1. How is the concept of parallelism seen in the snake game?

2. History of the Snake Game
Arcade game that originated in the 1970’s and is now considered a classic
Players control a snake that roams around
Snake eats food while avoiding tail and walls
Each time the snake eats the food the tail grows longer

3. Scratch Game Requirements
Snake needs to grow after eatting food
Game over when:
Snake runs into itself
Snake runs into boundaries
Keep score
Press space or enter to begin
Arrows must control the snake
Start at position 0,0

4. Variations on Snake Game
Play 3 snake games on snakegame.net
Comment in your journal on:
Speed of snake
Score
Growth of snake
Size of playing field
Added twist to game/rules
Annoying parts of game/glitches

5. Parallelism Making things happen at the same time Example:
When snake eats food, score increases & snake grows
Can you think of any other examples?

6. Pen Tool
Lines, dots, rectangles, circles are the easiest shapes to create
Blocks related to pen:
Clear – erases all previously drawn pens
Pen Down – starts drawing pen
Pen Up – stops drawing pen
Set pen color to – sets color of line

7. What you need to figure out!
How can you add more tail only when the snake eats food?
How can you regulate the size of the snake?
Do you need to have more than two sprites?