Reviews

Review by Mokkan all reviews by Mokkan

The Beehive of Babel is a VN of sorts, and I found the writing to be engaging from start to finish. The setting was quite imaginative and fun, and the story was enjoyable to play through. I don't think the puzzles were too difficult, but they made me feel somewhat clever to solve, so nice job with that!

## genre rule 143: Humor/Funny
The humor in this game really worked for me! Very strange and random.

## artistic rule 147: Inspired by MC Escher
The tower had some Escherian qualities with its strange geometry. I think it worked well!

## artistic rule 94: Plug
The plug in this game was quite good and well-integrated into the gameplay.

## technical rule 113: Hexagonal
Hexagons were a definitely a core element of the game (the map, the rooms, the bees, etc). Well done!

Nice work!

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 4 Genre 4

Review by NiekZndt all reviews by NiekZndt

The text based style didn't really hit me but that's more something personal. I have a hard time to get emerged in the game.
The showing of the rooms was a cool mechanic. And so were the items but it could have been utilised a bit more.
Overall the game was fine and the characters were definitely the most enjoyable part of the game.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 2 Technical 4 Genre 2

Review by Tijzz all reviews by Tijzz

I am personally not a big fan of text adventures. I just get distracted really fast.
However, I think you did a great job with your game. The game was not too long and I really liked your writing style. It made it easy to visualize the world that the character was in. The text font and visuals were pleasing to look at (something that is very important in a text based game) and I liked the small map. This made it even easier to navigate through the virtual space.

The hexagonal rule was clearly implemented.
The Escher rule was implemented very basic, but I think that it is fine.
The adventure had some fun moments, but I think that you could have gone a step further by adding some more jokes, weird stuff, references or I don't know.
Props for the plug of your other stuff. You are the first one of the games that I played that really made it a part of your game, instead of just having it pop up randomly.

About the story, I think you could have done a better job in the choices that the player makes. The story is very linear and does not provide any replayability. In my opinion, these games should provide choices that matter, not providing just one option that progresses the game. Next to this, the story you have created was interesting, but all the readers questions remain unanswered. Which is not really satisfactory. It is not necessary to answer all questions of course, but answering some can really make the world and story more interesting and beelievable. (See what I did there :p )

All in all, I think you did a good job and if you would improve on the things above, you could really have a fun and interesting game on your hands!

Scores: Overall None Artistical None Technical None Genre None