Cool game, the animation at the beginning was really funny. It would be cool if the mechanics evolved as the game goes on as it felt like I was just looking for the next speed boost after a while. Really fun, had me replaying for a while!

Overall a simple and fun little game. I especially love the intro. There is a bug with the try again button, that make the game crash when I am clicking on it. But overall a good little jam game. Well done.

Really enjoyed the intro sequence and the music in general, the setup is fun and original and I can't wait to learn more of the adventures of Sherlock Worms and the evil birdygang :p

That said, the gameplay is a bit too simple I think to make me want replay it over and over. I thought the speed boosts were obstacles at first (like blue nunchakus) and I was trying to avoid them; wich caused my first few tries to end very fast.
I think maybe if the overall speed of the game was faster, the difficulty could rely more on reflex instead of anticipation and it would better translate the "escape" mood.

Good entry, well done! :)

Sherlock Worm is my new favourite worm. I loved the animation in the beginning but then I had trouble making it far until I noticed that what I thought were spikes were actually speed boosts.
Really nice game for a game jam. Good Job!

Great intro!
I liked that different types of wood made the worm change speed and sound was great also. For a game made in a few days, it's pretty good, but overall would want some more variety in the gameplay.

cool game mechanic! it's pretty difficult to play and yea, like the others, i took a while understanding what the items meant, but it's pretty solid! very scary and intense :)

The intro was really funny (not only the content, but the idea) and something I have never seen on LD before! Though the gameplay is very simple. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it "kills" the replay value, if you understand what I mean. That aside though, this is a really solid and fun game. Good job!

I would also like to voice my appreciation for the intro cutscene. You don't see too many of those in game jam games, especially not one as funny as yours. The gameplay itself was fun in a simplistic kind of way, but I felt the difficulty was a bit wonky. I felt it was too easy to die within a few seconds if you didn't know what you were doing, and the audio bug when reloading the game was very annoying to listen to each time you died.

@spacecadet fixed the audio bug, so that _should_ be OK now. It still loads a good while after pressing "Play again", though :)

As others have mentioned, I had a hard time determining the use of the items. Other than that, the game felt very well put together. Nice work on the intro cutscene and general feel. This game could easily become addicting...

I got 211 points, and some dramatic music! I enjoyed the entry. Funny intro, and some interesting mechanics. A next step could have been to put in more things to avoid / look for during the gameplay!

Intro gorgeous, I liked the concept itself too)

Sherlock Worm... I like it :D :D :D

The intro was funny, really enjoyed that. The gameplay was simple, but the music added a great sense of urgency to it which I really liked. It would've been great if the gameplay related a bit more to the title/intro but overall seriously impressed with what you managed to accomplish. Looking forward to part 2!

Nice simple graphics and pretty fun, challenging gameplay! Sherlock Worms is a great alias XD

It was an enjoyable little game, good work! The intro cutscene was a really nice addition, and provided a good bit of context to what I was doing in the game. The gameplay itself was simple, but it worked well, and growing as I ate more wood helped give the game some progression. That being said, it was a little unclear what I was doing - did growing actually do anything in game? And the powerups were a bit confusing too, since they kind of looked like saws or blades to me at first - something to avoid, which made the first couple of playthroughs feel kind of unfair.

The graphics were nice too, and I loved how the tree was textured and coloured - it was all nice and clear. The character designs looked unique as well, which was great. Some of the powerups did seem out of place though, like the dark blue speed powerups in the tree - what were they supposed to represent? The music was really good, though, and the sound effects added some feedback to the game - good on those. It was a good game, nice one!

BRILLIANT!.

First of all, I absolutely loved that opening cutscene, it had me rolling with laughter! Same for the giant woodpecker game over screen, just loved it. The premise was really funny and creative. I also liked the different wood grain having different speeds. It took me a bit to understand the shuriken was a speed boost, as I thought they were obstacles at first and was avoiding them. The controls were great except for the retry button, it seemed to cause the game to hang up for a while and then threw me into a new game where the woodpecker was already almost on top of me, which killed a bit of the replay value for me. But otherwise this was a really fun and creative game, when I hard refreshed I enjoyed seeing the animation play again. Great job!

That opening scene is just phenomenal, it sets the tone right of the bat. The premise is really strange and hilarious. It was quite challenging, which is a plus in my book! :)

Overall a great entry!

The opening scene is just magnificent, it sets the mood of the game from the start. The graphics were good. I liked the music, but there are a few audio clicks and pop during the game. It was quite challenging, which is a plus for me. Overall, a really good entry.