Learn to build a snake game
You have played snake a thousand times. Now build one. Both guides below walk through the same game logic — grid movement, input buffering, collisions, score — pitched at complete beginners.
How to Build a Snake Game in Python – Step by Step
Learn to code a snake game in Python from scratch. Full working code, explained step by step, beginner-friendly.
Read the guide →How to Make a Snake Game on Scratch
Build a snake game in Scratch with this step-by-step visual guide. No coding experience needed.
Read the guide →Why snake is the perfect first game
Snake contains every core concept of game development in under 200 lines: a fixed update loop, state you can draw, input handling, collision detection, and win/lose conditions. There is no art to make, no physics to tune — just pure logic you can hold in your head. That is why it has been everyone's second favourite program since 1976.
Prefer to play first? Try Classic Snake, then come back and rebuild it yourself.