Good to see you all again!!

In this major update we bring good news as you might already have seen, or not hehe, we are launcinhg Bee Trial, yes... and it's free! You can play it now. PLAY IT NOW!

The game was already available to be played on web since 27th June, but to make sure you get the full experience you can download it now. The web player also has some issues and some options are restricted. The best way is to simply download.

As we've stated before, this game was made for a game development course, which ended two days ago, with a Game Show Event, called MOJO, at our university. We are very happy with the results! The game was successful, many people tried it, many people played the piano we brought :D and even got a cool little sticker at the end, to remember the experience. For eveyone who was eager to test our game, we thank you very much <3. We know not everyone had the time to try it, but you can do it now in the comfort of your home. 

Shotout to our best players of that day:
Leaderboard
1. Santana - 325000
2. Caraboka - 269700
3. Thor - 255400
4. Rudydog - 175700
5. Dertilol - 161800
6. Ganzas - 111400

For those who were not able to be there, now is your chance to beat them. Comment your best highscores, with a screenshot of the Gameover Screen, and we will give you a redeem code for a special item ;)

We've collected all the feedback from MOJO and applied some changes that will surely improve the experience for those who have already tried and make newcomers have a nice bee life.

Here are the changes:

[Minor Changes]

• Buffed big sword attack from 6 to 7 to balance its need to be closer to the enemies.
• Raised raw volume of "Beam Warning" and "Beam Shooting" by 20% as people said it was harder to listen than the remain sound effects.
• Nerfed Lightning's attacks per second from [2.1/2.1/2.1/2.1/2.1] to [1.91/1.71/1.49/1.25/1] as it was clearly the weapon of choice in every run, because at higher levels the damage and range allied with a big fire rate caused massive beestruction.

[Added]

• New effect when the bee gets mad after trial as it better describes now how the bee is feeling inside. We had this done, but wanted to hear people's opinions before implementing it completely in the game.

[Bug fixes]

• Fixed a bug where npc bees would not give damage to the boss.
• Fixed several issues regarding the player changing from Story to Endless Mode.
• Fixed an issue where dialogue would not appear at all. We don't know for sure how it is right now, but if you ever feel stuck in the story let us know in the comments. We'll then tell you if it's a bug or a feature 😄
• Fixed a bug where the lightning and sword still gave damage to bees even if the player decided to be good.
• Fixed a build bug where the player by default was "bad".
• Fixed a bug where the player sometimes would start a run with only 2 lives instead of 3

We had such a great time doing this project and hope you find fun playing it. Although the time we had was not ideal, we are really happy with the result :)

This is not the end, either for us as developers or this game. If you care and have more ideas make sure to comment them, follow our great developers and keep an eye out for what's coming next.
See you next time!

Pedro, The Programmer / The Mind Behind the Hive
Raquel, The Artist / Programmer / Forged in Fire Enthusiast
Miguel, The Data Analyst
João, The Playtester

The 4 members of our team worked together this week to prepare everything for MOJO and do the final report.