Snake Game

A retro snake game built with Python, Pygame and available to play on Github Pages with pygbag here 🐍

Prerequisites

Before running the game, make sure you have Python 3 and Pygame installed.

1. Install Python 3

• macOS: Download the latest stable version from python.org and run the installer.
• Windows: Download and install from python.org.
• Linux: Use your package manager, for example:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install python3 python3-venv python3-pip
  
  Check Python version: `python3 --version`
  

2. Create a virtual environment (recommended):

python3 -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install pygame

pip install pygame

Check pygame version: python3 -m pygame --version

Setup

1. Activate the virtual environment (.venv): source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

2. Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the game locally:

• From VS Code: Open main.py and click the ▶️ play button in the toolbar.
• From Terminal: Navigate to the project folder and run: python3 main.py

4. 🕹️ Game controls:

• Use the UP, RIGHT, LEFT AND DOWN keys to control the snake and eat those apples. Have fun!