Bugsnax: How to Catch a Shishkabug

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Bugsnax is a game that, despite its modest scope, is full of unique ideas. The developer, Young Horses, has been candid about its wide range of influences, from Pokemon Snap and Viva Pinata to Ape Escape and Dark Cloud.

Despite its hodgepodge of ideas, Bugsnax's core gameplay loop is pretty simple. The player talks to the Muppet-like Grumpuses, find out which Bugsnack they want to eat, hunt them down in the wild, and solve a puzzle with the game's tools to catch them.

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The shishkabug is one of the earlier Bugsnax the player can catch as part of the tutorial before they reach the hub town of Snaxburg. It's a simple puzzle, there's no need to worry about Bugsnax's day/night cycle or other details like that, but the lesson it teaches will be relevant throughout the game.

Players first encounter a Shishkabug while meeting the frustrated farmer Wambus, shortly after saving the starving Filbo Fiddlepie. Before hunting the shishkabug, they should have caught a Strabby and a Bunger.

Both of those catches were tutorials for Bugsnax's starting tools. The Strabby taught players to place the Snak Trap in the path of wandering Bugsnax, while the Bunger taught the player that they can manipulate Bugsnax using the Sauce Slinger. The Shishkabug puzzle just combines these two lessons.

The Shishkabug is a skittish creature. If the player attempts to get anywhere near it, it will dart into a nearby bush. While in the bush, there's no way for the player to interact with it directly and no way to coax it out.

The keyword here is directly. The player isn't alone on the map, and different Bugsnax can interact with each other. The player already knows that Bungers will charge at anything covered in ketchup, so they just