Buzzfight by Stracker

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made by Stracker for Ludum Dare 56 (JAM)

Thumthumbnail.png Screenshot 2024-10-09 202344.png Voilaqdsdsf-ezgif.com-resize.gif This semi-strategy game is inspired by TABS, where you the player will have to build an army of bees, wasps, bumble bees to fight against the insects from the neighbor's garden.

It was our first attempt to make a 3D game, the idea was to explore the possibilities of boids through this experience, while trying to implement 3D assets with their own animation, texture, stats and sound.

Rémi LAVERGNE Strackeror - Programming, Game design
Marcel VANDERWEYEN Artstation - 3D Modeling/Animation

Ratings

Overall 550th 3.55⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 503th 3.45⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 420th 3.447⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Theme 173th 4.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 317th 4⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 560th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 488th 3.139⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Mood 739th 3.3⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 15🗨️

Feedback

Dimoseek
07. Oct 2024 · 23:00 UTC
Very Good!
Vladez32
08. Oct 2024 · 09:26 UTC
Really interesting games ! GG the games works really well !
BitLuderRb7804Fr
08. Oct 2024 · 18:48 UTC
It works really well, I like it. Gameplay/strategy might be lacking, but the simulation looks nice, placement works well, and the graphics are fun. Solid entry.
Madbarron
09. Oct 2024 · 03:56 UTC
Totally accurate bee simulator! I'm surprised it works as well as it does 👍🏻, they all fly around in a believable way, I don't know how you did it. A cool experiment and it was kinda fun to figure out.
SvetlanaLis
09. Oct 2024 · 17:23 UTC
coooooooooooolll
Overlix
09. Oct 2024 · 17:31 UTC
great idea, i love it, that works well, just some little display bug in the ui, i like the fact that we understand nothing about the fight when there is a lot of bee, that's fun
LEOtheCOO1
09. Oct 2024 · 17:32 UTC
P rad
LouieWu
09. Oct 2024 · 17:32 UTC
Am I the only one who thinks it's hilarious when you see those bees are fighting each other? I found it really interesting just by watching them fight. Great idea.
Noah MAZARD
09. Oct 2024 · 17:34 UTC
Nice boids and game generaly, well done !
tinykidtoo
09. Oct 2024 · 17:35 UTC
Bee fight club! I am in. I am not sure what the difference is between the units, but bumblebee all the way! Also, I kept starting the round on accident with zero units. But it seems really forgiving, letting me try again. Long Live the bumble bees!
Alexis Brochec
09. Oct 2024 · 17:39 UTC
Really cool entry, the flying systeme is on point. For a first 3D entry, it's amazing.
I felt it work like a rock paper scisor, is it really ?

Great Job
🎤 Stracker
09. Oct 2024 · 18:02 UTC
@louiewu That was half the point ! At some point we realized the fun was in the chaos and went with it :)
@alexis-brochec It *is* meant to be a sort of rock paper scissors dynamic ! It's a bit more dynamic than that, with AIs differing somewhat between each unit, which makes for a tiny strategic twist
MenacingMecha
09. Oct 2024 · 18:13 UTC
Neat TABS-like! Does the level repeat after a certain point? It looked like I played the same level where I had 10k (I think?) three times in a row, so stopped there.
🎤 Stracker
09. Oct 2024 · 18:19 UTC
@menacingmecha Yeah, the 10k level is meant to be more of a 'sandbox' level to just play around with the bugs, but the ending screen was sacrificed on the altar of 'ran out of time'
WubbaDuck
13. Oct 2024 · 00:46 UTC
Hey look! Another bee game! Nice! This reminds me of Gratuitous Space Battles. It would be good to have some indication of the stats of each of the bees for some more informed decision making. Other than that I had a good time with it.
runningopenloop
13. Oct 2024 · 02:50 UTC
I liked most things about the game... except I didn't see the strategy aspect. I wasn't able to tell what I was up against --> Maybe I needed to look more carefully... but then I would just buy stuff and win everytime?
I thought the "animation" and executing were really nice though.
Sibi
13. Oct 2024 · 12:26 UTC
Oh nice someone else made a lowpoly bee game using boids! It worked really well and definitely had a strong swarm feeling. I would've loved some more info on the different units to better understand how to strategize but figured it out by trial and error. Really fun!
Hawkin
15. Oct 2024 · 18:45 UTC
You _nailed_ it. Three-dimensional TABS with stinging insects. Love it! And it ran surprisingly well on my laptop. Respect for using Godot!

I liked the progression of levels to teach which units were effective against other types. That made the following levels feel so much more tactical.

Bumble Gang is OP!
Sasha20
16. Oct 2024 · 22:27 UTC
The game’s innovative take on the theme is complemented perfectly by its stunning visuals. Good Job!
someone
19. Oct 2024 · 22:01 UTC
Good chaotic fun. The insect models were great.
A stage indicator would have been useful to tell the levels apart.
I can tell there is some strategy mechanics here but the battles were all easy to win without any consideration to unit configuration. The early battles were just if one unit dies instantly then try the other one. I never really figured out what was supposed to beat what.
deadroach
20. Oct 2024 · 20:02 UTC
Very innovative! Love the sound effect when they die and it's very fun to watch them fly around eachother and fight. Great work!
Literato Games
20. Oct 2024 · 23:06 UTC
The AI works very well, congratulations!