🐍 Snake Game (Built with Python Turtle)

• Hey! I'm Pawan 👋

• This is one of the first real Python projects I built — a fully working Snake Game using Python’s built-in turtle module.

• It’s simple, fun, and was a great way for me to practice object-oriented programming (OOP) and improve my Python skills!

🛠 How I Made This (My Process)

So let me walk you through how I built this project, step by step — just like I did it:

1. I planned it out first (in my head 😅) I knew I needed:

• A snake that moves

• Food that appears in random places

• A way to detect collisions

• A scoreboard that keeps track of score and high score

2. I created the snake 🐍

• I made a Snake class that stores the snake segments as a list of turtles.
• Each segment is a square, and they follow the head as it moves.
• Then I added movement controls (Up, Down, Left, Right) using keyboard inputs.

3. I added the food 🍽️

• Created a Food class by inheriting from Turtle.
• The food appears randomly on the screen using random.randint().
• When the snake eats it (gets close), it disappears and reappears elsewhere — and the snake gets longer!

4. I created the scoreboard 🎯

• I made a Scoreboard class that displays the current score on top.
• I also created a data.txt file to save the highest score, so it doesn’t reset when you restart the game.

5. I wrote the game loop in main.py 🔁

• This is the brain of the whole game.
• It constantly updates the screen, moves the snake, checks for food collisions, wall collisions, and tail collisions.
• If you crash, the game resets (but your high score stays safe!).

6. I styled it a bit

• Set the background color to black

• Gave the snake a white color

• Made the food small and blue

• Set screen size to 600x600

🖥 How to Run It (Step-by-Step)

🔧 Requirements

• Python 3.x

• That’s it! No need to install external libraries. turtle and random come built-in.

🚀 Run Instructions

Download the files or clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/PawanSankalpa/turtle_projects.git
cd turtle_projects

Create a file named data.txt in the same folder (if not already there), and just put a 0 in it:

0

This file stores the high score.

Run the game

python main.py

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🎮 How to Play

• Use the arrow keys to move the snake:

• Up → Go up

• Down → Go down

• Left → Turn left

• Right → Turn right

• Eat the blue food to grow longer.

• Don’t crash into the walls or your own tail — or your score resets!

• Beat your own high score stored in data.txt.

📂 What's Inside

• main.py --- Runs the game loop and connects all components
• snake.py --- Handles snake segments, movement, and growing
• food.py --- Manages food behavior and random positioning
• scoreboard.py ---Displays and tracks score + high score
• data.txt --- Stores your highest score

💡 Extra Ideas I Might Try Later

• Add sound effects

• Add levels with increasing speed

• Add a start/restart screen

• Style it more with custom shapes or colors

🙌 Final Thoughts

• This was a really fun and useful project for me to learn Python.
• I finally understood how classes, inheritance, OOP, and modular code all come together in a real game.
• If you're new to Python, try this out. It teaches you a lot!

Built by me — Pawan Sankalpa

• If you have questions or wanna show me your version, hit me up!

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