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Twitter Plays Snake (known online under the handle @SnakeGameBot) was a Twitter bot created by programmer, game developer and YouTuber PolyMars. As of August 2024, the bot has over 25 thousand followers.
 The Twitter Account's Profile Picture as of 1 August 2024 | |
| Developer | PolyMars |
|---|---|
| Type | Twitter Bot |
| Launch date | October 8, 2020 |
| Discontinued | February 15, 2021 |
| Platform(s) | X (formerly known as Twitter) |
| Status | Offline |
The high score as of August 2024 is 38.
It officially went online on October 8, 2020.
It was taken offline for maintenance on February 15, 2021[1] and has not been active since.
Gameplay
editThe bot mimicked the popular game genre Snake, whilst also making the controls into a more user friendly and collaborative scheme for social media. Users of X (known as Twitter during the project’s run) controlled the player/snake via retweeting to turn the snake anti-clockwise or liking to turn the snake clockwise.
The bot posted every 30 minutes, and would update accordingly to which value was higher.
There are also special snake modes not included in the original snake version.
Development
editPolyMars announced development on his profile on October 4, 2020.[3] In a developer log, he states that the code was based off an old Java project of Snake he created in class.[4]
The whole bot was coded in Twitter4J,[5] a Java fork for Twitter Bots and ran on PolyMars' personal computer.
Legacy
editA spiritual successor/port to Twitter Plays Snake was released on December 21, 2020, a Discord bot dubbed Team Snake.[6]
References
edit- ^ "@SnakeGameBot". Twitter. 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b c PolyMars (2024-07-18), PolyMarsDev/Twitter-Plays-Snake, retrieved 2024-08-01
- ^ "@PolyMarsYT". Twitter. 2020-10-04. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ PolyMars (2020-11-19). I Made Snake With 30,000 Players. Retrieved 2024-08-01 – via YouTube. Mentioned at 3:22.
- ^ PolyMars (2020-11-19). I Made Snake With 30,000 Players. Retrieved 2024-08-01 – via YouTube. Mentioned at 2:47.
- ^ "@PolyMarsYT". Twitter. 2020-12-21. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
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