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Beecon by Soleil

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made by Soleil for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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As a big fluffy scout bee, use your dance signals to guide your swarm to the flowers. Think, dance, and collect pollen in this mini puzzle game.

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Did you know bees use dances to communicate and share information about flowers? That’s what inspired us to make this game (that and our desire to make a big, silly bee dances).

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Use Z, Q, S, D (or arrows) to create a three-step dance signal to move your swarm around the map. Land on flowers to gather pollen, fill your pollen meter, and make it back to the hive to complete the level.

4 levels avalaible!

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Dev & le boss: Clément Vieilly

Dev & LD: Fred Euriot

2D art & UI: Cédric "Tyron" Roux

3D & 2D : Solène Deschamps

Music: Swagger by Trinity on Uppbeat

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As we say in french: Bee-sou :)

Itchio https://soleille.itch.io/beecon
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/beecon

Ratings

Overall 165th 3.942⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Fun 136th 3.846⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 177th 3.788⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Theme 85th 4.308⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 45th 4.538⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Humor 106th 3.854⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 72th 4.26⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Given 57🗳️ 30🗨️

Feedback

Colisan
Apr 20th · 22:20 UTC
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Congrats to the worker bees! Loved the graphics, the choose-your-path moveset (I obviously couldn't resist doing the signals on beat), and, most importantly, the bumblebutt dance move!

I got lost and ran in circles more time than I'd like to admit, but it was a lot of fun 🐝✨
Fractal Flower Girl
Apr 21st · 03:28 UTC
This was so fun! I liked the mild puzzle, which was interesting but not too hard. The music, art, and humor was bee-utiful!
Horsedetroia
Apr 21st · 16:16 UTC
i really loved the graphics
BaiLou_Ocelot
Apr 21st · 16:18 UTC
Wow! The music is great. Plus, the bees are adorable!
VerttiXPertti
Apr 21st · 16:20 UTC
The bee animations were so good. In general all the art was great. I found the gameplay a little slow-paced however, even though the concept was fairly unique.
LDJam user 260720
Apr 21st · 16:22 UTC
Incredible art and mood, really like the music too!
CrispyPear
Apr 21st · 16:25 UTC
Great graphics, soundtrack and vibes, and cool puzzles! Really well done! There were some pain points:

Sometimes I pressed an arrow key and had to finish a random dance, making sure not to move away.
In the beginning I also misunderstood the position of the bees, thinking they were one tile diagonally further up.
I saw the dropshadow at some point, but I wish it was easier to see.

Wish you good luck!
TenTacos
Apr 21st · 16:27 UTC
I thought it was a rhythm game at first 😄 I absolutely love how the bee moves! It was fun and a little bit challenging (well, I’m not usually a fan of puzzle games ^^), but the charming graphics made it even more enjoyable.
MrMastin
Apr 21st · 16:32 UTC
Perfect! So funny bees and interesting interpretation of theme, good job!
Stormdrill
Apr 21st · 16:45 UTC
My head was bobbing to the beat while I was playing.
Fadex
Apr 21st · 17:27 UTC
Haha fun concept! Really polished graphics and audio. I love how bright it is. Maybe its a little too hard? When you go the wrong way. Also the move inputs sometimes dont clear? That was a little confusing.
VenomousMouse
Apr 21st · 19:24 UTC
Ur game is super adorable! Great game!
Eugenik
Apr 22nd · 09:15 UTC
I really liked how the puzzle structure makes the bee dances feel like actual forms of communication. Guiding the entire swarm together to find the flowers adds a layer of fun complexity to the movement. Great job turning a natural process into a cute mini-game!
LDJam user 372231
Apr 22nd · 16:15 UTC
The music is fantastic, it really sounds like it was written by bees 😄 At first I thought the game was about quickly entering arrow combinations to steer the bees, but then I realized it is more like a puzzle with a chess-like logic, which I liked a lot.

Bit the puzzles were a bit difficult for me, and I did not understood right away which square do the bees belong to, so at first I was confused why they could not collect pollen even though they right at the flower. So maybe just move the circle sign under the hive, so that it is more noticeable?

Overall, this is a very polished and enjoyable game. Great work!
LDJam user 387548
Apr 23rd · 00:02 UTC
Wow, so cute little guys, an interesting idea with the transmission of bee signals through dancing, very charming, the game is well done.
LDJam user 342640
Apr 23rd · 03:14 UTC
Really cute game! The puzzles were simple enough to be fun but challenging enough to not be boring - though it did take me a second to figure out that I could use 'return to the hive' at any time rather than just after collecting pollen lol. Great job!
JoeGreen
Apr 23rd · 18:16 UTC
Wow! Cool style, sounds, animations, and graphics. The puzzle is great, and it would be nice if it required a little less time to complete (within the context of a jam).
shadow64
Apr 24th · 10:56 UTC
Just great all around! I had a lot of fun! Took me a second to wrap my brain around it but then I was dancin' along and getting pollen. Loved the track and the dancing animations were very cute! Thanks again for playing and commenting on Please Press Button and congrats!
Tetracold
May 04th · 21:44 UTC
super cute game! Love the style and the music is awesome too, super catchy!

it took me a sec to realize that you can return to the hive, it was a very welcome addition lol. I thought the mechanic was fun even if there isn't any real punishment add some challenge