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Buzzy Hill by Klaus Peter

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made by Klaus Peter for Ludum Dare 56 (COMPO)

Spring renovation's up in the ant hill and your help is needed! In the role of a leafcutter ant, help the ant hill by bringing resources from here to there. Feed the farming fungus, nurse the larva and feed the queen! Demands for everything will be flooding you. Can you manage to raise 5 larvae in 5 minutes?

You can TOSS items to place them!

| Action | Key | |----------------------|------| | Movement | AD | | Jump | W/Space| | Interact | E | | Pickup | E | | Put Down / Toss | E | | Pause | P |

Compo is so stressful 😅 so sadly no sound for you guys. I hope you have fun with this game! Or not. Maybe I overcomplicated everything again. Anyway, give it a try!

GitHub https://github.com/GorgeousOne/BuzzyHill
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/buzzy-hill

Ratings

Overall 241th 3.191⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Fun 176th 3.338⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 232th 3.015⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Theme 131th 3.75⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 238th 3.088⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Humor 148th 3.091⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Mood 255th 2.939⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Given 26🗳️ 47🗨️

Feedback

dooskington
07. Oct 2024 · 06:42 UTC
Difficult game! I wish I could jump a bit quicker. I laughed when the queen said she was gonna starve in "19.5123" seconds. Good work though
LDJam user 299091
07. Oct 2024 · 07:45 UTC
I managed to raise 4 and then ran out of time. I was frequently plagued by having my jumps interrupted by messages, which cost me a good chunk of time.
RefraX295
07. Oct 2024 · 09:02 UTC
"Gurl, I feel like I'm starving in the next 19.99456 seconds" -Relatable

I liked the art style and mood, great game.
Googoobachoo
08. Oct 2024 · 18:36 UTC
Very nice game. Very complete and nice delivery on the story and tutorial. Towards the end, when it got more hectic, all the messages from my "bosses" interrupted my work and jumps and such. Actually, kind of like bosses in a real job would :D
Just a dev
08. Oct 2024 · 18:39 UTC
Phew! that was stressful!
Made it with like 18 seconds left.

That's a fun game! You always have something (or multiple things) to do

By the way the description says *Can you manage to raise 7 larva?* but you only need 5
Lussard Studio
08. Oct 2024 · 18:46 UTC
This game is really addictive I played for a long time always panicking when the timer was close to end.
Nice job !
🎤 Klaus Peter
08. Oct 2024 · 18:54 UTC
@just-a-dev I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I had to tweak all the numbers a bit to make it better playable :joy: I feel like with the developer-tinted glasses I always assume people need 0 time to understand how to use all the mechanics.
Pincushion
08. Oct 2024 · 23:38 UTC
Nice looking, frantic game with some cute characters and funny dialogue! The level was well-designed. It was fun to navigate it. I feel like the last run I just needed a few more seconds. 4/5's my best. I think the messages are important, but they probably shouldn't stop the flow.
LDJam user 357656
08. Oct 2024 · 23:45 UTC
Wow! I definitely felt like a busy worker ant. This game had me doing something non-stop, until I figured out how to plan ahead. Even after planning ahead, it felt like a lot was happening.

It felt kind of jerky. At the beginning, smoother camera movements would have been nice. During gameplay, the interruptions from dialog were pretty annoying. If the camera stayed focused on the player, it would have felt a lot better.
candlesan
09. Oct 2024 · 06:03 UTC
Wo! Very frantic having to run around and take care of everybody. I didn't understand the relationshisp between the fruit and larvae and stuff at first but once I had done each action once it became more obvious to me. I thought the characters speaking about their needs really helped me to understand what each person needed, although the camera cuts got a little bit intrusive later on when I knew what I had to do I was just racing around trying to get it all done. Though that also added to the franticness.
Lakea
09. Oct 2024 · 10:31 UTC
very enjoyable and challenging, i didnt manage to get all 5 but really enjoyed it, 1 thing i would have like dis the popup to not pause and cause the jump to break, i fell so many times from midjump popup.
Braulio_JG
09. Oct 2024 · 10:34 UTC
I really loved the idea of this game. The camera cuts were a bit annoying when they interrupted jumps, but appart from that, it's great. The dialogues are a good point too, as with two lines you can already deduce their personality 🐜.
Nazariglez
09. Oct 2024 · 10:34 UTC
The art style is really charming, and the game has a fun, frantic vibe. The characters' messages add a nice touch of humor. Adding sound would take it to the next level, but it's already an enjoyable experience as is!
Dfyzet
09. Oct 2024 · 10:39 UTC
It's a pretty fun game. I managed to get through it only the second time, because I had to understand everything and get used to the controls. But after that, everything was great!
LDJam user 385232
09. Oct 2024 · 22:15 UTC
Lovely game ! Runs smoothly, feels fun right away, difficulty is brilliantly managed. Well done ! Props to the camera movements at the beginning, cute art style and well written dialogues.
Lucy Z
10. Oct 2024 · 09:18 UTC
What a complete and smooth game! The characters are also very cute. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw "I feel like I’m starving in the next 19.99456 seconds."
blazzguy
10. Oct 2024 · 10:26 UTC
Pretty fun, my babies didn't seem to be eating though? And then mushroom guy got stuck on my "selected item" so when I tried to do anything, the mushroom guy would interact with me.
Shirac
10. Oct 2024 · 11:13 UTC
Very fun game ! The level design is well thought out. The game is fluid despite the "orders" that cut the jump, and this pushed me to restart until I succeeded :) Congrats
SdCorpse
10. Oct 2024 · 14:35 UTC
It is hard to win. But it is a very fun gameplay. Artstyle is cool.
And this is very annoying when npcs say something and your view swithes to them.
Historymaker118
11. Oct 2024 · 17:52 UTC
Really fun but also really difficult. It would be better if time didn't tick down when you cut away to the various locations to give a message as it takes away control from the player and makes you lose a lot of time, I was only a few seconds away from winning but because of this timeloss I didn't make it :(

Great art, a really fun unique gameplay loop, and a complete experience with no obvious bugs (except for a few ants) or crashes. I had a good time and would love to see a post-jam version. Keep making games!
KeithSwanger
11. Oct 2024 · 18:42 UTC
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Fun experience, I won on my second try! The timing is very tight, so it's practically impossible for a first time player to win on their first try, which might be frustrating for some. Knowing where everything is and stockpiling correctly is very important to have a chance at all. I enjoyed it though! You did a fantastic job at directing the player's actions, it was never unclear what needed to be done next. Great job.
Pachino55
11. Oct 2024 · 18:49 UTC
Woah so fun and cool! Nice job, love this game so much
scott.redrup
11. Oct 2024 · 20:28 UTC
A really solid game that was a lot of fun, but man I'm happy I won't have to play it again because it was stressssful, we need more ants helping it out in this colony. My game actually bugged out at 51 seconds remaining. I couldn't interact with anything! Really nice work though.
Gurbx
12. Oct 2024 · 12:20 UTC
Fun little experience! Did feel a bit stressful, but I enjoyed playing it. Wish there were some animations for the characters, and maybe some sound also. Overall good job!
bentglasstube
13. Oct 2024 · 05:12 UTC
This was pretty fun. I liked having to manage all the little items although sometimes picking up and dropping them was buggy and frustrating. The graphics were great and the movement controls felt good. Nice work.
Astoeth
13. Oct 2024 · 13:09 UTC
Reminds of some sort of overcooked in a way, really fun and would probably be even better in coop :p, well done !
ruthiepee
13. Oct 2024 · 23:26 UTC
Stressful but definitely a doable challenge! Reminds me of playing SimAnt as a kid. :) At one point I hit a bug (no pun intended) where I wasn't able to interact with anything anymore so I didn't get to finish the game, but I got two ants!! The gameplay is fairly complex but you did a good job explaining it in an intuitive way, so nice job on that.
M2tias
18. Oct 2024 · 20:24 UTC
At first I was like "oh, another weird platformer" but boy do I love throwing those larvae and stuff around! I really like that not only can you throw them but you also don't have to go "place" them after. I won when the timer was 00:00. Not sure if there was a check at the end of the timer if my last ant was just about done. If there was that's genius because the last second ending was really exciting!
Too bad you didn't have time for any animations or sounds. The humor was great, art fit well and was cute and the platforming mechanics worked nicely. Good job!
Ginxel
25. Oct 2024 · 19:43 UTC
Would've benefitted from having some basic audio at least, but overall pretty good job on the rest of the mechanics!