
Cnakes
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
Cnakes was meant to be lightweight and very configurable game of snake with a twist, but it's not quite there yet. It's somewhat configurable, and quite lightweight, and it has a twist.
Gameplay
- One game lasts 5 minutes
- Collect 'bugs' to grow your snake
- Eat yourself to score points
- The longer you are, the larger the potential score
- If you run into a wall, you still get points for eating yourself, but less then if you had eaten yourself by wrapping around yourself.
Features
- Very smooth snake movement
- Local High-Scores
- Configure any resolution you want.
- Configure game scale
- Game grid is generated based on resolution and the scale configured
- Configure game speed
- Ability to brighten the line that you're on, to help you align with the target.
- Full screen or windowed mode
- Keyboard support
- Controller support (tested only with Xbox 360 controller)
- Open Source
- Build it yourself if your platform is not in the download section.
- Build it yourself if your platform is not in the download section.
Launch ubuntu version from terminal:
java -jar cnakes-*.jar
Configuration
You can configure game through configuration file (you have to run the game once first):
Windows:
Documents/My Games/cnakes/configuration.yaml
On Linux / Mac OS:
~/My Games/cnakes/configuration.yaml
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
| Release date | Mar 16, 2021 |
| Author | Herbis |
| Genre | Action |
| Made with | Lightweight Java Game Library |
| Tags | 2D, Retro, Singleplayer |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller |
| Links | Source code, Support |








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I got 371 points - beat the score
Good game - could do with some settings and instructions in the game :)