Hello dear reader, welcome to my guide!
Here are the basics:
Things to do

• Minigames

There are 3 minigames that are unlocked with each bug stage; baby, juvenile and adult. Each mini game have 3 difficulty levels in the form of stars; you must complete the previous difficulty to unlock the next. Each difficulty level also spikes the rewards you can get, there are 4 types of rewards you cam get; nothing (you get this by loosing), silver currency, Gold currency, Star (Golden currency, furniture, hat or bug fact.)
You can see the minigame types in the bug section!

• Currency

There are 2 different currencies, gold and silver. This can be spent on food, furniture, hats or even the different shells for the surrounding scree/background
Lodge Areas

• Computer

Here you can look at you ingame collectables aka Notes, Facts, Stock and Goals! Notes is where you can see story plotpoints in the form of diary entries or letters but also Hints!

• Garden

Here's where you bury your buggy friends but also grow flowers!

• Specimens

Where your pinned and jarred friends go!

• Scatalog

Buy items here! Furniture, hats or even do some gacha gambling! Fun for all ages!

• Beetleback Ridge

Heal beetleback ridge, your storyline objectives will be listed here
Bug Care

• Feed your bugs food there are 3 options; free food, silver or gold. With the x tarot, all food will be free! If you do not feed them, they will die.
  
• Pluck off mites when they get sick or leave them be in hopes your bug will cure themselves
  
• Pet your little friend in all the places they like, they will show a pixel heart when you successfully pet them however places they don't like being pet in will be red and they'll do a unique upset animation when pet there
  
• Decorate the terrarium with all their favourite items (each species has the same favourite item) and earn their favourite hat for fully decorating their home with their favourite decorations
  
• Play minigames with them!
  
• Give them a hat!
  
• Take photos with the camera button, this saves them into memos and you can take 3 photos that you can look back on for each bug when they pass
  
• See what moods/traits you can get and make each bug friend as unique as you - tailor their personalities how you see fit

Achievements, who isn't fond of getting your favourite collectable advancements to showcase on your page?
The achievements you get on steam happen naturally through story progression however there are also other collector aspects such as Goals, Stock, Facts and Notes. Because filling these out does not result in a completion achievement they will get their own sections in due time.

Achievements (in order):

• Big Emergence Energy

For this achievement, you need to hatch you're first bug egg; select the Terrarium (top middle section) and select the egg which for new players, will be the Rubber Ducky Isopod. Then simply wait for it to hatch. Each bug has 4 stages; egg, baby, juvenile and adult.

• Posed for Posterity

For this achievement wait till your bug dies, unfortunate right? But that is all apart of life - when you bug friend dies you'll have 3 options when deciding what to do with your dearly departed friend; pinning, burying them in the garden or jarring them. For this achievement select pinning which will be the bobby pin icon, move the yellow dots on the bug to move them into any shape you want! Once done a circle will appear, press it and your bug will be pinned for display for the rest of time and you'll get this achievement.

• Jarred to Perfection

For this achievement, wait till your buggy friend dies - I recommend using the isopod as they have the shortest lifespan, they also so far, are the only bugs that can be jarred. Simply click the jarring option, lower the bug into the jar and position them how you like before clicking the circle icon when done to seal the jar to which you will receive the achievement.

• Garden Guardian

For this achievement, wait till your bug friend dies. This will take a while especially if your bug has the tarot that makes adult lives 2x longer (given you don't let them starve to death.) When your bug passes, you can select the option to bury them in the garden; select it, lower your bug into the ground, press the circle icon and you will get this achievement upon completion.

• Let the healing begin

Now we move onto story progression! This is the first plot point achievement you will receive in the game, to gain this achievement you need to raise one CHEERFUL bug.
This can be done by feeding you bug, keeping it alive and happy by decorating its habitat with it's favourite items which you can get by playing games or through winning currency in said games and buying items.

• Greener Pastures

After restoring the earth habitat, the grass habitat will come next. For this achievement raise the new unlocked bug (Weevil) as the requirement is for a GRASS bug. You will then need them to have the THRIFTY Mood which can be done by feeding your bug free food (either the first food option or by getting the tarot that makes food free) and having silver furniture or no furniture. Next you will need a POSH bug, do the opposite and get use your isopod friend then have gold furniture out alongside their favourite hat which you unlock by using said favourite furniture in combination with feeding them the highest food option regularly!

• Delicious Decay

Raise the next unlocked bug with a RESTFUL moodlet (this can be done by providing them with a bed and keeping their food and mood up before sleep so the bug has a better quality of sleep) then you will need a second bug with the INDULGED mood, use your isopod friend (shortest lifespan = quickest method) and have all their gold/favourite furniture out alongside their favourite hat which you unlock by using said favourite furniture in combination with feeding them the highest food option regularly!

• Bountiful Blossoms

Personally this is the hardest for me, you get this by restoring the flower habitat. You will need your unlocked bug to be STUDIOUS. This means feeding them a lot and winning a lot of minigames (the hard part) I advise rolling for the longer lifespan tarot card so you have more time to get the Studious mood.

• Still waters

Restore the water habitat.

• Archaeologist Apprentice

Excavate a extinct bug.

• Flourishing Forest

Heal Beetleback Ridge aka finish the game.

There are several moodtypes in the game, naturally you unlock hints in the computer every time you release a bug that does not have the mission required trait or whenever you unlock a need mood.

• Gloomy vs Cheerful

Cheerful; Keep you bug happy by feeding them, taking care of them when they have mites, all around just basic care or get the tarot card that makes them always cheerful
Gloomy; Do the opposite. Barely feed your bug, let them starve sometimes, all around just ignore them and they'll get gloomy

• Sickly vs Hearty

Sickly; let the mites fester on your bug, they'll get sickly and just barely feed them
Hearty; Immediately click the mites off and feed you bug as soon as they finish their food just all around keep them alive

• No Touchy vs Cuddlebug

No Touchy; Repeatedly touch the red areas on your bug, the ones they do not like and get upset over it
Cuddlebug, successfully pet the areas of your bug they like. You will know it is successful because a pixel heart will appear

• Modest vs Indulged

Modest; Majority grey furniture and free or medium food quality options
Indulged; Favourite furniture and their favourite hat, an over abundance of food (filling it up the second it is finished)

• Thrifty vs Posh

Thrifty; grey level furniture and (free) food
Posh; Gold level furniture and food + their favourite hate

• Wakeful vs Restful

Wakeful; do not allow your bug to sleep (no bed) or use the tarot card that means they do not need rest
Restful; allow your bug to sleep (give them a bed and make sure they are happy before bed with food needs met)

• Studious vs Athletic

Studious; Feed them a lot and play lots of minigames
Athletic; do not play many minigames with your bug

Rubber Ducky Isopod

• Scientific name:
  
• Habitat: Normal
  
• Lifespan: Shortest
  
• Food: Wood
  
• Fact 1: Isopods are actually crustaceans. They are not insects.
  
• Fact 2: Pill bugs rid the soil of heavy metals.
  
• Fact 3: Pill bugs can drink water with their buttholes.
  
• Shiny version: Blue
  
• Mini-games: Forrest Forger

Knapweed Weevil

• Scientific name:
  
• Habitat: Grass
  
• Lifespan: 2nd Shortest
  
• Food: Wood
  
• Fact 1: They play dead when disturbed.
  
• Fact 2: Thees weevils do not fly.
  
• Fact 3: Knapweed weevils only eat invasive knapweed plants.
  
• Shiny version:
  
• Mini-games:

Pleasing Fungus Beetle

• Scientific name:
  
• Habitat: Log
  
• Lifespan: Medium
  
• Food:
  
• Fact 1: Fungus beetles eat fungi that harms hardwood trees.
  
• Fact 2: Their Elytra change from blue to gray as they age.
  
• Fact 3:
  
• Shiny version:
  
• Mini-games:

Orchid Mantis

• Scientific name: Hymenopus Coronatus
  
• Type: Flower
  
• Lifespan: Medium
  
• Food: Meat
  
• Fact 1: They attract more bee's than actual flowers.
  
• Fact 2: They can change color from pink to white as camouflage
  
• Fact 3:
  
• Shiny version:
  
• Mini-games: Forest Forger,

Hints

• 1: I've discovered that the quality of food and furniture affect my bug's preferences
  
• 2: Maybe looking at the frass type of food and furniture will help me figure out what to do

Letters

Diary

Goals

Each bug has their own unique mini-gamesthat they unlock at baby, juvenile and adult stages respectfully. Here are all the Minigames:

Forest Forger

• Bugs that have this minigame:
  
• Disclaimer:

Wall Furniture

• Bouncy Ball

"A ponder-worthy orb just for my bug. It was on my desk until I came back and found a bite mark in it."

• Arcade Token

"A pocketful of tokens provided hours of roleplay. Bugs love the shine of these quirky coins."

• Fruity Chapstick

"It doesn't taste as good as I had imagined growing up. But the packaging was too cute to throw out."

• Shattered Mirror

"From my old lab locker. Perfect for bugs who only want to catch glimpses of themselves."

• Snail Mail Stamp

"From the good old days, when snails could find steady employment. Swiped out of papa's collection."

• Sapphire LED

"Taken out of a DIY kit that I never got to use. Now my bugs can bask in it's peaceful glow."

• Pottery Shards

"From coffee mugs long since shattered. This unfortunate collection grows larger every year."

• Ruby LED

"A constant reminder of projects I never had time for. But now it's been given a second lease on life."

• Watermelon Eraser

"From a free Palestine rally I went to with EZ."

• Fruit Snack

"My long-lost lab snack. Calcified to perfection, it gives the terrarium a nice citrusy aroma."

Beds

• Pizza Stool

"From a late night pie shared with EZ. The grease has been wiped off but it still gives off a whiff of tomato."

• Finger Board

"Bugs can live out their pro skater dreams with this sweet board. Got this bad boy in a stocking one year."

• Crushed Car

"The flattened roof makes a good napping spot. My dented foot, however, is less useful."

• Powder Puff

"From the first compact I bought after coming out. The shade was unflattering but it has sentimental value."

• Slime Mold

"The water bed of sleeping options. A little, well, slimey, but it grows bouncier every day."

• Mint Tin

"A little retreat for bugs to slumber in privacy. So happy to finally have a use for these."

• Bing Mahjong Tile

"A firm bed for bugs with back problems. From one of the spare sets my grandma hoarded in her closet."

Floors

• Candy Wrapper

"Silvery on the inside, nice and crinkly under spikey feet, it couldn't be left in the drugstore parking lot."

• Tattered Ribbon

"Once a bauble on my company Christmas gift, now a rug for tired appendages. The tears add character."

• Ribbon of Shame

"My dad told me to throw this away but I loved the color too much. At least I'm first in my bug's heart."

• Red Envelope

"I put leaves inside for bugs that like extra squish underfoot. From an auntie, it had one dollar inside."

• Golden Leaf

"From a research trip before the fire. First used as a bookmark, now a reminder of what was lost."

• Scattered Petals

"Spring is in the air and on the ground! Gathered from Charlotte's garden after helping her weed."

• Extra Concert Ticket

"Wanted to ask EZ to join me, but I didn't want to make thing weird. Bugs can now enjoy it's slippery texture."

The Hanged man

• Pause
  
• Surrender
  
• Reassessment

Adult bug lives twice as long