Greedy Snakes & Duels

Greedy Snakes & Duels is a snake variant where you can collect different things for either more points or effects, like faster/slower movement or drunken snake mode.

The game can be played in single player mode or local multiplayer or "duel" mode (2 players against each other.)

Controls

The game can be played with keyboard or gamepad. 

Keyboard layouts to choose from are WASD and the ARROWS. Two gamepads can be connected, they are not automatically added or removed, you can add or remove them in the Options menu. Options are saved, so setting the control to gamepad and not connect it the next time might cause some surprises. Just press "p" or "P" or the top action button on your gamepad to get into the pause menu and there you can change the controls in the Options menu, so you don't have to quit and start the game again.

Collectibles

Unlike apples, collectibles stay on screen only for a period of time. 

Fruits - they come in sequence, first the banana and finally the cherry. If you miss one of them, you start collecting them from banana. Once cherry is reached, cherry will be offered till missed once.

Icecream and coffee - slows down or speeds up the snake a bit.  They are permanent, but cancel the effect of each other. They won't increase the effects  more than three times.

Cake and burger - they worth a lot of points but will make the snake longer.

Cocktail - makes the snake drunk, directions are swapped. 

BONUS letters - after consuming a certain amount of apples, a letter appears. When collecting all the letters, the snake starts losing weight, one part at each move till it's back to it's original size (any apples or cakes or burgers eaten during this time still add to the length of the snake).

Game Screen

 

Main Menu

Pause Menu

Press either "p" or "P" or the top action button on the gamepad while in the game to pause the game and open the Pause Menu.

Options Menu

You can reach it from either the Main Menu or the Pause Menu (in game). You can change the speed of the game, the color of the snakes, the color of the background, the controls and the volume of the music and sound effects.

Game Over Menu

Behind the scenes

While I was recovering from surgery I decided to learn Godot. I decided to make small games and learn in the process. My second project was "Snake". And then for some unknown even to me reasons I went wild and started to add features I thought would make the game even more fun (I think the local multiplayer is the best feature, me and my partner had a lot of fun while testing it). After I finished the project I realised there were loads of snake variants already around. Oh well. If you give mine a chance I really do hope you'll have some fun.

Don't be a stranger

Please leave a comment, if you have the time. Any suggestions to make the game more fun are welcome. And if you had fun playing the game, please let me know. It can boost the morale of an aspiring game developer, you know. :)

Have fun!