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A version of this educational game was originally sold commercially
in Australia. We have decided to release it as user-supported
software since our business has moved towards towards authoring
systems and database consultancy. If you want to learn more about
our AUTHOR Computer Based Training system (used in over 300
Australian and North American organizations) please contact
our Canadian branch for a free sample disk.
This game is subject to the usual conditions. It may be freely
distributed from bulletin boards or given to your friends. It may
not be altered and all the Wordworm files (including this documentation)
must be included when you distribute it.
This game is not public domain or shareware. If you wish to use
the game on a single machine please register your use by sending
a $12.00 cheque to:
Cybercraft
330 Waterloo Avenue
Guelph ONTARIO N1H 3J8
CANADA
Ph: (519) 767 0482
Any educational institutions who wish to use the game within their
organization please contact us for information on a site licence.
WORDWORM
Table of Contents
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
AIM OF THE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
THE MAIN MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
LEVELS OF PLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
HOW TO MOVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
RULES OF THE GAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SCORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
HELPFUL HINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DICTIONARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Microcraft Pty Ltd
PO Box 63
Canterbury
Victoria 3126
Australia
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum requirements
1. An IBM Compatible machine with a minimum of
256Kb of memory.
2. One double sided diskette drive.
3. An Color Display and its relevant adapter.
4. DOS 2.00 or later.
AIM OF THE GAME
The aim of the game is to consume as many correctly
spelled words as possible. To do so it is necessary to eat the
letters that make up each word in the correct
sequence. Points are awarded for each letter eaten in the
correct sequence and deducted for each letter eaten out of
sequence.
The game has some inbuilt hazards and rewards and
can be played at 4 levels of difficulty. Masters of level 4 may
be ready for "Codeworm".
WORDWORM is based upon the recognition that not
all words lend themselves to neat rules of spelling. Such words
are largely mastered by repetition and recognition of what the
correctly spelled word looks like. WORDWORM uses a basic
dictionary of frequently misspelt words and a game strategy
that reinforces the correct spelling of these words. You can
add particular words that your child or student finds
troublesome to this basic dictionary or create your own
separate dictionary.
INSTALLATION
Place the UNZIPped files in a directory or copy them to a floppy disk.
Type WW to start WordWorm.
THE MAIN MENU
Press Esc to display the Main Menu.
The Main Menu shows the action of each of the function keys.
Press...
F1 to F5 to select the level of play.
F6 to see the word at a cost of 25
points. Applicable to levels 3, 4,
and Codeworm.
F7 to turn sound effects on and off.
F8 to choose another colour scheme for the
screen.
F9 to change game speed, use a joystick or
change the dictionary.
F10 to exit.
Spacebar to pause the game.LEVELS OF PLAY
Levels 1 - 4
At levels 1-4 the word to be spelt appears at the top left-hand
corner of the screen and the letters which make up the word
are randomly scattered across the screen. Your mission is to
eat the letters in the correct sequence to create the word.
F1 - Level 1
Worm speed is slow. The word you are trying to eat will stay
in the left hand upper corner of the screen and the next letter
required will appear in a different colour. Letters will not
usually appear at the edges of the screen.
F2 - Level 2
Worm speed is faster. The word will stay on the screen but
the next letter will not be highlighted. Letters will appear near
the edges of the screen and carry bonus points.
F3 - Level 3
Increase in worm speed. Each word will only appear for a
short time at the beginning of each round. Occasionally you
will experience uncontrolled growth after eating a letter.
F4 - Level 4
Maximum worm speed. The word only flashes on the screen
at the beginning. Occasionally you will experience
uncontrolled growth after eating a letter.
Codeworm
At Codeworm level the word does not initially appear in the
top left-hand corner of the screen. The letters which make up
the mystery word are randomly scattered across the screen.
Your task is to guess the mystery word and eat the letters in
the correct sequence to create the word, letter by letter.
F5 - Codeworm
Maximum word speed. The word does not appear on the
screen, you must decipher it.
HOW TO MOVE
Keyboard play
Use the arrow keys and/or the A and Z keys to move the
worm around the screen and eat the letters.
One-handed
Use the four arrow keys on the numeric keypad.
Two-handed
Use the <- and -> arrow keys to move left and right and the
A and Z keys to move up and down.
Joystick play
Press Esc to see the Main Menu, press F9, then press the
joystick button to use the joystick.
RULES OF THE GAME
Fatal mistakes
The worm must not run into itself, the sides of the screen or
barriers that occasionally appear on the screen.
Growth
The more letters and words that the worm eats, the bigger it
grows. The bigger the worm grows, the more difficult it is to
move around the screen without making fatal mistakes.
Uncontrolled bursts of growth sometimes occur after eating a
letter in all levels above Level 2.
Shrinking potion and barriers
Occasionally you are given an opportunity to reduce your size
by drinking a flask of shrinking potion. You must avoid the
barriers and reach the flask before it disappears.
Bonus points
Letters may appear next to the sides of the screen in all levels
above Level 1. Bonus points are awarded for eating these
letters.
Sleep
To make things more difficult the worm will occasionally sleep
for a short time. Be ready when it starts to move again!
SCORING
Consumed Points
Correct letter 1
Edge letter 5
Corner letter 10
Last letter of word half the
word length
Incorrect letter -5
Flask 50
High score distinctions
The top four scores for each level and the top two scores for
Codeworm are recorded and displayed at the beginning of
each WORDWORM session. If you attain a new high score,
type in your name and press the Enter key. You may erase
any mistakes by using the Backspace key.
HELPFUL HINTS
Don't panic!
It takes a while to become accustomed to moving the worm
around the screen. You must turn the worm, you cannot
reverse the direction that the worm is travelling in. Don't
hold down the keys!!!
Spurts of growth
There is a slight delay before the worm grows after eating a
word. Take advantage of this brief period to redirect the
worm if it is headed towards an obstacle. Otherwise you may
find yourself running into a wall very quickly.
Don't become complacent! Uncontrolled spurts of growth can
randomly occur after eating any letter at levels 3, 4 and 5.
Pause the game
Press the spacebar to pause the game. Press the spacebar to
restart. A penalty will be incurred for pausing
WORDWORM.
For the truly desperate
If you press F6 during a game at levels 3 and 4, the highlighted
word will momentarily flash. A penalty of 25 points will be
deducted from your score.
At Codeworm level, only the first 3 letters of the word will
appear.
DICTIONARIES
To create your own dictionary
1. Create a list of words using a text editor.
This may be EDLIN, WordPerfect, Microcraft's LED or
any other writing package that produces standard ASCII
files with a Carriage Return/Linefeed combination at
the end of each line.
2. Place each word on a line by itself. Do not use words
greater than 20 characters as they will be ignored.
3. When you have created your dictionary, start up
WORDWORM, press Esc to see the Main Menu.
Press F9. Choose the option to Change the dictionary.
Type in the name of your file and press Enter.
To modify the standard dictionary
The standard dictionary WW.WRD can be edited by your text
editor. If you wish to permanently change the dictionary, edit
the file WW.OLD, press Esc to see the Main Menu, press F9
and choose the Reinstall option.