Worms
The player has an animated sprite that cycles through a series of colors. There are other critters with face icons and ‘worms’ made up of worm segments, which are polygon-shaped critters that tag after each other as if playing follow the leader.
If the player touches a worm segment, it reduces the player’s health by 1.
The player’s bullets are small polypolygons.
When a player bullet hits one of the worm segments, the number of sides in the worm segment’s polygon decreases, down to a minimum of three, after which the segment disappears, effectively splitting the worm in two.
The face critters shoot out ‘food’ bubbles at a right angle to the direction towards the player, and the food bubbles avoid the player. The player gains score points ...
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