fan of the movie or not you'll enjoy the puzzles in this game...
Flik begins each level at a predetermined start location and must then complete specific objectives, such as finding all of the pieces to build his fake bird invention or floating across a riverbed using sets of propellers. The finish is indicated by a leaf post, and may be seen in advance with a telescope.
There are two ways to attack opponents, which Flik may encounter during the game. The primary way is for Flik to use weapons, which are represented by different types of berries in the game. Flik may also engage in physical attacks against opponents, but these are generally less effective than the use of berry weapons.
On most of the levels, there are seeds which Flik may use to produce different useful objects. He can pick up a seed, move it to somewhere else, and put it down again. Not all seeds are moveable—some are buried in the ground and Flik cannot move these, but he can do handstands on them. To open a seed and retrieve its contents, Flik simply has to jump on it. This will crack it open. Some seeds in the game are sunflower seeds. These seeds, when cracked, will always turn into a specific object, regardless of number of tokens.
Once Flik no longer needs the object, he may pick it up and throw it down onto the ground where it will vanish. The seed will reappear out of the ground. Seeds can also be used to crush enemies.
Before Flik can use the seeds for certain things, however, he has to collect tokens. There are several tokens scattered throughout each level (except for Levels 9 and 14) that will allow Flik to use them for different purposes. There are five colors of tokens. They are: Brown, Green, Blue, Purple, and Yellow.
A Bug's Life has a large variety of curious creatures, almost none of which are friendly. However, the circus bugs (Dim, Rosie, Tuck, Roll, Manny, slim, hemlich, francis, and Gypsy) and other ants do not hurt Flik.
the game doesn't look too bad when u get used to it you'll enjoy the puzzles.