Snake
Snake is the evergreen arcade chase: steer a growing line around a grid, swallow every piece of food, and avoid your own tail. The longer you survive the faster it gets, so a steady nerve matters more than raw speed. Play with the arrow keys or WASD, swipe on a phone, and try to beat your personal best.
How to play
Snake runs on a square grid of 20 by 20 cells. Your snake starts as a short line near the middle and stays completely still until you give it a direction, so you can take your time before the first move. Press any arrow key or the W, A, S, and D keys to set it going; on a touchscreen, swipe across the board in the direction you want, or use the on-screen arrow pad below the canvas. The snake keeps travelling in a straight line until you turn it, and it cannot immediately reverse into itself, so plan turns a little ahead of time.
One piece of food appears at a time. When the head reaches it, your score rises by one and the snake gains a segment at its tail, making it that much harder to manoeuvre. The pace increases gradually as you eat, shown by the Level counter, which climbs every few pick-ups. The round ends the moment the head hits an outer wall or any part of the snake's own body. Press Space or the Pause button to freeze the action at any time, and use New Game to reset the board and try again.
Tips and strategy
Most runs end not because the snake is too fast but because it has boxed itself in. A reliable habit is to hug the walls in a wide loop: sweep along one edge, turn at the corner, run down the opposite side, and return. This keeps the open middle of the board free and gives you room to react.
- Travel in long, straight lines. Frequent small turns tangle the body and shrink your escape routes.
- Chase food only when it sits on your route. Crossing the whole board for one pellet usually costs more space than it gains.
- Think one move ahead at high levels. By the time the snake is long, a turn you cannot complete in two or three steps is a trap.
- Keep the tail moving. A coiled snake has no exit, so avoid tight spirals even when they feel safe.
- Use the Pause button as a free breath when the board gets crowded, then resume with a clear plan.