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While the jam isn't quite over yet, I just wanted to give everyone who took part and is taking part in this jam a huge thanks! This was my first jam, focused on something close to my heart, and it made me really happy to see so many people enthusiastically joining and making such lovely content for it <3 I'm thrilled with all of your projects, and for anyone who ran out of time, I am planning to run another bug themed jam this summer, where I will be allowing any game you started for this jam but couldn't finish to be submitted! So don't worry too much if you weren't able to finish your submission in time. 

Thank you again for taking part in this jam! And happy valentine's day <3

Of course! The main reason I decided to host this jam was cuz I wanted to see more bug based projects hehe, so I want to check out all the submissions and leave feedback! But that's impressive that you put the whole thing together in a day o : ! It's already really fun as a base game, so I'm excited to see what you add if you go back to try and improve it ^^/

I love this so much, just the imagery of the different psychedelic bees alone is so cute and fun, but the concept of the game seems really fun too! I've loved seeing all the different types of tabletop games people have designed for this jam, they've all been so fun and unique. Thank you so much for taking part in this jam!!! ^^

AAHHG I love the art for this so much! This is such a fun concept, and the graphic design for it is great! I love the idea of basically building a little bug pokedex hehe. Thank you so much for taking part in this jam!

I believe in you!!!!!! Whatever you wind up being able to finish will be great ^^

Since this jam is pretty informal, I don't have a problem with that. Sickness always strikes at the worst times TvT As long as it's like, playable, then it's okay that it's missing some context. I do hope that you get the chance to expand on it afterwards though because I'm really curious about it after seeing your art for it!!

This is so cute! And very addictive! Definitely the sort of game you can sink an hour into xD But I had a lot of fun with it, you did a great job making something fun and entertaining! Thank you so much for taking part in the jam ^^

I hope that it won't be too difficult to figure out >< If it's working for other people then it's probably just something weird on my end xPP But either way, thank you for taking part in the jam!!! 

I tried doing it in full screen but it had the same issue unfortunately TvT And on my phone it just wouldn't load, sadly. I don't know why it's not working for me, maybe it's just my computer ^^'

I was able to get more of the screen visible in Chrome- still not all of it sadly, but enough that I was able to start the game and click on the locations! The art is so charming, and I love the little blurbs about the bugs ^^ I hope you get the chance to expand it at some point, because it's definitely the type of game I would love to play more of!

That's odd, I wonder if it's just my computer? I tried it on chrome and firefox, but I'll try it on my phone and see if that works better! I really love the look of the art style though, so I hope I can get it working, it looks really cute!

I'm really excited to play this! The art looks really charming, and I love the concept! However, I tried getting it to run on both desktop, and the two applications, but it looks like the sizing of the screen is a bit too big? I can't actually access any of the buttons to start the game ^^' I tried playing it in the game page, and downloading it, but had the same issue.

Yeah, that would be fine! I'm sorry, I should have put in the rules that a demo is okay. I'm excited to see what you were able to accomplish!!

I'm glad this gave you a chance to tweak the formula a bit! But I'm thinking of running another bug themed jam this summer, so if you had fun with this one and are feeling up to it I'd love to see more bug themed stuff from you!

This is so cute! I love the images you used, especially for the cover, and the premise is great! Love the spin on 'bug infested home' with it being a bug having to deal with humans infesting their house. The gameplay is just challenging enough that I had to really focus, and couldn't just rush through it and beat it in one go, without being frustrating. You did a great job, thank you for taking part in the jam!!

This is SO fun! The graphic design for this is great, and I love how detailed everything is- there's so many parts to how this runs, and I feel like it would be really fun not just as a game but as a sort of guide for making an illustration of what your endgame juice bar looks like, and maybe an illustrated menu of the various drinks you're able to make! Thank you so much for taking part in the jam ^^/

I love this concept! The visual design is very striking, and the way everything is written out is also very lovely. I had never heard of a micro-rpg before, so thank you for introducing me to the concept, especially with bugs ^^ And thank you for taking part in the jam!!

So good... Loved the bizarre ways in which we could get flowers. The way everything slowly comes together as little bits of information are revealed, but never explicitly stated, really adds to the air of hopelessness and helplessness in this. The ending was just the right amount of ambiguity... Great little experience.

I haven't finished the game yet but I wanted to say that I'm super excited to play more, and that I absolutely adore the character designs ^^ I love how you interpret all the different demons, and I'm excited for more lore of this world!

Aah I'm super excited to see the final product! I'm glad that the jam has helped motivate you to focus- I have a similar tendency to jump from project to project, with jams helping keep me focused on one for a bit haha. But that sounds so fun! I can't wait to see the rulebook, I'm sure it's gonna look awesome!

I went into this expecting it to follow the tried and true 'haunted video game' route, but what it really does is so much crueler than that :') Such a wonderful play on expectations, in the most painful way possible. Definitely recommend.

I'm not 100% sure about how to speedrun comics unfortunately, because everyone has a different process ^^' If you're doing a rough draft first approach, then my suggestion would be making the loosest, simplest rough draft you can so that you can get through that part fast and then move onto the final draft quicker.

If you can get away with just duplicating/copy-pasting backgrounds or poses for certain panels where there's not meant to be much movement outside of expressions, that could save you time on line work!

And worse comes to worse, you can still submit the unfinished product, as this is an unranked jam, so there's no penalty or anything for submitting a comic that's still in early drafts :) I'm also planning to run another bug themed jam this summer, which I know is a bit of a ways away, but if you feel like you need more time you could always save it for the next bug themed jam, as I plan to be pretty lenient about letting people submit projects they started before the jam timeline!

I hope some of this was helpful- and ultimately, it's okay if you don't finish it in time to submit to the jam, because I'd still love to see what you come up with post-jam!

That's understandable! Two days is a tight time limit, and you did an amazing job for something made so quickly! 

I'm sure it'll be fantastic!! I'm cheering you on ^v^/

Oh those look gorgeous!! ;w; I'm really excited to see what you come up with for the final product x3

Of course!

Soundimages has a lot of music, all sorted by genre/vibe

Pixabay also has free to use music

Freesound is great for finding little tunes and sound effects, just make sure you double check the usage rights because some of them have different permissions!

ELV Games has a huge variety of bundles for music, though they do cost money

And of course, there's tons of free music packs on itch.io as well!

I also have used music from Darren Curtis and Aaron Krogh ^^ 

I hope some of these are helpful!

Cool concept, and really great art! The designs of the bugs were very cute, and the backgrounds were beautiful- the flashing of the glitches could be a bit much at times, I'd definitely put an epilepsy warning on the page somewhere, but the visuals for the glitches were really pretty and interesting to look at! 

I noticed the bug has a spear- were we supposed to be able to attack the mantises we encountered, or is the spear just an accessory? I wasn't able to do anything to the mantises, but they couldn't attack me either, so I was a bit curious haha.

You guys did a great job with this though, I'm impressed you made it within only two days!

This game was so cute! The gameplay was challenging without feeling overwhelming or impossible, and the designs of the bugs and their queens were so cute ^^ I enjoyed it a lot!

Backgrounds are tough, I usually lean toward public domain images for backgrounds when it comes to visual novels haha. But hopefully you can find some good ones! If you need any help with finding music, I can recommend a few places to find free use (with credit) music!

Ah, for some reason it won't let me receive pms on that account, how strange... I saw your reblog though! I'm loving the design you have for the character, you have such a lovely art style!!

Oooh, sure! I also have a tumblr, bugbytegames, if you wanted to message me there o3o!

I used to be scared of them, but I spent a lot of time observing them, and eventually became really fond of them hehe. spiders it took longer just because I was scared of getting bitten ;w; But I've learned most spiders in my region aren't venomous, so that's helped a lot with my fear of them.

Moths and spiders are also good! I love pretty much all bugs really, moths are definitely one of my favs, but wasps don't get enough love so I tend to rank them higher for myself haha.

Mosquitos are definitely a pain irl xD But I do like making character based off of them haha. I've liked watching bugs since I was a kid, though it took me longer to become less afraid of spiders haha. I've finally reached the point where I don't mind if they crawl on me.

That's a tough one! I think my favorite is probably wasps though, they get a bad rep ;w;

Yeah, that's totally fine! Stuff like horror and violence is allowed, as long as it's properly marked as such! I love yanderes haha, so I'd definitely love to see what you come up with!

This game was so cool... I love the character designs, the general aesthetics and vibe of the game, and the writing was impeccable... It's hard to be in a relationship when you're both mentally ill and struggling, even when you both love each other, and this was such a lovely exploration of that difficulty, showing how no matter how much we love someone or love being with them, it doesn't mean that we don't make mistakes or do things that hurt the other person- but that it also doesn't mean we stop loving them. Both endings were very striking... Such a fantastic game.

I definitely will! I think my DM would be very intrigued by it!

But of course! I love bugs a lot and I really wanted to encourage others who might like bugs to share their love too ^^ Or even encourage people who might not normally care about bugs much to challenge themselves to do something with bugs in a more positive light haha. But thank you again for taking part, and making such a lovely game <3

THIS IS SO ADORABLE!!! I love the art so much, and the concept is so lovely and cute! I just bought a copy, I'll definitely have to show this to my DND group and see if they'd like to play a session of this ^^ You did an amazing job of incorporating the optional theme in this, and I really appreciate you taking part in this jam! <3

Aah that's very exciting, I hope you get the chance to! I would love to see what they've gotten up to after the events of the story ;w;