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The game was developed and published by Australian studio Sbug Games and released for PC in September 2021. Ports for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne were later released in February 2022. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].

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The game was developed and published by Australian studio Sbug Games and released for PC in September 2021. Ports for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Platform/NintendoSwitch, Platform/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne Platform/XboxOne were later released in February 2022. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} Platform/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: The game is mostly insect- and nature- themed. Then we have the ants building a HumongousMecha ant that's massive compared to any of the bugs [[spoiler:and is in fact the only thing that can overpower the bowerbird]].
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* ChummyCommies: The ants have a Soviet flavor to them, addressing the protagonist as "comrade" and having a few ants named similarly to famous communist philosophers.
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The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released for PC in September 2021. Ports for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne were later released in February 2022. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].

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The game was developed and published by Australian studio Sbug Games and released for PC in September 2021. Ports for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne were later released in February 2022. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].



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* TheCameo: The main character of the game [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD SkateBIRD]] appears as the NPC who runs the skateboard minigame.

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* TheCameo: The main character of the game [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD SkateBIRD]] ''VideoGame/{{Skatebird}}'' appears as the NPC who runs the skateboard minigame.

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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The protagonist and her boyfriend as specifically peacock spiders.
** The antagonist is a bowerbird, a species known for its unique courtship behavior in which males will build structures known as "bowers" and decorate it with brightly colored objects.



** Male '''bowerbirds''' build elaborate structures and decorate them with colorful objects.
** The game's "dance" animation is based on '''jumping spiders' courtship rituals''', where they raise a pair of legs and wave them rhythmically.
** Specifically, the main character and her boyfriend are '''peacock spiders'''. The female is mostly gray, while the male has long iridescent hairs on his back.
** The hide-and-seek champion is a '''golden silk orb-weaver'''. This is a family of spiders noted for their webs' yellow-orange tint.
** '''Wolf spiders''' care for their babies and carry them on their back. When ''you're'' the one [[CollectionSidequest carrying those babies]], they visibly crawl over your character's sprite. [[note]]It's unlikely that real-life wolf spiderlings would willingly cling to a spider of a different species, but we'll give it a pass [[RuleOfCute because it looks adorable]].[[/note]]
** Bees gather pollen to make '''royal jelly''', and a young larva needs to eat large amounts of jelly to grow into a queen. When that new queen is ready, she '''leaves the hive''' to start her own colony elsewhere.

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** Male '''bowerbirds''' bowerbirds build elaborate structures and decorate them with colorful objects.
** The game's "dance" animation is based on '''jumping jumping spiders' courtship rituals''', rituals, where they raise a pair of legs and wave them rhythmically.
** Specifically, the main character and her boyfriend are '''peacock spiders'''.peacock spiders. The female is mostly gray, while the male has long iridescent hairs on his back.
** The hide-and-seek champion is a '''golden golden silk orb-weaver'''.orb-weaver. This is a family of spiders noted for their webs' yellow-orange tint.
** '''Wolf spiders''' Wolf spiders care for their babies and carry them on their back. When ''you're'' the one [[CollectionSidequest carrying those babies]], they visibly crawl over your character's sprite. [[note]]It's unlikely that real-life wolf spiderlings would willingly cling to a spider of a different species, but we'll give it a pass [[RuleOfCute because it looks adorable]].[[/note]]
** Bees gather pollen to make '''royal jelly''', royal jelly, and a young larva needs to eat large amounts of jelly to grow into a queen. When that new queen is ready, she '''leaves leaves the hive''' hive to start her own colony elsewhere.
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* AmicableAnts: The ants seen in the game, in addition to being technologically advanced enough to build machinery such as fuel pumps and furnaces, are friendly towards the spider protagonist and promise to help her save her boyfriend in exchange for help with fixing some of their machines.
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* EffortlessAchievement: The achievement "Cast-on" is awarded for weaving your first web, which is one of the first things you'll do in the game.
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* TheGroundIsLava: The aptly named "Floor is Lava" achievement is awarded for traveling 20 meters without touching solid ground (webs, twigs and vines are okay). Since the game is played from a spider's perspective, this is actually quite a long distance.
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* HumongousMecha: The ants are building a giant ant mech. It's no bigger than a bird, but it's ''massive'' compared to any of the bugs [[spoiler:and it's the only thing capable of fighting the Bowerbird in direct combat]].

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* HumongousMecha: The ants are building a giant ant mech. It's no bigger than a bird, but it's ''massive'' compared to any of the bugs [[spoiler:and it's the only thing capable of fighting defeating the Bowerbird in direct combat]].
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* HumongousMecha: The ants are building a giant ant mech. It's no bigger than a bird, but it's ''massive'' compared to any of the bugs [[spoiler:and it's the only thing capable of fighting the Bowerbird in direct combat]].


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* RuleOfCool: The player's spider has inexplicable eye beams, while the ants somehow have the technology to build a proportionately giant ant mech.
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** The antagonist is a bowerbird, a species known for its unique courtship behavior in which males will build structures known as "bowers" and decorate it with brightly colored objects.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: The protagonist and her boyfriend as specifically peacock spiders.
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The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released in 2021. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].

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The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released for PC in 2021.September 2021. Ports for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne were later released in February 2022. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].

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* MechanicalInsects: One of the game's main quests is to help the ants build a giant mechanical ant to help fend off the bowerbird.



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** Male '''bowerbirds''' build elaborate structures and decorate them with colorful objects.



** The hide-and-seek champion is a '''golden silk orb-weaver'''. This is a family of spiders noted for their webs' yellow tint.
** '''Wolf spiders''' care for their babies and carry them on their back. When ''you're'' the one [[CollectionSidequest carrying those babies]] back to their mama, they visibly crawl over your character's sprite. (It's unlikely that real-life wolf spiderlings would willingly cling to a spider of a different species, but we'll give it a pass [[RuleOfCute because it looks adorable]].)
** Bees gather pollen to make '''royal jelly''', and a larva needs to eat large amounts of jelly to grow into new bee queen. When that queen is ready, she '''leaves her nest''' to start a new colony elsewhere.

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** The hide-and-seek champion is a '''golden silk orb-weaver'''. This is a family of spiders noted for their webs' yellow yellow-orange tint.
** '''Wolf spiders''' care for their babies and carry them on their back. When ''you're'' the one [[CollectionSidequest carrying those babies]] back to their mama, babies]], they visibly crawl over your character's sprite. (It's [[note]]It's unlikely that real-life wolf spiderlings would willingly cling to a spider of a different species, but we'll give it a pass [[RuleOfCute because it looks adorable]].)
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** Bees gather pollen to make '''royal jelly''', and a young larva needs to eat large amounts of jelly to grow into new bee a queen. When that new queen is ready, she '''leaves her nest''' the hive''' to start a new her own colony elsewhere.
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* ShownTheirWork: The game's setting is obviously cartoony and semi-fantastical, but there are various bits of real-world biology referenced throughout.
** The game's "dance" animation is based on '''jumping spiders' courtship rituals''', where they raise a pair of legs and wave them rhythmically.
** Specifically, the main character and her boyfriend are '''peacock spiders'''. The female is mostly gray, while the male has long iridescent hairs on his back.
** The hide-and-seek champion is a '''golden silk orb-weaver'''. This is a family of spiders noted for their webs' yellow tint.
** '''Wolf spiders''' care for their babies and carry them on their back. When ''you're'' the one [[CollectionSidequest carrying those babies]] back to their mama, they visibly crawl over your character's sprite. (It's unlikely that real-life wolf spiderlings would willingly cling to a spider of a different species, but we'll give it a pass [[RuleOfCute because it looks adorable]].)
** Bees gather pollen to make '''royal jelly''', and a larva needs to eat large amounts of jelly to grow into new bee queen. When that queen is ready, she '''leaves her nest''' to start a new colony elsewhere.
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* LandDownUnder: The game takes place in a fantasy version of [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Queensland]]. The BigBad is a bowerbird, a kind of bird native to Australia known for collecting colorful objects to decorate its nest (as the one in the game does), and the characters frequently use typical Australian expressions such as "G'day".
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* NoNameGiven: Most of the characters in the game are not named, including the spider who is the main character. [[spoiler:Until the end credits, when her name is revealed to be Buddy.]]

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* NoNameGiven: Most of the characters in the game are not named, including the spider who is the main character. [[spoiler:Until the end credits, when her name is revealed to be Buddy.]]]]
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* JumpScare: [[spoiler:Just before the bowerbird makes his entrance in the final level, there is a jump scare complete with ScareChord when his eye briefly appears through a hole in the wall.]]
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The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released in 2021. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]].

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The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released in 2021. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]], and the game's official website can be found [[https://webbed.website here]].
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''Webbed'' is a PlatformGame about a jumping spider on an adventure to save her boyfriend after he is kidnapped by a bowerbird.

Rather than being centered on action or combat, the game is a physics-based PuzzlePlatformer that largely revolves around weaving webs to solve puzzles by creating paths and dragging objects, while also including several optional sidequests, collectables and secrets to find, areas to explore and characters to meet.

The game was developed by Australian studio Sbug Games and released in 2021. Its page on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1390350/Webbed here]].

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!!''Webbed'' contains examples of:

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The main character is a spider whose abilities are weaving webs... and shooting laser beams from her eyes.
* TheCameo: The main character of the game [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/971030/SkateBIRD SkateBIRD]] appears as the NPC who runs the skateboard minigame.
* DistressedDude: The male spider is captured by the bowerbird at the start, and his girlfriend is the protagonist who goes on a journey to save him.
* EyeBeams: The spider can shoot beams from her eyes to push objects and take down no-longer-needed webs.
* FeatheredFiend: The BigBad is a bowerbird who is portrayed as monstrous. Justified since the main characters are all bugs, and from their point of view, he is not only enormous, but also a predator.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider: The heroine of the game is a cute jumping spider on a journey to save her boyfriend from a bowerbird.
* NoNameGiven: Most of the characters in the game are not named, including the spider who is the main character. [[spoiler:Until the end credits, when her name is revealed to be Buddy.]]

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