A game jam from 2026-06-01 to 2026-09-01 hosted by BugByteGaming. Photo by Alban_Gogh Summer Buggin', had me a blast... The June Bug Jam is
Morning everybuggy! May is underway, which means it's almost time for the second June Bug Jam! A beginner-friendly game jam focused on celebrating the so-called creepy crawlies of the world.
Pretty much all mediums are welcome for this jam- games, visual novels, zines and comics, TTRPGs, game assets; as long as it's centered around celebrating bugs, anything goes.
The jam runs from June 1st to August 31st, but you're more than welcome to start working on your projects early! Also, if you've previously started a project for any of my previous Bug Themed Jams, you're allowed to continue working on them for this jam. Check out the page for more info, and good luck!
Happy Mermay! I want to try and draw a few of my fishy ocs~ First of the batch is my frilled shark oc. Don't have any set plans for him yet, I'm just really fond of this design~
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I've posted another weekly devlog update on my patreon! Along with some potential music I made for the current project I'm working on.
Do you want to keep up to date on my projects, and get early access to things like concept art, music, and other game assets? Then consider joining my patreon, for as low as $1 a month!
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First Patreon update has been posted! A look at upcoming projects, and updates on my current visual novel endeavors, and plans for spring and summer.
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Good morning everybuggy! I've finally gone through and revamped my patreon. I want to be more active online, in an attempt to hold myself more accountable for working on projects more diligently.
There's currently a $1 and a $5 tier. The $1 tier will give you access to weekly devlogs when projects are underway, concept art, and you'll get your name in the credits of future projects! Feel free to check it out!
Today's video has gone live (a few hours ago >>;)!
In it, I play Endless Genesis - a psychological horror story about an immortal jellyfish who is haunted by their memories.
I'm toying with the idea of trying to put together a jam based around Boy's Love/Yaoi, but featuring bug-themed characters (either characters who are literally bugs, anthro bugs, or humanized bugs/humans with bug features). It's the culmination of some of my major interests, and it's something that I ultimately just want to see more of!
But I do understand that it's a pretty niche subject matter. So I wanted to put out some feelers to see if there'd be any interest in taking part in a jam like this.
To be clear, it wouldn't be limited to just games- zines and comics and artwork would be welcome as well! I would also potentially be open to accepting fan works (be it of characters who are already bug boys, or aus where they are bug boys), depending on people's interests!
Bug Boy's Love Jam Interest Check
I would be interested in making something original for the jam
I would be interested in making fan content for the jam
I would be interested in seeing what people make for the jam/advertising the jam
Thank you to everyone who voted! This does make me feel a little more confident that there are people out there who would be interested in this sort of jam in one way or another! I will keep y’all posted on what I decide to do from here!
I'm toying with the idea of trying to put together a jam based around Boy's Love/Yaoi, but featuring bug-themed characters (either characters who are literally bugs, anthro bugs, or humanized bugs/humans with bug features). It's the culmination of some of my major interests, and it's something that I ultimately just want to see more of!
But I do understand that it's a pretty niche subject matter. So I wanted to put out some feelers to see if there'd be any interest in taking part in a jam like this.
To be clear, it wouldn't be limited to just games- zines and comics and artwork would be welcome as well! I would also potentially be open to accepting fan works (be it of characters who are already bug boys, or aus where they are bug boys), depending on people's interests!
Bug Boy's Love Jam Interest Check
I would be interested in making something original for the jam
I would be interested in making fan content for the jam
I would be interested in seeing what people make for the jam/advertising the jam
A game jam from 2025-12-05 to 2026-03-01 hosted by BugByteGaming. Love Bug Jam... 2!! That's right, the bugs are back yet again! If you're n
It's Love Bug Jam... 2!! Just like last year, I'm hosting a Bug-Themed Game Jam!
Do you like bugs? Or, would you like to try and step out of your comfort zone a bit? Then check out the Love Bug Jam! A 3 month long, unranked jam over on itch.io! All manner of games and media are welcome- don't know how to make a video game? Comics and zines are more than welcome! Like making music or pixel art but aren't big on coding? Game assets like sprites and music are welcome too! As long as the main focus is bugs, anything goes!
Collaborations are also more than welcome, so check out the itch community or the discord to form teams, if you want to work with others!
Love Bug Jam has wrapped up! Thank you so much to everyone who took part, and submitted a project! And I hope to see you all this summer for the June Bug Jam!
I've been procrastinating on this one (but when am I not procrastinating?) but I finally got around to playing it and it is really nice to be able to see what Bean was thinking in the previous game, Life Cycles. I think that this is one of those games where you have to know the context of the previous game which I did talk about here if you need a recap. If you'd like to see more of this series, you can see more at @bugbytegames.
We start out with Bean recounting his birth. Unlike most other insects though, Bean actually remembers his mother, braiding his hair before flying away. As an aphid, he knows that he basically is a clone of his mother, and that all of his siblings are the same- and that their lives aren't that important, as all that's important is that one of them survives. As a result, Bean believes that nobody cares about him. We see that from a young age, all of the aphids were moved by the ants to a safe location, separated by gender. We see through interactions while Bean keeps up a cheerful and kind face, inside he is actually rather bitter and cynical. Oggie is moved in soon after, with Bean inviting him to bunk in his bed. Bean starts to get attached to Oggie as they hang out together, with Oggie making Bean a flower crown. Bean finally feels seen and not just one of the aphids in the nest and happy that he finally has a best friend and the two promise that they will protect each other. Oggie and Bean would often sneak out together to adventure around, with Bean trying to cover for Oggie whenever he did. We also get to see the origins of how the ants treated the aphids, initially being far less strict about when they could go out, until they started reinforcing their schedules.
Bean ends up seeking out Oggie one day and finds him playing with Harmonia, a baby ladybug and watching him make a flower crown for him as well. Bean gets extremely jealous and overprotective upon seeing this scene, seeing the ladybug as a dangerous thing that could hurt Oggie. Moreover, Bean attempts to rationalize this by making himself believe that Oggie was naive, that he didn't know that it was dangerous and that he was just doing this out of kindness. Instead of confronting him, Bean ends up running away, and continues to try to prod Oggie about it. He states that he wanted to hear the truth from Oggie but that he wanted to hear it from Oggie himself. This lingers longer and longer as the doubts in Bean's mind fester and fester, yet Bean never directly confronts Oggie about Harmonia, and Bean feels more and more alone.
Bean thinks about what to do to make Oggie realize that what he's doing is dangerous and more importantly so that he can continue being his best friend. To try to force Oggie to pay attention to him, Bean purposefully ignores him in favor of playing with other aphids. He does this in hopes of getting Oggie to realize how much he is missing, despite the fact that Bean doesn't care about playing with the other aphids. Eventually, Bean catches Oggie making a doll for Harmonia and his fear consumes him, fearing that if he did ask, it would reveal that Oggie cared more about Harmonia than him. Bean watches Oggie and Harmonia play again, with Harmonia asking if Oggie would run away with him, as the ants are getting more strict. Bean's fear of abandonment skyrockets to the point of basically outing Oggie to the ants that he's been sneaking out to meet a ladybug. We see that Oggie does plan to leave with Harmonia, but is stopped by all of the ants before the two can have a chance to escape. Bean tries to drag Oggie back, but ends up pushing and causing him to hit his head. Oggie is able to recover (thanks to his regeneration), however, seemingly has lost most of his memories, including his memories of Bean and Harmonia. Bean was able to befriend him again, and tried to protect him. This ultimately fails as Oggie still finds his way back to Harmonia.
Near the end of Bug Cycles, Oggie confronts Bean once he regains his memories. Bean seems desperate to keep Oggie by his side and tries to rationalize to Oggie that the ants will keep them all safe, though Oggie simply doesn't buy it. Bean is shoved off and clings onto some vines, only to watch Oggie and Harmonia walk away from him. Bean returns to look for the wilted flower crown that Oggie made for him all these years, only to have one of the ants give him the offer of basically raising him to a more powerful position thanks to his previous actions. The ants seem to believe they can capture and get rid of Harmonia, and save Oggie. With nothing else, Bean accepts the offer.
We really don't get to see that much of Bean in the original Life Cycles, especially considering his more yandere side, except for the one ending to which this game refers. I guess this means that the route where Oggie shoves Bean onto a vine is canon, and that Bean will end up as a continuing protagonist in the future. Two yanderes in a game? Always fun. I think unlike Harmonia, Bean is a platonic yandere, as not only does he only call Oggie his best friend, but at least compared to what Haromnia and Oggie's relationship is like, it does seem closer to just wanting to keep a best friend or younger sibling with you. Always nice to see platonic yanderes.
Compared to Harmonia, oh boy, Bean really is a two faced cynical person. He always keeps a happy face on the outside, with some sort of plausible deniability but on the inside he is incredibly cynical. He believes since aphids are essentially identical to their parents that it doesn't matter if he survives so as long as one of his siblings do, doesn't seem to care about any of his possible siblings, views the ants pretty much as the same person- easily disposable and finds pretty much everyone around him annoying except Oggie. That being said, it is pretty clear that he cares about Oggie a lot, and though his intentions are not in the right spot, he clear does want to make sure that Oggie isn't hurt and feels incredible guilt when he thinks that he's killed Oggie. A lot of Bean's issues with his relationship with Oggie come down to the lack of communication and sort of just assuming that Oggie will tell him things just because they're best friends. He inflicts a lot of pain onto himself by assuming and spiraling in his thoughts, which is pretty relatable as someone who will sometimes spiral onto their own ends. He refuses to ask Oggie outright as he fears that he will learn that Oggie really does care about Harmonia, which is just a self fulfilling prophecy. It is clear that Oggie does care about Bean but ends up being offput by his behavior as Oggie does get ignored by Bean and does hide things from Bean as well. I'm sure, just like Bean said, if he had decided to stay and confront Oggie and Harmonia, things would not have turned to the worst and Bean would be a lot less likely to become so miserable. What I do like about Bean's internal spiraling is all the excuses that he makes for Oggie, just like he does when he tries to hide the fact that Oggie is missing from the ants. Bean infantalizes Oggie as being naive and stupid, even though from Oggie's point of view, he is very aware of how dangerous Harmonia could be to him, thus why he tells Harmonia to not eat aphids. Bean can't accept the fact that Oggie could just be someone who knows the dangers but wants to care for another insect, and although he himself doesn't actually care about what the ants are doing (and in fact sort of is annoyed by it) he still uses it as a reasoning to why Oggie can stay, to be protected, to stay with him and to get him away from Harmonia.
Bean at least compared to Harmonia, is a lot physically weaker but is still much more manipulative towards Oggie and probably a lot more malicious (again, even if the intentions are good). For one, he very clearly never tells Oggie that he was the one that caused him to lose his memories, nor does he tell him about Harmonia. He tries to get the ants to take Oggie away from Harmonia as well, stating that it's for safety, when in reality it was just the fear that Oggie would leave him. Even in terms of really knowing him, Oggie never knows about his more cynical nature as even to him, Bean only shows a cheerful facade towards him, even when he feels betrayed or hurt. Despite how much he states that Oggie is his best friend, he never really shows the more cynical side towards him and still keeps on that fake smile. This fear really holds him back from talking to Oggie which is why its tragic that the two of them are seperated in the end, with Oggie no longer able to be close to Bean after what he does. Yet even after all these years, Bean still keeps the flower crown that Oggie made him and still tries to get Oggie back, even though he knows that the ants are simply using the aphids, even from a young age. He will do anything to have Oggie stay with him happily just as he did those years ago. I really like this approach because with tragedies, it is always down to the what if I had done something different, what if I had talked to them, what if I had tried to not hide things and the guilt of what happens afterwards. It also does a good job of explaining events in the past as well, like how Bean ended up the way he did, how Oggie lost his memories and the emotions that come with it. I think that @bugbytegames did a really great job of filling in what happens and fixing any plotholes unintentionally made along the way.
Overall, I think this is a great prequel to Bug Cycles as it gives us the point of view of a yandere that really just wanted to keep Oggie safe and stay together to be happy. Seeing this other side of Bean was very cool and I really hope that the sequel that is set up will include more of these bug's adventures.
Thank you so much for playing, and for the in depth review!! I’m so glad that you enjoyed it! Making Vulgaris definitely made me think a lot more about Bean, and I’ve got a lot of future plans for him, Oggie, and Harmonia~
"Have you ever heard of the Immortal Jellyfish...?"
Muse has been wandering the ocean aimlessly for a long time. Even after inadvertently picking up Lamna, a lone great white, they do little more than drift along- their body carried by the currents, their mind by dreams. Or are they dreams...?
Play as Muse, a jellyfish, as they wander the deep, drifting through surreal dreams and memories. Will you manage to escape the clutches of memory? Or will you let them drag you down into the abyss...?Â
Made for the RPG Maker Horror Game Jam #14: Endless Ocean! Game has 2 endings, and takes approx 15-30 mins to complete, depending on your reading speed and how much you like to explore. All music and original/non-default sprites were made by yours truly ^^
Oh yeah, I forgot to post about it here, but I'm taking part in the most recent RPG Maker Horror Jam ^^ The theme is Endless Ocean, so I'm making a project focusing on these two~
Oh yeah, I forgot to post about it here, but I'm taking part in the most recent RPG Maker Horror Jam ^^ The theme is Endless Ocean, so I'm making a project focusing on these two~
Brush Week 2025, day 7! We did it! This brush was honestly my biggest motivation for undertaking this challenge- I just really wanted to draw Lovecore Oggie, haha. Thank you Catmask for making this challenge, it was a blast!!
