We make parser games about bug people! Our first game released in October 2025, and our second was released for Spring Thing 2026. Our third will be released for IF Comp in September 2026.

Taterbug Games is a hobby, not a hustle; everything we make is entirely free to play and created without genAI. Thanks for playing!

- Tabitha & baezil

strings: a (bug)folk song was voted one of the two Best in Show games of Spring Thing 2026, alongside the excellent Our Lady of Thorns; thanks to everyone who played and voted!

baezil's post-mortem about their experience writing the game has gone up on the forums; both Tabitha and baezil will be chatting about their shared experience in an upcoming audio post-mortem that'll be published on itch.

Games for Spring Thing 2026 are officially live! We're excited to play everyone's games, and baezil will be writing a review thread over on the IF forum . You can find strings: a (bug)folk song and its fellow Spring Thing games on the Spring Thing website. strings is also live on our itch.

warden: a (bug)folk horror was voted Most Sequel-Worthy Game of 2025 & Outstanding Underappreciated Game of 2025 in the 2025 IFDB Awards. Infinite gratitude for everyone's kindness and generosity toward our odd little game!

We've recorded a chat about making and releasing our first game. You can listen here!

warden: a (bug)folk horror came in first in Ectocomp 2025's Le Grand Guignol category! We learned a lot making this game together; huge thanks to everyone who tested, played, and commented!