Twitter Plays Snake

Twitter Plays Snake is a Twitter bot written with Twitter4J that allows users to play a collaborative game of Snake using likes and retweets.

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Features

Special modes

Special snake modes change up the gameplay and have a 25% chance of activating after each move.

• 😈🟪🟪🟣 Devil snake moves in the opposite direction of the chosen move.
• 🤢🟩🟩🟢 Glutted snake dies when eating an apple.
• 😡🟥🟥🔴 Charged snake continues to move until reaching an obstacle.

Special fruit change up the gameplay and can spawn after earning a point.

• 🍏🍏 Green apples spawn in doubles, teleporting the snake to its pair when collected.

Serialization

Games are loaded and saved between program runs if SAVEPATH is specified in Bot.java.

Debug mode

Setting DEBUG to true in Bot.java allows you to play the game solo with console commands for debugging purposes.

Usage

Public host

Twitter Plays Snake can be found here.

Self-hosting

Note: Feel free to use the code for educational reference, but do not rehost it in its entirety.

Replace the constants in Bot.java with your bot's username, save directory, and respective keys/tokens from the Twitter Developer Portal. Ensure your IDE has Maven support (ex: IntelliJ IDEA), and execute mvn clean install in the project directory.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.