🐍 Snake Game

A classic Snake game built with Pygame where you control a snake to eat apples and grow while avoiding collisions with the walls and yourself.

📋 Features

• Smooth snake movement with arrow key controls
• Score tracking and high score saving
• Pause functionality
• Game over screen with restart option
• Visual grid system for clear gameplay
• Colorful graphics with rounded snake segments

🎮 How to Play

1. Controls:

   • Arrow Keys: Control the snake's direction
   • P: Pause/unpause the game
   • Space: Restart after game over

2. Objective:

   • Eat the red apples to grow your snake and increase your score
   • Avoid hitting the walls or your own body
   • Try to beat your high score!

🛠️ Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Pygame library

⚙️ Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the source code.
2. Make sure you have Python installed on your system.
3. Install the Pygame library:

   pip install pygame

4. Run the game:

   python snake_game.py

🏗️ Game Structure

The game is built with the following components:

• Snake Class: Manages the snake's body, movement, and collision detection
• Apple Class: Handles the apple's position and rendering
• Game Loop: Controls the flow of the game, including input handling and state management
• Score System: Tracks current score and maintains a high score saved to a file

🧩 Code Overview

Snake Class

The Snake class manages the player-controlled snake, including:

• Updating the snake's position
• Growing when an apple is eaten
• Detecting collisions with itself and the game boundaries
• Rendering the snake on the screen

Apple Class

The Apple class handles:

• Spawning apples in random positions (never on the snake)
• Rendering the apple as a red circle

Game State Management

The game includes multiple states:

• Active gameplay
• Paused state
• Game over state with score display

Score System

• Current score is displayed during gameplay
• High score is saved to a file and loaded when the game starts
• New high scores are celebrated with a special message

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the license section below for details.

📄 MIT License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024 Eduardo Souza Rodrigues

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check issues page.