I thought I’d be done for a while, but the game still didn’t feel fun. It’s not great yet, but it’s a step forward - so here’s a new changes.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Game over screen & best score system
• Things look nicer
• New map & enemy
• Fixed collisions / dash

Full details:

• Fading projectiles no longer collide with the player.
• Huckerworms are now also known as “gummy worms.” Their bodies have become translucent, squishy gel which comes in all colors.
• A couple new particle effects give new life (and death effect) to these refined worms.
• Worms have collisions until dashed through.
• There is now a game over screen and a new score you can keep. How high can you go?
• Doors have been added for arcade progression.
• Missions have been added.
• Y sorting has finally and unbelievably been fixed!
• Credits have been added to the menu.
• Lights have been added.
• Dashing no longer costs food, the chicken has energy.
• A new enemy is added, called “lotus.”
• The chicken ball, “Chiki,” now has a fresh new look with tweaked animations.
• Trying a new style for arcade backgrounds and some new sounds.
• 0.5% chance for a silly game title.
• Added “End run” button in upgrade menu so you can quit early.
• Version number now has a suffix, because honestly, this game is in beta compared to my vision.
• Main menu popups look nicer.
• 7 additional arcade loops (BGM).
• 1 new arcade level + tutorial level.
• Volume can now be controlled from the settings, and doesn’t blast your ears to space on every startup! Thanks to The Shaggy Dev @YT for his tutorial on a simpler, more efficient volume system.

Bug fixes:

• Dashing through enemies will now always work. Previously, beginning a dash inside an enemy hitbox would not do anything. This is no longer the case.
• Worms will always explode on death.
• Pause menu now blocks mouse input behind it.
• Main menu no longer crashes when you press space.
• The game doesn’t tickle your eardrums on the main menu anymore with the new config version.

That should be all. Thanks for playing!

Oh, and also, I’m testing a Linux build as well. I do not own a Linux machine nor have I ever used one. So if the game doesn’t launch, please comment and let me know.