Bumble Breeze by robin_schmitz

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made by robin_schmitz for Ludum Dare 51 (JAM)

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Harvest pollen to improve your Bumblebee A-:bee:lities

| | Instruction | | ------------- | ------------- | | pollen-icon.png | Collect pollen from the air and from the flowers by staying on them. | | bee-icon.png | Pollen make you heavier - better spend it in the store on new abilities. | | breath-cion.png| The monks breath pushes you up and down. Be careful not to get eaten.|

Ratings

Overall 555th 3.543⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 576th 3.391⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 508th 3.405⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1156th 2.643⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 189th 4.205⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Humor 890th 2.237⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Mood 466th 3.571⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Given 27🗳️ 28🗨️

Feedback

Henrik Ganard
03. Oct 2022 · 13:32 UTC
Great game. The music was very calm and fitted the gamestyle. I enjoyed that you had to tap the keys instead of holding them in.
🎤 robin_schmitz
03. Oct 2022 · 13:34 UTC
Thanks a lot @henrik-ganard :) We wanted to transfer the feeling of a hard working bumblebee to the player controls :)
LDJam user 301644
03. Oct 2022 · 14:07 UTC
awesome music - good match
LDJam user 300745
03. Oct 2022 · 20:53 UTC
Interesting game. I like how you show the breathing direction of the people to provide feedback to the player. Good job!!!
🎤 robin_schmitz
03. Oct 2022 · 21:20 UTC
Thank you @gotanod :) We weren't sure if the feedback was enough.
TheBookSnail
04. Oct 2022 · 00:21 UTC
The bumble is amazing, but that dang hedgehog! Got me so many times. I did hit a bug where the shop kept changing options while the menu choices were up and a hedgehog was in slowly moving toward me. I've always wanted to make a wasp game where you are trying to drink nectar to keep your energy up and hunting prey for offspring while avoiding predators, this game has helped give me a few ideas on how to do a better job at that game if I ever make it. Having WSAD and arrows is very useful but the repetitive tapping is tough for those of us with repetitive movement stress problems.
Deprecat
04. Oct 2022 · 02:28 UTC
Such a wild theme that works surprisingly well! The art is very cohesive and really fits the vibe overall. It did take me a while to click that I was trying to collect flying pollen when there were other particles in the air at about the same depth of field. But I can't say I've seen an entry like this before!
Pixelydian
04. Oct 2022 · 23:52 UTC
Gosh, your game is so beautiful and wholesome! It's like a much improved version of flappy bird. Loved the animals popping in to try and eat me. :laughing: I liked the controls a lot, and they felt good, especially with the store improvements. Music is great - did one of your team members make it? I enjoyed playing your game! Great job team!
Spike Studio
05. Oct 2022 · 01:22 UTC
I really liked how the movement was tapping instead of holding to move a direction. It made the bee jitter around similar to a real bee. The art was nicely done also, great job!
hneumann
05. Oct 2022 · 06:59 UTC
Thank you @pixelydian. Sadly the music is the only thing we didn't make ourselves but we love to hear that it is a good fit.
Asue
05. Oct 2022 · 15:15 UTC
The art is awesome =D It's a little relaxing game very pleasant to play :)
Fax
05. Oct 2022 · 20:37 UTC
Really nice aesthetics.
Maybe a little bit repetitive.
But a solid entry. Congrats
ironcutter
05. Oct 2022 · 20:43 UTC
Very relaxing game, made me space out for a few minutes
amarokczukay
06. Oct 2022 · 10:21 UTC
beautiful art style, nice controls and music, a very peaceful and good game, excellent work!
OtterFaeLure
06. Oct 2022 · 10:25 UTC
The atmosphere of this game is perfect. Absolutely perfect. Very well done. :D
I got 27 breaths and 183 pollen.

My only critique would be that the shop isn't the best defined to tell us that we can use the top of the sign instead of the bottom - I had to restart a couple times cause I thought I had to hit the shopkeep and then I got eaten. =( Alternatively, just making the shop a safe zone or raising the shop could be a huge help to silly folks like me.

Either way, I loved the game, a bit of calm that I needed today - thank you. =D
cluster7ck
06. Oct 2022 · 18:26 UTC
👌
kuggenhoffen
10. Oct 2022 · 17:44 UTC
Beautiful art and the game feels very nice to play. The music fits very nicely as well.

I like how you just start playing and there is no menu or anything and it feels very natural for this game.

Only thing I would add is a gentle breath sound when the breath happens.

Good job!
rightearphone
21. Oct 2022 · 11:17 UTC
Good game, with nice graphics, and sound
1. had a hard time understanding the breathing timing so sometimes it felt like too much or not conveyed enough
2. shop balancing didn't work for me, had to skip it several times because of the pricing