A blue bunny, a field of flowers and a colony that needs your help. In this little pixel-art platformer you are the beekeeper, and the threats are grubs that chew toadstools and the blue Zombees they grow into. Keep the pests down and the bees can do their job.
Bee Kind unblocked was made by Jasper Renow-Clarke for the 2022 js13k contest, where the theme was death. It is a keyboard game with seven levels and a light waltz soundtrack that kicks in after your first key press or click.
How to play Bee Kind
A title card starts every level and tells you how many bees the colony needs. Before you can fight anything, find the honey gun somewhere on the map and walk over it. Shots wear down toadstools, grubs and Zombees, though the bigger pests take more hits.
Bees fly between flowers and hives on their own. Once a hive has gathered enough pollen, a new bee hatches. Zombees get in the way by stealing pollen and wrecking hives, and grubs that reach a toadstool eventually turn into more Zombees.
To clear a level, every grub and Zombee has to be gone and the bee count has to hit the target. That target goes up by one bee each level. Some tiles switch the view between a side-on platform stage and a top-down area where you walk freely in four directions.
Controls
| To… | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Skip the intro | Any key |
| Walk left or right | Left/Right arrows, A/D or Z/X |
| Jump (in top-down areas, move up) | Up arrow, W or ; |
| Duck (in top-down areas, move down) | Down arrow, S or . |
| Fire the honey gun | Space, Enter or Shift |
| Stop the music after the current loop | M |
Tips
- Grab the gun before anything else. You can't clear a single pest without it, so explore until you find it.
- Break toadstools to starve grubs. Fewer toadstools means fewer grubs turning into Zombees, and it opens room for flowers.
- Pick off grubs early. They take fewer shots than a fully grown Zombee, so a quick cleanup saves time later.
- Keep your distance from Zombees. A touch slows you down and knocks the gun out of your paws, so you'll have to go back for it.
- Stand guard near busy hives. New bees only hatch at hives full of pollen, so protecting them speeds up the colony target.
Bee Kind questions
Why won't the level end?
You need two things at once: no grubs or Zombees left, and enough bees. Check the bee count against the number shown at the start of the level.
What does the small logo pickup do?
It makes you safe from pests for about ten seconds. Save it for moments when you need to push through a group of Zombees.
Can I play Bee Kind on a phone or tablet?
Not really. Touch controls were never finished, so walking, jumping and firing all need a keyboard. A laptop or Chromebook works well.
