.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)worm.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 .\" $FreeBSD: src/games/worm/worm.6,v 1.3.2.1 2001/07/22 11:01:24 dd Exp $ .\" $DragonFly: src/games/worm/worm.6,v 1.3 2005/08/01 00:35:08 swildner Exp $ .\" .Dd May 31, 1993 .Dt WORM 6 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm worm .Nd play the growing worm game .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Ar size .Sh DESCRIPTION In .Nm , you are a little worm, your body is the "o"'s on the screen and your head is the "@". As in the game .Xr snake 6 you move with the hjkl keys. If you don't press any keys, you continue in the direction you last moved. The upper case HJKL keys move you as if you had pressed several (9 for HL and 5 for JK) of the corresponding lower case key (unless you run into a digit, then it stops). .Pp On the screen you will see a digit, if your worm eats the digit is will grow longer, the actual amount longer depends on which digit it was that you ate. The object of the game is to see how long you can make the worm grow. .Pp 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. .Pp The optional argument, if present, is the initial length of the worm. .Sh BUGS If the initial length of the worm is set to less than one or more than 75, various strange things happen.