A lot of classic games constantly get copied and re-mad and get twists made based on them. Tetris has been done in 3D, 4D, as an RPG, with a round bottom, etc etc. Pacman's being milked constantly, Space invaders started it's own genre, basically.
But one game that I rarely see warped is Snake. Snake is usually either done straight-forward or with only very minor changes Does Holla Forums know any fun snake-like-games that put an interesting twist on the game? I know two flash-based ones kongregate.com/games/bluemoose19/snakey your snake can move in any direction, controlled with your mouse, and follows some more realistic rope-being-dragged-on-the-floor physics. kongregate.com/games/netgrind/snakes-on-a-cartesian-plane About 20 different twists on a classic snake, including "your snake is invisible", "food moves around all the time" or "your snake poops out walls that you must not touch
I ain't putting this in the flash game thread, because I'm interested in snakes specifically, no matter if the game is flash, mobile, an steam, whatever
In my opinion one of the best new takes on the classic
William Torres
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Brayden Mitchell
Snake Rewind, from the same guy who did Nokia's own.
Brody Carter
I used to have one of those shovelware CDs and it had Snake Arena SE on it. It was a surprisingly well done Snake game with lots of levels and local multiplayer where two people could play on the same keyboard. I remember playing this with my sisters and having quite a lot of fun. If I can get into AGDG I'd like to make a Snake clone like this.
Blake Nguyen
this looks cool. Can I play it on PC somehow?
Cameron Morgan
Maybe an Android emulator like Bluestacks?
Carter Anderson
now there's an idea
Oliver Taylor
pls no
Aaron Sanders
Isn't that full of malware?
Matthew Cooper
Not totally related, but I've seen an iteration of Snake where it gets fatter and fatter the more you eat apples, changing the way you move on the board.
what the fuck i had this shit too, do you remember the name of the cd?
iirc it had a bunch of other games on it like an earthworm jim clone, and a word game called lexicon
Brody Lopez
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Aiden Cooper
surely slither.io counts for this with being online multiplayer?
Jayden Miller
Doesn't actually have much to do with Snake, besides sharing an animal.
Daniel Parker
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Matthew Wood
Fucking retard.
Aiden Garcia
Armagetron and Armagetron Advanced come to mind. Grind against trails to gain speed, don't hit walls, don't trap yourself. There's some leeway as to how wall hits are registered. You have a small buffer that slowly regenerates, and whenever you're driving directly into a wall, it'll consume that instead of instantly killing you. That's the mechanic that makes online play work. I remember some maps that had different objectives as well. More like a team-based CTF sort of deal, except there wasn't a flag, and you just had to sit in the opposing side's circle for how ever many seconds in a row it took. So you generally had some defenders going around in very tight routes and some attackers trying to bust in.
Eli Hall
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Elijah Walker
Sorry, I don't remember the name of the CD. It was a German CD, so it probably wouldn't be of much worth to you anyway. All I remember is that most (all?) games were from the same company: eGames mobygames.com/company/egames-inc Hope this information is useful to you.
Dominic Taylor
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Leo Brooks
Well said, you sure taught him a lesson RIP in peace user
Camden Scott
This is a cute version of the game. It actually predates the Nokia game. Turns out the earliest versions are old as fuck.
Hunter Thompson
You know, this just reminded me there's some guys working on a Snake-themed roguelike. Where having more segments affects your max health and attack, you can find items and equip them to different segments, you can get cut in half if a middle segment gets destroyed, etc. I believe the magic system works that you cast spells by twisting your body into a specific shape. placatethecattin.itch.io/snakelike
Landon Nelson
Kinda lackluster at the moment, but an interesting concept. What's the benefit to having a longer tail? Do you get more points the longer it is? I found that once I extend beyond 5 segments, it's better to lose the rest.
Kayden Adams
I had an idea for snake-themed roguelike where the "snake" is adventuring party, and every segment is a character.
Jaxson Jackson
Look closer next time.
Dominic Richardson
Why do these cunts only ever appear under "Special Thanks" or something similar? They weren't credited for game design, programming, music or seemingly anything else about the game. What's their deal?
Ayden Scott
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Brody Perez
Got a screencap or an archive? Sounds like a fun thread
Chase Lee
I remember thinking this game was pretty cool. You basically control two snakes at once and you have to "cross" them together to produce eggs and then protect the eggs.
Easton Mitchell
I'd love to be a developer on one of those companies. Making simple shitty games all day with some stupid twist on the original. I bet they have more fun than those AAA developers.
Luke Anderson
Everybody has more fun than AAA developers. About 5% of people working in AAA game companies are actually allowed to be creative.
Gavin Howard
Special thanks often translates to "by the way here's a list of my friends".