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« on: January 18, 2010, 07:32:24 AM » |
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 Jasper 'superflat' Byrne and Bento Smile Present:"This Is How Bees Work"This work aims to be a factual documentary, explaining to young and old alike exactly how the mysteries of nature unfold. Please enjoy and learn something at the same time. Thankyou! Download [OSX / PC]: www.superflatgames.com/This-Is-How-Bees-Work.zip [4.4mb] |
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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 08:19:42 AM » |
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Very cute!  I like procedural games that simulate natural processes. I managed to plant a sizeable forest and got some purple trees and a number of bees of different colors too (what does that mean?). My only real complaint is the magenta color of the ground which looks a bit ugly. But aside from that, good work.  |
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« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 08:25:37 AM » |
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I enjoyed the experience a lot, but it's not really how bees work.
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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 11:01:31 AM » |
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That's true. It's still gorgeous, though.
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 12:38:55 PM » |
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I salute you, Mr. Jasper! but it's not really how bees work.
W-what do you meeeeean?!   |
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« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 01:00:29 PM » |
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Worry not, they are simply not burdened with the experience of bees that someone as knowledgeable as yourself is.
This game is awesome. People might come to realise that my taste in games is based almost entirely on atmosphere so things like the PoP reboot and Canalbalt really appeal to me. This fits into that niche. Or at least the last build I saw did.
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« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 04:57:54 PM » |
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Really cool, really like the spriting style.
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« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2010, 06:24:07 PM » |
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This game is adorable! The atmosphere is great... it reminds me of something I would have played as a child.
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« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2010, 06:58:47 PM » |
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Very interesting "game" you got here. Seems somewhat flOwer inspired. I don't think the question is whether this is how bees work, but "Is this really a game?"
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2010, 07:08:04 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2010, 02:09:32 AM » |
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wow, the animation in that is really good. I really liked the feel of this game. It was fun to make a forest and just wander around in it. I tend to agree with the previous statement about the magenta ground, though. It has a cool control scheme too, easy to use and effective. |
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2010, 05:07:04 AM » |
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I love the pixel flowers, and the music is really nice. Big bro, you are on a roll this year already! I'd like to be the first to say that I want to see some more Bento Smile / Superflat collaborations pronto  |
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« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2010, 05:41:14 AM » |
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I don't think the question is whether this is how bees work, but "Is this really a game?"
Please don't start that again. It's adorable and we love it and that's enough. |
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« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2010, 08:58:24 AM » |
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I wouldn't worry about the magenta ground - together with the sky it makes for a very lovely faux-CGA feeling. Really nice.
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« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2010, 09:32:31 AM » |
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Awsome! Really like how you tackled the classic old 2D-sprites-in-a-3D-world-ugliness by not letting the camera rotate.  (Or was it just me who didn't find out how to rotate the camera...?)Super cute start screen and graphics too! Maybe a little gradient at the horizon, kind of like in the start screen, to make it not so super sharp? Maybe not... I was going to make some kind of pun about "how birds and bees work" but I have matured. And complements to the music  |
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2010, 06:24:47 PM » |
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Neat game. I played it for about 10 minutes, at which point any new trees/bushes I made despawned and respawned randomly. Did I hit a limit or something?
But yeah again, neat idea.
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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2010, 07:20:59 PM » |
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I played it for like 3 minutes then got bored.
it's kinda cute but there's nothing engaging about it. I mean at first you're all "oh cute" and "hey look a flower, hey a tree, oh look a bush, woohoo" and before you know it you've seen everything there is to see in the game.
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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2010, 07:58:52 PM » |
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Needs more achievements.
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« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2010, 02:50:56 AM » |
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Needs win conditions?
Actually there are a few special things to find, just like in real life!
Thanks for playing, everyone...
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« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2010, 05:53:07 PM » |
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Cute little experience. It looks more like it's the cloud that's doing all the work by peeing all over the place, though.
THIS is how bees work btw:
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