Thanks! your suggestions were exactly the direction we were heading actually (i.e. as the bugs get happy and dance, you gain 'hearts' to spend on dropping food and water. We just ran out of time and had to pivot and drastically simplify to meet the deadline.
I think it would have been neat for each 'dance party' to have specific quotas and constraints. 'get a fly to dance for 30 seconds' 'get 3 ants, 3 caterpillars, and no flys dancing at the same time'. 'see how long you can last if you only get 3 blueberries, 3 water, and 3 leaves, per minute'.
Thanks again for playing!