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You're a giant worm doing giant worm things, like terrorizing the coast, but those pesky adventurers want to kill you for your loot! That's unacceptable.
"AAHADFIKDFHSKJFDS" - Worm
(Translation: If I'm going down, I'm taking you all with me!)
This is a demo made in about one week for a jam. Expect a small playable game with room for future updates. We are planning to update it after!
**Video of the game being played by Patrickgh3!**
Instructions
- Arrows: move
- 1234: skills (unlock more at lower health)
- R: restart
- Enter or mouse: menus
Skills
Skills are unlocked in order from 1-4 when health is lower. Icon background tells you if you can use it underground or in the air.
- 1 (spit): fire damaging projectile into the air.
- 2 (flop): destroy structures.
- 3 (speed up): burst of speed and invulnerability.
- 4 (husk): spit a monster that attacks adventurers and last 15 seconds. Eating it restores health. You can spawn more than one.
Credits
Everything made by us in about a week. No premade assets.
- Rulste: Programmer/designer
- Scorpakwal: Pixel artist/sound designer (channel)
- Aprahcot: Pixel artist
Tips
- Don't hit the force fields on structures, they do damage!
- You can shoot the dragon out of the air and destroy kegs at 75% health (skill 1).
- Everything except the sound wave can be destroyed at 25% health (skill 3).
- Playing risky and unlocking skills gives more ways to deal with adventurers and higher scores, but if you start getting overwhelmed, you can play it safe by gaining health.
- The game goal is a high score, and is meant to take a couple rounds to get the hang of and discover the strategies we designed.
High score
- Can you beat the high score? Currently held by FurieuxFrangins
Themes
This is originally made for Vimjam2. This is our first time doing this contest!
"Boss"
- You play as the boss, destroying as much as you can before you die. Directly inspire by things like Tremors, GW2, etc.
"On the edge"
- As the boss, you get stronger the lower your health. Gain new skills to fight off an endlessly respawning horde of adventurers. Players can decide if they want to play risky or safe, by controlling amount of health.
Status | Released |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Authors | Rulste, scorpAKWAL |
Genre | Action |
Made with | GameMaker |
Tags | 2D, Boss battle, My First Game Jam, Pixel Art, Retro, Side Scroller |
Development log
- Another QoL updateOct 09, 2021
- Small update to fix bugsSep 30, 2021
Comments
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Really cool game! Love the fluidity of the worm :D Lots of fun destroying everything haha