jarpoole / jsnake-v1

A very simple snake game as an intro to C

jsnake-v1

This project is the first game and likely even full program I ever wrote in C. Its very rough around the edges but definitely playable.

Features

1. Score keeping
2. Single-player mode ([UP][LEFT][RIGHT][DOWN] against computer)
3. Two-player mode (wasd and [UP][LEFT][RIGHT][DOWN])

Dependencies

Install ncurses. On debian based distros like ubuntu for example:

apt-get install libncurses5-dev

Install build tools. On debian based distros like ubuntu for example:

sudo apt install gcc make

Play

The game expects an approximately 16x9 aspect ratio for the terminal. Make sure to resize the window as appropriate.

make
./jsnake.app