Insect Swarm - Infested Bug Planet Sci Fi Space Mining

Insect Swarm gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Insect Swarm and check out a game where you'll casually blast your way through thousands of bugs to mine Cheeto dust off the surface of a death world.
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[@McBuff]

Love that it’s named “Insect Swarm”. Simple, straight-to-the-point, and appeals to “kill everything” monke brain.

[@fragwagon]

Almost as good as Alien Swarm

[@ezequielblanco8659]

@@fragwagon you mean Alien Shooter? I definitely remeber that one. Very cool game.

[@Xammblu_Games]

I raise you Alien Destroyer!

[@fragwagon]

@@ezequielblanco8659 no, Alien Swarm and it's followup Alien Swarm Reactive Drop.

[@fragwagon]

@@Xammblu_Games I'll check that out!

[@ezequielblanco8659]

I love the movement and animation of the ship. The tilting, the rotation, the engine animations, the fire and thruster effects, the movement and inertia. It looks like there is a lot of effort put into it and it really pays off. Awesome. It looks super responsive as well. Enough inertia to look realistic, but not too much to affect maneouvrability in a bad way.

[@suraventri2544]

Reminds me of G-Police in looks. More chonky. Love it.

[@ddsbabes7140]

Almost all ur oints r correct but 4 me the fast movements are almost imposible

[@admiralaldric4503]

Because of you I always find hidden gems, thank you man. keep on keeping on.

[@La-familia-de-Fazio]

I found Star Valor because of this content creator!!! Very pleased and hope this guy is making ends meet with the time spent at his digital craft!

[@zacharyadams6159]

Agreed! I found Star Valor and a few more because of him

[@deretla]

Splattercat is responsible for too many of my games on steam

[@harrysmedley6475]

@@La-familia-de-Fazio ooooi8

[@JS-bf9dw]

​@@La-familia-de-Faziosame, I have over 150 hours in Star Valor and would play it much more, but family life...

[@ninebreaker6438]

" do it for Buenos Aires" lmao love the starship trooper plug

[@GrayFolxy]

I swear aside from AAA or game that have been marketed ... my last 5 enjoyable games where indie games you recommended via your videos good job and please continue the good work

[@ArmchairRizzard]

Which five games if you don’t mind me asking?

[@phillgizmo8934]

I've been blown off by "The Ascent" recently. Simple twinsticks with awesome cyberpunk graphics.

[@rodneya.]

These last 5 years most of the games that I have +50 hours on them were indie. I think except for divinity (which is not AAA if I'm not wrong) and elden ring, no AAA i've played I've had as much fun or as much hours as some indie ones.

[@GrayFolxy]

@@ArmchairRizzard Blastronaut , ΔV: Rings of Saturn (was really good and chill also the dev put a lot of work and update regularly) , Run Build Pew , Astrox imperium , Star valor This ytb channel gave me many little gems and well sometimes you dont need much more than that (and for the health of the wallet too xD)

[@Pedrobeaar]

@@GrayFolxy thanks for getting back. I was also interested

[@ryanye8441]

That R means: Your cargo is full, need to return to base to easy your burden.

[@mmaaddict78]

Just bought this and it gives me some old school Desert Strike vibes. I’m digging the gameplay a lot.

[@ezequielblanco8659]

I completely agree. Also, your comment shows your age (and mine).

[@RyderBeckett1903]

THAT"S the name of it! I was trying to think of what this was reminding me of!

[@mmaaddict78]

I'm going to give the dev my money because I really want to see this game get fleshed out and become successful. We have to reward work like this.

[@yeswellfrombrittany6907]

8:30 the word you're looking for is 'ootheca" a structure that keeps the eggs safe (for cockroaches and mantis). Like a bibliotheca is a library.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

Nice Starship Troopers reference, “Buenos Aries.“ 👍🏻😊

[@DamsdelDrennon]

I was already having lots of fun with the video and then you started sharing fishing tip etiquette while vaporising herds of ferocious insectoids, a great moment for entertainment and video games.

[@richyofthevillagers]

I see a huge amount of potential for this game. Honestly in terms of variety, I feel like having a garage of types of different specialized vehicles would really do well for this game. For example a medium four-legged walker with a big cannon or laser on a top turret, basically the Halo locust. Basically a slow moving, high damage output in one piercing direction at a time. Later it gets big armor boosts unlike the vtol currently in the game. It's different than a tank visually to make it unique, but essentially acts like one mechanically. Then honestly I feel like the equipment like teleporting should be actual equipment. Things like one-time use items that make the run easier or survivable. It might be weird, but having something equivalent to infantry might be cool for this. When you loose the vehicle, you ditch it 10-20 meters ejecting away as a guy in a small exosuit or mobility suit, to make sense of how you live through this experience. You're fast enough to outrun most of the bugs but not all, and you only carry a fraction of the crystal you had. Your gear determines how you'd survive that, which probably would be a whole section of upgrades to invest in. Maybe going in on foot would be how Splat brought up entering those derelects, and maybe even nests for exploring lore and extra loot. Also, this is a nitpick but am I the only one that thought taking a minigun to a crystal deposit was really inefficient logistically speaking?

[@mmaaddict78]

They show a mech on the Steam page videos. So I think vehicle variety will be a thing.

[@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182]

I think adding something like a "get x number of crystals for your sponsor in y amount of time" would also be a good idea, you would then have to balance pleasing your sponsor and upgrading the mechs at the same time.

[@HeyItsBooch]

I was basically going to write a similar comment to yours lol. Like, you start as infantry, and can upgrade into different vehicles and mechs. Maybe a multiplayer option too, for people that like that. EDIT: also, a flamethrower. 🔥

[@HidForHG]

Like a Eve Online escape Pod. That has the upgraded 'human' that's the player in it. About the minigun harvesting, It would be an interesting change for the bigger 'heavy/slow' vehicles to have ACTUAL harvesting equipment. So they get MORE but it's a trade off. Though I could see having a remote controlled drone that's used while defending the harvester. Maybe the main vehicle having a reinforced shield or like an armor wall it deploys to protect it, with say an artillery piece too. So having defense weapons to upgrade for it and specials it can do during that to push back and defend but high speed attacking is an option too.

[@derekdrake8706]

I like these ideas.

[@Aeriv]

At 10:25, [Cargo Compartment (is) already Full] Press [R] Key (to) return back (to) Base

[@adamchan4194]

10:25 Cargo hold full - press [R] to return to base

[@fatcat1250]

Oh wow, a game with swarm in it's name with actual swarms of enemies, not just a handful per wave. It's like a zombie game without zombies, unthinkable, but awesome.

[@GameDragonRT]

I really hope the devs see your video. Every idea you mention is exactly what this game needs to really hit the mark.

[@La-familia-de-Fazio]

You had me at the Cheeto dust break down!!! Edit: Shot-gun needs a knock back effect!

[@sykomaniax187]

Chain lightning +black holes =chefs kiss

[@RooZvonBooZ]

We can ill afford another Klendathu... Game looks sick, thanks for showing, Splat

[@izorion6443]

Never heard of this game. Instant purchase. That's why I luv this channel

[@Solidrum]

This could have many types of vehicle types to choose from if they wanted. Your V-Tol's, tracked vehicles, wheeled vehicles, walkers, hovercraft vehicles. Each could have their own selection of weapon types with strengths and weaknesses. Would be awesome if they did something like that.

[@soggyridesmotorizedbicycle6258]

Absolutely right about making a good video game. Make the basic repetitive stuff feel good. Good video bro, game looks fun.

[@ryanhoward9381]

Thanks for finding this one Splat! That's why we watch these awesome vids!

[@leedsin3043]

“Infested Bug Planet Sci fi Space Mining” That’s basically Deep Rock Galactic

[@Reoh0z]

> "It's got an ooooo name." Ootheca.

[@walt_man]

Not what I was expecting form that title screen! lol

[@mordreddelavirac]

Just listen to the game menu music, you know it's going to be a good game....i'm sold! Gameplay is exactly what i always wanted, simple concept, brainless fun, responsive af (i hope), fast af (i also hope)! It's a BANGER!

[@qorje]

The Chinese says "storage full, press R to return to base"

[@jmanzx5508]

I think the "make the most often done part amazing" segment reminds of me of yahtzee, who also speaks of the primary gameplay loop: a well polished primary gameplay loop can just stand on its own. I think there's a lot of wisdom in that for budget-constrained developers who can't focus on polishing everything.

[@jmanzx5508]

Also, yeah, it says [Cargo full] Press [R] to teleport back to base.

[@brianm.595]

Ahh looks like an old EA game i used to play back on the sega genesis actually. Jungle strike and Desert strike.. those games were awesome back when EA used to actually make great games. You piloted an apache helicopter with this exact sort of view and gameplay. Not the exact same gameplay as you weren't farming, nor were there ever more than few enemy tanks, or Sam sites etc to fight at one time but rather completing scripted missions within a fairly open map like this. Certainly the way you stay just above the ground and strafe around firing it almost looks like they took inspiration from those games.

[@DustinGunnells]

The game screams Starship Troopers: The arcade game.

[@lee1davis1]

The 2nd main reason I watch your video for all the great game dev advice. Notebook is full.

[@derekdrake8706]

The best thing about this game is the raw potential. People have already posted comments with great ideas that I'd love to see implemented and there's just so many directions this game can go. I love this genre between horde slayer and tower defense, it reminds me very much of Rift Breaker. What I think Rift Breaker got wrong was it tries to do too much without mastering anything it was trying to do. In a way, the simplicity of this game is what makes it work.

[@zuunpyi7120]

The gameplay is like Quantum Maki. Very solid

[@johnsavvy4282]

Context clues tell me the translation would probably be: "[OBJECTIVE] push [R] to return to base"

[@brohvakiindova4452]

Holy crap, honestly that has to be the most realistic, well literally insect swarm, I've seen in a game. Amazing animations.

[@xlucky1373]

This looks like a game that I could lose hours and hours into without even realizing it. Similar to those mining games where you just got deeper and collect more expensive ore and just upgrade your ship more to last for longer. I absolutely love those games and the potential they have.

[@luciusliu9417]

Hey Splatt! I wanna say I appreciate when you let us hear game audio along with your commentary. In many of your older videos I couldn't hear game's audio along with your voice on top.

[@kerbe3]

“Why is the player doing what they are doing?” It is very simple, they are xenos and xenos are an abomination that must be purged. The Emperor protects.

[@sithalo]

I dont know if they are ever gonna add a "Wum Wum" Laser to the game but if they do, I vote that they use Splatters sfx for it lol

[@viking8796]

Yeah I could totally see Splattercat in an alternate timeline going out into another planet's desert to harvest cheeto dust crystals, big old hot cheeto held in his mouth cigar-style. XD

[@glenni83]

This looks cool. Reminds me of a game i used to play ages ago.. Helicopter, flying around, shooting down stuff in a town. It needs homing missiles.. A LOT OF MISSILES!

[@diplod5000]

Great little game spent 12h in it. Relaxing time hole. Got attack to such high level bugs just melt on screen. Good buy for 8bucks. Thumbs up. This video helped in making the buy decision.

[@tobster9567]

it does what it says on the tin

[@DavidXanitos]

Splat: "Sir, my family, my whole family, was in Buenos Aires!"

[@CheeseCurdCommunism]

Yeah, buying this asap. This look like one of those games that will be great to just drop in and play for 20 minutes or sink all day in to.

[@SMooreArtDesign]

Wow I love the art style, looks gorgeous!

[@dennissvitak148]

Gameplay is VERY similar to Asteroids. Kite, rotate to fire, and shoot as they come in.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Could say that about a hell of a lot of games though, including all of the VS clones among many others.

[@TomJones-be5ny]

I bought the game after watching this & it's everything you said it was. I found the controls a bit iffy at first but it didn't take long to adapt. I can't wait to see where this goes 😁

[@TomJones-be5ny]

Go away scammer

[@RupertAndCheese]

This has incredibly good visuals, and the music is solid.

[@Korovjov101]

Dude, the music, the craft... You just became a Swat Kat

[@Kantrael]

Totally picked this up and am loving it!!!

[@MeatyZeeg]

Looks good, would be cool if there were more landforms and terrain to move around. Huge winding corrdiors of stone to weave through, potentially going underground to fight queens and such would be fucking awesome

[@graveyardgod1104]

Props for linking the game in desc. Couldnt find it under the name Insect Swarm xD

[@Thepher6]

Yeah let's have some weather, different planets, maybe some boss tentacles to hop over, race courses... Looks good, looks fun. Let it cook longer, and if they charge more money for it later, that's fine.

[@AlexAlex-rc7nc]

Finally! The Corvus Dread in action.

[@HateMachinist]

Last time I played this it had no English writing, it was all just hieroglyphs. Still a grossly underrated game, well worth the price.

[@Sanches7557]

When we talk about ways to kill bugs I am more of Tesla Coil burn them to a crisp kinda guy. Like a chain reaction annihilation. Great game was found

[@geboeschtt9732]

Then you'll like the fourth main weapon and the fifth secondary 👍

[@sarahj4391]

Man you are increasing my wishlist something fierce.

[@fuzzy-02]

a jet engine in a desert-full of sandy air doesn't sound too good of a prospect to me

[@Mighty_Mighty_D]

Another gem for the wish list.

[@thecrashninja]

Game looks really intense. Currently downloading it whilst watching your vid on it.

[@TroaBarton]

I’m all for some Space-grass music but I’d argue this game is 10x more fun to play with 90’s power rangers music blasting.

[@PreacherwithoutaPulpit]

Not my type of game but still very cool. I know there are markers on the map for where things are but I think a mini-map in one of the corners would be an awesome addition...

[@grounded4life069]

Getting some old school Genesis "Herzog Zwei" feels from how the movement looks.

[@Terminarch]

This is pretty well made, I'll give it that. Really wish the gameplay came down to more than circle strafing simulator though. Maybe if there's some slow big ass bosses with weakpoints DRG style? Dunno.

[@terrortalks3037]

I think players should have benefits from using the boosts and jumps, say hopping ravines or getting away from an area attack, like an acid bombardment from some bombardier buggo. Maybe there could be some variety (and easy openings for lore) with transportation or delivery missions or even zone defense missions where fellow marines are trying to claim territory (which if you succeed gives you benefits). Or it'd be cool if there were raiders/scavengers you have to fight one on one, or even like a bug cult that buffs bugs around them, gather swarms, and stuff.

[@grayaj23]

"ootheca" according to the gewgles Not being the skunk on a fishing trip is why you go deep-sea fishing out of monterey for rock cod. It's hard NOT to bag the limit.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Ootheca, huh? #TIL

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

I like how he totally ignored all the crystal upgrades XD

[@GameTimeWhy]

Thats what we call a "pro gamer move".

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

It is the Splatt.

[@adamaveyard9234]

Man this looks so cool. Reminds me a little of Desert Strike on Megadrive back in the day. Will certainly be buying this. Thanks Splat you too man. 👍💪

[@ReiverBlue1971]

Will you PLEASE stop reviewing these games....I keep buying them!!! In honesty, the types of games, your presentation (both positive and negative) are a damned good combo. The only review channel I feel I need to watch. Keep up the good work ;D

[@ChronicNOTAG]

I can see myself playing this game, but seeing it still be in early access, I'm gonna wait. That said, I can see upgrading the crystal path as being vital to success, especially the one that gives you crystals for killing bugs.

[@meyatetana2973]

Thanks to your video I got this, and it is so fun even though limited right now it has so much potential for fun, I like playing with friends so I kinda hope for some co op action with a friend or a few friends they can just scale up the enemies to deal with the extra players but it'd be fun with friends too :)

[@TotallyNotAFox]

Full automatic guns and bugs to shoot at - it's the simple things in life that make people happy

[@ezequielblanco8659]

Seems like a really fun game! I would make a couple of changes though. I understand that both of these are probably intentional and work well for gameplay purposes, but I think they would add in terms of immersion: 1. Bugs have a lot of inertia. This looks fine for flying bugs, but ground bugs look more like vehicles than something that is alive. Maybe have them move a tiny bit slower in trade for the lower inertia? It would also add some variety to how you handle different enemies. 2. I don't like using the guns to mine. Maybe you must switch to your mining tool? Maybe you could automine as long as you are not moving? Or as long as you are not firing? Or as long as you are very close? Shooting at the crystals feels weird to me. Apart from that. This looks awesome. Great music. Cool graphics. Simple and fun gameplay loop. Definitely going into my wishlist.

[@fragwagon]

Karl was in the dwarf air force ⛏️

[@johnbirkholz994]

Rock and stone

[@fragwagon]

@@johnbirkholz994 to the bone

[@festro1000]

that popup at the bottom probably means your crystal storage is full, as it showed up right after you killed that clutch of eggs and maxed your crystals.

[@doublequal]

At 10:28 it says "cargo full, press R to return to base"

[@Skenjin]

This is well worth adding to my wishlist, to get later if enough content is added.

[@Bobbystheboy]

Thank you for these games. They are worth the money more than predatory games. Supah goood

[@thegrayjedi5202]

There was an underwater mining game similar to this concept back early 2000s. Same ship movements and little swarms of animals attacking you. This is very cool.

[@joncourtney1061]

was it Dark Orbit by Wild Tangent?

[@thegrayjedi5202]

@@joncourtney1061 I remember Wild Tangent yes! I’ll look the game up to see but that’s definitely the company. Edit: it is indeed Dark Orbit wow that’s awesome you found that!

[@katastrofa025]

When game big, too much details to focus, when game small, most work can be invested in little detailed things that makes gamers happy.

[@AlphaOfCrimson]

I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one. It has a lot of promise.

[@handlesrstupid123]

I also wish project lazarus had blood splats like this

[@nikolamilinovic1230]

FLOCK YEAH!!! This game looks awesome!😀

[@terrortalks3037]

Space marines must love this game ;)

[@paulsim7589]

Dam it, couldn't resist and I bought it :)

[@1111Stick]

Not sure if anyone has already commented with the answer, but that Chinese phrase you were wondering about means something along the lines of "Cargo bay/container full, press R to return to base"

[@terrylandess6072]

I'm reminded a bit of the original Diablo 1 (Succubus) and 2 (Fetishes) where the enemy will engage you from just off screen where you can't see them. The simplicity reminds me of newer mobile games.

[@DanyF02]

You have interesting ideas for things to add in the game, but a lot of those things like bullet that ricochets or wild muzzle-flash colors is the kinda stuff we've seen a lot before in any run-of-the-mill arcade-ish games. Games should stick to what they do best as you said, and in my opinion for this game that's bringing a very fun experience that still remains believable outside of the usual video game magic. So far all the weapons seems to be stuff that could potentially exist irl for example, and that gives the game some credibility and that makes its charm. It makes the game more immersive and satisfying to play without anything needlessly flashy or over the top, it's just raw visceral goodness.

[@matthuck378]

If this eventually became a full on ARPG like Grim Dawn, but with sci fi vehicles instead of a Hero character, I'd be so into it.

[@wra1th84]

Cargo full. Press [R] to return to base

[@instathrill8845]

This looks awesome considering its alot like Asteroids.

[@MrPagan777]

But I wanted to see an Insect Lord! This looks great - reminds me of the early days, with better graphix.

[@iobobbyoi]

Paint jobs for the vehicles would be sick that is an easy win for this game!!!

[@MrEquinoxParadox]

So... another Riftbreaker? YES!

[@CPcamaro]

Looks great, thanks for the video. Downloading now!

[@dragonflyer10000]

This game gives me nation red vibes

[@Denizu]

According to the store page they might increase the price "moderately" (their words) upon 1.0, so it might be worth getting it now while it's cheap (around 7 dollars/8 euros) and then just let it rest in the library untill it updates.

[@bdobdnoble5750]

You know maybe, having a plazma cutter as an optional weapon choice. Acting a both a mining tool, but cut through swuvs of swarms, and mine instantly, but would be more expensive then any other upgrade