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The Wingless Bee (DEMO)

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Full game available here on Steam.


The Wingless Bee is a brand new Frogger-inspired game where a bee named Bella is abruptly thrown far away from the hive she lives and works at. With her wings destroyed, she can only hop to get back home. Along the way, she'll pick up honey drops and encounter all sorts of devious enemies and obstacles. Crumbling platforms, bouncy mushrooms, ice logs, boss battles, and more await her on her return. The game's levels are divided in that some will scroll vertically, while others will scroll horizontally. There are two modes of play - Story and Score Attack.


Story mode goes through each level in a set order, one by one, featuring cutscenes and dialogue between Bella and whoever she meets along the way home.


Score Attack allows players to pick from any available level to tackle for a high score on it, with the last batch of levels only available by playing them in Story mode first.


Though the narrative centers around one bee, both modes can be played with a second player via local co-op multiplayer! However, as the camera continues to follow Player 1, Player 2 must make sure they stay on-screen or else they'll die and lose points as if they got hit by an enemy.


The game does not have a lives system. Rather, you lose points if you die at any point in the game. Similarly, the timer at the bottom of the game screen will not kill the player if it runs out. Instead, it only serves as bonus points for when the player finishes a level. So you won't need to fret too much to get through a level, though if you want to try to net some high scores, being on your toes would still definitely matter.

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Treasure Hunt review!

### Aesthetics: 7 / 10

Cute pixel art.

### Originality: 2 / 10

It's mostly just a Frogger game.

### Challenge: 4 / 10

Pretty easy to beat, but trying to get a good score adds a little challenge.

### Fun factor: 8 / 10

The levels in the demo show off some nice variety in game mechanics. I especially like using the mushrooms to kill the purple bugs, though I don't know why I'm trying to kill them.

### Content: 6 / 10

Three levels and a boss fight, not bad.

### Total: 27 / 50

(The Treasure Hunt review score is different from the standard Newgrounds review score because it uses different criteria.)

I'm surprised you didn't upload this on Newgrounds sooner; this deserves the front page, man.
Also, from a game developer to a game developer; I find it funny how the sound effect you use for checkpoints is the same sound I use for unlocking achievements in Potato game. Trilogy! Assuming you got that sound from Game Maker's stock sound library, I guess Fusion isn't too different in that regard.

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Dec 21, 2023
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