Bee Hold by Defrag
BzzzZZzz!! As a bumbly bee, you must harvest flowers, dodge wasps, dance-recruit fellow bees, and purchase upgrades in the Queen's court. You have just 10 short days to harvest enough pollen for the hive to survive the cold winter.
WASD to bumble around and SPACE to interact. TAB will pause the game. WebGL build here: https://jclayton128.itch.io/ld56

| Itch.io (WebGL) | https://jclayton128.itch.io/ld56 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/56/bee-hold |
Ratings
| Overall | 463th | 3.63⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 515th | 3.444⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 637th | 3.185⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 370th | 3.889⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 571th | 3.63⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 609th | 2.87⭐ | 29🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 643th | 2.848⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 640th | 3.417⭐ | 26🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 19🗳️ | 28🗨️ |
I found it quite interesting that there is a mechanic of escaping and collecting flowers. It's amusing to imagine a bee detaching an entire flower head. 😂
Later, it surprised me when it suddenly turned into a typing game, which is cool, but I really wasn't expecting it, especially since I jumped in without reading anything about the game.
Hey, I was also surprised by the handmade artwork in there—it's got a lot of promise! 😊 I think a game with these kinds of hand-drawn arts would look adorable, especially if they were scanned in.

If I had to complain about something it would be the speed at which it turns nighttime. There doesn't seem to be much warning about nightfall until it actually hits. Next thing I know, I'm way too far from the hive and the screen is turning black on me without any chance to make it back.
Overall though, super cute and fun game, and very well done! Thanks!
The game felt well polished, good job :smile:
It's annoying having to deal with those bully wasps who punch me and steal my pollen as soon as they see me, but it's fine because I call my gangster friends to beat them up. So that's great.
I ended up losing, since I was a few honeycombs short for the winter. Still, I got through it in a second run, without any help from my homies because I can do it on my own, as the hardworking bee that I am.
The music makes me a little nervous, and it was tedious to have to redo everything the first time I lost, but the second time I went all out, carrying 4 jars of pollen on each leg. Definitely a great experience. Good job!

