HYPERWORM EX

Made in one month for 4MB Jam 2025
Ranking: 1st (community vote), 2nd (fun), 3rd (size)
Theme: "Worms, Holes and Wormholes"
Size: 19 558 bytes

In 2142, an interstellar megacorp, Tapax Industries, discovered Pentieum-i7, a rare energy source buried beneath the toxic surface of 4MB-4269, a desolate exoplanet.

The catch? The mineral is guarded by Sillycrawlers, armored worm-like creatures that defend their territory.

You play as a debt-trapped contractor sent to 4MB-4269 under Tapax Industries' "Drill First, Ask Never" policy.

Your Job:

• EXTERMINATE Sillycrawlers (each kill can deduct from your crippling debt)
• DESTROY terrain with a plasma-charged grenade launcher
• UNCOVER a mysterious energy signature deep underground, rumored to be a wormhole leading to layers of dimensions where Sillycrawlers progressively evolved into godlike beings

Tapax doesn’t care about the portal... Unless it’s profitable. Blow up enough worms, and you might just buy back your freedom, or die in a hail of molten chitin.

Good luck, and see you on the job.

Controls

WASD / ZQSD / Arrows Keys	Move / Navigate UI
Mouse	Look around
Left Click	Shoot
Right Click	Launch a grenade
Space	Jump / Select
O / L	Increase / decrease look sensitivity

Credits

• Engine, Software Renderer: SheatNoisette
• Gameplay, Graphics, SFX: Herald & SheatNoisette
• Music, Font: Herald
• Beta Testing: N.R, Q.F, C.R, S.E, P.R.A, J.C. Thanks <3
• Colors: slso8, minty-8, darkroom, rust-gold-8, paper-8