![]() In this event, Libraries’ Learning Spaces & Services staff members Colin Keenan and Alex Valencia demoed Bee Simulator and talked about how the game helps players to be much more aware of this micro world and its challenges. Lukasz Rosinski, founder of Bee Simulator studio Varsav, told The Verge, “We wanted to show a completely different perspective for this small insect using realistic models, graphics and gameplay mechanics inspired by real bees’ tasks, not cartoonish ones with an infantile story and mechanics.” In this series we will livestream gameplay and discuss how climate change games help us understand and grapple with the diverse and interrelated problems resulting from rapid global change.īee Simulator lets you explore a world brimming with life in which you collect pollen, defy dangerous wasps, and save your hive from pesticides, habitat loss, and pathogens. Through the use of fictional scenarios, games help us explore and reflect on the challenging and sometimes frightening problems we face. It can be difficult to talk about climate change. Academic Departmental Library Representatives. ![]() ![]() Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program.It’s the perfect place where you can bee all that you can bee. But there are enough unlockables and challenges to provide some substance, even if the main story is only a few hours long. It should be known that it isn’t wholeheartedly authentic, like stinging balloons and not being swatted by pesky humans. It seems like the perfect game to play with your little one, especially if they are enthusiastically into bugs, animals, and/or flowers. Instead, many of these interactions are stiff and harmless.īee Simulator has a reach in a few places. I wouldn’t have minded being swatted at or flying away in fear because a hen was hot on my trail. ![]() They come off many times as robotic or lifeless. The only distractions in the entire experience are NPCs. Although there is a slight lean towards it being a kids game, Bee Simulator has a wide reach in finding a little something for everyone to enjoy. I never thought I would have enjoyed an insect simulation game, let alone one that finds itself in the edutainment category. However, you will probably spend the majority of your time mining pollen from flowers and doing dancing challenges with other bees. You can also fight with other insects, like duking it out with a wasp or other territorial bees. There is a story that moves things along, showing you the ropes of what it means to collect pollen and watch out for the hive that you call home. There’s quite a bit that happens during the main story in Bee Simulator, and the game isn’t actually a full-on bee simulation title. These points can be cashed in for 3D trophies or new bee skins, providing another layer to the overall experience. You can discover new animals, plants, and gain Knowledge Points. Flying around the map when not carrying out the main story missions is easily something to get lost in. But you can stretch the main story length by exploring buildings and hovering into crevices and cracks. This might be a deal-breaker for some, especially considering the $39.99 price tag. The story of the game will only run you about two hours. Because, let’s face it, unless you’ve become one-tenth of your normal human size like in the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - you don’t know what it’s like to fly like a bee. Early on, it’s very apparent that VARSAV Game Studios wanted the feeling of flight to feel authentic and natural. You start out exploring the inside of the hive, learning how to pilot your new skin and some of the minor mechanics of the game, like enacting checkpoint beacons. Flight is your first task as a newly birthed bee. Flight of the nav-bee-gatorīee Simulator immediately introduces you to flight controls. Bee Simulator, on the other hand, provides you the opportunity to shrink down to only a few millimeters in order to dive hive first into the experience of being a pollinating, sugar-gulping bee. What becomes most important is the overall feeling of becoming, controlling, and being that protagonist. In either case, an elaborate story isn’t exactly necessary to convey a sense of immersion. Whether that’s an elite soldier in the armed forces or a space marine hellbent on revenge. The one thing I love most about video games is the opportunity to experience life in someone else’s shoes.
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