How to make Snake Game using jQuery

How to · jQuery·Mar, 29

Well while checking the simplicity of jQuery , tried making snake game which is quite popular on mobiles or cellphones. Since I made it quickly and might miss some shorthand or small syntax. Please make me correct if I have made any mistake in the code. So lets start will simple thing , the html.

Why not to check the DEMO before moving on.

I scored 900 points as my highest score. Post in your highest score and I will try to beat that. 🙂

HTML

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<body>
    <div id="scoreBoard">Your Score : 0</div>
    <div class="gameOver" style="display:none">Oops! Game Over</div>
 </body>

jQuery 

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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		var direction = 'right', speed = 100, ticker = null, fruitCell = [], score = 0, size = 50;
		var snakeCells = [
			[ 10, 14 ],
			[ 10, 13 ],
			[ 10, 12 ],
			[ 10, 11 ],
			[ 10, 10 ],
			[ 10, 9 ],
			[ 10, 8 ],
			[ 10, 7 ]
		];
		var snakeHead = [ 10, 14 ];
 
		function renderSnake (){
			$('td').removeClass('snakeCell snakeHead');
			for (var cell in snakeCells ){
				$('tr').eq( snakeCells[cell][0] ).find('td').eq(snakeCells[cell][1]).addClass('snakeCell');
			}
			$('tr').eq( snakeHead[0] ).find('td').eq(snakeHead[1]).addClass('snakeHead');
		}
 
		function getFruitCell() {
			fruitCell = [ getRandomNumber( $( 'tr' ).length ), getRandomNumber( $( 'tr:eq(0)>td' ).length ) ];
		}
 
		function gameOver() {
			$('div.gameOver').show('fast', function() {
				$( this ).animate({top:250}, 'slow');
			});
			clearInterval( ticker );
		}
 
		function updateSnakeCell(){
			var snakeNewHead = [];
			switch(direction){
				case 'right':
					snakeNewHead = [ snakeHead[0], snakeHead[1]+1 ];
					break;
				case 'left':
					snakeNewHead = [ snakeHead[0], snakeHead[1]-1 ];
					break;
				case 'up':
					snakeNewHead = [ snakeHead[0]-1, snakeHead[1] ];
					break;
				case 'down':
					snakeNewHead = [ snakeHead[0]+1, snakeHead[1] ];
					break;
			}
			var newCell = {length:0}
			if( snakeNewHead[0] < 0 || snakeNewHead[1] < 0 ) {
				gameOver();
				return;
			} else if( snakeNewHead[0] >= size || snakeNewHead[1] >= size ) {
				gameOver();
				return;
			}
			var newCell = $('tr').eq( snakeNewHead[0] ).find('td').eq(snakeNewHead[1]);
			if( newCell.length == 0 ) {
				gameOver();
			} else {
				if ( newCell.hasClass('snakeCell') ) {
					gameOver();
				} else {
					if( newCell.hasClass( 'fruitCell' ) ) {
						snakeCells.push( [] );
						getFruitCell();
						renderFruitCell();
						score += 100;
						$( '#scoreBoard' ).html( 'Your Score : ' + score );
						speed = speed - 10 > 5 ? speed - 10 : speed;
						clearInterval( ticker );
						startGame();
					}
					for( var i = ( snakeCells.length - 1 ); i > 0 ; i-- ) {
						snakeCells[ i ] = snakeCells[ i - 1 ];
					}
					snakeCells[ 0 ] = snakeHead = snakeNewHead;
					renderSnake();
				}
			}
		}
 
		function getRandomNumber( limit ) {
			return parseInt( Math.random() * limit % limit );
		}
 
		function getNewDirection( keyCode ) {
			var codes = {
				37 : 'left',
				38 : 'up',
				39 : 'right',
				40 : 'down'
			};
 
			if( typeof codes[ keyCode ] != 'undefined' ) {
				var newDirection = codes[ keyCode ], changeDirection = true;
				switch( direction ) {
					case 'up' :
						changeDirection = newDirection != 'down';
						break;
					case 'down' :
						changeDirection = newDirection != 'up';
						break;
					case 'right' :
						changeDirection = newDirection != 'left';
						break;
					case 'left' :
						changeDirection = newDirection != 'right';
						break;
				}
				direction = changeDirection ? newDirection : direction;
			}
		}
 
		function renderBoard() {
			var rowhtml = '';
			for( var i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
				rowhtml +='<td cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"></td>'
			}
			html = [];
			for( var i = 0; i < size; i++ ) {
				html.push( '<tr cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">' + rowhtml + '</tr>' );
			}
			$( document.body ).append( '<table>' + html.join( '\n' ) + '</table>' );
			getFruitCell();
		}
 
		function renderFruitCell() {
			$( 'td' ).removeClass( 'fruitCell' );
			$('tr').eq( fruitCell[0] ).find('td').eq(fruitCell[1]).addClass( 'fruitCell' );
		}
 
		function startGame() {
			ticker = setInterval( updateSnakeCell, speed );
		}
 
		$( document ).ready(function(){
			renderBoard();
			renderFruitCell();
			$( document ).bind('keydown', function( e ) {
				getNewDirection( e.keyCode );
			});
			startGame();
		});
	</script>

CSS

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*{margin:0;padding:0;font-family:trebuchet ms;}
body{width:900px;position:realtive;margin:0 auto;}
		table{margin:0 auto 10px auto;border:1px solid #ccc;box-shadow:3px 3px 10px #999;}
		td{width:6px;height:6px;border:1px solid #fff;cellpadding:0;cellspacing:0;}
		td.snakeCell{background:#000;-moz-border-radius:5px;border:1px solid #000;box-shadow:1px 1px 1px #aaa;}
		td.snakeHead{background:red;-moz-border-radius:5px;border:1px solid red;}	
		td.fruitCell{background:green;-moz-border-radius:5px;border:1px solid green;box-shadow:1px 1px 1px #aaa;}
 
		#scoreBoard{text-shadow:2px 2px 1px #fff;box-shadow:0 -3px 5px #aaa;width:482px;margin:50px auto 0 auto;border:1px solid #ccc;background:#eee;font-weight:bold;padding:10px;}
		.gameOver{font-weight:bold;text-shadow:2px 2px 1px #fff;position:absolute;top:0;left:550px;background:#eee;color:red;width:70px;border:50px solid #eee;text-align:center;-moz-border-radius:90px;-webkit-border-radius:90px;border-radius:90px;box-shadow:3px 3px 10px #999;}

Here is the DEMO.

That’s all folks! Updations and errors are welcome.

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