Snake Game for SolarSail

A classic snake game implementation demonstrating SolarSail's entity management and grid-based gameplay.

How to Play

• Arrow Keys or WASD: Change snake direction
• R: Restart game after game over
• Q: Quit game

Game Rules

• Control the snake to eat red food squares
• Each food eaten increases your score by 10 points
• The snake grows longer with each food eaten
• The game speeds up as you eat more food
• Game ends if you hit the walls or yourself

Technical Features

• Grid-based movement (30x20 cells)
• Dynamic entity creation/destruction for snake segments
• Sprite atlas with snake and food sprites
• Collision detection for walls, self, and food
• Speed increase mechanic
• Score tracking

Implementation Details

• game_controller.lua: Main game logic

  • Snake movement and growth
  • Food spawning
  • Collision detection
  • Input handling via message broadcasting

• config.lua: Game configuration

  • Grid dimensions
  • Speed settings
  • Visual parameters

• Coordinate System:

  • Grid coordinates (0,0) to (29,19)
  • Converted to world coordinates with center origin

Running

cd /home/dagostinelli/projects/solarsail/snake
make run

Key Learnings Applied

• Center-origin coordinate system
• Entity component system for dynamic objects
• Message broadcasting for input handling
• Transform manipulation for movement
• Sprite atlas for visual assets