Bug & Seek News

[p][/p][p]I am so excited to hit "publish" on this update! It is packed with some QoL improvements, new content, and new features![/p]

• [p]The Community DLC,[/p]
• [p]Focus Feature - choose a bug to "focus" on and increase your odds of catching said bug,[/p]
• [p]Fixing store selection issues + a buy back feature,[/p]
• [p]FLIES are now a category![/p]
• [p]A pink frame will now signify when you have a bug that is part of an active Quest,[/p]
• [p]Easy scrolling for quests and inventories when using a controller,[/p]
• [p]Plus, other minor fixes and polish[/p]

[p]The Community DLC is real star here, so let's talk about that first. The DLC is made up of 30 bugs--all painted by our player community! And they contributed taglines and codex descriptions, too. Y'all are truly amazing. And as for the price, we felt it would be unfair to charge anything for mostly fan-made content, so this one is FREE. We really hope it brings you as much joy as it brought to us in putting it together! one bug (here's looking at you, California Dogface Butterfly), you can you Focus to hone in on it. The Focus Feature becomes available once you obtain Master level in that category. So as you level up your bug-hunting skills, more and more bugs will become available to focus on. Once activated, you'll see the orange Focus icon on your screen. [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]The last major thing I'll delve into for this update: Flies are now their own category! There are only a few flies in the base game, but the Community DLC adds several more, so with that you shouldn't have too much trouble leveling up that category. (Sorry, I couldn't count flies caught retroactively, so this count starts at zero once you download the update.) You can even donate flies to the University to grab a new statue. [/p][p][/p][p]There's a lot more, but most of it was small QoL improvements, particularly for those using a controller. [/p][p][/p][p]Your support means so much to our family. We appreciate you all immensely! Craig and I are always interested to hear from you, so feel free to pop in to the Discord server and share your feedback, bad bug reports, or a fun photo of your pet beetle. :) Happy bug hunting! [/p][p][/p][p] - Chera[/p]

Hey, friends! There are a few updates in this patch that will hopefully make your experience in Buggburg even better. :) Also, if you hadn't heard yet... Bug & Seek is now available on mobile devices for both iOS & Google Play!


Here's are the updates included in this build:

Option to Turn On Interaction Emotes
There's a new option in the Options menu to turn on Interaction Emotes. When turned on, you'll see an emote appear on your character when approaching an object that can be checked for a bug. This feature is automatic on mobile but optional for PC/Mac (coming soon to Switch).


Sell Back Decor at Full Price
Decor can be sold back to merchants at full price. There is an occasional bad bug where players are getting a storage tank when they attempt to buy something else. It'll take me a longer time to fix this, so in the meantime, you can just sell those tanks back at full price. :)

Rope Ladder Can Be Fixed
The rope ladder is now permanently fixed after using it once for convenient travel from the main meadows area to the cave.

Easier Controller Use When Shipping Jobs
When shipping jobs, your inventory appears in one screen. Those using controllers will no longer have to scroll to select all the bugs they want to ship.

New Good Bug!
Moss Mimic Stick Insect was added

New Tank Added
A new 3-Bug Wooden Tank will appear sometimes at Bob's Bigger Store on Sunday

Legendary = Extremely Rare
"Extremely Rare" was changed to "Legendary." This was a purely aesthetic choice to fit with our tabletop game that's currently in development. ;)

Optimizations
Optimizations were made in the code for slightly faster load times (won't be noticeable on high-performing machines) and to guard against certain bad bugs occurring when placing decor.

AAAND... in other news, Craig (our game writer) just published a book! So if you like all those clever taglines and bits of dialogue, you might like the other words he's been writing, too. :) It's on Amazon in paperback and eBook.

As always, we so appreciate your support. Thank you for playing!!

-Chera

Hey, friends! We've been working hard on the mobile version of Bug & Seek, and in the process were able to optimize/fix a few more things for Steam.

• Bad Bug Fix - In the stores, some people were experiencing the wrong item being bought or sold. This bad bug is inconsistent and so a bit tricky to nail down, but I suspect it was caused by some lag between selecting an item and the item display in the store window. I changed a few things with the store function to optimize and hopefully prevent this from happening in the future! The item selected will have its details displayed in that shop UI window, so that's the item that will be sold or bought when you hit the button. Please let me know if you experience any other issues here!
  
• Controller QoL Improvement - when shipping bugs for a job, all your inventory is now in one screen, so you don't have to fool with the scroll bar here.
  
• Balancing - Monarch Butterflies are now "uncommon" as opposed to rare. There were only 2 uncommon butterflies, and there should have been 3. We missed that on release.
  
• New Tank - There is now a 3-Bug Classic Tank (the dark wood style) available in Bob's Bigger Store. It's in his Sunday rotation.
  

Thanks so much for all your support. Craig and I will continue to make improvements to the game as we can. Thank you SOOO much for playing!
-Chera

I made some minor optimizations to the code, but we also added the Joro Spider 🕷️ to the master list of bugs! The previous addition (in case you missed it) was the Giant Honey Bee 🐝. Your codex will tell you where all the bugs can be found, so check that for help in finding these two new bugs. :)

There was an issue with the tutorial after a recent code merge. Found and fixed.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

- Chera