With Cosmic Worms threatening to devour planets, you must jump straight into the belly of the beast and destroy the creature from the inside, before it's too late!
Cosmic Worm Food is an action platformer roguelike. It is inspired by other pixel art classics such as Risk of Rain, Downwell, Vampire Survivors, and VVVVVV. It features constant adrenaline pumping action with a large variety of enemies, bosses, upgrades and parkour puzzles for the player to enjoy.
Gameplay
Cosmic Worms are threatening the galaxy, devouring planets that take their fancy, only our brave (disposable) heroes (fools) can stop them in their tracks. By jumping into the belly of the beast, they must locate the Cosmic Worm's heart and destroy it. You will explore through the ruined remains of planets, teleporting between spaceships, satellites, and colonies, all slowly being digested by the great beast.
All good platformers must feel great, they need to feel responsive and intuitive. The movement must feel deliberate, with full control being granted to the player. This is the core ethos of Cosmic Worm Food, and it achieves that with tight air control, wall jumping, wall sliding, and consistent, reliable physics.
On their journey, the player will encounter a variety of different monsters, all with unique mechanics and combinations to offer their own challenge for the player to take on. Always keep on the move, making use of both horizontal and vertical movement to avoid the parasites' attacks. As the player destroys the flora and fauna inhabiting the Cosmic Worm's stomach, they are rewarded with tokens to spend on upgrades in the various shops found about the level.
Each character comes with their own selection of four unique abilities. A primary and secondary ability for offensive purposes, a utility ability for defensive purposes, and an ultimate ability. Each ability is accompanied by their own diverging tree of upgrades, all available for purchase at one of the various shops found around the level. Some upgrades may be exclusive and can lock other upgrades from being chosen, so choose wisely! None of the upgrades take your fancy? No problem, just spend a couple of tokens to re-roll your options and create the build you want!
As you progress through the run, you'll explore the partially digested remains of many different planets and ruins (each with many alternative levels to add variety to each run). All these levels are created by hand to make each feel unique, fair, and with purpose. All of these levels will come with jumping puzzles, spike traps, turrets, environmental conditions and hazards, and more, with rewards for anyone daring enough to take up the challenge!
In order for the player to activate the teleporter and progress to the next level, they must first find and resolve a number of arenas scattered around the level. Each arena comes with it's own unique challenge, including timed survival, enemy killing, boss slaying, sample collecting, and hive infestation destroying.
Eventually, the player will find the Cosmic Worm's heart, be warned, destroying it will be no easy task! It'll take both skill and strength to defeat it and rid the galaxy of the beast... For now...
Key Features
- Action platformer roguelike
- Wall-jumping, dashing, jump-pads, and more
- Hand-crafted levels with procedural generation intertwined
- 3 completely different characters on release
- 4 abilities per character, each of which can be upgraded in a multitude of ways
- Each character comes with their own unique upgrades
- Full controller support
- 4-Player local coop
- Online coop
- Steam achievements
