Snake Terminal Game

A classic Snake game implementation that runs in the terminal, built with Python and the curses library.

Features

• Control the snake using arrow keys
• Eat food ($) to grow and increase score
• Avoid hitting walls (#) or yourself
• Score tracking based on food consumed
• Game over screen with final score display

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• curses library (comes built-in with Python on Unix-like systems)
• Windows users may need to install windows-curses via pip:

pip install windows-curses

How to Play

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/makalin/Snake-Terminal.git
cd Snake-Terminal

2. Run the game:

python snake.py

3. Controls:

• Arrow Keys: Move the snake up, down, left, or right
• Q: Quit the game at any time

Gameplay

• The snake is represented by 'O' (head) and 'o' (body)
• Food is shown as '$'
• Walls are represented by '#'
• Eat food to grow longer and increase your score
• Game ends if you hit a wall or the snake's own body

Code Structure

• Uses Python's curses library for terminal interface
• Main game loop handles input, movement, and collision detection
• Random food spawning system
• Score tracking and display

Example Gameplay

Score: 2
####################
#                  #
#    Oooo$         #
#                  #
#                  #
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Contributing

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests with improvements such as:

• High score tracking
• Speed increase with score
• Different food types
• Color support

License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.