Astro Solutions Snakeout2Applet
6.2.2022
We had got 25 years of Astro Solutions on 2.6.2022 and
Snakeout2 was released. Snakeout2 is a mixture of Snake
and Breakout made for one and two players. The first
version of Snakeout was released on 10.18.2001 and it was very
similar, but the source code was deleted. You move a
blue snake, which must eat the green stones and gets
longer with every stone. You can define in the start panel,
whether the snake can crash into itself or not. The
default is, that it can crash into itself, because the
alternative makes the game much more difficult. The snake
isn't allowed to leave the gamefield. The yellow balls
flying around must hit the red stones and absorbe them.
If they hit the snake or the green stones, their flying
direction is changed. The snake must be there, where the
ball flies to. If it rolls over the ball, the ball is
absorbed. If all balls are absorbed or have left the
gamefield, while red stones still exist, you have lost.
You can choose the number of green and red stones and
yellow balls in the start panel. The game can be started
for one and two players. The first player uses the cursor
keys and the second player s, y, x and c. You can quit
with ESC and restart with RETURN. The game duration and the
number of green and red stones, which have to be eliminated,
are displayed below the gamefield. The number of active
yellow balls is also calculated. The gamefield is created
with a random generator. The random generator uses a random
seed as its base. The same random seed always forces the
creation of the same gamefield, if the stone and ball numbers
are equal. You can change the random seed in the start
panel.
This applet-version is compatible to
JAVA 1.1.8, MSJVM (JView) and JAVA 1.8. It uses a
deprecated JAVA API.
It can be run with JAVA-browsers and the AppletViewer
from the free Oracle JDK.