🐍💻 PySnake — Terminal Edition

A retro-style, fun and addictive Snake Game built in pure Python using the curses library!
Move fast, eat fruits, avoid walls and your own tail — old school fun, directly from your terminal.

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✨ Screenshots

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🎮 How to Play

The rules are simple:

Key	Action
↑ / ↓ / ← / →	Move the snake
Eat 🍋 symbol	Grow your snake
Avoid	Hitting walls or yourself

The longer you survive, the higher your score! 🍎

🧰 Difficulty Levels

Level	Speed	Challenge Level
1	Slow	🐢 Beginner
2	Medium	🚶‍♂️ Casual
3	Fast	🏃 Intermediate
4	Faster	⚡ Hard
5	Extreme	💀 Snake Master

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⚙️ How to Run

1️⃣ Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended)

For macOS / Linux:

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate

For Windows:

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate

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2️⃣ Install dependencies (for windows)

pip install windows-curses

⚠️ On Windows, you need windows-curses for terminal compatibility.

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3️⃣ Start the game!

python pysnake.py

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4️⃣ Stop the game

To deactivate the virtual environment when you're done:

deactivate

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🧠 Project Overview

• 🐍 Classic Snake Game logic.
• 🎯 Score-based — collect as many fruits (🍋) as possible.
• ⚡ Adjustable difficulty: choose your speed before the game starts.
• 💻 Fully terminal-based, no GUI dependencies.
• ✅ Cross-platform friendly: Windows, macOS, Linux (with curses).

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📂 Project Structure

pysnake/
├── .venv/ (optional virtual environment)
├── assets
├── .gitignore
├── pysnake.py
└── README.md

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💡 Notes

Remember:
You only deactivate the virtual environment when you're done running the project and don't need to use its dependencies anymore.
Activate ➡️ Play ➡️ Then deactivate.
Activating and immediately deactivating won't launch the game — run it first, enjoy, then exit!