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How to play
Snake

Plan a route to the food and a route away from it. Reaching a food square is only useful if the longer snake can leave safely.

Your first round

  1. Choose Easy, inspect the first food position and press Start.
  2. Make turns early enough that the next movement step enters the intended corridor.
  3. After eating, check how the extra body length changes nearby gaps.
  4. Use Pause when you need to inspect a crowded board, then resume with a clear next direction.

Worked example

Make the idea concrete

Avoid a pocket

Food sits in a narrow corner beside your body. A direct approach might collect it but leave the head boxed in by walls and the newly extended snake. Wait for the body to move away or approach through a corridor with a clear exit.

Build your strategy

  • Favor wide loops while the board is open so your body remains easy to track.
  • Watch the space your tail is about to vacate, but avoid committing to a gap before it is actually available.
  • Increase speed only after you can steer reliably with your chosen keyboard, swipe or button controls.

Common mistakes

  • Trying to make an instant 180° reversal instead of turning through two directions.
  • Taking the shortest path to food without planning what happens immediately afterward.

Try this next

On Easy, collect several food items while preserving a broad loop. Compare your control at Medium before trying Hard’s faster steps.

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