Snakes On A Cartesian Plane
A wise philosopher named Samuel L. Jackson once asked, "If a snake eats a pellet in the forest, and no one is there to control the snake, does it actually earn a point?" He then said something else we can't repeat here and there was a whole movie about it and yada yada, you know the rest. But as for the former quote, you might be tempted to consider the strange possibilities of puzzling variations on a snake game with Netgrind's Snakes On A Cartesian Plane.
You probably already know the rules of a snake game. [Arrow] keys move the snake, eat the food, avoid your own tail. But what if you're a sea snake, and you've got to dive underwater to catch your food? What if you're a mamushi and the food you eat becomes hazardous to you later? Between time limits, contorted controls, and crazy warping, you'll find 28 different variations on the same basic snake principle to tackle. Clearing certain milestones will unlock other snakes, so keep on playing until you discover why all those snakes are on that Cartesian plane.
Walkthrough Guide
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Snakes on a Cartesian Plane:
Variations from Level to Level
Classic
Just like usual: navigate with the arrow keys.
Viper
Only turns clockwise.
Sidewinder
Moves one pixel sideways at regular intervals.
Sea Snake
Food slowly drops offscreen.
Hognose
You only have to touch the food to swallow it.
Mamushi
Once you eat a piece of food, the location becomes deadly.
Trouser
Every space is food!
Boa
Every fifth pellet makes the walls get smaller.
Mamba
The walls don't lead where you think they do.
Burmese
You can see the next 7 food pellets, but you can only eat the current one.
Solid Snake
Two food pellets appear on screen at once. When you eat one, you pop out of the other one.
Asp
3x3 squares appear on screen. The center square is deadly, the rest is food.
Krait
You are three squares wide.
Grass Snake
Every so often, your body turns into a string of deadly squares and your head starts anew.
Coral Snake
Your controls are reversed!
Rat Snake
For every food pellet you eat, two deadly squares appear.
Cobra
You're invisible except for your tail and everywhere you turn.
King Snake
Your food moves fast! (Hint: Charge it head-on.)
Queen Snake
You have a time limit to eat each pellet.
Rattlesnake
Four squares that may or may not be food appear at one time.
Ringneck
Every other square of you is pretty much non-existent.
Death Adder
There are deadly squares arranged in a grid pattern.
Ouroboros
Whenever you eat something, your tail becomes your head and vice versa.
Python
Same as mamushi, but the food is the same color as the deadly squares.
Puff Adder
Your food moves - slower than in King Snake, but randomly.
Boomslang
Like mamushi, but you can only see the deadly squares when you're turning.
Plissken
Like Mamushi, but you can't see the deadly squares at all!
Passage
Can't face left.
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June 6, 2012 6:13 PM