Bee Explorer

Take the role of a Blue Banded bee and explore all four seasons. Your journey will start at the beginning of spring when bees first leave their nest. Look for flowers to get pollen and nectar from and avoid danger. The game highlights the dangers bees encounter while navigating the changed environment. 🐝

How to play

Move the bee and look for flowers to collect pollen from. Avoid hazards such as pesticides. Level ends when bee goes safely to sleep.

Controls

• WASD or arrows: move the bee
• Shift + movement: slow down

About

Credits - Team Hive

• Aline Rocha: UX, UI, Icons, 2D Backgrounds
• BunnyViking: 3D, Art direction, Level Design, Animations, crazy chatGPT wrangler
• Matz: Assisted with code
• Sam Cox: Code
• Trumpet: Sound effects, Music

Blue Banded Bees

Native from Australia, this solitary bee is capable of a special type of pollination called “buzz pollination”, that can get pollen from flowers other bees cannot. They are important pollinators for the wildflowers and native plants, and also have a significant value for agriculture (specially tomatoes!). Learn more about Australian bees

Support the Bees 🐝

• Plant bee-friendly native plants
• Build a bee hotel
• Avoid pesticides, buy from bee-friendly farming
• Support bee initiatives and protected areas

Game Jam

This game was created during the Regenerate Game Jam 2023: a week of reimagining farming in games to focus on organic, regenerative and indigenous farming knowledge, practices and frameworks. Thank you to the organizers and mentors of this amazing game jam!

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