is a great game. It looks, sounds, and plays really nice. Super polished! 

The clickety-clack of the player's walking is like the cutest thing ever. 

Submitted(+2)

Congrats on finishing your game!

I love the bears and the little worker character. The art is charming and the music reminds me of something that I can't quite put my finger on... 

The cooking/order taking genre fits really well with your theme/cliche choice, too. 

Walking from one place to another seems to be through arbitrarily huge spaces for no other reason than to make it "harder" to complete orders. Timing things out is a big component of this genre of game, but the slow movement, slow bees, slow walking bears, simple tasks, and even slower pace to fill the meter just left me wanting more. Busy like a bee makes me think of more frantic gameplay, but I felt I had seen everything I wanted to see after a few orders. 

Still - this is a pretty good game for a jam. The goal was pretty clear after a little bit of play, and the art is phenomenal. Keep working and learning and growing! And keep making games! 

Submitted(+1)

Great game and good audio :)

Submitted(+1)

very cute and cosy, ggs :)

Submitted(+2)

So cute game, looking forward to more from you on upcoming jams! Don't stop.

Submitted(+1)

This is a great little game! One of my favorites so far for certain. The graphics are cute, the music is a bop, and the mechanics are fun. A nice combo of farming and serving customers. All those different jam colors and flower types were a delight to look at. Great theme interpretation, too. There was always something to be doing.


 I think the game loop would benefited from a faster countdown with either the character run speed increased or the flower plots closer. Running back and forth took juuust enough time to start to get tedious. With a slightly faster pace, this would be a pretty addictive  game.

Submitted(+1)

I really enjoyed playing the game, so easy to understand the mechanics and try ways to do orders fast.

Music and arts was cozy and cute. The reward system should a bit more rewarding tho. Still Good Work

Submitted(+1)

I love the combination of farming and serving customers. I really liked the graphics, very cute looking game! With more variety or challenge I could see myself playing this longer! But I stopped after 4 stars. (Or maybe 5? I expected to get a 5th after my rating reached 100% but I didn't.) Basically it felt like I could go on forever without any issue after the 4th star, so I had to call it somewhere. I had a lovely experience, thank you for making it!

Submitted(+1)

Very polished game! I miss some upgrades, like the number of bees or the number of counters... I have to say I used the counters to store the jars when I got the order wrong and did a lot of juggling up and down, haha. It was really fun, the art is gorgeous and the music is amazing. One of my favorites by now. Congrats!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

This has to be one of the most fun games ive played so far. It took me a bit to get going but the combo of speed and memory made for a sweet game plat loop! Letting you place your plats was so much fun it effected the decision making. The bell when customers comes in is great.

Submitted (1 edit) (+3)

I love your game. My little garden after a busy day :-)


Some suggestions:

  • Storage for honey in the kitchen / serving room
  • Showing the current orders/timer also in th UI (so I can see them while working in the garden)
  • When I reach 100% inspector rating, UI is showing 10% instead
  • The grain filter isn't serving the game so well, other than that, the art is just beautiful
Submitted(+1)

aww I loved the art - so, so cute. I wish I could have stored my honey instead of having to discard it when I got it wrong. other than that, I really enjoyed the game!

Submitted(+2)

Damn, I'm a sucker for diner dash type games and the gameplay loop in this one got me... I was hoping the game would end when I passed 3 stars so that I could be free from the cycle but alas an infinite mode was revealed...

Jokes aside, this game is definitely one of my favorites from the jam! I think I might prefer slightly faster movement and making the bear timers shorter to compensate but it might make the game more stressful. But yeah, fantastic work :)

Submitted(+2)

Quite grindy but I love the gameplay loops, my only complain is I had to discard wrong honey jar if I got it wrong.  I got total of 4 stars, I'm not sure that's good or not haha. The theme interpretation is also on point, great job!

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