Bug Catcher 4

## Summary

Bug Catcher 4 is the fourth installment in the Bug Catcher series developed on 2023/6/5. It will have many more new bugs in the future and more features. For instance, hybrid bugs will return.

## Catching

To catch a bug, first, a randomizer picks a random number (5-10) to see how long you get to try to catch a bug. Then, a randomizer that determines which bug you encountered occurs, with Buggy Cute being the most common and the seasonals being the least. Then, you must pick a spot to start at, as the bug will pick the opposite of the spot you choose. Then, you must run around a tree to catch the bug by touching it. After you catch the bug, you will then have it and the server will ask you to name it and you can name it whatever you want. The bugs spawn at 0% happiness and they can be a boy or a girl. If you have age equipped, they can also be a random age, presumably young.

## Old/New Features

### Currency

The main type of currency is coins, which can be used to buy items at the store. There is also a different type of currency, called diamonds. Diamonds are premium currency that can be used to either trade in for coins or to buy premium items at the shop that can only be bought with diamonds.

### Shop

The shop has practically any item you can think of that costs a certain amount of currency and can increase your bugs happiness. You can also buy items for your own personal gain like bug translators, cages and a bug feeder.

### Trading

Trading still remains in this game. Trading is when you can trade with people around the world and you can exchange bugs for other bugs. However, this game added a twist to trading. Now, you can also trade currency for bugs. You can also put in requests for what type of bug, what type of currency, how many bugs and how much currency you want.

### Bug List

The Bug List is a feature where you can check off the bugs that you have unlocked and you can see the ones you haven't unlocked yet. It also gives a percentage that converts your bugs/32 to a percent. The bugs are filtered into 3 groups, the normals, the hybrids, and the seasonals. The normals are /14, the hybrids are /8 and the seasonals are /10.

### Ranks

The ranks are features that tell you what percentile of the world you're in based off your progress. It takes giant amounts of skill and progress in order to even get into the lowest percentile that is notable. There is a rank for people who are in the top 1000, called "Bug Hunter", a rank for the top 500 called "Bug Exterminator", a rank for the top 100 called "The Home Stretch", a rank for the top 50 called "Bug Annihilator", a rank for the top 10 called "Buggy Masters" and a rank for the number one player called "The True Bug Catcher".

### Reproducing

Reproducing is when two bugs, who are at least 75% happy, get together and have a baby that you can either raise or sell. Sometimes, your bugs will have babies on their own and other times, you can ask them to have a baby and they'll listen to you and do what you've said. One of the bugs must be a male, while the other must be a female, unless the Pride Bug is around. Baby bugs spawn at 0% happiness, with the exception of the Pride Bug babies as well. The two bugs must also be the same species of bug.

### Care Center

The Care Center, added in update 1.2, is a place where you can give away your bug for any reason that you can type and when somebody gets your bug you gave away, you collect money. Once you put a bug into the Care Center, you can't take them back. You can also adopt other people's bugs that they put up for adoption, giving them money for it.

### Hangout Center

The Hangout Center is a place where you can casually chat with other players, look at their bugs and hang out. Sometimes, the Hangout Center does free giveaways for special occasions.

### Age

Age is a feature that can be toggled on and off. When it is on, it tells you how old your bugs are and your bugs can grow depending on time and the objects you give them.

### Mutation

A mutation is where a bug has a special feature that causes it to have different abilities or disabilities. There are a few mutations including skinny, fat, strong, weak, big, small, beautiful/handsome (depending on gender) and ugly.

## All Bugs

### Normals

Normal Bugs are bugs that can be obtained by any time of year and the only way to obtain them is by catching them, trading something for them or raising them from a baby when you breed two of their kind together.

#### Buggy Cute

Buggy Cute is the first type of bug you have access to, being available at level 1 and is the most common. Their personality is envious. When you buy a different bug (mainly another Buggy Cute) something and you don't buy them one, they'll try to take it from the other or eat the other. They sell for 10 coins. They give you 5 coins when caught. His idle animation is blowing bubbles.

#### Adoption Cute

Adoption Cute is the second type of bug you can unlock at level 2. They are very feisty, meaning that they can be friendly but most of the time they'll be aggressive, uncooperative and mean, punching anything they can get their hands on. They sell for 15 coins. They give you 6 coins when caught. His idle animation is a boxing stance.

#### Little Cute

Little Cute is the third bug unlock-able at level 3. They are very soft, meaning they're very kind to everyone but they'll cry when the slightest thing upsets them. They sell for 18 coins. Their idle animation is being cute and innocent. They give you 7 coins for unlocking.

#### Baby Buggy Cute

Baby Buggy Cute is unlockable at level 4. They are fragile so they can be easily killed or hurt and they will sometimes cry when harmed. They sell for 20 coins.

#### Smart Bug

Smart Bug is unlockable at level 6. They are very clumsy and because of this, they may trip on things and step on traps to try to investigate them. They sell for 22 coins.

#### Sunny Bug

Sunny Bug is unlockable at level 7. They are very positive and can cheer up other bugs but when they get sad, it'll decrease your other bug's happiness. They sell for 24 coins.

#### Face Bug

Face Bug is unlockable at level 8. They are insecure and is easily made sad by being made fun of. They sell for 26 coins.

#### Cloudy Bug

Cloudy Bug is unlockable at level 10. They are angry. They are one of the kindest bugs but when angered, they'll throw a fit and destroy anything they come in contact with. It sells for 32 coins.

#### Watery Bug

Watery Bug is unlockable at level 11. They are very sad as they will easily be upset if nobody plays with them or spends time with them. On top of that, their rate of happiness is x0.5. It sells for 34 coins.

#### Funny Buggy

Funny Buggy is unlock able at level 13. They try to cheer other bugs up to make them happier but they are very risky and they can end up dead by preforming entertaining but dangerous activities. It sells for 35 coins.

#### Mysterious Bug

Mysterious Bug is unlockable at level 18. They are shy so they hide from everybody and they will never interact with others. They sell for 40 coins.

#### Bush Bug

Bush Bug is unlockable at level 20. They steal things from others' including other bugs' toys and your money. It sells for 43 coins.

#### Golden Bug

Golden Bug is unlockable at level 23. They are self-absorbed and they only care about themselves and if you make them share their belongings, they'll refuse and throw massive fits. They sell for 1 diamond or 50 coins.

#### Rainbow Bug

Rainbow Bug is unlockable at level 30. They are selfless but sometimes it isn't in a good way. Yes, they will do anything for the bugs around them but sometimes they can be teased for trying too hard and they can end up with having nothing from giving it away to others. They sell for 60 coins.

### Hybrids

Hybrids are bugs who are fusions of two different species of bugs (for instance, Buggy Cute and Adoption Cute.) To unlock them, you must make two bugs of a different gender that are at least 75% happy and make them have a baby, that baby being the hybrid.

#### Sunny Buggy

Sunny Buggy is the fusion of Buggy Cute and Sunny Bug. They are incredibly positive and responsible, but when they get jealous, they'll get sad, and when they get sad, everybody gets sad. They sell for 34 coins.

#### Cloudy Buggy

Cloudy Buggy is the fusion of Buggy Cute and Cloudy Bug. They are kind, responsible, and very comforting but if jealous, they'll try to break all of your other bugs toys, murder your other bugs and even try to murder you. They sell for 42 coins.

#### Golden Buggy Cute

Golden Buggy Cute is the fusion of Buggy Cute and Golden Bug. They will mind their own business when normal, but when you make them share their items and give them to other bugs, they'll do unspeakable things to your bugs.

#### Rainbow Buggy Cute

Rainbow Buggy Cute is the fusion of Buggy Cute and Rainbow Bug. They will give other bugs items and automatically think that they'll be getting something bag and if they don't, they'll throw a fit.

#### Smart Adoption Cute

Smart Adoption Cute is the fusion of Adoption Cute and Smart Bug. They love to investigate and are quite clumsy, falling into traps easily. If something bad happens, they'll find a pensive way to blame it on you. They sell for 37 coins.

#### Cloudy Adoption Cute

Cloudy Adoption Cute is the fusion of Adoption Cute and Cloudy Bug. They act calm up until you anger them slightly, which'll cause them to steal your items, kill your other bugs and do anything they can to ruin your life. They sell for 47 coins.

#### Funny Adoption Cute

Funny Adoption Cute is the fusion of Adoption Cute and Cloudy Bug. They try to entertain the other bugs but when one of them don't find their jokes funny, they'll trick them into preforming a dangerous stunt and kill them. They sell for 50 coins.

#### Bushy Adoption Cute

Bushy Adoption Cute is the fusion of Adoption Cute and Bush Bug. They steal everybody's things but when they're caught, they will throw a fit, refusing to listen to you or any of your friends/bugs. They sell for 58 coins.

#### Little Rainbow Bug

Little Rainbow Bug is the fusion of Little Cute and Rainbow Bug. They will be incredibly kind to others, even giving away everything they own to them but if the slightest thing upsets them, they will begin to cry. They sell for 78 coins.

#### Mysterious Little Bug

Mysterious Little Bug is the fusion of Little Cute and Mysterious Bug. They are shy and will run away, but if you comfort them they will be incredibly kind to others. They sell for 58 coins.

#### Watery Little Bug

Watery Little Bug is the fusion of Little Cute and Watery Bug. They will run away when anybody tries to cheer them up so it is incredibly hard to raise their happiness. They sell for 52 coins.

#### Little Face Bug

Little Face Bug is the fusion of Little Cute and Face Bug. They always think on the positive side of things but when somebody insults them, they will question their own existence. They sell for 44 coins.

#### Mysterious Face Bug

Mysterious Face Bug is the fusion of Mysterious Bug and Face Bug. They run away from all bugs and when it is forced to socialize, it will always doubt itself. They sell for 66 coins.

#### Rainbow Face Bug

Rainbow Face Bug is the fusion of Rainbow Bug and Face Bug. When around others, they'll be the kindest person around but when nobody is there, they are shown to be very depressed. They sell for 86 coins.

#### Golden Face Bug

Golden Face Bug is the fusion of Golden Bug and Face Bug. They think that they're the best bug around and when you put that theory to rest, they'll automatically assume that you think they aren't good enough. They sell for 76 coins or 1.5 diamonds.

#### Bushy Face Bug

Bushy Face Bug is the fusion of Bush Bug and Face Bug. They will steal things form you and your bugs, and when they're caught, they'll assume that they aren't good enough. They sell for 69 coins.

### Seasonals

Seasonal Bugs are unlockable at any level that is after the tutorial. They can only be obtained in a certain month and in some cases, a couple of days. For instance, all of the seasonals are available on November 30. Sometimes, however, they can be obtained out of their normal times. They usually bring very good things and nothing bad. Most of them sell for 100 coins, with the exception of New Year's Bug and Birthday Bug. They give you 10 coins for catching them.

#### Valentine's Bug

Valentine's Bug's main month is February, celebrating Valentine's Day. They are romantic, and when they're around, bugs will have a higher chance of falling in love and reproducing.

#### The Easter Buggy

The Easter Buggy's month is a special case, as its month begins on March 15th and ends on April 15th, giving you 31 days to obtain it. It celebrates Easter. Its personality is playful, as it will play games with you and the other bugs, its favorite game being hide the eggs, a game in which you must find eggs and in it, there can be money, diamonds and toys.

#### Juneteenth Bug

Juneteenth Bug's main month is June, celebrating Juneteenth. You must have it to play a mini game where you can help bugs from getting trapped by mad, evil catchers. For the mini game, there is also a meter where if you save a certain amount of bugs, every player gets a reward depending on how much they participated. Despite the Juneteenth Bug being available on some days other than its month, such as the Birthdays, the meter is only available during June. When catching, it can put you in chains by shooting a chain-web at you and you must break out of it.

#### Pride Bug

Pride Bug's main month is June, celebrating Pride Month. When they're around, bugs of the same gender can have babies that spawn at 50% happiness. It also makes the two parent bugs happier. When catching, it can blast you with a rainbow, stunning you for a second.

#### Independence Bug

Independence Bug's main month is July, celebrating Independence Day. When you have them, your bugs will look for money on command and with the money they earned, they will go and buy whatever they want with it, making them happier. They can touch you two times to tie you up to a firework and explode you, making you lose the fight. On July 4, you can take your bugs to get fireworks and barbecue food for free at the hangout center.

#### The LadyBug

The LadyBug's main month is August, celebrating Women's Equality Day. When you have them, all of your female bugs spawn at 25% happiness. When you have them at 25% happiness, your female bugs will spawn at 50% happiness and so on. When catching, it will round up male bugs to protect it. This bug is also unique because it is the only bug that is a ladybug. It is also the only bug to only be able to be female.

#### SchoolBug

SchoolBug's main month is August, celebrating when children start going back to school. When you have them, you can send your bugs off to school for 8 hours and when they come back, they have a new gauge called the 'smarts gauge'. Everytime they go to school they get +5 smarts filled in their gauge. For every 5 smarts, you get 1 coin.

#### Work-Hard Bug

Work-Hard Bug's main month is September, celebrating Labor Day. When you catch them, your bugs will go out and try to catch bugs, for some payment.

#### Halloween Bug

Halloween Bug's main month is October, celebrating Halloween. They are pranksters, as they pull pranks on other bugs often, but after the bugs fall for the prank, they'll give them candy which makes them much happier. They can also help you catch a bug by pranking the bug you're trying to catch and slowing them down.

#### Thanksgiving Bug

Thanksgiving Bug's main month is November, celebrating Thanksgiving. They are thankful so they are 2x easier to get happy and they will give something to another bug when you give something to them.

#### Birthday Bug

The Birthday Bug is obtainable on January 12, February 22, March 3, March 7, May 11, August 30 and November 30, where it is most easy to catch. It celebrates various birthdays. Birthday Bugs will give you and other bugs cake occasionally and the cake can make the bugs +1 happy, +5 happy, +10 happy or +20 happy. They sell for 150 coins.

#### Christmas Bug

Christmas Bug's main month is December, celebrating Christmas. They are festive and every once in a while, they'll give out gifts to you and your bugs.

#### New Year's Bug

New Year's Bug is the hardest seasonal to unlock, as he is only obtainable on December 31 and January 1. He celebrates the New Year. Their personality is sharing. If you get a different bug happy, you'll get them happy too and he can cheer up other bugs with ease. Instead of the normal 100, he sells for a whopping 200 coins.

## Updates

### 1.0

* The game is created with 19 bugs.
* 12 Normal Bugs including a new bug, Sunny Bug.
* 7 Seasonal Bugs including two new bugs, The Easter Buggy and the Birthday Bug.
* Added on June 5, 2023.

### 1.1

* The 20th bug is created, Funny Buggy. It is also the fourteenth normal bug.
* The 21st bug is created, Pride Bug. It is also the eighth seasonal bug.
* Added on June 6, 2023.

### 1.2

* The Care Center is added.
* The 22nd bug is created, Juneteenth Bug. It is also the ninth seasonal bug.
* Added on June 7, 2023.

#### 1.21

* The age toggle is added.
* Added on June 9, 2023.

### 1.3

* All of the Buggy Cute Hybrid Bugs are added. They are Sunny Buggy, Cloudy Buggy, Golden Buggy Cute and Rainbow Buggy Cute. They are the 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th bugs. That makes 4 hybrid bugs out.
* The 27th bug, Independence Bug, is added. It is also the tenth seasonal bug.
* The Hangout Center is added.
* Added on July 2, 2023.

### 1.4

* All of the Adoption Cute Hybrid Bugs are added. They are Cloudy Adoption Cute, Bushy Adoption Cute, Smart Adoption Cute and Funny Adoption Cute. They are the 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st bugs. That makes 8 hybrid bugs out.
* The Bug List is added.
* Added on July 21, 2023

### 1.5

* All of the Little Cute Hybrid Bugs are added. They are Little Rainbow Bug, Mysterious Little Bug, Watery Little Bug and Little Face Bug. They are the 32nd, 33rd, 34th and 35th bugs. That makes 12 hybrid bugs out.
* The 36th bug, The LadyBug, is added. It is also the eleventh seasonal bug.
* Ranks are added.
* Added on August 5, 2023.

#### 1.51

* The 37th bug, SchoolBug is added. It is also the twelth seasonal bug.
* Added on August 11, 2023.

### 1.6

* All of the Face Bug Hybrids are added. They are Mysterious Face Bug, Rainbow Face Bug, Golden Face Bug and Bushy Face Bug. They are the 38th, 39th, 40th and 41st bugs. That makes 16 hybrid bugs out.
* The 42nd bug, Work-Hard Bug, is added. It is also the twelfth seasonal bug.
* Two new mutations are added. They are beautiful/handsome (depending on gender) and ugly.
* Added on September 2, 2023.

## Trivia

* Currently, Golden Bug is the only bug that can sell for diamonds.
* Usually, a baby bug is called 'baby' and their normal species name. However, when it comes to Buggy Cute, their baby versions are called "Infant Buggy Cutes". This is because of Baby Buggy Cute already being its own species of bug.
* Pride Bug and Juneteenth Bug, The Ladybug and SchoolBug are the only bugs to share a month.
* Rewards are yet to be added.
* Little Smart Bug is the only bug not to return from Bug Catcher 3.
* The game gets updated two times a month, one on the first friday or saturday of the month, the other on the third friday or saturday of the month. On the first friday to saturday, the new seasonal comes.
* Each bug has 4 hybrid bugs.
* Prior to July 2, 2023, Bug Catcher 4 had less bugs than Bug Catcher 3.
	+ This is because the hybrids weren't added into the game yet.