A WebAssembly port of Bugdom, playable in the browser.
Original port: This project is based on jorio/Bugdom by Iliyas Jorio, which ports Pangea Software's Bugdom to modern desktop platforms. The WASM build adds Emscripten support for browser playback. All credits for the original game and port apply — see Credits and License below.
Download the desktop game (macOS, Windows, Linux): https://github.com/jorio/Bugdom/releases
Bugdom is a 1999 Macintosh game by Pangea Software. You play as Rollie McFly, a pill bug on a quest to save ladybugs from King Thorax’s iron grip on the Bugdom.
The game was bundled with some Mac models of the era. It is probably the most advanced game that uses QuickDraw 3D. Unfortunately, QuickDraw 3D has not been updated past Mac OS 9, so experiencing the game used to require booting a PowerPC Mac into OS 9 — until this port came out.
After I finished porting Nanosaur, Pangea offered to let me port Bugdom. I was excited to update this gem of a game because it was a childhood favorite of mine.
This port aims to provide the best way to experience Bugdom today. It introduces some modern comforts (such as support for arbitrary resolutions) and fixes some gameplay bugs. The overall experience is intended to be faithful to the spirit of the original game, so modifications to the game’s design are out of the scope of this project.
The first release of this port used a custom fork of Quesa for rendering. Bugdom has switched to a tailor-made renderer as of version 1.3.1.
A port of the sequel is also available: Bugdom 2.
- BUILD_WASM.md — How to build the WASM/browser version with Emscripten.
- BUILD.md — How to build on macOS, Windows or Linux.
- CHANGELOG.md — Bugdom version history.
- LICENSE.md — Licensing information (see also below).
- Instructions.pdf — Original instruction manual. Int'l versions: DE EN FR IT JA SP SV
- SECRETS.md — Cheat codes!
Bugdom is re-released under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license with permission from Pangea Software, Inc. The original port is at github.com/jorio/Bugdom.
Bugdom® is a registered trademark of Pangea Software, Inc.
- © 1999 Pangea Software, Inc.
- Designed & developed by Brian Greenstone & Toucan Studio, Inc.
- All artwork herein is © Toucan Studio, Inc.
- All music herein is © Mike Beckett.
- This software includes portions © 2020 Iliyas Jorio.
Check out my ports of other Pangea classics:
- Billy Frontier
- Bugdom 1
- Bugdom 2
- Cro-Mag Rally
- Mighty Mike (Power Pete)
- Nanosaur 1
- Nanosaur 2
- Otto Matic
All ports are provided free of charge! If you’d like to support the development of Pangea game ports, feel free to visit https://jorio.itch.io and name your own price for any of the games there. Much appreciated! 😊
