SNAKES

SNAKES borrows the creature from classic arcade games but plays as a calm logic puzzle. Each level is a grid with several snakes on it, and the aim is to guide them so that between them they fill every empty tile. When no blank square remains, the level is complete.

Having more than one snake is what makes it a puzzle. A route that works perfectly for one snake can wall off the space another one needed, so the question on every board is how to divide the grid between them. It is spatial reasoning at its purest: lengths, corners and dead ends, and the order in which you deal with them.

The levels change as you advance. The description promises unique layouts and obstacles on each one, so the shapes you get used to early on do not stay the same for long. The presentation is clean and the mechanics are intuitive, which keeps it relaxing to play even when a board takes a few attempts to crack.

1. Look at where each snake starts on the grid.
2. Plan which area each one should cover.
3. Guide the snakes through the empty tiles.
4. Finish when every tile is filled.

Fill corners and narrow corridors first. Open space is easy to share out later; a one-tile dead end only works if the right snake reaches it.