Update Log

Added a basic how to play guide for the worm race!

Also made it possible to jump directly to the racetrack without feeding a worm first - having it hidden made sense in the alpha version, but now it doesn't matter.

The dark orange color has also been darkened a bit for better contrast!

Poison is also now much stronger when health is at zero.

The worm race page layout has been tweaked for (hopefully) better function on large devices, a couple broken bits of css have been fixed, and the chatbox has been removed for now since the chat service I was using has stopped working. Fingers crossed nothing's broken now lol.

apples reduced from 30 seconds to 10, heart potions reduced from 5 minutes to 4 minutes, and poison increased from -4 base effect to -5. will this mess up the balance? maybe! enjoy

also a goblin has informed me that if you've just poisoned the winning worm, it will appear without a crown. I may or may not fix this because it is very confusing and also kind of funny

behold, the worms have %N?3n% reborn in glorious new forms

nav arrows, impurroved top bar, fixed some pawsitioning issues

i figured out why worm race was broken!! neocities is a static website that doesnt allow databases 2 b hosted on-site, so i was using an off-site host and pulling that data in2 neocities. UNFURTUN8LY neocities changed their privacy settings recently and thats no longer allowed 4 fr33 accounts. so ive moved the entire game 2 the other host!! the old page will automatically redirect so u can proc33d as normal :33c

might move back 2 neocities if i can efur affurd 2 upgrade 2 premium but thats not happening in the near future

identified issue where %N?3ding% worms no longer actually updates the database. still figuring out why

existing worm data has %N?3n% backed up, hopefully will have it working again soon. im a bit busy this w33k so it might take a while to finish, sorry!

put a simple animation in2 the race results scr33n!!!!

also worm race upd8s r automatically displayed in the new upd8 section on the worm race page!! i want 2 put a pin at the top so it looks like a lill note but im out of spoons 4 the day :'33

layouts should also b nicer across devices!! i made a ton of edits and converted a bunch of things 2 flexboxes so lmk in worm race chat if u run in2 purroblems on a specific device

after a whole w33k of downtime, the worms rise again!! stats reset one last time but ill try 2 back them up more often going furward

basically i was running dozens of database read/write requests per user per minute, which is bad. had 2 rewrite the whole php code and half the javascript from scratch (again) and then navig8 a whole new host service but the fresh code is way more efficient!! u just gotta refresh the page 4 health updates if u have had the worm details scr33n sitting up for a while, no big deal. but pls dont spam refresh the page lol, it also upd8s when u f33d a worm.

the mew system has built in overload limits so it will block ppl from voting 4 a bit if we manage 2 exc33d database limits, but i think we should b ok!! load times on the new host server r a bit slower but the limits r way higher so its worth it imo

there's also a home navig8ion button and the game should b at least mostly mobile furiendly now!! plus i fixed a purroblem with the keyboard navigation system so u can go thru the item choices w the tab keylike the other buttons

now i can get back 2 the actual planned updates, like more art stuff!! finalized the item icons 4 a start :33

there's also some fancy new UI! propurr health bar, more infurmative health effects section, and the race looks a lil bit nicer