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How to play SNEK

SNEK follows the timeless arcade snake formula: steer your snake around the arena, eat the red food to grow longer and score points, and survive as long as you can. The game ends if you hit a wall or run into your own tail. The longer you get, the harder it becomes to avoid yourself. That tension is the whole game.

If you grew up playing the retro snake game on a Nokia brick phone, you'll feel right at home. SNEK keeps that old-school arcade feel and layers on modern modes, power-ups, and global leaderboards.

Controls

• Desktop: arrow keys or WASD. Press any direction key to start.
• Mobile: swipe up, down, left, or right on the arena, exactly like the iOS app.
• You can't reverse directly into yourself, so quick 180-degree turns need two inputs.

Classic Mode

A steady pace and 10 points per food. Classic Mode is about patience and routing: plan loops around the arena, keep your tail compact, and don't chase food into a corner you can't escape from.

Insanity Mode

SNEK's signature mode. The snake speeds up with every piece of food you eat, and a score multiplier grows the longer you survive. Early food is cheap; food eaten at high speed with a big multiplier is where scores explode. In the full iOS version, Insanity Mode adds boosts and power-ups that push scores from thousands into the millions and billions.

Arena Mode

An io-style snake arena: a huge shared world packed with rival sneks, all fighting over the same food. Eat to grow, and your score is your size: the bigger you get, the higher you climb. Cut off a rival and they blast apart into food you can hoover up, but get careless and the same happens to you. Feeding frenzies and golden bounty pellets keep the arena chaotic. Arena is exclusive to the SNEK app, free for iPhone and iPad.

Tips for a high score

• Hug the walls and travel in big loops. It keeps the centre of the arena open for when your snake gets long.
• Follow your own tail. The safest empty space on the board is the space your tail just left.
• In Insanity Mode, slow your inputs down as the game speeds up. Most deaths come from double-tapped turns, not the speed itself.
• Don't take food next to a wall head-on. Approach it parallel to the wall so you have an exit.