Snake game written in PowerShell which uses any windows console (
cmd.exe,powershell.exe, even VSCode!) and draws out a custom native code based game. Useful and fun game for aspiring programmers and techies. Features:
- Robust Game engine:
- Capable of handling multiple snakes / objects
- Mod capabilities by extending engine and providing your own Game Hook / Classes (as long as you implement the appropriate interfaces)
- Saving / Restoring complete state (Snakes, directions, objects, Game Grid, Tick Speed, etc)
- Level Mechanics:
- Obstruction creation
- Laser beams
- Moving snitches (with random point values)
- Customization Segment:
- Allows you to Customize
$Script:GameKnobsto adjust everything from Sleep Times, Obstruction sizes, Render sizes, Colors, Symbols, SaveMaps, Laser Logic, etc
- Allows you to Customize
| Standard Single Player | Multiplayer (w/ Debug Console) | Scoreboard during gameplay |
|---|---|---|
| Gameplay Gif |
|---|
.\PowerSneks.ps1 [[-Snakes] <int:1>] [[-Bots] <int:0>] [[-MapFile] <string>] [-LoadDefaultSave] [-ShowPlayerLabels] [-Debug]- Will draw a game to match the dimensions of the console window
Snakeis the number of human players (controls cut off after 2 players),Botsis the number of bots in the gameDebugmode is for debugging to see snake positions, object distances, active render, current block, tickLoadDefaultSaveloads game from a previous save [File:%appdata%\AP-PowerSneks.Map.Save]MapFileis the save-file path you want to load the game from- Note: If you've never run PowerShell Scripts before refer to Setup PowerShell Section Below
- In house Game Engine, and View overlay + Grid System
- Color Scheming
- Level Making
- MAP Saving and Loading
- Obstruction Creation
- Laser Beams To cut through walls
- Warping of Obstructions and Snake
- Game-Console with Laser and Score count
- Debug console like Minecraft for the game Engine
- CPU cycle and sleep time adjustment as game progresses
- Bots to play against
- Golden Snitch to chase for extra points (and less walls)
| Key Code | Usage |
|---|---|
q, x, ESC |
Quit Game |
← , → , ↑ , ↓ |
Move Snake (left/right/up/down) (Player 1) |
A , D , W , S |
Move Snake (left/right/up/down) (Player 2) |
J , L , I , K |
Move Snake (left/right/up/down) (Player 3) |
num4, num6, num8, num5 |
Move Snake (left/right/up/down) (Player 4) |
end, r-ctrl, 🔙 |
Laser Beam (Player 1) |
l-ctrl, c |
Laser Beam (Player 2) |
space, { |
Laser Beam (Player 3) |
0, num-enter |
Laser Beam (Player 4) |
+ |
Speed Up Game [Increases Tick speed] |
- |
Slow Down Game [Increases Tick speed] |
p |
Pause Game |
f12 |
Full Screen |
Tab |
Save Current Game State |
f5 |
Refresh view [fast] |
` |
Enable dev console on game (also enable-able via the -debug cmdline flag) |
. |
Add more food to the game [Cheat Code] |
| File | Description |
|---|---|
PowerSneks.ps1 |
Main Game launcher, use this to start the game |
ToBots.ps1 |
Use a saved game and convert all players to bots (best use for this file, use -LoadDefaultSave) |
| File | Description |
|---|---|
PowerSneks_BaseObjects.ps1 |
Contains enums and base object definitions that the game engine relies on |
PowerSneks_GameSettings.ps1 |
Contains all the tinkerable variables that can be modified before launching the game engine |
PowerSneks_Engine.ps1 |
Loads all entities mentioned below, and exposes functions that are needed to draw or start the game |
Sockets.ps1 |
TODO: Add LAN based multiplayer support for the game |
The Number before the file name is the order in which the files are loaded into the game engine (since they depend on each other)
| File | Description |
|---|---|
entities/1_Game.ps1 |
Contains the Game and Scoreboard class definitions |
entities/2_Snake.ps1 |
Contains the Snake class definition |
entities/3_Bot.ps1 |
Contains the SnakeBot class definition which can kinda play the game (super basic AI) |
entities/3_GoldenSnitch.ps1 |
Contains the GoldenSnitch, which is a special moving object that gives extra points (without creating walls) |
- Open PowerShell with Admin Access
- Run
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass - This allows scripts to be run in PowerShell
- cd to the Folder where you downloaded/cloned PowerSneks.ps1
./PowerSneks.ps1<arguments>