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32.Dd May 31, 1993
33.Dt WORM 6
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm worm
37.Nd play the growing worm game
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Ar size
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42In
43.Nm ,
44you are a little worm, your body is the "o"'s on the screen
45and your head is the "@".
46As in the game
47.Xr snake 6
48you move with the hjkl keys.
49If you don't press any keys, you continue in the direction you
50last moved.  The upper case HJKL keys move you as if you had pressed
51several (9 for HL and 5 for JK) of the corresponding lower case key
52(unless you run into a digit, then it stops).
53.Pp
54On the screen you will see a digit, if your worm eats the digit is will
55grow longer, the actual amount longer depends on which digit it was
56that you ate.  The object of the game is to see how long you can make
57the worm grow.
58.Pp
59The game ends when the worm runs into either the sides of the screen,
60or itself.  The current score (how much the worm has grown) is kept in
61the upper left corner of the screen.
62.Pp
63The optional argument, if present, is the initial length of the worm.
64.Sh BUGS
65If the initial length of the worm is set to less than one or more
66than 75, various strange things happen.
67