Rusty_Snake

Snake Game in Rust

This game was improved upon the snake game by Tensor Programming: https://github.com/tensor-programming/snake-tutorial

macOS:

Get the macOS .dmg file here: https://github.com/tanav-malhotra/Rusty_Snake/releases/latest

Windows:

Get the Windows Installer here: https://github.com/tanav-malhotra/Rusty_Snake/releases/latest

Linux:

Get the Linux .AppImage here: https://github.com/tanav-malhotra/Rusty_Snake/releases/latest

Build from source:

Type these commands (either in the terminal for macOS and Linux, or Powershell for Windows):

• Install Rust if you haven't already (on macOS and Linux only, Windows go here):

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

• Clone this repo (or download the zip file, extract it, and then open it up in a terminal):

git clone https://github.com/tanav-malhotra/Rusty_Snake.git

• Install it:

cd Rusty_Snake

cargo install --force --path .

• Run the game:

Rusty_Snake

• (Optional) Move the binary to your desktop: Use your file manager and/or the command line and move the binary from [wherever you cloned the repo]/Rusty_Snake/target/release/Rusty_Snake on macOS and Linux or from [wherever you cloned the repo]\Rusty_Snake\target\release\Rusty_Snake.exe on Windows to your desktop.

Playing the Game!

• WASD, IJKL, and the Arrow Keys are supported.
• Press Space and/or the key pointing in the same direction as your snake to quickly boost (speed up) until the direction is changed.