Who has not played the historic Snake game on Nokia mobile phones. Still, to this very day, people of all ages will have heard of Snake – they might have even played the original, or know an older person who has. I myself was addicted to the game back in my childhood. Though modern games have advanced user interfaces and better graphics, I still miss that excitement while playing them. I always wanted to recreate that excitement and feeling, Thanks to the programming languages which allow us to build such cool stuffs.
--- The project aims to build a simple snake game using *[Python](https://www.python.org/)* and an *[Open-source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source)* cross-platform library called *[Pygame](https://www.pygame.org/wiki/about)*. Though the project does not include all the functionalities of the game, It develops a simple game which is controlled by arrow keys on the keyboard. The game also records the users best score. It displays users current score on the window. Though its just a basic game it is good for beginners to get hands on experience with python and the pygame library. --- Though there are plenty of tutorials on the Internet on building the ***Snake Game***, One unique feature of this project is that the game is made capable to store users best score. This feature makes use of a txt file which is read and overwritten each time the user's current game score is higher than previous best score. Initially the score is set to 0 in a txt file. This txt file has to be in the same folder/directory where the .py file is stored. I took the game prototype form [here](https://www.edureka.co/blog/snake-game-with-pygame/). The author has given a detailed explanation on how to implement a snake game using python from scratch. *I recommend you to check it once*. --- Structure of my github repository for snake game is as follows, - Previous .py files - This is folder contains the .py files which i worked on while implementing the project. It's contents can be treated as versions from beginning prototype till final implementation. - best_score.txt - This txt file keeps track of users best score. - game_over.png - this image is displayed when the game ends. - README.md - This markdown file contains details about the project. - snake_game.py - This is the main .py which implements the game. - snake.gif - This gif shows a final implementation of the game. - Welcome.png - This image is displayed at the start of the game.
