Pro Tips

Crumb Meter Zoom:

When your crumb is under attack you can touch the crumb health meter in the upper right corner of the screen to quickly center the view on the crumb so you can defend it!

Brute Smearing:

Use Brutes to help defend your crumb. When smearing a brute you can use the Brutes body to knock other bugs out of the way and leave a trail of goo that will slow down the smaller bugs! If you are under attack by alot of Brutes you can partially smear each one to push them away from your crumb and buy some time.

Moving Stones:

Some levels have small stones which can be re-arrange to form blockades to help aid in your defense!

Crumb Bonus:

You'll earn an extra bonus depending on how much of your crumb is left at the end of the level.

Hunter Bait:

Hunter bugs will run to where ever your finger is touching and they can only bite you if they are facing your finger. You can use this behavior to lure them away from your crumb. Pick off a pack of Hunters by attacking the ones at the back of the pack first!

Magnifying Glass Powerup:

The devastating beam of focused sunlight is super fun, but you can only earn it on levels when it is either noon or evening (when you can see the sun rays filtering down onto the level).

Super Combos:

The fastest way to earn a powerup and increase your score is to perform combos where you squash successive bugs whose type and color are all the same!

Last Bug Standing:

If you get to the end of a wave and the display says there is one bug left, but you don't see a bug, try zooming the view back and looking around the level. Either the bug is a straggler and was afraid to leave the bug mound (it will after a few seconds) or it's hiding behind one of the clumps of rocks and grass on the level, track it down and squash it!

Intro Camera:

The camera at the beginning of the level will give you a brief tour of the level, showing you where the bug mounds are located and where your crumb(s) are located. Pay attention!

Finger Blockade:

When your finger is touching an open patch of ground the bugs will have to walk around your finger to move forward (they won't be able to walk under it). You can use this technique to force a group of bugs to change course.