World's Hardest Game

***World's Hardest Game*** is a game developed by Stephen Critoph. In it, the player controls a red square and must collect all coins and reach a green area, while avoiding blue circles.

## Instructions from Cool Math Games

*Use the arrow keys to move the red square to the end zone. Collect the yellow coins while avoiding the blue balls to pass the level. Use speed and strategy to pass all the levels!*

***TIPS AND TRICKS***

*The World’s Hardest Game speaks for itself, when we say it is the hardest game we aren’t kidding! If you have played World’s Hardest Game before, you know how difficult the game can be. You will need to be quick and decisive with your movements, and have a strategy going into each level. Lucky for you, we have some helpful tips and tricks that will help you whether you are experienced or a complete beginner.*

***KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THE LEVEL***

*Each level poses a new challenge in World’s Hardest Game. Some levels might require you to move quickly and react fast, and other levels require you to slow it down. Before you start each level take a second to look it over. This will help you save some time on pointless restarts that could’ve been avoided. See if you notice any spots on the map where blue balls don’t reach, these spots will be your safe spots on the map. You also should pay attention to how fast the blue balls are moving. Some might be moving fast, and others might be moving slower.*

***USE THE CHECKPOINTS***

*We talked about finding areas on the map where blue balls don’t reach. This is a valuable strategy, but there are some levels that actually have designated checkpoints. These checkpoints allow you to restart at them once you die instead of having to start the level over from the beginning. Not only do they save your progress, but they also offer you a chance to catch your breath and figure out how to solve the next portion of the level.'*

***DON'T GIVE UP***

*I know this one might sound too simple, but it is really important in World’s Hardest Game. There are some games out there that you can fly through without much struggle. World’s Hardest Game is not one of those games. It is very easy to find yourself stuck on a level, but you should not give up! If you find yourself stuck, try to have some fun and fight off the frustration.*

## Gameplay

The player controls a square, which is usually red, but whose color can be changed in the pause menu to pink, purple, blue, green, cyan, yellow, orange, or to shift between these colors. The square can be moved around with the arrow keys, or WASD.

On every level but the first, there are coins, represented by yellow circles, to collect. The total amount of coins and the number of coins collected are displayed at the top of the screen.

The square starts the levels in a green area, and it must go to a specific green area after collecting all coins in the level, in order to go to the next level. If the square touches a green area, but it doesn't end the level, the green area will function as a checkpoint, being where the square is teleported if it dies, and saving all coins collected prior to entering the checkpoint.

On every level, there are blue circles, which either are stationary, or move around in a pattern. If the red square touches any of them, it will be teleported to the last green area touched, and all coins collected after touching said checkpoint will respawn in their original locations, forcing the square to collect them again in order to finish the level. This will increment the deaths counter on the top of the screen by one.