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Beelieve by Diego Teran

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made by Diego Teran for Ludum Dare 47 (JAM)

Description:

This is a puzzle game where you get to play as an unlucky bee who tore its wings before getting trapped in a spiderweb. Your goal is to traverse the web and rescue a group of small flies, without being consumed by a bunch of spooky spiders. Together, you might find a way to escape for good…

Gameplay: When on the web, click and hold on an adjacent node to walk towards it. Be careful though, walking on the web might cause you to alert the spiders!

main screen.png s3.png Beelieve.gif

Credits: Design: Diego Teran and Natasha Kononenko Programming & Sound: Diego Teran Art: Natasha Kononenko

Youtube https://clerium.itch.io/beelieve
Youtube https://clerium.itch.io/beelieve
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/beelieve

Ratings

Overall 304th 3.894⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Fun 255th 3.833⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 140th 3.985⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Theme 765th 3.656⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 261th 4.167⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 790th 3.145⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Humor 739th 2.792⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 719th 3.469⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 21🗳️ 36🗨️

Feedback

Athryell
05. Oct 2020 · 09:36 UTC
Hey, I really like your game! I finished it even if last two level where challenging (my anxiety level rised up quite a lot when the spiders got me..). Love the art style!
ZakAmana
05. Oct 2020 · 09:39 UTC
Good job! I like your take on the theme and the wiggling webs are so satisfying :) Pretty fun overall!
It's a tiny bit tedious to click on the point to move along the web, and pretty stressful when a big spider is chasing after you, but maybe that's the point? I would have appreciated alternative, snappier controls with keys, to move the bee.
udo
05. Oct 2020 · 21:37 UTC
Great job! :heart: I really enjoyed this, excellently done. Very cute graphics, and overall a very nice idea for a puzzle game.

I encountered an endless looping bug (how appropriate for the theme! :laughing:) in the hexagonal spider web with the six spiders: one of them ate me, but the level didn't end, they just walked back and forth with my corpse (could have been a race condition because two spiders overlapped and ate me simultaneously).
satacat
05. Oct 2020 · 21:52 UTC
Probably it's one of the most precious and interesting works out here! Graphics are very cute and detailed. Also I really liked the mechanics and your game kept me on my toes. I will be happy to advise my friends to play your game!
blabberf
05. Oct 2020 · 23:14 UTC
Very solid entry! Love the graphics and mechanics, it was a good bit of fun to play around with. Nice work:)
Tad
06. Oct 2020 · 06:47 UTC
Very cool entry. As @zakamana said above, the controls can take a little bit of getting used to, but I think overall you should be very proud of what you've made here. Fantastic work - well done! :)
Vrarr
06. Oct 2020 · 10:30 UTC
Really nice puzzle game! I enjoyed playing all the level, and even wished for more! Adding music would be a nice addition to improve the anxiety feeling :) You can be proud!
Gautstafr
06. Oct 2020 · 10:49 UTC
Great concept! very nice art and main menu <3
Yword
06. Oct 2020 · 14:08 UTC
I just finished all 8 levels! Nice and great works! And the spiders are kinda scary too... ^_^
Nimerya
06. Oct 2020 · 14:16 UTC
Nice game, really nice system and cool mechanics ^^ great execution of the theme. You can be proud of your game.
wizard sino
06. Oct 2020 · 18:55 UTC
That is a brilliant game!
Jag
07. Oct 2020 · 00:57 UTC
Excellent game! I feel like this is an actually marketable idea. Can see this on an app
RedTarantula
07. Oct 2020 · 01:05 UTC
Fun little game. As a spider-folk, I approve. Kek!
I think the movement could be a little snappier or it could be done by "steps"/"turns" by clicking on the spots to move, instead of having to hold the mouse's button.
Guardaro
07. Oct 2020 · 01:16 UTC
Great graphics! I like the wiggly web effect quite a bit, and having real-time puzzles was a really interesting concept. I was amazed by how much anxiety I felt for a pixelated bee! The only thing that I'm missing is a bit of music; something simple (even some ambient nature sounds) would have gone a long way.

I had to check your game out because we both went with a spider theme, but in mine the player takes a bit more of an active role in fighting them off ;)
Bokonon
07. Oct 2020 · 01:17 UTC
This was a really cute game. It took me a moment to realize, not only was it a puzzle, but I also had to be quick with moving my bee! I was expecting a hare & hounds-like and I was not disappointed!
EnzoUP
07. Oct 2020 · 02:18 UTC
OMG! This was my reaction in the first level, the graphics are one of the bests on the jam, the concept is just genial, everything is just perfect 4,8/5 to me, the level 8 difficulty is just really hard btw, but amazingly great entry! congrats!
netmute
07. Oct 2020 · 12:31 UTC
God, no, spiders. And then they ate me. Nope nope nope.

Very nice graphics, good job :thumbsup: :cold_sweat:
exopunk
07. Oct 2020 · 19:10 UTC
Really interesting mechanic i liked a lot, love the art style! Struggled a bit on the 8th level but managed to beat it :D Had some issues with the web version of the game where it was not collecting the fly on the first level, the windows version worked fine! Great job overall!
teronk
08. Oct 2020 · 23:50 UTC
Super fun and interesting. Really enjoy playing the game, interesting mechanics. Well done!
Jonathan Lorenz
10. Oct 2020 · 16:45 UTC
I didn't really understood the logic of the game and why sometimes the spiders started chasing me and sometimes not but I managed to beat it by tries and errors. A tutorial screen explaining the AI of the spiders would be a plus imho. Good work overall!
Lone_Wolf
12. Oct 2020 · 03:40 UTC
Nice simple game, was quite fun to play.
The mouse controls make for a very tense few seconds when you have to move fast to escape from the spiders.
The eating sounds are also great
LTyrosine
14. Oct 2020 · 00:09 UTC
Very nice game. Cute graphics, cool idea and implementation. Even sounds are there. Level select. Smart theme usage. Very complete and polished.

I really couldn't watch the poor bee be eaten alive every time I fail tho. 😁