Implementing the Snake Game in Python

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My memory of the first cellphone my mother had is closely related to the game it had. Yes, the classical snake game, so simple yet so addicting. (yes, really)

I remember playing this game on end on my mothers phone, losing and then trying again and again!

The Details

In this article, we will learn to build a simple Snake Game. We will use Pythons turtle module to generate this game.

Note that this is a beginners to intermediate level Python tutorial, and expects the reader to be familiar with Python fundamentals such as functions and loops, importing and accessing modules, and using conditional statements. It also requires one to have a surface-level understanding of Object Oriented Programming, especially creating objects instances from classes.

Why This Matters

For the sake of simplicity, I will explain each and every line of code. Snake Game (Image by Author) Understanding the Game The classical Snake game involves a small snake with a plain background. Food is provided on the screen.

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Key Takeaways

• As the snake eats the food, it grows in size, and the score increases.
• As soon as the snake collides with the boundary wall or itself, the game ends, and one loses.

The Bottom Line

As soon as the snake collides with the boundary wall or itself, the game ends, and one loses. To code this game in Python, we will need to address the following points: Setting up the Game Screen in the classical Snake game, the background is a dull neon yellow-green screen Creating the Snake body the game starts with a small black snake, which gradually increases in size as it eats the food Moving the Snake the snake can move in the 4 directions: up, down, left, and right through the arrow keys on the keyboard or corresponding buttons on the phone Creating the Food the food for the snake appears at random locations on the screen The Snake eating the Food as the snakes body collides with the food created, the score is increased as well as the length of the snake, and new food is generated randomly, and the game continues.

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