The Tiny World of Buzz by callidus

[raw]
made by callidus for LD23 (COMPO)
NOTE: HTML5 game, so the audio is a bit poor and sometimes wont play :-(

You play as a worker bee, Buzz, fly about and collect your pollen quota, but don't get caught! Dangerous parasitic wasps will try and infect you when you land on a flower.

EDIT: OK finally found out how to edit your submission posts, web link in the post now points to hosting that works.

Ratings

Coolness 53% 3
Overall 2.47 735
Audio 1.55 699
Fun 2.22 742
Graphics 2.84 453
Humor 1.50 748
Innovation 2.16 765
Mood 2.25 691
Theme 2.88 510

Feedback

馃帳 callidus
22. Apr 2012 路 20:40 UTC
Ah frogot to mention the controlls, its W,A,S,D to move :-)
馃帳 callidus
23. Apr 2012 路 06:57 UTC
Bah! My Web hosting just went down the day after Ludum Dare :( Worst timing ever. Anyway if you go here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/971318/LD23/index.html the game should still work being served from dropbox, loading times are long though.
Kimau
23. Apr 2012 路 09:18 UTC
Took me a second to realise the controls but pretty awesome ^_^

I'm really liking HTML5 as a 2D game engine.
WookooUK
23. Apr 2012 路 09:27 UTC
I really love it, the audio and controls were slightly off but it was really smooth (on my lowend work machine) and good fun.
andrebeton
23. Apr 2012 路 19:43 UTC
The page just says "This Account Has Been Suspended".
AdventureIslands
23. Apr 2012 路 19:43 UTC
The Web link only shows a message "Account suspended".
Dakota
23. Apr 2012 路 19:46 UTC
Nice think I might go for HTML5 next year
crazyheckman
23. Apr 2012 路 19:47 UTC
Pretty good game, really smooth for a browser game.
Canard Sauvage
23. Apr 2012 路 19:50 UTC
I can't die, is this normal?
Polar
23. Apr 2012 路 20:13 UTC
Really fun, great game! It opens up a whole new world of possibility to HTML5 games (which was previously none in my mind) :)
Cosmologicon
23. Apr 2012 路 23:00 UTC
It took me a while to figure out the goal. I think I was thrown by the fact that the sound effect when you land on a flower sounds like you're getting hurt, but I suppose it's a happy buzz.
馃帳 callidus
24. Apr 2012 路 06:07 UTC
Thanks for the comments everyone, please note that because of a hosting issue the game is at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/971318/LD23/index.htm NOT in the link in the post :-(
馃帳 callidus
24. Apr 2012 路 06:36 UTC
OK finally found out how to edit your submission posts, link in the post now works! :-D
Zamando
24. Apr 2012 路 10:55 UTC
Way too easy. You should add some more game mechanics!
Andrew
24. Apr 2012 路 19:13 UTC
It took a while to figure out that some things are in fact obstacles, and that wasps can only hurt you if you're on flowers but once I got that sorted I made short work out of kiting the wasps and doing little drive by swoops of the flowers.
robcozzens
24. Apr 2012 路 20:04 UTC
Really great graphics. It would be nice if you could go from one level to another more smoothly.
7Soul
25. Apr 2012 路 20:46 UTC
Not really a good game, but at least it fits the theme quite well
dukope
26. Apr 2012 路 08:18 UTC
Some explanation of the controls and the objective (in-game) would be nice. Also, dying or completing the objective just freezes up confusingly.
daredevildave
26. Apr 2012 路 16:10 UTC
Not bad little game, enemies seem to get stuck on the world.
derosa
26. Apr 2012 路 22:10 UTC
Good one! As someone said, It'd be great if you changed the level automatically after winning.
gnx
27. Apr 2012 路 00:12 UTC
This actually controls very well. If there were some projectiles to shoot etc. this could be a very fun game.

Atrocious menus.
Killswitch
28. Apr 2012 路 00:02 UTC
I think this suites the theme very well. The sound effects are kind of disturbing. The game was both fun and frustrating for me; I don't know exactly how to avoid many parasites.
racarate
30. Apr 2012 路 02:42 UTC
The art was fun, flowers looked like red tortilla chips. The sound was very harsh, it made me cry inside. The game itself was about in-between -- the fast motion of the bee was very bee-like, and the patrol behavior of the wasps were aggressive, but not too much so. Presentation-wise, it was super bugly when the game just ended upon death or success. I would have loved to see some effects and animations on those bug characters. Also, music would have added a ton of atmosphere. Overall, insect-tacular!
VoidChronos
30. Apr 2012 路 20:40 UTC
Not bad at all. The sound affects are quite annoying though. Anyway, Good Job!
Sestren
13. May 2012 路 23:24 UTC
I enjoyed the visuals and flying around dodging the wasps. As others have already said, more levels and a legitimate level select and ending would have been nice.