Snake Digits 🐍🖐
snake hungry, but snake no like mess.
snake tidy up.
snake count snake's digits.
snake eat.
but snake fragile.
rules
- Use the arrow keys on a keyboard, or the D-pad on a controller.
- Press a direction to start the game, then press directions to turn.
- Push identical numbers together.
- If the number of numbers in a group is equal or greater than the grouped number, then these numbers are eaten, making the snake grow longer, and the next number is produced.
- Don't run into a wall or yourself, or a number group that is already pushed up against the wall or yourself!
- Press escape to pause, use ctrl-R to restart.
about
This game was created by Lorraine for the PICO-1K Jam 2026! The whole game holds onto 1KB of compressed code. All graphics and audio use Pico-8's built-in text functionalities. No sprites are used.
You can find Pico-8 cart on the Lexaloffle BBS! You can browse the code by clicking the "code" button just below the game on there.
You can also find this game directly on Pico-8 with Splore, or by running "load #snake_digits"!
I do not consent for this game to be cloned with AI. Go touch some grass instead.
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Nice! 168 so far!
Its good, but way too fast. Got to 181 score but just couldn't align the sevens because of all the fours on the screens, crashing into my long tail. Would be ok if just collecting but the sokoban aspect really gives little wiggleroom to react. Would love a mode without the automatic forward movement, or lowering it to 0.25
To be honest i think the game is very difficult because of the initial velocity of the snake we control
You're right, but the speed doesn't increase over the game. I wanted to keep it fast and nervous, I find that after a couple of tries you start to get a lot more precise with it, until a point where you feel almost comfortable with the speed.
I would have made it so that the game is slower at first but the jam wouldn't allow the extra complexity in the code I'm afraid. Maybe for a future version!
nice! I got 375, starts to get very difficult with lots of numbers on screen. Maybe clearing lower numbers could stop generating new ones?
huh.... 362
I’m at 84 for the moment
Great game! Very simple but so much extra strategy. I ended up trying to clear as many low level numbers as possible. So many great ideas like how the numbers stick together, or how its forgiving when you hit walls, or how the UI blends with the floor. Would love to have some music, extra sfx, and perhaps a restart button. My highscore is 134
Well done!