{"author_link":"\/users\/zarkonnen","author_name":"Zarkonnen","author_uid":"1002062","comments":[{"author_name":"kromeboy","author_uid":"1033529","time":"2019-04-29T20:55:15Z","epoch":1556571315,"modified":1556571315,"text":"Nice game. Didn't managed to complete it too. The sound mix is kind of odd, maybe id need some fixing becouse some fx are very loud","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"AndideBob","author_uid":"1036785","time":"2019-04-30T10:46:24Z","epoch":1556621184,"modified":1556621184,"text":"A very fun game, but the hornets keept killing my workers so I was stuck in a seemingly endless loop of reproducing bees to collect honey to reproduce bees to... Is this what being a bee is like?\n\nOverall a good game!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Ruztan","author_uid":"1147413","time":"2019-04-30T10:47:40Z","epoch":1556621260,"modified":1556621260,"text":"It's a good game but gets a bit boring over time. This might be just me, but well done anyhow!","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Zarkonnen","author_uid":"1002062","time":"2019-04-30T10:47:51Z","epoch":1556621271,"modified":1556621271,"text":"Click on the hornets to kill them quickly, and you can accumulate workers and honey over time.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Xahell","author_uid":"1052594","time":"2019-04-30T10:48:33Z","epoch":1556621313,"modified":1556621313,"text":"Well executed, peaceful, no problem. Good job!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"fidrik","author_uid":"1005006","time":"2019-04-30T10:48:41Z","epoch":1556621321,"modified":1556621321,"text":"Cool idea, was quite difficult to keep up the bee population if it got low as the enemies would take out quite a few bees when they came. Its fun though and a unique idea. good job","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"zimennik","author_uid":"1002137","time":"2019-04-30T10:52:30Z","epoch":1556621550,"modified":1556621550,"text":"Great game! I have a lot of fun playing it. Also nice music (especially battle music)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neowhoru","author_uid":"1022345","time":"2019-04-30T10:52:36Z","epoch":1556621556,"modified":1556621556,"text":"Nice little game","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"entirelyBees","author_uid":"1058537","time":"2019-04-30T11:02:28Z","epoch":1556622148,"modified":1556622148,"text":"The little swarm of bees looks great, and works very well even when splitting up jobs between multiple flowers. I think some of the enemies like the rat (?) could be more clear in what they were doing- I wasn't sure if it was going for my bees or my honey, or both.  I haven't seen anyone else do this take on the theme and it fits very well!","likes":1,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Marcari","author_uid":"1081769","time":"2019-04-30T11:02:31Z","epoch":1556622151,"modified":1556622151,"text":"Nice work, especially the music and that it changes dynamically when entering a fight.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"paul59","author_uid":"1142777","time":"2019-04-30T11:03:21Z","epoch":1556622201,"modified":1556622201,"text":"Nice relaxing game but coudln't seem to get over 15 bees at any one time. A couple of very minor things I noticed - the hit box for the buttons doesn't match their shape and it's not possible to click on a flower with pollen if it's partially visible behind the buttons.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"NyanDev","author_uid":"1145214","time":"2019-04-30T12:27:53Z","epoch":1556627273,"modified":1556627273,"text":"Good concept, but I couldn't really understand what to do and by bees kept dying faster than I could get new ones. Good game overall.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"kuro","author_uid":"1001556","time":"2019-04-30T12:53:14Z","epoch":1556628794,"modified":1556628794,"text":"A pleasant game, audio and gameplay-wise. I finished the game, and the empress was born! It left due south, towards the blue screen :laughing: ","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"deshipu","author_uid":"1061875","time":"2019-05-01T11:29:34Z","epoch":1556710174,"modified":1556710174,"text":"I guess a good metaphor for exploitative economy. Harvest all the flowers and watch your bees slowly die off.","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"neakiir","author_uid":"1148571","time":"2019-05-01T16:36:51Z","epoch":1556728611,"modified":1556728611,"text":"I wish there was an indicator of how much things cost though and what they were. The hive button in the middle had me confused for a while. Like others have said, the buzzing sound was quite a bit loud compared to the music. Other than that, had fun =)","likes":0,"format":"md"},{"author_name":"Tommyflower","author_uid":"1014558","time":"2019-05-02T11:35:31Z","epoch":1556796931,"modified":1556796931,"text":"A very good game! Loved the concept, it is very intuitive to play and well tweaked. The music and the sound fx make it very enjoyable!","likes":0,"format":"md"}],"format":"md","images":["ld44\/149938-e23e16b2b0a6789ae7e1dfaa013f667b.png"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/zarkonnen.itch.io\/apis","text":"HTML5 (web)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"40334","g_author":"1002062","g_event":"LD44","g_eventkey":"75","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"253978","g_title":"APIS","g_status":"USEAR3","g_place":"99999","g_commentcount":"16","g_site2_node_id":"149938","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0.453467"},"nds":{"n_key":"149938","n_urlkey":"253978","n_parent":"139254","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/apis","n_slug":"apis","n_type":"item","n_subtype":"game","n_subsubtype":"jam","n_author":"2062","n_created":"1556358211","n_modified":"1556659772","n_version":"465653","n_status":"COMMIT"},"node":{"id":149938,"parent":139254,"superparent":9,"author":2062,"type":"item","subtype":"game","subsubtype":"jam","published":"2019-04-29T20:13:59Z","created":"2019-04-27T09:43:31Z","modified":"2019-04-30T21:29:32Z","version":465653,"slug":"apis","name":"APIS","body":"In APIS, you control a swarm of bees. Gather nectar, care for your brood, defend against attackers. Gather enough nectar and you can bring forth the Imperatrix Apis, the Bee Empress.\n\n![b.png](\/\/\/raw\/e08\/z\/22397.png)\n\nControls\n\n* Click on a flower to send a bee to harvest nectar.\n* Click on an enemy to send a bee to sting it.\n* First Button: Make new bee (4 nectar)\n* Second Button: Relocate hive (each bee can only carry one nectar, so surplus nectar will be discarded)\n* Third Button: Bring forth the Imperatrix Apis (100 nectar)\n\n## Team\n\n![BEEEE_smaller.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e08\/z\/21efe.jpg)\n\n* Kathryn Criston (Music)\n* David Stark (Graphics, SFX)\n* Manuel Mumenthaler (Programming)","meta":{"author":[2062,145609,147918],"link-01-tag":"42336","grade-07-out":"1","cover":"\/\/\/content\/e08\/z\/21df4.png","link-01":"https:\/\/zarkonnen.itch.io\/apis"},"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/44\/apis","parents":[1,5,9,139254],"love":0,"notes":16,"notes-timestamp":"2019-05-02T11:35:31Z","grade":{"grade-01":30,"grade-02":30,"grade-03":30,"grade-04":29,"grade-05":30,"grade-06":30,"grade-08":30},"magic":{"cool":96.712118324674,"feedback":39,"given":23.5,"grade":29.857142857143,"smart":20.007974216708}},"text":"In APIS, you control a swarm of bees. Gather nectar, care for your brood, defend against attackers. Gather enough nectar and you can bring forth the Imperatrix Apis, the Bee Empress.\n\n![b.png](\/\/\/raw\/e08\/z\/22397.png)\n\nControls\n\n* Click on a flower to send a bee to harvest nectar.\n* Click on an enemy to send a bee to sting it.\n* First Button: Make new bee (4 nectar)\n* Second Button: Relocate hive (each bee can only carry one nectar, so surplus nectar will be discarded)\n* Third Button: Bring forth the Imperatrix Apis (100 nectar)\n\n## Team\n\n![BEEEE_smaller.jpg](\/\/\/raw\/e08\/z\/21efe.jpg)\n\n* Kathryn Criston (Music)\n* David Stark (Graphics, SFX)\n* Manuel Mumenthaler (Programming)","title":"APIS"}