Ludum Dare #56compo

Badabees

by tanis

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.28

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.78

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.41

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.02

Your hive is doing well and your bees are all happy, but suddenly some wasps start menacing your hive!

Help the tribe of Badabees get rid of te wasps and save their hive!

Use the keyboard to control your bees.

- 1 to have them say "BEE"
- 2 to have them say "BADA"
- 3 to have them say "BON"
- 4 to have them say "BOO"

The combination of those sounds will make your bees do something different. Learn the following combinations to play:

- BEE BEE BADA BEE to have your bees attack the wasps (cost: 0 wax)
- BADA BADA BADA BEE call for help and bring one more bee to your hive (cost: 1 wax)
- BON BON BADA BEE to use your wax to heal the hive (cost: 1 wax)
- BOO BOO BON BEE to have your bees collect some pollen from the flowers to create some wax (cost: 0 wax)

Do your best to survive as long as possible!

Genres: puzzle

Comments20

markeryjane7 Oct 2024, 01:41

cool idea. i instantly was hooked from the description, but i kept dying while playing because i was scrolling down to check what each spell did

richjbaron7 Oct 2024, 02:22

I think this could work great as a DDR style game where u press the arrow keys along a specific track to beat the enemies. As it is...just more a complicated version of clicking buttons

lantto7 Oct 2024, 19:12

Really frustrating at first but after a while the commands became second nature and I managed to snatch second place on the leaderboards. Great job! There's something really satisfying with letting your muscle memory work like this.

dooskington7 Oct 2024, 21:18

Really cool idea. Reminds me of Patapon :)
It was a bit frustrating at first, but once I learned the combinations it got more fun.

Mithka8 Oct 2024, 12:24

Interesting ideas, but I wasn't very good at it, cool sounds effects too.

Tad I Guess8 Oct 2024, 21:32

Awesome concept! Really love all the sounds. Tricky to get the hang of, memorizing the patterns is tough, but fun with a bit of practice. Leaderboard was a nice addition, I got to number 4.

SdCorpse9 Oct 2024, 21:15

I just cant remember frases) But it lookes very fun!

DecrementedPalindrome9 Oct 2024, 21:23

That was fun! I manages to get over 13 minutes on my second run (though with just a space for a name). I like the sound effects and the tweening on everything, very smooth.
It's a simple concept with not much replayability, but the leaderboard improves that.

blazzguy10 Oct 2024, 11:09

I got to 6:05 - I'm 'bb'! Very fun once you get into it.

BroMakesGames12 Oct 2024, 02:02

cool idea :D hard to remember the sequences though

tanisauthor12 Oct 2024, 08:33

For those that are having a hard time remembering the sequences, yes, you are right and I have the same problem :smile:
I wanted to add some sort of tutorials as you progress into the game but I just did not have time to code it. And another idea that popped to my mind later on after the submission deadline was to have the bees hum the sequences based on what is most needed at that point in time, to help you memorize them.

pres230012 Oct 2024, 23:19

The learning curve was pretty steep, but once I got the hang of it everything made sense and it was pretty addicting. I really like this concept. I think having the sequences somewhere viewable on screen would be nice for the first few minutes of gameplay. I died quite a bit while looking at what to do. Overall, nice work!

Nazariglez13 Oct 2024, 18:07

Hey Tanis! I was expecting a C game, great to see you here trying/using Godot. The game’s concept is clever, and once I got the hang of the combinations, it became really fun and satisfying to play. Gj!

ArcherOfFaith13 Oct 2024, 20:07

Idk, it is not well polished game, but gameplay itself is challenging, so i spent time well achieving leading position in leaderboard, so this game was really fun for me! Nice idea!

Jack Sims16 Oct 2024, 04:49

I'm a Badabees believer. Actually a sleeper S tier game. I'll defend this game with my life

byshla17 Oct 2024, 18:27

Cool! Nice idea of the game! Simple and interesting, don’t give up you’re very good at game making!

Zirrrus18 Oct 2024, 17:49

WELL WELL DONE BEE
Really interesting and fun idea!

LDJam user 33667620 Oct 2024, 17:44

i almost didn't get into it, i didn't read the commands right the first time so i thought it was broken lol, only thing i would ask for is commands to be on screen or to be able to be pulled up, otherwise a very good game

M2tias20 Oct 2024, 19:48

I used to love Patapon but didn't get very far. Now I remember why... But this is really cool though! Only thing I didn't like is that if I tap one line really fast it's ok but if I try to tap two of them in a quick succession it takes it as one 8 tap song.

sebbernery23 Oct 2024, 18:45

It took some times to understand what happend, I tried the good sequences but nothing happend and ... I understood I have to wait 0.5-1seconds for the action happening. Then I could play, and it was fun ! I love the sound effect made with the mouse, and the controls are innovative. And in bonus there is an integrated a leader board !
Congratulations for your entry !

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