worm(6) worm(6)NAME worm - plays the game of growing worm SYNOPSIS worm [size] ARGUMENTS size Specifies the initial length of the worm. Replace size with a number between 1 and 75. DESCRIPTION In the game worm, you are a little worm, your body is the string of os on the screen, and your head is the @. You move around with the h, j, k, and l keys. If you don't press any keys, you continue in the direction you last moved. The uppercase H, J, K, and L keys move you as if you had pressed the corresponding lowercase key several times (9 for HL and 5 for JK) unless you run into a digit, then it stops. On the screen you will see a digit. If the worm eats the digit, it will grow longer. The actual amount by which the worm will grow longer depends upon which digit was eaten. The object of the game is to see how long you can make the worm grow. The game ends when the worm runs into either the sides of the screen or itself. The current score (how much the worm has grown) is kept in the upper left corner of the screen. LIMITATIONS If the initial length of the worm is set to less than one or more than 75, various strange things happen. FILES /usr/games/worm Executable file January 1992 1