All BUG Clicker guides
Everything on this site in one list: getting BUG Clicker running, making your own character, fixing what goes wrong, and the free tools.
Download and setup
- BUG Clicker Download for Windows and Mac (Official Links)Download BUG Clicker free from the developer's GitHub, install it on Windows or Mac in three steps, and get past the "Windows protected your PC" warning.
- BUG Clicker for Mac: Download and Fix "Cannot Be Verified"BUG Clicker runs on Mac. Get the official dmg, open it past the macOS security warning, find it in the menu bar and compare it with the Windows app.
- Is BUG Clicker on Android or iPhone? (Mobile Version Status)BUG Clicker runs on Windows and Mac only for now. What the developer has said about an Android version, and what you can already do with only a phone or tablet.
- Start BUG Clicker Automatically With Windows or MacMake your BUG Clicker desktop pet open when you turn on your computer, using the Windows Startup folder or macOS Login Items. Takes about a minute.
- How to Use BUG Clicker in OBS (Stream Your Desktop Pet)Show your BUG Clicker character on stream: turn on the broadcast background, capture it with OBS Window Capture and remove the color with Color Key.
Make your character
- How to Make a Custom BUG Clicker Character (OC Guide)Turn your OC into a BUG Clicker desktop pet: plan the five pieces, draw the faces, export a PSD or PNGs and load them in Character Studio with lines.
- BUG Clicker PSD Template: Layer Names, Canvas Size and RulesThe group names BUG Clicker reads from a PSD (body, head1 to head4, back and side hair), the canvas size that works and how to load it in Character Studio.
- How to Import a Character into BUG Clicker (.cvclk)Add a .cvclk character to BUG Clicker on Windows or Mac: open settings, drop the file into the Share tab, then show it from the Characters tab.
- How to Change What Your BUG Clicker Character SaysEdit click, idle and reminder lines in the BUG Clicker Line Editor, play lines in order, style the speech bubble and edit lines on a shared character.
- BUG Clicker Ears, Tails and Wings: How to Add PartsWhere the Parts tab is, how to add ears, tails, wings, ahoge and head-top dolls in BUG Clicker, how pins and layer order work, and why parts go missing.
- BUG Clicker Back Hair Not Moving With the Head (Fix)Back hair stays still while the head moves? Set it to "With the head" in the layer order, move it on the stage without redrawing, and close the neck gap.
Fixes
- BUG Clicker Not Working? Fixes for Common ProblemsQuick fixes for BUG Clicker: black or closing windows, a lost character, back hair that won't move, lines, ears and tails, OBS, start-up and downloads.
- BUG Clicker Window Black, Blank or Closing Right Away (Fix)Character Studio, the Line Editor or Show character opens black or blank, or closes at once? Update to 1.18.5 and turn off graphics acceleration.
- BUG Clicker Character Disappeared or Not Showing (Fix)Bring a lost BUG Clicker character back on screen, show one you just imported, keep it in front of other windows and fix a missing speech bubble.
- BUG Clicker Won't Download or Open? Fix the WarningsGet past "isn't commonly downloaded", .crdownload files, "Windows protected your PC" and antivirus blocks when downloading BUG Clicker, and slow GitHub.
Tools
- Make a pet from a pictureNo drawing needed: send one picture of your cat, dog or OC, and the AI draws the layers the PSD tools expect you to make. 10 credits a pet.
- PSD makerPack your body and face PNGs into a BUG Clicker PSD and a .cvclk file. Free, nothing uploaded.
- PSD checkerCheck a PSD's layer names, size and faces before you load it into BUG Clicker. Free, nothing uploaded.