Bug & Seek2.1 - App Store

Catch 200+ real life bugs in this peaceful creature collector. You’ve bought the local insectarium (bug zoo) in the cozy town of Buggburg, so start swinging your net to build your dream bug collection and create the best insectarium Buggburg has ever seen.

Developed by a tiny, two-person dev team, Bug & Seek is a relaxing bug-catching game with a mystery twist and pixel art bugs.

You've just bought an abandoned Insectarium (bug zoo)-congratulations! Now, go catch real-life bugs, build your collection, and level up your skills. Bug & Seek features a very simple and peaceful gameplay loop, no stress, and no wrong choices. So relax and enjoy all those bugs (and learn about them too)!

* Discover 200+ adorable and real insects
* Customize and Expand Your Insectarium
* Explore The World
* Meet the Locals
* Solve the Mystery

What to Expect:
* Simple Game Mechanics - Explore, shake objects to reveal hiding bugs, and swing your net. Bug & Seek was meant to be easy, peaceful, and stress-free. A leveling system increases the rarity of bugs you can catch, and some special items boost your chances too.
* A Bug-Based Economy - To earn money, you will have to sell bugs at the stores and for jobs and quests. But don't worry, you will be able to catch more!
* Cozy, Humorous Vibes - The cute little town of Buggburg to explore, lots of goofy and bug-obsessed NPC's, bugs with personalities and jokes, and a fun mystery about someone stealing a bunch of bugs.
* Light Customization - There are a handful of adorable new decoration sets, and even a few new clothing items you can acquire.
* Real Facts and Information - Every bug in the game is a real bug, and you'll learn things like why bugs are so important to biodiversity and environmental health.

What Bug & Seek DOES NOT have:
* Challenging gameplay; the gameplay loop in Bug & Seek is very simple.
* Mini games; if you swing your net at a bug, you will catch it.
* Energy meters or sleep requirements; after all, you can only catch certain bugs at night.
* Multiplayer options;
* Combat; while bugs in real life do attack and eat other bugs, they don't in Bug & Seek, and you won't fight NPC's with your bugs. The bugs also do not carry swords or wear medieval armor, as fun as that might sound.
* Romance; while you can talk to NPC's, and do jobs for them involving catching bugs, you cannot romance them, nor can you romance the bugs, regardless of the superpowers that might give to your offspring.

Version History **Bug catchers! I fixed an issue where starting a purchase and canceling resulted in the full game unlocking. Purchases are now verified through the AppStore. If you were a lucky winner of a long-term free trial, you may find that you are now limited to the demo area of the game. You can always choose "Restore Purchases" in the Main Menu > Get More Bugs to see if you own the full game. Thank you to those who alerted me and expressed their desire to support the project in this way!**

New Features and Quality of Life (QoL) improvements!
- Autosave feature implemented, saving your progress in the background as you play.
- A simple on-screen timer lets you see how long you have to catch a bug (and gives a clue its rarity).
- Interactive objects now reset at dawn & dusk.
- No storage needed for clothing! All of your owned equipment is now visible in the Equipment menu.
- Bonuses from equipment are now listed in the equipment menu.
- Repeating quests with clothing rewards now grants coin rewards once clothing has been obtained.
- Mastery levels, Karl's fee, and some rewards have been rebalanced.
- There are now 216 total bugs to catch!
- The Codex now gives you a total for the number of bugs you've discovered (i.e., 121 / 216).
- A bug category icon has been added to the "New Species Discovered" pop up.
- Fixed issues with decor replicating in the insectarium.
- Fixed an issue where the heist end screen failed to continue dialogue.
- Other (bad) bug fixes.
- Improved performance, most notable on older devices.
- Thank you for playing!! 2.1 Jul 13 **Bug catchers! I fixed an issue where starting a purchase and canceling resulted in the full game unlocking. Purchases are now verified through the AppStore. If you were a lucky winner of a long-term free trial, your progress is intact! You may just find that you are now limited to the demo area of the game. You can always choose "Restore Purchases" in the Main Menu > Get More Bugs to see if you own the full game. Thank you to those who alerted me and expressed their desire to support the project in this way!**

New Features and Quality of Life (QoL) improvements!
- Autosave feature implemented, saving your progress in the background as you play.
- A simple on-screen timer lets you see how long you have to catch a bug (and gives a clue its rarity).
- No storage needed for clothing! All of your owned equipment is now visible in the Equipment menu.
- Bonuses from equipment are now listed in the equipment menu.
- Repeating quests with clothing rewards now grants coin rewards once clothing has been obtained.
- Mastery levels, Karl's fee, and some rewards have been rebalanced.
- There are now 216 total bugs to catch!
- The Codex now gives you a total for the number of bugs you've discovered (i.e., 121 / 216).
- A bug category icon has been added to the "New Species Discovered" pop up.
- Fixed issues with decor replicating in the insectarium.
- Fixed an issue where the heist end screen failed to continue dialogue.
- Improved performance, most notable on older devices.
- Thank you for playing!! 2.0 Jul 10 - A quick fix for in-app purchases 1.0.5 09/02/2025 Updates you'll see here:

* The Community Collection! Our player community submitted dozens of bugs, with artwork and descriptions to include in the game. We chose 30 from these great submissions, and they've been added to the codex!
* Focus Feature - choose a bug to "focus" on and increase your odds of catching said bug. This feature unlocks when you achieve mastery in a category.
* Buy back feature - Accidentally sell a bug you wanted? It will show up in the merchant's Buy inventory for a short while.
* FLIES are now a category! Level up your fly-catching skills and even donate them to the University for a Fly Statue.
* A pink frame will now signify when you have a bug that is part of an active Quest.
* Other minor fixes and polish. 1.0.4 08/26/2025 No more ads in Bug & Seek mobile! After hearing from our players, I decided to remove all ads from our mobile version. Since many of players are kids, I wanted to give them a better, safer play experience. The full version is still available as an in-app purchase, and it will still come with income bonuses for completing jobs + the Saturday Insectarium event. My family and I so appreciate all the love our players have shown us, and we hope this makes your time in Buggburg all the happier! 1.0.3 01/21/2025 *Fixed a bad bug where storage chests interfered with adding bugs to tanks in the Insectarium. Thanks for playing! 1.0.2 12/30/2024 *Fixed an issue with the in-app purchase button sometimes not working. 1.0.1 12/24/2024 1.0 12/23/2024