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Ah, the peaceful life of a pond Quiggle. Fresh air, clean water, lilies... what more could one want? The answer is a five-star restaurant, which, sadly, the pond seems to be lacking. You control a Quiggle, who honestly just wants a good meal, whether it's bits of lilies, some tasty flies, or an extremely delicious bee.

Controls

Using only its speed and its tongue, stuff the Quiggle as fast as you can! Guide the hungry Quiggle, usb the left and right arrow keys to move him side to side. Pressing the space bar helps him catch the flies.

Game Play

So you're hungry, or at least the Quiggle is. The first thing you should familiarize yourself with are the snacks available for his dining pleasure. Of course, each adds a different amount of points to your score.

Image	Points	Image	Points delicious
	2		20
	5		20
	10		20
	Unknown		1

The flies are what race across the top of your screen, slowly making their way to the bottom and closer to the Quiggle. The bees appear randomly through each round. While eating them may increase your score, they sting! Being stung by one of these bees will cause you to instantly lose a life.

On each level you will notice a maze of pink lilies. These flowers are also worth points, but they take a long time to eat. The average amount of licks it takes to eat just one is five.

The three heads at the bottom of the screen represent the amount of lives you have left and typing deliciousflies will give you an extra life.

The flies start off in one long line. If you eat a fly from the center of the line the flies on either side will divide into two groups and remain together as separate groups until you break them apart further by eating more flies. Catching a fly from either end will keep the flies in one large group. When you separate them, the lines begin to move in different directions.

At the beginning of each level, find a path that will lead you to the flies, without any lilies being in the way. The row of lilies that are positioned in a vertical line, at the edges of the screen, can be useful if you keep hitting the space bar in the same place. If you do this, it'll make it easier to get to the flies, and faster to complete each round. If there is no path, quickly make one, by eating away at the lilies.

When the level starts the flies are at the very top of the screen. Each flyby moves them closer to the bottom of the screen. As they enter the sections with the water lilies, the lilies act as barriers, causing a maze effect. The flies are forced to find the path they can follow so they bounce off of lilies and go the other direction. This causes them to reach the bottom of the screen much more quickly than if they were flying the entire way across the screen each time. If a fly reaches the very bottom of the screen and touches the Quiggle, it will cause you to lose a life.

Each line of flies begins with a red fly and ends with a purple fly. If you eat one of the red flies, another red fly will appear. This is very important. Why? Well, there are 12 flies. (1 purple, 1 red and 10 yellows) You already know that the red flies count for 5 points, the purple fly counts for 10 points and the yellow flies count for 2 points. When you eat a purple fly, another one will appear. Cool huh? So if Mr. Quiggle eats 11 purple flies, that gives you a score of 110 points. Whereas if you eat 10 yellow flies, you only get 20 points. Factor in the red fly. 10 yellow flies, with 2 red flies, gives you a score of 30. 11 purple flies and 1 red, gives you a score of 115. Notice the difference in scores! In order to separate the lines, hit a yellow fly.

As mentioned above, the bees are out to get you. If you do not capture one and it stings you, you will lose a life. Catching every bee on each level will give you a score of about 800 points. Sometimes the bees will get hip to your game and sandwich you in the corner, making it hard to get out, and causing you to get stung. This seems to happen in the higher levels. If you know that you are unable to catch a bee... DO NOT TRY. These bees are known for switching directions at the very last second. Though they travel fast, they are unable to travel in a straight line.

Level 10

If you are lucky enough to get to level 10, there is something you should know. You are rewarded 100 points at the end of this level. The downside to this is that you will not be rewarded if you have any extra lives. What should you do? Continue to play the game, like you would any other level. Eating the flies and bees one by one. When you notice that there is only one fly left, make the sacrifice. Allow Mr. Quiggle to be stung by one of the bees, without eating the last fly. If you have two lives, repeat the process until you have one fly left. By this level, you should have a score of 1500. Give or take a couple of points.

Tips to Win

Of course know the code: deliciousflies That goes without saying. If you know the code, you will add another life, and you need as many as you can get!

Watch out! Remember that the bees are evil and confused. Stay away from them if you can't get to them in time.

Know the order: The order of the flies is also important. Red, yellow, purple. That will always be the order in which they appear, but this is not the order you have to eat them in. Eating the yellow fly, breaks the line and adds a red fly to the front of where you ate.

Trophies

A score of 1800 is normally required to get a trophy, however on the first of each month when the scores are reset, it is possible to submit a score of about 1400 and receive a trophy.

Credit:
This guide was written exclusively for NeoLodge.com by Nikki.

Edited by Georgie.

2007-01-13