Being a bee is not as glamorous as one might imagine. Sure there's the honey and flying around everywhere, but surprisingly a small insect has a lot of enemies that try to impede its progress in the hunt for nectar. Luckily bees can work as a team. You just have to find your little buddies first.
Bee Leader is a day in the life of a bee. From sunrise to sunset, you buzz around a spherical world trying to collect all the nectar you can to fill up your hive's quota and get the highest score possible. Filling the quota will unlock a greater difficulty in the same area, but all five areas are open for your perusal from the start. There are many options to control your bee, from placement of joysticks, to touching anywhere, to tilt controls. We found the tilting to be the optimal way to play the game as it offered the greatest amount of finesse. With the joystick, you seem to always overshoot your target while flying around, and the touch anywhere method can often obscure your vision.
The nectar that you have to collect is everywhere. There are pockets in the sky, there are hidden honey pots underground, and there are flowers that you can suck dry (although their petals grow back given enough time). Returning to the hive will deposit all nectar collected, and you'll want to do this many times a level, as running into a hazard like birds, spiders, windmill blades, or even the dreaded homing hornet will drastically reduce your nectar reserves. There are also your little helper bees hidden around the level. Collecting them will have them following you, adding nectar bonuses as you strive to complete your task (you'll also acquire and end of level bonus for finding them all).
With the flat color palette, atmospheric sound, and the simple joy of flying around as a bee, this game would be a great choice for younger players, but there's a certain charm and joyful quality to it that should entertain the older crowd. It's not going to set the gaming world abuzz, but it's certainly bee-lightful.
Description
Bee Leader - It's busy time!
The bees need you! Become a Bee Leader and help the bees fill their hives with honey.
*** App Store Best of 2012
*** App Store 'Free App of the Week' May 2013
FREE! Rank up to 'Ace' or 'Bee Leader' to completely remove network ads :)
If you prefer games ad-free then please download Bee Leader Free;
http://itunes.apple.com/app/beeleaderfree/id514250256
*** Editors' Choice in New Zealand, Australia & Brazil
*** #1 app & game in 6 countries
*** Top 10 iPhone app in 53 countries
*** Top 10 iPad app in 87 countries
* Touch Arcade 4.5 stars - "Bee Leader both surprises and delights from moment one."
* Modojo 4.5 stars - "Challenging, fun and readily-accessible title that ranks right up there with the best iPhone and iPad have to offer."
* The App Shack 4.5 stars - "Will definitely wind up being one of my favorite casual high-scoring arcade games of the year."
* iFanzine 4.5 stars - "A beautifully crafted game that oozes creativity and whimsical charm."
* Gamezebo 4 stars - "A game every iDevice owner should try. Like a honeycomb dripping honey, it oozes quality from nearly every facet."
* App Spy 4 stars - "It's certainly bee-lightful."
* TUAW - "Bee Leader is one of the most charming iPhone games I've come across in a long time."
* Touch Arcade - "trailer was absolutely amazing! iOS developers, take note!"
"Extremely simple concept taken to a level of perfection, almost like Tiny Wings meets Minecraft."
"Totally blown away, looks great on the new iPad, controls really well."
* Touch Arcade Forums - "PERFECT example of how an iOS game should be!"
"Incredible polish and great gameplay. Full recommendation."
"Controls are spot on! Graphics are incredible! Music is perfect!"
* AppCroc.com - "Surely going to blow you away with its amazing visuals and cute characters."
* Best10Apps.com, Editor's Pick - "Addictive and exciting with dazzling UI. You can't miss it."
Fly around the world and hover over flowers to collect nectar. Look out for enemies and bad weather! Collect as much nectar as you can before the sun sets. The faster you get nectar back to your hive the more honey you'll make! Pick up plenty of bonuses along the way - nectar, honey, time, and bee buddies. The more bee buddies you find, the more nectar you'll collect. More nectar means more honey - sweet!
To climb up the Bee Leader ranks fly through different worlds making honey - Just Desert, Country Life, City Heights, Island Time and London Fun. Each world has different obstacles, enemies, flowers, bonuses to break open and other fun interactive goodies. Some worlds are small, others are big, and there's a few surprises along the way.
Control your bee using your preferred method: joystick, touch or tilt. You can also remotely control Bee Leader using another iOS device via wifi or Bluetooth using Joypad, available free from the App Store. See http://getjoypad.com for more details.
Get busy!
Watch the trailers at;
Official Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QhkhlnUv8A&hd=1
Gameplay Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-6HqpeoZb0&hd=1
FEATURES:
- available for Mac & iOS
- beautiful design & illustration
- full HD/Retina support on iPhone, iPad & iPod touch
- 16 levels over 5 different worlds
- cool flight model & fun physics
- great interactive sound
- social networking & sharing support
- full remote control via wifi/Bluetooth using Joypad
- Game Center leaderboards & achievements
- pesky hornets
CREDITS:
Bee Leader
A Flightless Production
by Greg Harding, John O'Reilly and Ali Teo.
Copyright 2012 Flightless Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.facebook.com/beeleader
http://www.flightless.co.nz/beeleader
http://twitter.com/flightlessnz
beeleader@flightless.co.nz
Made using cocos2d/Box2d/ObjectAL/Freesound/Joypad.
http://itunes.com/apps/joypad/joypadgamecontroller
What's New in Version 1.5
v1.5 "The Big Show II"
App Store 'Free App of the Week' Special Edition.
Wow, 2 million new bee buddies - sweet! We're making a few tweaks for our old-school supporters and also saying thanks to all of our new free bees for playing and spreading the word about Bee Leader.
We hope you like these sweet little updates;
- rank up to 'Ace' or 'Bee Leader' to completely remove network ads :)
- while playing remotely via Joypad all ads are disabled (updated, also wasn't announced in previous version)
These features should take effect immediately, so if you've already ranked up to 'Ace' or 'Bee Leader' then magically the network ads will disappear. If not then get busy!
If you prefer games ad-free then please download Bee Leader Free;
http://itunes.apple.com/app/beeleaderfree/id514250256
We've also made these fixes & tweaks;
- FIXED PESKY CRASH caused by low device memory (only affected flower particles, quite a tricky one to squash)
- no ad immediately after fresh launch or switch back to the game from another app
- optimised crosspromo settings, updated to latest sdk (fingers crossed no more freezes for the few who are experiencing them)
- updated to latest analytics sdk
We received a couple of reports of ads showing up right away on first play. We checked and double-checked but they still should not have been displaying - apologies to anyone who experienced this. We've added another layer of cotton wool to ensure this doesn't happen.
If you like Bee Leader please show it to your friends and submit a sweet rating or review on the App Store!
Greg & John, Flightless.
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