Snake Game

A classic Snake game built from scratch in Python with pygame — no external game engine, just core programming logic: game loops, collision detection, and state management.

Problem

Wanted hands-on practice with real-time game loops, keyboard input handling, and collision detection — the fundamentals behind most 2D games.

Features

• Smooth grid-based movement with keyboard controls
• Progressive difficulty — speed increases as your score grows
• Pause / resume with P
• Game-over detection (wall and self collision) with instant restart via R
• Clean, minimal visual style

Project structure

snake-game/
├── snake_game.py     # the full game
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md

Setup

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate      # on Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

python snake_game.py

Controls

Key	Action
Arrow keys	Move
P	Pause / resume
R	Restart (after game over)
Esc	Quit

Tech stack

Python, pygame

Author

Rushikesh Pimple — LinkedIn