
         Decipede

(c) 2017 by Victor Parada
        and Kevin Savetz

Kill the caterpillars before they
reach the bottom of the garden.
Be carefull! They can eat you.

Game written for NOMAM's
BASIC 10-liners Contest 2017.

Requires:
- Atari XL/XE (or emulator)
- TurboBASIC XL
- Joystick

Load instructions:
- Boot DECIPEDE.ATR disk
- Wait for READY prompt
- Type: E."D:DECIPEDE.LST"
- Wait for READY prompt
- Type: RUN
- The game starts immediately
- Press space to start a new game

Game instructions:
- Move around the bottom of the
  screen with the joystick
  controller.
- Caterpillars came from the top
  of the screen, going to the
  left and to the right, stepping
  down at the borders or when
  they face a mushroom.
- Press the button to fire to
  the caterpillar.
- If you hit a caterpillar, it
  will split.
- Mushrooms can be destroyed to
  clean the garden by shooting
  them, but extra mushrooms appear
  when you clean a line of them.
- Mushrooms also appear every time
  you hit the caterpillar, when
  they step down or when they
  leave the screen at the bottom.
- The game is over when the
  caterpillar hits you or when 5
  of them go away.
- To restart the game, press the
  space bar.

