bugs are friends
bugs are friends!
In this short educational experience you will learn about some charming and respectable bugs that are often underappreciated.
- slightly diminish your fear of bugs through the power of knowledge!
- become a certified bug appreciator!
- you may never see bugs the same way!
Fair Warning: This is incomplete and missing a lot of intended functionality and scripting, but I guess it's more of a prototype for what a bug-ful experience could be. I hope you enjoy it regardless!
Created using Decker (and a bunch of community resources)
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aww this is so cute!!! saw it randomly and am happy to see fellow bug enjoyers in the wild 🪳
It’s heartening to see the transition and font from Screen Melt Transitions being used in a far more wholesome context than the source material. Well done!
Thank you so much for making them! Once I was aware of their existence I knew I had to incorporate them somehow…
but not mosquitos. Clap those bastards if you see them in the air.
Butterflies, crane flies, caterpillars, crickets, grasshoppers, and ladybugs are also sweethearts. Cockroaches and scorpions are misunderstood; the latter only stings in self defense.
Agreed, no mercy for mosquitos! (I hope to feature the bugs you mentioned in future updates too)
this is so cute and fun!! i was already spiritually a certified bug appreciator so i may not be the target audience lol but it made me very happy to explore :-)
"Hi, I'm Blanket Pete"
<3
yayyy! i didn't know centipedes lick their eggs, that's really cool and sweet :) i signed my name with a heart over the i and a lil buggy drawing at the end
yeahhh i dont know
that's okay, thanks for checking it out! 🐛
the game is good im just really scared of bugs
frick yeah I love bugs
Super cute. ♥
This was delightful! I still might not like centipedes but I've gained a deeper appreciation of other kinds of bugs for sure!
this is rlly cute :)
Wow I am a certified bug appreciator! Hell yeah!
Proud to be a certified bug appreciator. 🫡
Missed the second l in solemnly on the cert
oh… my… god… thank you for letting me know!
Retro to the max!😎
this is so freaking cool and cute. love them bugs.
so cute! i loved learning about the bugs :)
Honestly this is a neat idea! I will say the photorealistic images may be difficult for people afraid of the bugs in question, I know I was uncomfortable with the image of the centipede as I have a phobia of them- it might be good to do it in stages! Like start out with the fun fact and a cute cartoony drawing of the bug, and then once you've been primed with the cute and endearing information, you can click to reveal the (edited to be crunchy like these images) original image the drawing was based on! Might make it a bit less in-your-face :0 Could also maybe like scribble hearts around them (the realistic images), or a silly hat and monocle over their head, to make it more fun! :D
But yes I do like this and I think it could work!! The fact about the centipedes did help a little bit, I'm still very uncomfortable with them but maybe a little bit less so now!
Also I discovered you can edit the text on the pages lol
Edit: Forgot to say but I love the voicelines when navigating to the diff pages it's so fun!!! :DDD So whimsical and silly
Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate you pushing yourself out of our comfort zone and I hope the newfound knowledge will help these bugs seem a little less scary.
I intend to keep working on this, and I will explore some of your suggestions for the illustrations!
(that's also really funny about the editable text, I will fix!)
what a cute game, thanks for making!
Cute cute cute! Also I never knew centipedes were chill like that. Lovely fact
just delightful! so many charming illustrations and sounds. this makes me want to play around with decker but i dont even know what i'd make...
Oh the sounds are adorable :3
super cute and well made!!! love the illustrations!!
This is truly a delight. I learned a lot about our tiny, chitinous friends.
If there's anything you'd like help with, during or after your jam deadline, please feel free to reach out on the Decker Community forum!
Thanks for the kind words and THANK YOU for making Decker! This was my first project using it, and I really enjoyed it. I hardly touched any scripting for this one, but I want to keep making stuff with it!
very cute and informative! (´ω｀*)
gurtos needs a prompt to click at the boot screen because I was "stuck" there for a bit >_>
But this is a cool prototype. The art looks awesome, especially the Bee page. I hope you continue and add more bugs. If you want ideas, please do springtails. I would also like a page for stick bugs and especially to see stickbug eggs in this style.
Thank you! That's a good call on the boot screen, I'll look into updating!