Took me a couple tries to figure out that I have to actually move the bugs.

Unfortunately I forgot to screenshot my winning run, I got about 519 points by the end.

There was a bit of missing synergy, as there was never a reason to buy more than one different colour so the undisputed best strategy became quite obvious very quickly: just make the minimum amount of beads as possible to not need any more, with all the same colour and decoration.

Also the other strategy of just not buying anything is viable for some reason.

To resolve both of these balances, I would make it so that there are extra valuable benefits to synergizing different kinds of beads. For example, you could make it so that when a bead is next to one of each other colour, it could add extra base cash, and maybe apply this to the decorations as well but it adds more multiplier instead of more base cash. This way, the players have a lot more opportunity to plan. I’d also like to get more points per bead but with less starting money just to increase the opportunity for scaling.

Of course, this doesn’t have to take away from the coziness, since players aren’t at all required to maximize their score.

The sounds were very nice and the art was about the same quality as mine.

Congrats on your cozy game! It is of my opinion that this is one of the harder kinds to get just right.

What a relaxing game! I really enjoyed how natural everything felt, from the beginning all the way through the progression. The interface is clean and functional, with no excessive elements that could cause confusion, yet it still manages to guide the player toward their objective in an intuitive way (although a tutorial, at least for the first bracelet, would be great to help less experienced players).

The atmosphere matches perfectly with the music. As I mentioned, the art is very satisfying. I really liked the animations—they’re very well done, and I’d say a lot of care was put into that part.

Now, talking again about the interface, the elements on their own already say a lot, but some extra polish could make the experience even more engaging and easier for the player. For example, when I moved for the first time, I instinctively assumed we had to use W, A, S, and D since I’m used to it and it feels almost automatic—but some players might end up “stuck” and lose a round. Maybe a few subtle visual indicators would be enough to address that.

The devlog is also very interesting. The game has a lot of potential for future expansions, and it’s exciting to imagine how far it could go if you plan to continue working on it.

I had a lot of fun playing it—it was simple and had a satisfying gameplay loop. Congratulations on the project, and I wish you good luck in the jam and in your future projects!

Fun puzzle game with a relaxed vibe—thanks to the color palette and calm chill music 🎶

I had already read on the game page a little bit how to play, but a short in-game tutorial for the first bead would have been nice. Still, I get that time is limited in a 10-day jam, and this already felt like a polished and complete package with a clear and clean UI.

At first, I didn’t realize I could move the bugs, but once I figured it out, things started to flow much better.

Was fun to make the beads. Solid jam entry and a solid base to build upon with some possible future updates! 💪

So, my first thought was "Balatro with bugs" :)

This is not something I say when commenting on jam games, but I really liked the UI! It's not easy to make something that both looks good, is not buggy, and is intuitive. Kudos.

Making basically a jam game made of 3 distinct parts? I'd call it risky. Normally I'd say "focus on one thing, and do it really good", but you pulled it off. Almost. Why almost? Well- I thought that the bugs were supposed to find the resources by themselves, so I wasted two first rounds on making only the basic white eggs :)

The game has a nice pace to it- in the "bug" phase ten seconds is just enough to force the player to move, but it doesn't make the player nervous. Still hits that cosy game vibe.

  All in all- I liked the game. My son though loved it, though! He'd totally play a more developed version of CaddiShack. Good work :)

Oh, and cool devlog btw :)

The UI and art is super cohesive. This is not necessarily what I consider to be a video game personally, but I appreciate the vision. 

Not gonna hold you, I'm a little lost on the strategy behind the game, for example, not knowing the significance behind why the goedware egg (nice) knows the location of other materials. Granted, I'm not familiar with deck builder games, so I didn't really understand what everything in the shop did. Even after reading the description below, the highest score I could manage was something around 600. Aside from that, I felt a minecraft esque theme going on here- but it was subtle enough to take on its own identity. You nailed it with the cozy setting of the game!

GAMEPLAY: The concept's not bad at all. I got a little lost at first, given how all my beads were basic, so there wasn't much reason to place them in any particular way (so I thought). This isn't much of a hindrance to play at first, but understanding what materials do is rough without a tutorial. Your rules written out in the description are good, but adding them to the game through the player's first bracelet would be helpful. Once I understood how making beads worked, I got interested. Once I understood that buying the same materials over and over was an easy way to up my mult, I got less interested. Rewarding variety instead of similarity would be more dynamic with how the shop and draw systems work.

VISUALS: For a game that's mostly UI, I'm glad you did a good job there. The beads seem sad--maybe up the saturation? The terrarium is a little tacky with the varying perspective (overhead for everything but the sand), but the animations for building a bead are well executed. I like the rotational flourishes in the bracelet segments.

SOUND: The main theme is unobtrusive, and the insect noises fit the theme. Some sound effect ideas: wooshes on playing a bead, jingles on counting total points (with flashier ones for higher multipliers), weaving sounds for the caddisflies, click on pressing shop items or buttons.

THEME: "Everything can be a resource" may be a better way to put it, but it still fits quite well.

Hi, well done on the game, I liked how youve taken elements from card building games of drawing and discarding and level ups/ shop mechanics after each hand and combined them with some crafting elements. The artstyle is also really good and a clean UI as well. A few points where I was confused during the gameplay - I didnt really get the cocoon mechanic and especially after you buy stuff from the shop what happens. Maybe if you could explain that somewhere during the gameplay, that would help a lot. Also i didnt understand where the purchased beads went. So just need some explanation.. like a tutorial would fit in really well. But overall really good concept and gameplay, well done!