Creating Snake in Python with PyGame

Snake is a video game where a player maneuvers a line which grows in length, the line itself being the primary and occassionally the only obstacle. This concept originated in 1976 in an arcade game called Blockade. Today Snake has hundreds of different clones all unique in their own way but implementing the same or similar concept. One popular game that takes inspiration from snake is Slither.io, which takes the popular game concept and turns it into a massive multiplayer experience.

To create Snake we first need to understand how Snake works. Snake is a simple game perfect for an introduction to Pygame and Python. In the game, the player controls either a circle, square, or some sort of object on a bordered, sometimes unbordered plane. As it moves forward and eats items or other objects by running the snake head into them. Each item eaten makes the snake longer, so avoiding collision with the snake becomes harder as the snake grows.

This gives us a general outline of how the game should look. From here we can have some creative liberties. Below I teach you how to make a python clone of Snake using Pygame. If you are not interested in the full tutorial and would just like the source code, click the red button below.

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Pygame Basics

To learn how to install Pygame check this link: Pygame Guide

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