EscapeSnake

The classic Snake game, but with its own personality — mystery power-ups, dynamic difficulty, engaging audio and a sleek terminal UI. Built from scratch in C with ncurses.

[EscapeSnake[]:> preserves the classic nostalgia, while adding unpredictable power‑ups that can either make or break your game.

Key Features

• Classic Snake Mechanics - Grow your snake, avoid walls and yourself
• Mystery Barrels - Random power-ups, surprises or penalties
• Dynamic Difficulty - Speed increases as you grow
• Retro Audio - Engaging sound effects to enhance the experience
• Rich Terminal UI - Vibrant colors, with real-time score updates & visual feedback

Controls

← ↑ → ↓   Move the snake  
Space     Pause/Resume  
S         Disable Music  
Q         Quit  

A glimpse of the game

Installation & Running

Prerequisites

• A C compiler (like gcc or clang).
• The ncurses library. (ncursesw for Unicode support).
• This code is macOS & linux compatible

Running On Linux & macOS

git clone https://github.com/Nnamann/EscapeSnake.git
cd EscapeSnake

gcc main.c -o escapesnake -lncursesw
./escapesnake

Contributing

Feel free to:

• Report bugs
• Suggest features
• Submit pull requests
• Star if you enjoyed the game

Dev Note

EscapeSnake began as a tangle of raw terminal escape sequences and grew into a somewhat polished ncurses game. From implementing the core mechanics to refining the UI, each challenge was a new learning experience.

Thank you for checking it out!

Made with chaos, color, and lots of caffeine.