Balance Bees is
a collaborative game where verbal communication is necessary
to win.
game, collaboration, communication,
Mattias Ljungström
Julian Graf
Processing (alpha), Photoshop
2004 / 2005
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Design and develop a prototype for
a game.
I really love the social aspects of games. Therefore
I wanted to make a game where collaborative interaction between players
is a key element to win. In Balance
Bees two players play collaboratively against
the computer. They have to keep a lever in balance which permanently
gets unbalanced by balls dropping from above. If the lever becomes
unbalanced, both players can balance the lever individually by pulling,
pushing, and moving in the right direction. But they will do significancy
better when doing it collaboratively, and they won't succeed if they
push in opposite directions.
The aim of the game is to balance the colored
balls and bounce back the black balls to hit the flying bear with
it.
This game was my debut as a programmer and therefore 90 % of the
time went into programming. Though I'm proud that I succeeded to
made this prototype in the time given, lots fine-tuning has to be
made to make the concept work probably.
Download an early
prototype of the game (Java required)
