Wormatozoa

This game is very hard - it's a sort of evolved cross between Meat Boy and String Avoider and it has the difficulty to match - but if I can beat it without punching my computer then anyone can. A real hidden gem.

ESP: Es una especie de Puzzle de precisión y velocidad, se juega con el mouse y es extremadamente difícil y frustrante, para jugar con una mano en el mouse y otra en alt F4. Aun así, el diseño del juego y los niveles tan muy buenos, se agradece muchísimo el poder saltear niveles también. ENG: It is a kind of precision and speed Puzzle, it is played with the mouse and is extremely difficult and frustrating, to play with one hand on the mouse and another on alt F4. Even so, the game design and levels are very good, it is very grateful to be able to skip levels as well.

Parazit solucanlar hakkında büyük bir 2D işaretle ve tıkla hassas platform oyunu. Bu çivi kadar sert atari salonunda minik parazitlerden şehri yutan canavarlara dönüşürken onlara insan vücudunda rehberlik edin!

Great game that makes you feel like the disgusting putrid worm that you are.

EDIT: A recent update has provided fixes on a lot of things that I had previously mentioned, so to honor my word, I'm changing my negative review to a positive one. I'll leave my old review below, but just keep in mind that I now recommend this for anyone looking for a fresh challenge. For a full game with barely any players or reviews that I enjoyed, it seems cruel at first to give a negative review. But as you'll see, there's a lot that tells me this is far from a truly finished product. In case I get some sort of dispute, I originally played the demo version way back in October with a total of around 7ish hours before getting the full version, after which I played another 15 on top of that and became one of only two people (not including the dev) to beat the game normally so far. So, I know what I'm talking about here. Wormatozoa is a mouse-controlled game where you guide a parasitic worm of infinite length towards the goal in each level, with a vast array of obstacles and enemies standing in your way. The game is spread across 5 different worlds, each with their own sets of gimmicks and level order. What do I mean by that? Aside from World 1, where unlocking the boss only requires beating 20 out of 32 levels, each future world (aside from World 5 which is basically just a boss rush chapter) has hierarchical levels, where you must beat a certain amount of "smaller" levels to unlock one "bigger" level, then beat that "bigger" level to unlock more levels, and then beat all other "bigger" levels to unlock the boss (it sounds very confusing, but I promise it's much easier to understand in action). Getting used to the controls and figuring out how to beat each level takes a good while since even the first world has minimal hand-holding, but if that isn't challenging enough for you, there are also dev-tested par moves/times to aim for, as well as secret worlds which really push the limits of your skill and routing abilities. As frustrating and confusing as it may be, it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ blast. So, why the negative review? This game is RIDDLED with multiple inconsistencies, errors, and general jank that really detract from the overall experience of the game. I've made a couple of posts listing a multitude of errors and QoL suggestions, but the dev has not responded to that nor the email I sent afterwards. It's apparent to me that the dev had no interest in improving the game after releasing it, which is quite a shame. The demo already gives you the first 2 full worlds for free, so that is a fantastic way of knowing whether you like the game's mechanics or not, but until the day happens where things get improved, I suggest holding off on buying the game for now.

Excellent Game

"Wormatozoa" is certainly an unusual game, not many games put you into the role of a parasitic worm (except for the politics based games I guess). Unfortunately once the unpleasant veneer is put aside, we get a somewhat shallow Itchio reject that plays like a mobile app... put your finger on your iphone screen to make the worm move between "safe" spots. Collect what you have to collect, avoid the conveyor belts and spikes... you know the deal. It's not really a platformer but I guess it's close to one. The gameplay gets repetitive fairly quickly, it's just not all that fun to actually play once you've had an uncomfortable chuckle at the unpleasant premise. While I couldn't find this on the mobile app stores, everything about it looks and feels like it's a mobile app designed for mobile phones... for PC gaming enthusiasts, it's not going to give you a cutting edge PC gaming experience. That alone is enough to disqualify this from any recommendation. We don't spend thousands building gaming rigs so that we can pretend they're iPhones and play iPhone games and mobile apps. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games. Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now. There's no excuse. Now onto pricing and value. There's no initial download price, but the developer was charging $7 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It seems like a nice gesture for the game to have no up-front cost anymore, but it also tells us that the game wasn't good enough to succeed as a paid product. This is also a bit of a slap in the face to anyone who showed enough questionable judgement to pay money for this... nobody got refunded. A peak of [b]3 concurrent players[/b] (according to SteamDB) for a "free" game is a disastrous public reception. Out of 130 million potential players here on Steam, almost nobody was interested. Even though this is "free". That level of rejection speaks a lot for the quality of the game. This "free" game won't count toward your game collection count on your profile. With that in mind, is it something you should still download? Pass on this one. There's no immediate financial commitment, but there are thousands of more compelling games on the platform that will give you a lot more enjoyment for your time.