Mohammad Khan / microbit_snake

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Dependencies:   microbit

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  1. A Snake Game with animation, score and continuous play
  2. Binary to play with

A Snake Game with animation, score and continuous play

Steps:

  • Switch On.
  • Snake animation plays.
  • Game starts.
  • Press buttons to move the snake left, right, up and down.
  • Food appears as a dot on the display.
  • Try eating the food by manoeuvring Snake to run over it.
  • Snake grows as it eats food.
  • As it grows it becomes hard to avoid snake biting itself.
  • Game Over.
  • Snake is flashed and then score is scrolled.
  • Game restarts after replaying animation.

Controls:

  • Left Button (A)
    • If snake moving UP/DOWN moves snake to LEFT.
    • If snake moving LEFT moves snake to DOWN.
    • If snake moving RIGHT moves snake to UP.
  • Right Button (B)
    • If snake moving UP/DOWN moves snake to RIGHT.
    • If snake moving LEFT moves snake to UP.
    • If snake moving RIGHT moves snake to DOWN.

How it looks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unEs3NOvIKA

Binary to play with

/media/uploads/mazimkhan/microbit_snake_nrf51_microbit.hex

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