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RULES & PRACTICE

How to Play Snake

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How to play Snake

Choose Snake at XH0411 for a browser session with its rules close at hand. The aim is straightforward: Keep collecting apples. Hitting a wall or your body ends the round; filling the entire board wins. This edition highlights example-led learning.

Example-led learning

Read the worked example, identify its key decision, then look for a comparable decision while you play.

Your goal

Keep collecting apples. Hitting a wall or your body ends the round; filling the entire board wins.

Step by step

  1. Press Play to start the movement.
  2. Turn with arrow keys, swipes or the on-screen direction buttons.
  3. Each apple adds ten points and makes the snake longer.
  4. Pause when needed or start a new round.

Controls

Keyboard arrows, swipe gestures or the four direction buttons. Play / pause controls the movement.

A useful example

When moving right, you may turn up or down, but cannot turn immediately left into your own neck.

Watch out for this

The snake continues moving between inputs. Plan a route with space to turn.

Common questions

Can you show a concrete example?

When moving right, you may turn up or down, but cannot turn immediately left into your own neck.

What is included in this edition?

Guide a growing snake through a grid, collect gold apples and avoid the walls. Direction buttons and swipe controls make the game playable on a phone.

Which controls should I use?

Keyboard arrows, swipe gestures or the four direction buttons. Play / pause controls the movement.

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