Bugnauts!

"Bugnauts!" is just another student project dumped onto the Steam store, one of thousands. It's from USC in the USA. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" games, we must still question what value they have for gamers. This isn't a fully fleshed out game. It's the result of an academic exercise and has much more limited value than a professionally developed game. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments. It helps their marketing and makes students feel good, but it puts the business before the needs of gamers. The students made a simple console-esque third person shooter/adventure game where you control a little girl and fight bugs. The primary operative gimmick here is the ability to catch enemy projectiles and throw them back. Yawn. Like all student projects, this was built in a rushed way and is janky and unpolished, full of bugs (software bugs as well as the bugs you have to fight) that will never be fixed... the students got their grades and moved on. This looks a lot like it was designed for consoles, but released on Steam instead by mistake. While this is on PC, it has all the hallm…

This is a charming little game that has quite interesting mechanics behind it, and it's free! Definitely worth trying out. I must warn that the game has significant bugs (as in computer bugs) that halt progress in some places, but I think the gameplay is still generally enjoyable.

Creative game premise with excellent art direction and satisfying movement! The writing also oozes cute charm befitting of the setting!

Careful : the game is listed as "not supporting controller" even if it really does !

Very interesting although a little too difficult as some attacks throw too many projectiles. Sadly I got into 2 progression block bugs so I couldn't make that much progress. The concept ideas are great. Please fix the bugs

hehehe!!! i've had a *blast* playing so far! i love how colorful and creative the world is and chloe is soooo cute- her victory pose is everything!!!! the gameplay is quite fun and i really like wandering around the world and dodging the attacks from phantom bugs! it's pretty cool being able to catch and return throw back the blasts (ultimate self defense maneuver)!!! the mechanics aren't crazy tough to learn which makes it easy to fall into! i do hope they find a way to make a save feature so i can keep playing!!!