Play game
Them Bugs can BENCH's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1107 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Enjoyment | #1641 | 3.289 | 3.289 |
| Overall | #2228 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
| Style | #4037 | 2.724 | 2.724 |
Ranked from 76 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
BodyBUILDING bugs. They are small and they want to become large.
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
see description for full credits
Leave a comment
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
Comments
LIFT LIFT LIFT
they're always asking "what the bugs doin'", and never "how the bugs doin'"
I rate this game 11 bugs out of 11 bugs - but seriously, it's really funny, you have a good sense of humor, and the whole sequence with the bugs lifting and casting spells and jumping over balls was just profusely funny to me - my only complaint would be the kind of lackluster graphics, but I would love to see where you can take this kind of absurdist humor next!
You could say this game is buggy
i will not apologize for my puns
Feed them to your Gecko🦎!
LIFT !LIFT !LIFT!
This game is so silly!! I loved the intro so much lol
I think I just woke up from a fever dream about some bugs working out... Shouldn't have stayed up finishing the game jam game...
😂 Best comment so far.
I like a monster training games, I was excited for a bug training game. Sadly this didn't have the depth you would expect from a training game. Do the bugs have stats? How do you know they will evolve?
I think at first, the voice was funny, but it really felt out of place after a while.
The game would benefit from sticking to both a visual and color theme.
The music didn't fit what was happening on screen.
The bugs have stats, but I never implemented the part of the game that uses them :/
Loved the voice acting, funny game, nice work!
love a humour game! so addictive ahaha with a great intro
Funny game!
The game was a bit janky, but the humor was genuinely funny. Had fun playing it :D
Very funny lol!
A little buggy, (I'm the funniest man alive) but super funny and I was hooked on getting those special bugs!! The intro was an amazing touch XD
HAHAHA that was hilarious!!
loved everything XD
HELL YEAH
I WON
what now?
Hooked me in with it being about bugs. Intro was amazing, A+. Game made me smile. I couldn't figure out if there as any penalty non-evolve for doing the the wrong thing. If so, it could use better messaging to the player if they are doing the right workouts or not, but I understand if there wasn't time for it.
So, the idea was to have the Big Bugs attend the insect olimpics after you evolve them. That got cut, but I still had all the assets and a system to determine how the larva would evolve.
In the end I thought that explaining everything would only build false expectations as it's all setup with no punchline. So keeping the game nice and snappy became a priority. But if you are curious, diferent excersises will give you diferent bugs. Eg. If a bug is good at Weightlifting and good at Special it will turn into a demon fly.
Very funny game, loved the voice over haha
legendary game. Theme a bit loose, I had a very hard time to move and drop the bugs they just kept snapping back to their old locations. Very funny game though. Very stylish