Worm Cubed

Collect the yellow orbs and use wormholes to teleport to the other side of the cube!

This game is a submission for 4MB Jam 2025 on the theme Worms, Holes and Wormholes.

If the framerate is low (particularly when the view is very zoomed in), I have provided a low-resolution version which may give better performance.

Game size: 7.80 kB

Controls

• W - move forward
• AD - Steer left and right
• Space - create a wormhole
• Mouse click and drag - Move the camera
• Scroll wheel - Zoom in/out

Gameplay video

Size optimization

This game was crafted with a tiny footprint in mind. Here are some of the techniques used to keep the game's size small.

• Ray-Casted Graphics: The 3D-like visuals are rendered pixel by pixel using a custom ray-casting engine and don't use 3D graphic libraries like OpenGL.
• Minimal Dependencies: I've stuck to core Windows APIs (windows.h, mmsystem.h) and avoided large external libraries. Math functions are custom-implemented.
• Music & SFX: All music and sound effects are generated using MIDI commands.
• Levels: Obstacle positions are stored using 4 integers in each level (4x4x8 = 128 bits) to represent the 5x5x5 grid of available positions.
• The game was compressed using Crinkler.