1. Bug & Seek
  2. News

Bug & Seek News

QoL Update, New Good Bug, New Tank, and Special Announcement!

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

QoL update + bad bug fix + new tank

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

New (good) bugs added!

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. :)

Quick fix for tutorial

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

Thanks for playing, everyone!

- Chera

Fixed a bad bug + added one good one!

I fixed an issue where the codex wasn't displaying all the bugs when both DLCs were installed.

I also added one new bug to the master list, but I'm not telling which one! Will you be the first to find it??

Happy bug hunting!

- Chera