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I first heard about Centipede Avoider when a friend sent me a quick link during a lunch break, and I honestly wasn’t expecting much—just another little browser game to kill time. As soon as I clicked in, though, I realized it was simpler than most: you guide a tiny avatar around a garden full of mushrooms, and you’ve got one goal—don’t let that wriggling centipede touch you. There’s no shooting or frantic button-mashing; just smooth movements, quick reflexes, and the oddly satisfying feeling of weaving in and out of danger.
The graphics feel like a modern nod to classic arcade style, all bright colors and chunky pixels, and the sound effects are just crisp enough to keep you hooked without going full-on nostalgia overload. Each time you clear a screen or rack up points, the centipede speeds up just a notch, mushrooms break apart, and you’re suddenly faced with this beautiful chaos of colors and slithering segments. It’s simple, but that’s the beauty of it—you don’t need a million abilities or flashy power-ups, just your wits and your reflexes.
What really drew me in was how the difficulty scales. In the early stages, you get to practice your dodging and memorizing how the centipede splits when it hits mushrooms. Later on, you’ve got multiple segments zigzagging all over the place, and you find yourself saying, “Okay, maybe one more round,” long after you should have called it quits. There are a few neat tweaks, too, like temporary shields or a slowdown ability that refills when you collect enough tokens, making every decision feel meaningful.
By the end of the week, I was checking my high score before I even got out of bed. It’s one of those games that manages to be relaxing and intensely addictive at the same time. Whether you’ve got five minutes or half an hour, it feels good to see how far you can push your reflexes against that never-ending centipede.