nix-snake ❄️🐍

A lightweight, terminal-based Snake game and screensaver written in Rust.

Watch a NixOS Lambda (λ) navigate your terminal, consuming snowflakes and packages in an infinite loop, or take control and play yourself.

Status: Active Development 🚧

✨ Features

• 🖥️ Screensaver Mode (Autopilot): The snake plays itself using a greedy pathfinding algorithm. Perfect for a terminal background.

• 🎮 Seamless Override: Press any arrow key to instantly switch from "Screensaver" to "Manual" mode. Press a to switch back.

• ❄️ NixOS Themed: The snake head is a Lambda (λ), eating snowflakes (❄) and packages (📦).

• 🚀 Performance: Built with pure crossterm for low-latency rendering and minimal resource usage.

• 🔄 Infinity Walls: The world wraps around the edges of your terminal.

📦 Installation From Source

Ensure you have Rust and Cargo installed.

git clone https://github.com/saylesss88/nix-snake cd nix-snake
cargo install --path .

crates.io

cargo install nix-snake

Nix:

nix run github:saylesss88/nix-snake
# If it gives you problems try:
nix run --no-write-lock-file github:saylesss88/nix-snake

🕹️ Controls

• a: Switch to Autopilot (Screensaver) Mode

• q/ Esc: Quit

• Arrow keys: Start playing

• The speed gets faster with every package/snowflake eaten

• The screen flashes red on death & auto-restarts with a body length of 3