Introducing Bee, a minimalist game created for the js13k competition! The name “Bee” is inspired by the digits “13,” which resemble the letter “B,” and when spelled out, it perfectly captures the spirit of our winged hero.
\nIn Bee, you guide a diligent bee back to its hive, navigating through a world filled with obstacles and tricky flowers. The gameplay takes inspiration from the classic “Flappy Bird” style—tap and hold anywhere above the bee to fly higher. But beware: gravity and the bee’s growing tiredness will constantly pull it back down.
\nAs you journey, keep an eye out for flowers with nectar to keep your energy up. But not all flowers are safe! Avoid flowers with 13 petals—these are either empty or, worse, poisonous! Running out of nectar means no more flying upwards. However, if you find yourself grounded, don’t worry—you can recharge by resting on the ground. Just keep in mind that while resting restores your nectar, it also costs you precious time, limiting how far you can travel.
\nWill you guide your bee back to the hive safely? Navigate carefully, conserve your energy, and plan your route strategically in this buzzing adventure!
\n","source":"scmx/js13k","stars":0,"comments":[{"typ":2,"at":379083787,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"Nice story building and narrative in your entry. Plus one for instructions on game launch.
\nLove the metrics at the top of the screen. At first I thought you needed to continually click the mouse button, but it was nice to only have to move the mouse. Probably a little too easy, make it harder with levels or obstacles, or make it more of a challenge with leader boards, or even enemies attacking you (like wasps or something).
\nAdd some music and sound effects for a little more immersion. Nice work though. I love the bee graphics, super cute!
\nOne of the links (View Bee) in your GitHub README is broken.
\n"},{"at":379188004,"author":"Homer Dilpleu","login":"HomerDilpleu","gh":66157330,"text":"I was able to fly 230m which is good for a little bee :)\nI found the concept interesting and I had fun to play. I would recommend to add some variations (change speed, add other types of flowers, enemies, …) and some sound effects. Well done!
\n","games":["Unloved 13"]},{"at":379458963,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"I’m not quite sure I understand the controls, as what you say in the description and my experience feel different. I never have to click the mouse a single time, just had to move the mouse up and down.
\n","games":["Thirteen Terrible Stunts"]},{"at":379672862,"author":"Ryan Tyler","login":"tyler6699","gh":50468,"url":"https://carelesslabs.co.uk","text":"All worked well, simple game, good base to add more detail and variation.
\n","games":["The Fear Factory"]},{"at":379747145,"author":"Mark Vasilkov","login":"mvasilkov","gh":140257,"url":"https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net","twitter":"mvasilkov","text":"Adding the petal count as a number in each flower is a nice quality of life improvement.
\nIt’s interesting how you inlined manifest.json, I didn’t know it was possible.
\n","games":["Shoot 13 Nomsters","King Thirteen"]},{"at":379753895,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"Cute Bee, the game would benefit from sound (Music) and some “eye-candy” in form of particle-effects when successfully extracting nectra from a flower, or getting ill from the poisionous 13 petaled evil flowers :-)
\n","games":["Aargh! Triskaideka attacks!"]},{"at":379932941,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"I like the concept. Funky graphics.
\nFun playing the game zipping along.
\nWas I supposed to land on the non-13 petal flowers? It was tricky to count tree petals as you went along
\nThe bee was buzzing along nicely, but didn’t exactly match your screenshot. Possibly looking a little glitchy as it animated?
\n","games":["rollermaze"]},{"at":380289156,"author":"Mohammad Jawad","login":"mhmdjawad","gh":22205462,"url":"https://pdemia.com/","text":"its a nice game and I liked that you can keep going after falling on ground, all you have to do is avoid the flowers with 13 on them. but I would have prefered not have 2 flowers with 13 on them next to each other so nectar would last more. all in all is a good game well done
\n","games":["The 13 Invaders","Cookie Maze 3d","Maze Runner vs 13","Tower Defence Walking 13s"]},{"at":380332994,"author":"Daniel Whiffing","login":"dwhiffing","gh":4886651,"url":"http://directive.software","text":"Simple but fun and well executed. Some audio would be a nice touch next time! Very cute bee
\n","games":["Final Lift"]},{"typ":2,"at":380379043,"author":"Matt Hackett","login":"richtaur","gh":24601,"url":"https://valadria.com","twitter":"richtaur","text":"A cute little game about a bee looking for nectar. Could use some polish and work on the feel of the gameplay, but overall easy to play and runs great. Nice work!
\n"},{"typ":2,"at":380486009,"author":"Noël Meudec","login":"Noel-FB","gh":71314518,"url":"https://facebook.com/instantgames","text":"It’s a cute little game, thank you for submitting it.\nThe link with the number 13 is really a stretch, though.\nI think a background music and a bit more challenges would have made the experience a lot better.\nControls and graphics are fine. If you keep working on it, it could become quite good.
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