‘Serpentes’ Adds Surprising and Delightful Surprises to ‘Snake’

Serpentes: tenth Anniversary Version provides some wild randomness to the ‘Snake” idea, creating one thing enormously exhausting to cease taking part in.

Simply to save lots of you a while, you need to simply go purchase something made by PUNKCAKE Délicieux. It’s all gold. However I can spend some extra time convincing you in case you want it. This sport, which builds upon a title made by Benjamin Soulé, one of many members of PUNKCAKE, which in itself constructed upon the outdated sport Snake. In the event you don’t comprehend it, you slither round a restricted enviornment selecting up little issues that make your snake develop longer. The longer you get, the more durable it’s to dodge the partitions and the coils of your individual physique. Easy and terribly compelling. Soulé constructed on that for Serpente, and for its tenth anniversary, they’ve constructed one thing much more troublesome to place down.

On this sport, you slither across the enviornment selecting up fruit. Every fruit provides totally different bonuses whenever you decide them up. The primary time you seize the fruit it offers you factors, the second can add or take away sections of your snake, the third brings totally different enemies into play, and the fourth and fifth rows begin making dramatic modifications to how one can play (together with placing you thru whole minigames). The factor is, these bonuses are randomized, so whilst you can guess what method the fruit will have an effect on the sport, you gained’t know specifics. Additionally, you solely have a minute to play (except you’ll be able to decide up a while bonuses to maintain you going), so determine what to seize shortly.

This all sounded actually simple once I learn it on the itch.io web page, however Serpente performs out so shortly over its minute playtime that it simply appears like thrilling chaos. You’re always making an attempt to determine what you’ve even accomplished whilst you can’t ignore the compulsion to simply decide up extra fruit as quick as you’ll be able to, all whereas beneath a decent time restrict. It’s simply so dang enjoyable and you actually need to play it.

Serpentes: tenth Anniversary Version is accessible now on itch.io.

About The Creator

Joel Couture

Joel has been overlaying indie video games for varied websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games may be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.