SmallWorm is a simple game. It differs from classic game nibbles by two ways: the tail of your worm gets taller and taller all the time, and instead of eating apples you must force your opponent to crash. SmallWorm is most interesting when played against human opponent, but computer opponet is also available.
You guide your worm at the playing field (green rectangle). Player one commands red worm which starts at the right side of the playfield. Blue worm at the left is player two or computer opponent.
Sometimes a light blue dot (•) appears at the playfield. Players can try to pick it up. If a player picks a dot, the worm of another player slows down to half speed for a little time. That time advantage should be used to force another player to crash.
Game lasts until one of the players get as much points as specified in the "Rounds"-option (main menu).
Main menu:
Before the game begins, you can set the game options at the main screen. Use the following keys to set them
• [0-9]: Speed. 0-9 from the slowest to the fastest.
• [o/t]: One/Two players. "One" means one human player and a computer opponent.
• [+/-]: Select the number of rounds.
• [Enter/Return]: Begins the game
Keyboard:
Player one (red, at the right) movement: Arrow keys or 'i', 'j', 'k' and 'l'.
Player two (blue, at the left) movement: 'w', 'a', 's', and 'd'.
'p' pauses the game.
ESC or Cmd-Q quits.
System requirements: Any Mac newer than Macintosh 128, System 1.0 or greater, any screen, 50 kb free memory and about 15 kb free hard disk space. Not much asked.
SmallWorm is freeware. That means you can distribute it freely and it's free.
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