Snek

A terminal version of the classic arcade/mobile game, Snake.

Description

A cross-platform version of Snake written in C#.

Features:

• Configurable window size
• Configurable speed
• Toggle whether or not the game should gradually speed up
• Toggle sound effects
• Different behavior when colliding with a wall
• Runs in console (Windows, MacOS, Linux)
• Runs in Browser (Blazor)

Gameplay

Click to see short gifs of some gameplay.

Default

If you run the game without specifying any arguments, this is what you get.

Portal

If you run the game and specify the Wall Collision Behavior (-c, --collision) as Portal, this is what you get.

Rebound

If you run the game and specify the Wall Collision Behavior (-c, --collision) as Rebound, this is what you get.

Installation

Download the latest release zip file for your operating system and extract it to a folder of your choice.

Invoking the executable

Windows

You can either-double click the Snek.exe file, or open a command prompt, cd folder you extracted the zip file to (e.g. cd %HOMEPATH%\\Downloads\\Snek) and invoke the executable by calling Snek.exe).

Linux

Open a terminal, navigate to the folder you extracted the zip file to (e.g. cd ~/Downloads/Snek) and invoke the executable by calling ./Snek.

OSX

Open a terminal, navigate to the folder you extracted the zip file to (e.g. cd ~/Downloads/Snek) and invoke the executable by calling ./Snek.

Key Bindings

Keys	Description
Up Arrow, W	Face up/north
Left Arrow, A	Face left/west
Right Arrow, D	Face right/east
Down Arrow, S	Face down/south
Escape	Toggle pause
R	Replay (when game over)
Escape	Quit (when game over)

Audio

The sound effects are annoying. Love 'em or hate 'em. If they're too much for you, you can disable them. See the Supported arguments for more info on this.

Game options

There are a number of options that can can be configured when starting a game. The only way to specify these options at present is via command line arguments, so the game would have to be launched from the command line rather than by double-clicking the executable.

Supported arguments

Display Help

• Arguments: --help, -h
• Description: Shows this help information

Game Width

• Arguments: --width, -x
• Description: The number of cells along the horizontal axis
• Type: Number (min 13, max 80)
• Default: 15

Game Height

• Arguments: --height, -y
• Description: The number of cells along the vertical axis
• Type: Number (min 6, max 80)
• Default: 15

Initial Game Speed

• Arguments: --speed, -s
• Description: The starting number of times per second the snake will move
• Type: Number (min 1, max 50)
• Default: 8

Increase Speed on Enemy Destroyed

• Arguments: --increase-speed, -i
• Description: Whether or not the snake should get faster every time it destroys an enemy
• Type: Boolean (True, False)
• Default: False

Wall Collision Behavior

• Arguments: --collision, -c
• Description: How the game should behave when the snake collides with a wall
• Type: Enum (GameOver, Rebound, Portal)
  • GameOver: The game is over
  • Rebound: The players snake is reversed and continues traveling in the opposite direction
  • Portal: The player travels through walls. They will continue moving in the same direction but will emerge from the wall opposite the one they collided with
• Default: GameOver

Audio Enabled

• Arguments: --audio, -a
• Description: Whether or not sound effects should play
• Type: Boolean (True, False)
• Default: True

Debug Logs

• Arguments: --debug, -d
• Description: Whether or not to log events to file
• Type: Boolean (True, False)
• Default: False