Snake Rewind: Building a Retro Snake Game in C with Raylib

Follow along as we rebuild the classic Snake game but with a retro twist. In this series we're coding Snake Rewind from scratch in C using Raylib, layering on everything from pixel perfect visuals to clone enemies, cinematic shaders and juicy arcade feedback.

Curated by: Let's Reinvent the Wheel (8 videos)


Currently Playing: Slither With Style: Snake Movement and Controls [Snake Rewind Ep 2]

🐍 In Episode 2 of *Snake Rewind* we bring the grid to life with smooth step based movement and responsive keyboard controls. 🎮 What we cover: - Implementing classic Snake style movement (timed, not per frame) - Handling Arrow key input with turn buffering - Wrapping around the grid edges - Building the *Snake* struct and tile tracking system All movement is handled in *discrete steps*, making the gameplay feel tight, predictable and pixel perfect 📺 Full Snake Rewind Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI7p1zrAYQeUb67kPtsyduLk1aJChzIQZ 📖 Companion Blog Post: https://letsreinventthewheel.github.io/blog/snake-rewind-ep2/ 🧠 Source code: https://github.com/letsreinventthewheel/snake-rewind Snake Rewind isn't just a remake. It is Snake with a twist: - 🐍 Clone snakes that retrace your path - ✨ Retro shaders: bloom, scanlines, chromasep - 🎮 Reactive UI, game feel, and juicy feedback - 🎧 Music and SFX polish (hopefully we can find free sounds) 💬 Got questions? Drop a comment. 👍 Like what you see? Hit the like button. 📌 Want more projects like this? Subscribe and stay tuned... 00:00 Last Episode recap 00:35 Small adjustments for last episode code 01:31 Snake struct 03:47 Initialize player snake 08:08 Pulling in stb_ds.h 08:58 Adjusting GetTileColor 09:24 Draw snake on the grid 11:15 Make snake move 15:50 Fix snake grid wrapping 17:46 Reset grid every frame 19:04 Move snake per interval, not per frame 21:05 Merge UpdateTileGrid and ClearGrid 21:48 Handling user input (arrow keys movement) 26:10 Fix left and top grid wrapping 27:40 User input buffering #programming #cprogramming #gamedev #raylib


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