Today's snake
Today's snake
The fruit falls in the same order for everyone today, so the score means the same thing for everybody. The wall ends the run, and every fruit makes the snake a little faster.
How does Today's snake work?
It is a snake on a grid. Arrow keys or the buttons on screen, the wall ends the run, and every fruit makes the snake one step faster.
The fruit falls in the same order for everyone today, and the order changes at midnight UTC, so the score means the same thing for everybody.
How can the fruit be the same for everyone if we move differently?
Because the seeded list is a list of candidates, not of final places. When a fruit is due, the game walks down the list and takes the first square the snake is not standing on.
Taking the position straight from the list would sooner or later put a fruit inside the snake, where it can never be eaten, and the run would stall with no explanation. Two people who played the same way up to that point still see the same fruit.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The four directions are buttons under the board, sized for a thumb.
Does a faster screen make it harder?
No. The snake moves one square per step and the animation advances in whole steps, carrying any leftover time to the next frame. A 144 Hz screen draws the same run more smoothly.
Does sharing my result give anything away?
No. The shared square carries one mark per fruit and never the path you took, which would be today's solution in the hands of whoever reads it.