kothman / c-snake

The Snake game, written in C and with SDL2

C Snake

A classic snake game, written in C

Requirements

• Make
• libsdl2-dev, libsdl2-2.0-0 (Simple DirectMedia Layer)

On a Debian OS, like Ubuntu, install these packages with sudo apt install libsdl2-dev libsdl2-2.0.0 make

To build the game, run the command make from the project root, then start the game with ./snake

Controls

Arrow keys to move, Q / ESC to quit, P / Space to pause

Press P or Space to start new game if you've collided into the boundaries or yourself

Features

• Aesthetically pleasing minimalistic design; no distracting music or score counter
• Snake moves faster after eating food
• Snake gets bigger after eating food
• Snake dies if it crashes into itself or the window boundaries

To-Do

• Add a timer and score counter to menu
• Draw an 'x' on the close button
• Standardize rounding of floats to ints when drawing grid, snake, and food; alternatively, use SDL float-specific functions