Nerm the Worm

Nerm the Worm is an unimaginative 2D retro pixel ripoff of someone else's game, the "Snake" genre of games made famous by the arcade game "Blockade", copyright Gremlin (1976). While the video gaming industry in various formats attempted to enhance the game, from the highly successful Light-Cycle arcade game "Tron" in the 1980s, to an ultra simple version of the game appearing on Nokia phones in the 1990's, apparently if we fast forward to 2020, all advancement in the science and technology of video gaming is abandoned. This Snake ripoff doesn't have any noteworthy or interesting spins on the original game and is arguably defective to even 1976's Blockade. There's different level designs, and you're supposed to eat "Apples" within a certain time of them dropping, because you know, that was the challenge Snake needed all along. At least Gremlin used the hardware at the time to the fullest. Here, Nerm The Worm is slapped together badly with the godawful GameMaker Studio video game construction kit, the crutch favoured by amateur/failed game developers unable to grasp the complexities of actual software development required to create video games of any meaning or value for gamers.…

My primary game genres are MMORPGs (typically older ones with a focus on open world, lore and/or sandbox elements), arena FPS titles, CRPGs, Action RPGs, MUDs, and other titles that tend to be heavy on immersive elements and a shared world for exploration. These games are also huge time sinks and can be quite stressful, so I often take breaks to revisit classic arcade titles, platformers, kart racers, and other titles that are much easier to jump in and out of. I've played many Bubble Bobble, Snake / Nibbles, Pong, and Breakout clones during these breaks. It seems fairly easy to make a mediocre clone of the latter 3 aforementioned titles, with very few titles I've come across being downright awful or impressive. Nerm the Worm takes the snake / nibbles formula and adds a bit of personality to it, making solid use of limited resources to construct a quite playable, cute, and even a bit funny take on the formula. Upon loading, we are met with very amateurish, albeit quite fitting, voice acting for Nerm the Worm, which appears to have been done by the developer with pitch being adjusted to make it sound less like an adult human male and more cutesy worm-like. Coupled with the child-li…

Where does one begin to describe a game like Nerm the Worm? Would it be apt of me to recognize Nerm's cute and friendly demeanor? Or perhaps highlight a fun and addicting gameplay loop? No. Rather, I would venture to say that one's time spent with Nerm would best be used turning the game off and refunding it so as to never look at this miserable piece of garbage wretch of a game ever again. Where to begin... Nerm, as a character, is in principle wholly redundant. He spouts ridiculous zingers that fail to miss the mark of charming and funny, growing worse and more annoying each time. This is especially painful when considering the fact that he was voiced by a sad, bizarre middle-aged man with no more talent for voice acting than game developing. As I stared into the disjointed, hideous mess of primary colors and horrid droning music that made up the title screen, this was made abundantly clear to me. "My name is Nerm and I love eating apples, come play with me..." spouted the old coot. It was then I knew I was finished with this game. This complimented the gameplay perfectly, a hobbled mishmash of rehashed ideas from better games. "Snake" as a concept has existed since 1976 in t…

Speaking as the person with the current Nerm high score and likely the most amount of time played due to my insanity, its an alright game. It's fun to rack up a crap ton of points if youve got a few hours, its fun watching that combo grow ever bigger and finding new strats to increase my point earning efficiency. Main complaint is that there are too many levels. In trying to make so many of them for a total of 50, many of them are either very poorly designed or just lazy reworks of previous levels, making finishing all the levels more boring and tedious than it needed to be. Like there are many levels where the creator took a previous level and just adds like 1 line of blocks and calls it good. Others look like they were designed in 15 seconds in microsoft paint. Many levels are still good but the campaign still has way too much bloat. Overall, i think the campaign is meh and the core game-play is pretty decent, i find its great when i want a quick distraction for my hands as i watch a movie or something

this game is a rip-off there are better worm game out there and a scam and a cash grab

Nerm is a way of life