comments for Budgie's Bug Shop

Gameplay is great, artstyle is great, pacing is good and overall so satisfying to play. Having both net and bug upgrades and abilities increase combo potential is very cool too. Dragging to deploy the net is an important mechanic at first to try predict when the bug is gonna be under there, but the more upgrades I got, the less I thought where to throw the net, so I would just cast small ones, and I thought the purpose of casting a bigger net was defeated since all of the abilities would clear the screen anyways. I think there should be an upgrade that allows for automatic net casting on click rather than dragging for later game when it becomes less useful. Something cool to add would probably be more unique movement patterns for the bugs just for variety sake. I also think the arrows in the cashiers menu, where the customers buy stuff are bit redundant, since all counters are the same. If this was actually designed to be a fully fledged store with decorations and variety, then just looking around with the arrows would make more sense. Overall, mechanically fun and artistically pleasing game!

this is actually like really good. the artstyle is nice, the sound effects and music is good, i also just love birds as well so why not love the game. i hope in the full release there’ll be things like more types of shop upgrades, i think its a bit sad to only have 6 cash upgrades which are maxed out pretty quickly. same thing goes for the actual bug catching part, wouldn’t mind stuff like map hazards or special bugs that make gameplay more interactive (e.g a bug that will see your net and dodge it, forcing you to accurately net it in the middle, corner it, or overwhelm it with enough nets it tires out and cant dash)

super cute game!! Love the art and gameplay. Can't wait to see the full version <3

really fun and cool! dont have much else to say

Fun and short demo, I love how well the theme and visual design complement the core mechanic. Not sure I've ever seen 'quickly drawing a little drag select box with my mouse' as the main mechanical interaction used in a game, but it works really well as a casual, satisfying, incrementally upgrading spin on a standard clicker (and one that I don't have to decide whether to trivialize with autoclicking or risk carpal tunnel for the "authentic developer intended experience"), the timing element keeps it from being immediately trivial and gives a hint of that "I figured out the enemy attack pattern and now this part is easy" satisfaction. The theme and visuals of the bug catching premise are a perfect fit, reminds me a bit of the immersive appeal of games like bowling and golf on a Wii. Spent as long overthinking this review as I did playing through the demo so I'll end by saying this is def worth your time, it's short and has charm.

incredibly fun game, grinded up to 1B just to have bragging rights

excellent!! i love how clean the visuals are, and the click and drag gimmick is really fun and unique. i love bugs so the fact that you used real species (including some under-appreciated ones like the hummingbird moth, my beloved) is an extra treat. i am full of happy joyful feelings having finished this demo <3

its so cute!! i love cutesy style games like this and the progression feels super satisfying! i hope u keep working on it and expand it beyond a demo because this has so much potential!!

I want bigger net size cap so I can cover the entire screen

Gives me Pokemon Ranger vibes.

Super impressed with this one. The whole time I was thinking I would buy this game, and i'm glad that this is just a demo for a larger project. Definitely going to wishlist. :3

This game is actually quite fun, I don't usually play demos but I decided to try this one and I liked it, I'll definitely try the full version

I love everything except the clicking and dragging, would love an option to just click and have the net auto drag to largest size honestly. Otherwise, fun!

this is incredibly nice demo and i look forward to buying it on its release! the pacing is a bit way too fast but im assuming thats because this is the demo

Glad I'm on here to give this masterpiece the first 5-star rating :)

@abaileyatd you can enable auto net casting in the settings!

Looking forward to the full release once you start getting the upgrades that can chain together it feels really nice.

Nice game. Plays quite quickly.

Volume sliders don't seem to work
Apart from that, I love it ! It's super cute, works well mechanically, I love it ! Bugs ! Can't wait to catch shrimps.

Wow this game was nice
Intense and addictive
More than a normal incremental…
Is this really non-gmo?