Learn Math With Flappy Bee by nusan

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made by nusan for LD 41 (COMPO)

Use the power of mathematics to help Flappy Bee to reach the hive! Make some cool equation just by drag and dropping math elements. Solve 10 levels or use the sandbox mode where only your imagination is the limit!

Shortcuts : Ctrl while drag-and-dropping : copy element right click : delete element

Made with Unity 3D, plus ExpressionParser from Bunny83. Music made with Bosca Ceoil. Art with Krita and Paint.net.

Update : slightly patched to better handle non 16/9 screen ratio.

Screen02.jpg Screen01.jpg Screen03.jpg

Ratings

Overall 54th 3.957⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Fun 92th 3.804⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 30th 4.167⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 302th 3.696⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 322th 3.304⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Audio 300th 2.977⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Mood 193th 3.364⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 23🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

Linky439
25. Apr 2018 · 14:43 UTC
Haha, great idea! A great way to get people to do maths, but it might be hard for those unfamiliar with those good old cos and sin functions ^^

Pretty solid game overall. The graphics are nice and cute, the music is good, and you make your brain work. Congrats!
oneseedfruit
27. Apr 2018 · 16:55 UTC
Whoa, this is kinda like those Zachtronics games that makes you think a lot. It's pretty awesome!!

I love it!! I dare not keep playing after a while because I tend to get addicted to games like this.
Erik Brendel
27. Apr 2018 · 18:14 UTC
Is this the way of solving that level? :D
![lol.png](///raw/323/3/z/144d9.png)

Definately fun to play around with functions! The graphics are cute, but the music gets a bit repetitive over time.

I found the controls inintuitive at the beginning: Drawing a line from a block to the delete button is not my first idea when trying to remove buttons. But when you are getting used to it, its nice playing around with making the bee fly
🎤 nusan
27. Apr 2018 · 18:59 UTC
Thank you for your comment @Erik Brendel in fact you can use right click to delete an element, and ctrl+drag and drop to copy it. I added those shortcut to the game description. You solution to the final puzzle is totally valid, I put a message from Flappy Bee that say "freedom" because you can solve the level in a lot of ways. The "intended solution" was cos(time*sin(time)) but it's not very obvious.
shubart
03. May 2018 · 20:50 UTC
I dont known how you can do so much in so little time. Well done
SvartTand
12. May 2018 · 17:45 UTC
Awesome game! The idea was very neat, have not seen a mathematical game yet. The music was ok but it was great that there was some music in a compo game. The art fitted in with the game very well and nothing to criticize, just a very good game!
FuriousWitch
13. May 2018 · 18:25 UTC
Great Game! I have no idea how you managed to do all that in the compo time but anyway great job.

I loved the graphics and motion. I think you missed the current theme though or maybe I'm not aware of what exactly are the two genres you combined here. I don't know :)
Space_man
13. May 2018 · 21:34 UTC
That was fun! The second last level took me a while, I figured out the main trick and was close to the solution pretty quickly but I think I missed something and ended up with a messy solution in the end.

Great job!
Geckoo1337
13. May 2018 · 21:38 UTC
An amazing game. I don't know anything about all those algorithms which we use in game. However with time and increasing my skill, level after level, now I am able to understand how to create this path or another, trying to reach the hive. I play, but I learn too - and it's great!!! Can you imagine how your game could be used in school for teenages? Again you did a solid entry. One of my favorite projects for this 41th Ludumdare event. I am not a big fan of kiddie backgrounds, but it is good enough. Music is quiet. You deserve really more than these few ratings. Thank you for this game. I am happy that finally I played and rated it. You made my day ++

look mum' - I drew a flower :)

![Flower.png](///raw/991/z/14d1a.png)
Geckoo1337
14. May 2018 · 06:23 UTC
Look mum' - I did ... something else :/

![something.png](///raw/991/z/14d1b.png)
Bigaud
14. May 2018 · 13:30 UTC
really cool game (made for programmers) It's kinda ultra hard though, didn't finish the last one ;(
misterstripey
14. May 2018 · 13:46 UTC
Wow! This game was outstanding. The design and work that went into it are very evident and it is a great play on the theme. This is probably the most well designed game I've played in the jam. Great work. The only suggestions I would have for improvement would be on Sound/Visual effects. Awesome game and thanks so much for sharing!
Crimson
14. May 2018 · 14:05 UTC
Awesome game! It's very rare to play a game that's actually educational while being really fun to play around with. The only thing I'd suggest would be maybe an introduction/example of each element for people who are not already familiar with how they work and affect functions. Overall great work!
IDidGame
14. May 2018 · 14:24 UTC
what an amazing concept, great job!
Xerox_first
14. May 2018 · 14:31 UTC
I really like this game. I felt quite nostalgic about it, because it reminds me early years, when I played educational games on a schools PC.
Papaver
14. May 2018 · 15:57 UTC
Wow, great game! I loved playing it and solved all the levels. :) Well done!
niterich
14. May 2018 · 20:31 UTC
I would have loved to have played an edutainment game like this when I was a kid! I think it's a great way to bring the concept of graphs and such into game form. My only complaint would bee (haha) the music: For a game like this, I would imagine it should be happy and inquisitive, and this felt too somber and morose.

If you take it further (which I think you should), can I offer some advice? Add a help function at gives hints with progressively more information. Like, the first hint would be an obtuse hint on how to solve the problem ("What happens if you put a cosine inside another cosine?"), the second would draw out a pre-tested path, then the third and last one would provide the basic structure but without any of the values, like _*cos(cos[_]*_).
Geckoo1337
14. May 2018 · 22:13 UTC
Look mum' - I drew a pumpkin :)

![Pumpkin.png](///raw/991/z/14d6a.png)

Seriously this one is really disturbing because it runs without any break. Perfect algoritme ++
Geckoo1337
15. May 2018 · 05:10 UTC
Look mum' - I drew a snail :)

![Snail.png](///raw/991/z/14da4.png)
atridas
15. May 2018 · 15:04 UTC
great educational game!! I've always loved to draw with maths :D