rohithvkamath/snake-game

Python program written to play snake-game.

Snake Game

Introduction :

• Snake Game is a video game genre where the player maneuvers a growing line that becomes a primary obstacle to itself.
• The concept originated in the 1976 two-player arcade game Blockade from Gremlin Industries, and the ease of implementation has led to hundreds of versions (some of which have the word snake or worm in the title) for many platforms. 1982's Tron arcade game, based on the film, includes snake gameplay for the single-player Light Cycles segment.
• After a variant was preloaded on Nokia mobile phones in 1998, there was a resurgence of interest in snake games as it found a larger audience.

Gameplay :

• The player controls a dot, square, or object on a bordered plane. As it moves forward, it leaves a trail behind, resembling a moving snake.
• In some games, the end of the trail is in a fixed position, so the snake continually gets longer as it moves.
• In another common scheme, the snake has a specific length, so there is a moving tail a fixed number of units away from the head. The player loses when the snake runs into itself.
• A sole player attempts to eat items by running into them with the head of the snake. Each item eaten makes the snake longer, so avoiding collision with the snake becomes progressively more difficult.

About the Program:

• There are many languages from which Snake Game can be developed.
  • I used python to develop this game.
• Again, there are many methods in which we can develop the game in Python.
  • I used mainly turtle module to develop this game.
  • Used random to get random co-ordinates of snake-food.
  • Used tkinter to create a GUI.

Packages used in this Program:

1. Turtle.
2. Tkinter.
3. Random.

Packages need to be installed:

1. Turtle:

turtle is a Python feature like a drawing board, which lets us command a turtle to draw all over it! We can use functions like turtle.forward(…) and turtle.right(…) which can move the turtle around.

Installation:

You can simply install this module by typing the below command in your terminal.

pip install turtle 

To know more about turtle:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/turtle.html

2. Tkinter:

Python offers multiple options for developing GUI (Graphical User Interface). Out of all the GUI methods, tkinter is the most commonly used method. It is a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python. Python with tkinter is the fastest and easiest way to create the GUI applications. Creating a GUI using tkinter is an easy task.

Installation:

You can simply install this module by typing the below command in your terminal.

pip install tkinter

To know more about tkinter:

https://docs.python.org/3/library/tkinter.html

Working of the Program:

• Initially Tkinter module is used to show a initial window with buttons i.e. Start and Exit.

Below is the screenshot showing that:

• After the START button is pressed game is started and the snake starts to move with initially in upward direction.

Below is the screenshot showing the same:

• When the snake touches the food, there will be addition of an element to the snake which results in the increase in the length of the snake.

Below sreenshot shows how length has increased to that of last screenshot:

• After some time when there is a scenario where the snake bits itself, another window pops up and asks you some options. This is also done with the help of Tkinter module.

Below Screenshots shows such condition:

Contribution:

This is an open-source platform. So any contribution for the program is Welcomed.

Cloning the program to the local repository:

1. Fork the repository:

• Fork the repository by clicking the FORK button which can be found on the top-right side of the screen.

2. Cloning it locally:

• Open the terminal as Administrator and run the below command:

git clone https://github.com/rohithvkamath/Snake-game.git

3. After cloning run the below command to open the code in your default code editor:

code .

4. Create a new branch and move to it by running below command

git branch -m <branch_name>

5. Add new features and save it locally.

6. When it is done stage the changes by running the below command in terminal:

git add -p

type y and enter if promted. If the changes done by you only then do it.

7. After this run the below command with message of what you have added.

git commit -m "<your message here>"

8. After commiting the changes, run below command to push it to github

git push origin <your_branch_name>

9.After this you have to come to the forked repo and then create a pull request to the main repo.

Contributions that can be done:

• Adding a better GUI using tkinter module.
• Adding a code to calculate the score and display it in real-time in the window.
• and many more.

Remember whenever a new feature is added, add that feature name in the above title and make it a striked text.

Keep Coding Keep Learning !!!