Clumsy Bumble
I’ve decided I need to make a video game, probably for the iPhone, of my little bumble bee. I’m going to call it Clumsy Bumble and gameplay will consist of tilting the phone around to navigate a bumble bee through a series of poorly drawn obstacles. There will be a faint but constant buzzing sound, not real buzzing mind you, more of a little buzzy song, something along the lines of “buzz buzzy buzz buzz buzzzzzzzz buzzy buzzy” (lyrics not finalized). The buzzing will stop when the bumble hits something, replaced by a pathetic shriek and the end of the bumble.
That’s one option. Another is to have a side-scroller (also with a buzz song and pathetic bumble bee shrieks) that requires tapping on enemies (creepy bugs, drawn by Jess on a napkin some booze-inspired evening a while back) at which point the bumble will destroy the target with laser beams from it’s eyes. As targets are destroyed, the bumble will emit a little giggle or if something goes wrong, a sad sound of disappointment.
I think the bumble will be named Claude, Claude the Clumsy Bumble. There will be merchandise too, plush Claudes, coffee mugs and toddler onesies.
That’s the plan anyway…
