SerpByte 🐍

A modern, lightweight Snake Game built for the web.

SerpByte is a browser-based Snake game designed with a clean UI, smooth gameplay, and simple mechanics. This project is open-source and currently in Beta, built mainly for learning, experimentation, and portfolio purposes.

Live Demo: https://serpbyte.vercel.app
Status: Beta Release

⚠️ Best experienced on desktop. Mobile version is playable but not fully optimized yet.

Features

• Classic snake gameplay
• Clean and minimal UI
• Keyboard controls (arrow keys)
• Score tracking
• Difficulty levels
• Sound effects
• Fully responsive layout
• Dockerized for easy setup
• Deployed on Vercel

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Recommended Platform

For the best experience, play on desktop or laptop using a keyboard.

Mobile version:

• Works
• But movement is not fully smooth yet
• Touch controls will be improved in future updates

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Tech Stack

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript (Vanilla)
• Docker
• Nginx
• Vercel (Deployment)

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Controls

Key	Action
↑	Move Up
↓	Move Down
←	Move Left
→	Move Right

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Local Setup (Without Docker)

git clone https://github.com/muhammadhammad2005/serpbyte.git
cd serpbyte
open index.html

Just open index.html in your browser.

Run with Docker

Make sure Docker is installed.

docker build -t serpbyte .
docker run -p 8080:80 serpbyte

Then open:

http://localhost:8080

Deployment

This project is deployed using Vercel.

Every push to the main branch triggers automatic deployment.

Roadmap (Planned Features)

This is a beta version. Future updates may include:

• Advanced animations
• Multiple game stages
• Different maps and layouts
• Obstacles and power-ups
• Player profiles
• High score leaderboard
• Backend integration
• Database for persistent scores
• Multiplayer mode
• Dark / neon themes

Contributing

Contributions are welcome.

You can:

• Open issues
• Suggest features
• Submit pull requests
• Improve UI/UX
• Optimize performance

Basic flow:

Fork the repo  
Create a new branch  
Make your changes  
Submit a PR  

Open Source

This project is fully open-source and intended for learning and portfolio use.

Feel free to:

• Use it
• Modify it
• Extend it
• Deploy your own version

License

MIT License You are free to use, modify, and distribute this project.

Author

Built by Muhammad Hammad

Disclaimer

SerpByte is currently in Beta. Expect bugs, unfinished features, and design improvements in future releases.