snek

Module organization

Main

Entry point of the game.

• Parses commands/option flags.
• Creates and invokes a Driver.

Driver

Run the animation/update/event loop.

Owns: a Terminal, a Game.

At each animation tick:

• Updates its Game, accounting for user input from its Terminal.
• Has its Terminal render a UI based on its Game.

Terminal

Wraps interface between game and user.

• Detects and reports user input.
• Renders a UI.

UI

Wraps a Game, turning it into a Terminal-renderable format.

Game

Maintains and updates game state.

Owns: a Snake, Food.

• Tracks Snake, Food in bounded 2D space.
• Updates in response to animation ticks, input events.
• Detects and reports game events, such as collisions.

Snake

Represents a snake object.

Food

Represents a food object.

Questions/enhancements

• Snake can wrap around edges?
• Food can have multiple colors for multiple values?
• Multiple foods?
• Multiple snakes?
• Customize food/snake sprites with flags?
• Networked play?