SnakeyByte

Snakey Byte — a tiny classic, rebuilt for the browser.

A no-frills Snake that runs the moment the page loads. Every run rolls a brand-new snake and a brand-new piece of food, so no two games look alike.

WHAT'S IN THE BYTE

- 5 randomly generated snake skins: blocks, dots, diamonds, scales, capsules

- 7 food shapes, from stars to hearts to water drops

- 2 themes — Dark, and Retro (a green dot-matrix LCD, like the handhelds you grew up with)

- Sound synthesised live in the browser. No audio files, no waiting

- Keyboard, on-screen D-pad, or swipe. Plays on desktop and phone

- Under 32 KB. Nothing to install, no account, no ads, no trackers

CONTROLS

Desktop — Arrow keys or WASD to turn · Space to start / pause · M to mute · T to switch theme

Mobile — Tap to start, steer with the D-pad on the right, or just swipe the screen

HOW TO PLAY

Eat the food. Don't hit the wall. Don't bite yourself. It gets faster as you grow.

Built with plain HTML5 canvas and the Web Audio API. Every graphic and every sound is generated in code, which is why the whole game is a single file you can save and play offline forever.

Made by one person. Feedback and bug reports are very welcome.