Bee Careful is an experimental mutiplayer game utilizing eye trackers. It was made within one week by 5 students in ETC at CMU. In this game, three players act as bees, utilizing eye trackers to assail the beekeeper, while one player assumes the role of a beekeeper, using a controller to capture bees.
ROLE: game designer, 2D artist, producer
CONTROLLER: eye tracker
TEAM SIZE: 5
GENRE: asymmetric battle (1 vs 3) / multiplayer / party
Responsibilities:
Game Designer
Innovated core mechanics by integrating eye tracker technology for dynamic battles
conceptualized bee's different attack methods
2D artist
pivoted overall art style
Sketched character design concepts
animated character's animation
Collaborated with the other artist in team to unifty the visual style
Producer
Established and maintained the team's timeline, overseeing task management for optimal project execution
Orchestrated team meetings, ensuring comprehensive note-taking for future reference
Coordinated resolution of internal technical issues and organized playtests
Designed the decoration floorplan for ETC's festival
Combat design Process
After testing the game prototype, we decided to add different functions to each bees. The aim was to give players more choice on player choosing and provide more dynatics to the game.
cowboy:
Long-range attack, can fire honey bullets
Queen BEE:
help blood return in short range
Knight:
close attack
can sting the beehunter when meet
Beehunter:
can swing the net to hit the bees
Character design
When conceptualizing the character, I camp up with a Background for her: A city girl who's never dealt with beekeeping suddenly has to fill in for the usual beekeeper in the countryside. Trouble is, the bees aren't too happy about this unexpected change, and things get a bit stingy.
Inspired by Cuphead and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, I've bestowed upon her a chic, cute, and playful personality. You can see it reflected in her clothing and expressions.
design sketches
environmental
design
I illustrated the scene design for the main interface of the game. I incorporated numerous farm cottages, scarecrows, and haystacks to capture the essence of a beekeeping farm setting. Additionally, I created decorative elements such as man-eating plants and hay stacks, serving both as adornments and areas for players to navigate and seek cover.
farm scene
Producer
In my role as a producer, I organized all meetings and tests, overseeing the coordination of each team member's tasks. I formulated a timeline and checklist for the game's progress to ensure quality and output.
Furthermore, as this game was chosen for the ETC Game Festival, I took charge of designing the room decoration and set layout by creating floor plans and room layouts.
room plan
floor plan