Archived April 2012

Grabbit

Guide your frog to eat as many bugs as you can before the time runs out — a fast paced action game of skill, accuracy and endurance.

Guide your frog to eat as many bugs as he can before the time runs out! Be warned though, the bugs will fight back!

Grabbit is a fast paced action game of skill, accuracy and endurance where you use your frog’s tongue to swat as many bugs as you can. With arcade style power-ups, hazards and 3 different styles of play you are sure to be wearing your fingers out.


Due to some store requirement changes that are not supported by the programming language used to make Grabbit, the game is no longer available for Android and iOS. We are hoping to release an updated version in the future with support for more devices.

Instructions

Use your tongue to catch as many bugs as you can - that’s pretty much it!

Grabbit Instructions1

1. Press down on your Frog

Grabbit Instructions2

2. Swipe to where you want to aim.

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3. Your frog’s tongue will go to that position


Game Modes

1P Norm

Classic Mode

Catch as many bugs as you can before the timer runs out. Target the highlighted bugs in order to achieve a time extension and move on to the next level.

Frenzy Norm

Frenzy

Control two frogs at once in a mad one minute dash to see how many bugs you can catch. There are no time extensions here so go as hard and as fast as you can

2P Normal

Head to Head

Grab a friend and go head to head in a classic two player split screen battle. Fight over the same bugs and use power-ups to slow down your opponent.


Meet the bugs

Here are some of the bugs you will encounter in your travels

Bug GreenGreen Bug The most basic of bugs – easy to catch 10pts

Bug BlueBlue Bug A little bit faster but still easy to catch 15pts

Bug PurplePurple Bug A little bit faster and more random 20pts

Bug RedRed Bug The fastest and most random of the basic bugs 25pts

Bug MosquitoMosquito Small, fast and very random 50pts

Bug BeeBee A little bit slow, but will sometime fight back 100pts

Bug FireflylitupFirefly Slow moving but gives you a shock if you try to eat it when it is lit up 150pts

Bug YellowYellow Bug Smaller than the normal bugs, they fly in single file across the screen 10pts each, or 1000pts if you catch them all. In Classic you also get a 10sec time bonus if you catch them all


Power-Ups

Here are the different power-ups you may see in the game:

Good Power-ups

These power-ups will give you a bit of an advantage

Pup InvincibleInvincible Protects you from most hazards and speeds up the speed of your tongue

Pup WidetongueWide Tongue Makes your tongue twice as wide so it is easier to catch bugs

Pup TwinsTwins Gives you a secondary frog to control

Pup SlowmotionSlow Motion Slows down the the world so it is easier to catch the bugs

Pup GrowBug Grow Makes all the bugs on your screen grow so that they are easier to catch

Pup RandomRandom Gives you a random power-up from this list

Head to Head Good Power-ups

These power-ups will slow down your opponent (only available in head to head)

Splat

Splat

Covers up your opponent’s screen with an ink splat so that they cannot see properly

Lightning

Lightning

Causes your opponent to get struck by lightning

Bug Shrink

Bug Shrink

Makes all the bugs on your opponent’s screen shrink so they are harder to catch

Tongue Tied

Tongue Tied

Ties a knot in your opponent’s frog so it is harder for them to catch bugs

Crate

Crate

Drops a crate on your opponent’s head

Anvil

Anvil

Causes an Anvil to fall on your opponent’s head

Bad Power-ups

Avoid these if you can - they will slow you down.

Splat

Splat

Covers up your screen with an ink splat making it hard for you to see

Tongue Tied

Tongue Tied

Ties a knot in your frog's tongue reducing your overall range

Bug Shrink

Bug Shrink

Makes all the bugs on your screen shrink so they are harder to catch

Lightning

Lightning

Causes you to be struck by lightning

Crate

Crate

Drops a crate on your head

Anvil

Anvil

Drops an Anvil on your head


Hazards

Anvil

Anvil

Sometime a Bee will carry in an Anvil with the intention of dropping it on your head. If you are quick enough you can get the bug before he is over you and he will safely drop the anvil next to you.

Crate

Crate

Just like an Anvil, a Bee will sometimes carry in a crate. The only difference is that a crate will sometimes contain a power-up that is released when it breaks open.


Tips and Tricks

Here’s some tips for getting good scores

  • Don’t stop - Try and keep a steady pace and don’t take too long to think about it
  • Accuracy over speed - you can’t shoot again until your mouth is closed so don’t waste energy constantly swiping
  • Go for Combos - the score you get for catching bugs in multiplied by the combo. Great Combos give you 10x the usual score, and Mega Combos give you 20x the normal score
  • Keep a both hands free - the twin combo can be really powerful, but its hard to use with just one hand
  • Go nuts with the Invincible power-up - especially when going up against Fire Flies.
  • Grab the bugs carrying the Bad Power-ups - they are worth 100pts. Just avoid the power-up once it starts to fall
  • Tap to recover - if you get stunned, start tapping on your frog to make him recover faster
  • Have fun - its just a game after all