snake-wasm-pgozon v0.1.0

A beginners first attempt at using rust + wasm

About

This project was written to get a feel for both rust + wasm at the same time, being my first project that uses either tool.

Control the Snake using the arrow keys; pause the game with Space, and reset the game with Escape. Note: the snake may wrap from edge of the screen to the other!

Resources Used

• The Rust + WebAssembly Book
• Making the canvas appear sharp

Changes I'd make looking back

There are two major design decisions I'd like to update: 1. I'd look to represent Blocks (snake segments + food) in a wasm-compatible manner, so I could freely pass data structures between rust and JS. 2. If this game were larger, rather than rendering the entirety of the universe each tick, I'd pass only a list of blocks that were updated between the two ticks (e.g., where the new head is and where the old tail was). 3. I'd pick a larger color palette -- then the food wouldn't be the same color as the background of the webpage!