zxnake

A game presented to the BASIC 10Liner Contest (2024) modality Extreme-256.

Story:

On the winter darkest night, beings from another planet descent over the Finish steppe with no good intentions. The light show and the loud noise produced by the starship has awaken our protagonist from its winter hibernation. He is furious and hungry but, to his surprise, the field seems full of appetizing arachnids. These visitors will soon discover that his 8bit-like insect shape could never be more dangerous.

Objective:

The objective is to eat as many alien bugs as possible, avoiding crashing with the walls, snake own body, and death tombstones. Aliens can jump after some time. Stage will change after enough aliens have been eaten.

Controls:

With the keyboard using OPQA keys:
O - left
P - right
Q - up
A - down.
Any other key will pause the game.

Launching the game:

The game has been tested in "fuse" emulator, but it should work fine in any emulator suporting Spectrum 16k or 48k.

IMPORTANT: The game is not compatible with 128k BASIC; therefore the emulator must be configured for 16k or 48k Spectrum. (See manual for precise fuse instructions). For 128k Spectrum models, the machine should be set in 48k BASIC mode before loading the game. The game will load in 128k mode, but it won't work properly.