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BUG DATES : a bugs life coming soon...ish (update cancelled)
(will do other projects instead same characters)

!!WARNINGS!! 

Cursing, mildly suggestive content, death, slight gore, mentions of verbal abuse, loud sudden sounds, you might start liking bugs


(characters look different in game)

Feeling lonely? Don't worry. Your best friend had signed you up for a dating show without you knowing—and you end up getting chosen! The fun part you're gonna date some bugs. Have fun!

Bug Dates :a bugs life™ is cute, creepy, and a little bit eerie VN dating sim about bugs



buggy bois u can date







LINKS

get updates on the curent things i be doing with the game :D


talk to other buggy enjoyers :D


wiki page https://bug-dates.fandom.com/wiki/Bug_Dates_Wiki

Donate so that i can make other games 




GAMEPLAY AND FEATURES 

  •  undertale style beep boops/partial voicing :0 
  •  much words much gameplay much endings  
  •  3 endings per buggy (good, neutral,bad)
  •  Special customizable pronouns customizable name


CREDITS

ART


PROGRAMMING

WRITING


MUSIC

8-bit



StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Rating
Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
(189 total ratings)
AuthorBuggy. Inc studios
GenreVisual Novel
Made withRen'Py, FL Studio, Clip Studio Paint
Tags2D, Cute, Dating Sim, LGBT, Multiple Endings, Pixel Art, Ren'Py, Romance, Short
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish

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BugDates-PC(GAME JAM) 157 MB
BugDates-MAC(GAME JAM) 123 MB

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I thank kale for helping me accept my bisexuality ⚱️

ME AND KALE HAVE THE EXACT SAME MUSI TASTE OMG I LOVE HIM SO MUCH DBSK FGCRYU BGVBYHVJBYREFIH YUTG

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can you please make it so we can date the host? (my friend called him hot when i was playing)

me and blair having the same birthday,, :3

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I can say I've found lots of bugs in this game :D

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Vorgeschlagen von: Maskedflow


Starker Pro punkt ist die diversität der Charaktere und deren Identität. Allerdings ist im allgemeinen die Geschischte und der Aufwand des Spiel im Vergleich leider etwas generisch. Cool mit den Käfern, das bringt etwas frisches rein, und auch ein paar Steilvorlagen für Spezies gags (dirty Cock Roach hihi) aber am Ende des Tages ist es leider auch nur ein generischer Dating Sim mit langer unglaubwürdiger Einleitung.


Rating:

Dito: 3.2/5

Chat: 3.35/5

Gesamt: 3.28/5

i love this game so much, all of the characters are such cuties, but ant is my top #1 (i love ants in general and i love his design and allat)

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Loved the game and I loved Kale so much

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i want to see the children T^T

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PLSSSSSSSS I NEED BOB BRO IS SO FLUFFY

i cant download it ),,,,:

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I thought the game was so cute! It's a shame it's so short... I'd love to play a longer version, complete with a slowburn romance!

I played every possible route and I absolutely loved Ant and Xaea!!

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where bob ending??????

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-Spoilers ahead-

















OH MY HEAVENS IM IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME ??? THE ART STYLE IS SO PRETTY AND YES, THE TEXT IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND AT TIME (with the funky/pos/neu lettering going on, especially with the I) IT'S SO GOOD !!!! AAAA/pos

Everything is so creative and immersive and I love everyone here. They're all so unique, you did really well on characterising them.

Here's my live review of me making comments in my bookmark/collection for this game, it's a long one strap in.

"??? ending (I dont know why you did that exactly but ok"
For the ending achievement, dear creator, obviously. I needed it for the record.

BAHAHHA jumpscared myself with spontaneous Spotify playlist. That's really neat actually, I wonder how the coding for that happened, how'd you do that? Clicking their figures gives us a personalised playlist for the character. Really interesting! Thanks. (Post-Ghostie here, all the playlists really fit the vibes and attitudes of the characters good job)

Myth is a gorgeous automatic name. I'm gonna go by Riolle though.

*casually saves so I dont have to do the whole name and pronouns convention again (I really appreciate the personalised pronouns, it's extremely well-thought out for it)*

OH IM THE FLOWER !!!!!!!

Just saw Five's sprite in full, is she a ladybug ??? AWESOME !!! I love the visualisation of that, it's subtle but also clear !!! Amazing

Hello Bob, might I say you are a WONDERFUL moth/pos

Ace, chronic flirter it seems/teasing/pos
Ah. They're also a chronic dad-joke maker. Good for him!

Awww bless you Xaea, I wouldn't have yelled at you, I woulda just gone OW realy loudly, it's okay, calm down bbg I love you already

Ant!! ANT IS FROM A HIGH-RANK FAMILY ???? DAMN BOY WHAT ARE YOU DOIN HERE????

Oh my gods Xaea's a mother <33 Of course she'd fret about accidentally hurting someone

JAZZ MUSIC STOPS WJEGFU#RGFRF WHAT ??? ALL I DID WAS SAY THEY ALL HAD VALID POINTS AND I CANT VOCALISE MY OWN !!!!! THATS NOT A CRIME !!!!

Bug God I dont wanna hear your SASS. let me live my "I dont have to choose" dreams!!!!!

OMG MOOD ACE YOURE SO RIGHT ME TOO (<-- has no boundaries or lines in the sand until Smth happens to make me go "huh. i dont like that actually")

Ant is so professional and i kinda love them for it... Like, yes sir, love you and your straightforward ideals. Maybe a little controversial of a take but me too. Ugh, him saying "Not exactly" in response to if he's straightforward with his Feelings... Anyway, time to psychoanalyse a BUG/hj (okay but srsly that speaks a lot to how he's demonstrated that he is very goal and action focused, meaning he's less likely to think about his actual feelings on the matter in focus of getting to the matter at hand)

Xaea coming out here with that similar hot-take good for her she's a queen an icon I love her. (I find it funny how this game is just confirming my own thoughts on what my type is because the first person I was like "Oh hello" was Xaea, and she's the only she/her girlie of the bunch.)

Kale you have been abused in the past, haven't you ? Oh buddy........

Oh Kale's a fly, that makes sense, I was kinda zoned out honestly. JUST CHECKED AND HE'S A TRANS LAD !! GOOD FOR HIM!!! GO KALE !!!!! BE THE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS

Oh dangnabbit I have to make a choice for who I'm most interested in as of yet... shit

oh sugar biscuits that's the end of the night ????? OH ??????? Okay ??? so there's totally more after this lmao omg i thought the dating show was the whole game. Oh woah hold on wait I just told Xaea I cancelled our date (I chose her btw) and the game ended without a ending title hold on
Okay back at this same point except I told Five I think I'm happy about it.

omg she's in casual wear somebody cradle my body as I perish now (she's so pretty omg)

Watch me preen as she tells me I'm nice and caring and that her kids should be chill with me for that because I am a SIMP

I got Xaea's good end <3333
Time to get her bad end frfr

NOOO SHES GLARING AT ME IM SORRY XAEA IM DOING IT FOR THE ENDING !!!! PLS FORGIVE ME FOR MY CRIMES IM SORRYYYYYYYY

WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH I JUST GOT CALLED A BITCH !!! JUMPSACRE !!! im gonna cry im sorry dont be mad at me Xaea im just doing it for the ending pls pls believe me

oh sweet transformation !! EEK !!! 

ONCE AGAIN CREATOR BUG GOD I DO NOT NEED YOUR SASS !!!! IM GONNA CRY SHE FELT UPSET BY MY ACTIONS !!!!! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME (i did it to myself, completionist in me)

Oh? A call you say? AWWW I GET TO BABYSIT HER KIDS :D FRIENDSHIP !!!! (Her kids being called Spits and Spit is still really funny to me)

Next route is gonna be ACE BABYYYY, he's the one I'm most down for that wasn't Xaea

AWWWW OMFG HE CLAPPED THEIR HANDS IN EXCITEMENT AT BEING PICKED THATS THE CUTEST THING IVE EVER HEARD

Oh my heavens, he dressed up GOOD. Awesome, they look stunning in a suit.

HAH !!! Oh my stars he's one of those... One of them who can flirt and joke but then you turn the tables and they're a flustered mess (I just called them cute btw)

Oh my god yeah that's relatable. The knee-jerk ingrained responses taking over logic. Honestly, you could tell me I had done that--nearly calling drinks food--and I'd believe you.

"How should I say this? A hoe?" blunt mf/aff

Just unironically read "she's a good mom" as "she's a good worm" and was totally ready to accept that before going wait what? and scrolling back.

Ace is actually so cute, screw off, I love them

Aaaand once again I feel so bad being a dick im sORRY I JUST WANT THE BAD END DONT TAKE IT PERSONALLY ACE NO IM SORRY YOURE THE COOLEST ROACH I KNOW !!!!!!

he's so protective of their mum and he's so right for that I'm sorry baby lad I'm just being a dick for the ending kill me

They didn't have much money and this is the best they could give me :{{{ OMG BABY YOU DID SO GOOD DONT EVEN WORRY ITS AMAZING

I really need to stop doing the good endings first I keep hurting my own feelings knowing how they react in the good ending vs the bad one
I will not stop doing it this way

HE DIDNT EVEN KILL ME !!! HE JUST LEFT!!!! Bless them that version of Myth didnt DESERVE him

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG ????????????? OMG ANT AND ACE GOT TOGETHER IN THE NEUTRAL END WITH ACE OMG OMG OMG OMGOMOGOGGMGKG THATS SO CUTE OMGRJB $TJG HELLO???????? THE WAY WE VIDEOCALLED HIM IMMEDIATELY LIKE YEAH HOMIE WHATS HAPPENING A BOYFRIEND ON THE SCENE, EH????

I'm saving Ant for last bcuz I like his professionalism and that scene just now with Ace on a date with Ant has left me hopeful and giddy

Next up is Mx rockstar !!! GREEN BITCH!!!!

why hello TB man

I went to her concert in the good ending <333 Man my brother would be SOOO jealous, but hey, guess what duder? I JUST MADE BLAIR YOUR SIBLING-IN-LAW!!!!

Time to be an asshole (said with tears in my eyes, shaking like a leaf in the wind or a chihuahua)

It wasn't even Blair who got upset with me it was their fans :{{{ Dangnabbit I feel so bad that i made them so upset, they looked so sad and everything,,,

OH !!! I thought it was family in Ace's ending visiting but that's my brother !! ALASTOR !!! (equal opportunity killer Alastor--Hello its nice to meet you/ref/lyr/unr)

I love the little sketches/doodles at the end of each run they're so cute/pospos

Time for Kale !!! Little traumatised fly.

Oh I'm not gonna have fun hurting him emotionally am i

His love language is giving, and he is most adorable for this fact.

*gasps softly* omg his eyes are so pretty... Bless him. I am going to cry being mean to him later

Damn right he doesnt feel comfortably you've been a dick Myth !!!! How dare you!!!!

HOW DARE YOU TRY AND DO IT ANYWAY !!! GET A *GRIP* MYTH

Damn right you never see him again, how dare you do that to Kale!

Awwww siblinghood :D !!! Yeah he is very adoptable can concur

And we've done it, we have reached the dearly beloved Ant's route. get strapped into your seats folks!!!

The ?? THE PET NAME ????? SIR

*gasps softly* It was a bet ,,, this makes sense. Also, hello !! Axe :D Axe brother to Ant, brilliant

AWWW OH YM GOD HE JUST TOLD ME HES HAPPY ANYTIME THEYRE WITH ME STOOOP THAT ARTWORK ??? THAT BLUSH ??? THE WORDS THEMSELVES ???? EEEEEEK

Man all these other bad endings are so tame compared to my first one LMAO this one just ends with him dropping me off home and never seeing one another again

EVRUGVF EEEEEEE THEY DO IT IN BOTH NEUTRAL ENDINGS STOP THEYRE SO CUTE THEYRE DESTINED FOR ONE ANOTHER THE TWO HE/THEY'ERS OF THE CHAT GETTING TOGETHER I LOVE THEM ACE/ANT MY BELOVED

HELP--Ant's neutral end makes Ace look like he has zero thoughts in those eyes, they're just happy to be here

Me: *casually going through and seeing the different text styles and responses to me cancelling the date*
Also me: *sniffles bcuz they all took it so well what the fuck/pos*

Solid game. Very fun!

Btw, not sure if I did something wrong or not, but I didn't encounter any voice-acting lol? Maybe it was my penchant to click automatically when something starts typing or I had to activate something idk. Just curious!

But yes! This is an absolutely stunning game and I'm so glad to have played it !!! As of right now, my ranking of them are as follows;

Ace (he beat out Xaea after playing their route through sheer cuteness and puns, he's a mother's child and will stand for no slander in regards to her lifestyle and that's so respectable. So down-to-earth too <3 teaching me lore and shit like half-breeds and how they are treated)
Xaea (she is a queen, she is a mother, and I want her to hold me so badly with her plump body. Her kids are so sweet and I am so down to help her raise them despite not liking kids all that much (sorry Xaea) bcuz it's her.)
Ant (the pet names were everything to me and despite it being a bet initially, he's clearly trying very hard even if they're very polite about it all. And we COOK TOGETEHR in the good ending)
Kale (would have absolutely placed him higher if I didn't like the others so much. But he's genuinely such a good person, so caring and sweet and I want to gently treasure him. He needs the softness, yk? Gotta love the adoption representation there too, though it sucks his adopted family is shit D:)
Blair (same as Kale, would have placed them higher if I didn't like the others so much. They're very endearing and kind whilst also being blunt! They went for boredom, and they're allowed so much better than anything ever. And in that ending I can bring so much joy to my older brother Alastor's life <3)

So yeah!!! Thanks for creating :D Had a wonderfully fun time.

i fucking love this these are my exact thouhghts lol

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Downloaded the game as soon as i saw the characters, they're so cute

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Just played the game, i love it, i yelled happily when i saw all the characters for the first time, they're so adorable!!!

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i was snooping the images on the game files cause ya kno fanart and uh who the heck is alastor???????? i tried everything and couldnt for the life of me find that guy?????
anywho this is amazing frigin good job this is so swag

and uhm since i was snooping on the gamefiles i saw the xaea bad ending and boi that b!tch can be spooky good for her and her children

and uhhhhh let us date bob perhaps

oh and uhhhhh thanks :)

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Fellow player here, Alastor is the main character's sibling! The one who is a fan of the rockstar, Blair? Yeah! We meet him during Ace's neutral ending and in Blair's neutral ending.

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i want bob. gib bob. lettuce date bobbi boi

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this game made me like bugs 10/10

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3/10 for the fact i can't date bob

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relatable

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Ya'll lets date bob.

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EXACTLY

agreed

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i played this game a while ago and came back to play it again and COREY WILDER IS HERE TOO IS THERE ANYWHERE HE ISNT?! anyways i love this game very much 🩷

Wait, when I played it I didn't realize there was voice acting, where are their lines???? Or is it something new? lol

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i think there’s always been voice acting idk though 🤷

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Can we date Five, PLEASE? And while we're at it, can we date Bob, PLEASE?

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I must have bob. I will do anything for bob

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They are all precious but ✨Bob✨

when dating Bob sim? 😌

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I desperately wish I could date Bob and you are horrible person for putting them there but not datable/j I actually love this game though. The characters are adorable and the art style is great

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Ok but this is cute. Can't play it thought. But I will if I ever can

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this game is so fun, I love all of the characters!! The art is so pretty too! Kale is so cutee hes my favorite! :D


I can't wait to hear the voice acting for all of the characters, its gonna be so awesome! 

yes kale is my fave to they so cute

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I NEED TO DATE BOB WHY WOULD YOU PUT THEM IN THE GAME AND NOT LET ME DO ANYTHING PLEASE MAKE BOB DLC

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soon. 👁

thats so true lol

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STOP I'M NOT A SIMP I SWEAR, I THINK MOMMY- SHE'S JUST HOT 😭💗💗💗

I AM DOWNLOADING THIS RN, I NEED TO ROMANCE ACE, ANT, AND KALE

it crashes once i confirm my name and pronouns :(((((

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As much as I love this Game, ecs Kale and Ace, I was curious of why the sprites advertised were so different from the ones in game? 

Hi sorry they kinda well very different the ones in the game page are the new ones and the game is well the one from the demo we are still workin on the new game soo it’s probably going to take a while

haha alright no sweat, was just curious. Either way, every design is really cute <3

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Kale is too beautiful TT love the gamee

This was just sooo cute ! (love Ant)

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Hehe came back again. It's good hwaaa Kale is so cute 

Characters: the adventurous, the dad, the vegetable, the cool girl..


And Blair.

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whats so wrong with blair?/lh

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Someone else just fall for Blair so bad? Like, is scorpio like me, but damn, they hot.

Anyway, you know when a game is AMAZING when they put a playlist for each character. Never regret, freaking love this game.

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this looks awesome!! i will definitely play this at some point but the laptop i use for visual novels is on linux because i wanted to try it out and don't have a usb stick to get it off-

ANYWAY YES this is likely gonna be so cool cannot wait

i will likely update my comment when i've played it

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🤍KALE ALL ENDINGS🖤

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