I think this is the first actual "storyline" since episode 7. Every other episode's story was "Blockhead does stuff." :)

Hey, Bomber. Thanks for the review. :)

I thought about adding a "How To Play" button. In the end, though, balancing the gameplay in later levels, adding more diverse wiggi characters, implementing z-sorting and finishing the ending animation took priority. The "How To Play" screen would have included point& click instructions and a chart showing the relative speeds and ammount of veggies needed to feed each of the wiggis. Unfortunately, there just wasn't time. Fortunately, point & click is just about the simplest gameplay paradigm there is. You're right, it really is self-explainatory. I saw kids who are too young to even read the text in the "How to Play" menu, figure it out in a few seconds. That's part of why it was such a low priority for me during crunch time.

Yes, everyone hates the first level. The first level is there for five year olds. I thought about a skip button, but I figured more people would complain about it being there than would complain about a 60 second boring level. Also, since the game was designed for 5-12 year olds (with 9 year olds presumably being the average gamer,) a large chunk of the target audience will be a little slower on the draw than you and I, or will be less experienced as gamers.

I agree that the ending is odd, but no more so than the premise of the game in the first place. Frankly, it's an odd little game. The red thing is a fat kid. You eventually fed him so many vegetables that he magically turns thin. Yes, I know it doesn't really work that way. It's symbolic, and it's meant as a silly ending to a game that was silly in the first place.

The game was originally an endless arcade mode. But since one of the points of Wiggi World is to teach internet usage in moderation, it made more sense to have a longish but finite (10 minute) game, than to have an endless game that keeps getting harder and harder until you inevitably die. More rewarding, too, IMHO.

Sorry about the clicking during the intro. It's one of those "click anywhere to skip" things. This was implemented at the VERY last minute after all the animations were done, and was the last thing I worked on before finalizing the game.

Overall, I'm glad you enjoyed the game. It's certianly not as perfect as I'd like it to be. It is, however, fun, reasonably well-executed, and as far as I can tell, bug-free. I'd certianly polish it a bit more if I had a chance. Unfortunately, the game was frozen August 10th when I submitted it.

Don't worry, though. I'll make other games in the future. Games without deadlines. :) And those games will evolve based on user feedback, as it should be!