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Snake running on a 32×32 LED panel
32×32 · Livereal render
GamesLive4 players

Snake

Snake on the LEDs. Plays itself as a screensaver; press the arrow keys to play. B opens the menu: Battle and Teams for 2–4 snakes, Co-op with shared apples, and four arenas.

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At a glance

OutputLiveRendered by the engine and streamed over Bluetooth as its data changes (about 5–9 frames a second).
Settings17every one editable live in the studio, or by an agent with update_app_settings
ButtonsRestart · Autoplaystudio buttons, or app_action over MCP
Sourcearcade.pysrc/deskdot/apps/arcade.py

Game

Players1–4seat 1 on the keyboard or studio, the rest on phones over your Wi-Fi; empty seats are played by the AI
Controllers
SwipeD-padAnalog stickGamepadKeyboard

Modes

ModePlayersPlay
Solo default1Solo
Battle2–4Free-for-all
Teams2–4Teams
Co-op2–4Co-op

Maps

OpenPillarsMazeTunnels

Themes

ClassicNeonRetroMonoNightJungleCircuitDesert

Settings

Settings
SettingTypeDefaultOptions / range
General
Speed (moves/s)speedwhole number83 – 15
ThemethemechoiceNight
ClassicNeonRetroMonoNightJungleCircuitDesert
AI skillskillHow well the demo AI playsnumber0.80.0 – 1.0
Show scoreshow_scoreon/offOnon / off
Snake colourcolorcolour#00ff8cany colour (#rrggbb)
Food colourfoodcolour#ff1e5aany colour (#rrggbb)
Solid wallswallsOn the open map the edges kill instead of wrapping aroundon/offOffon / off
Graphics
EffectseffectschoiceFull (particles, shake, flashes)
Full (particles, shake, flashes)Calm (no shake or flashes)Minimal
Game flow
Intro & results screensintro_outroon/offOnon / off
Play itself when idleattractThe AI plays while nobody does (great in a playlist)on/offOnon / off
Plays itself withpilotchoiceBuilt-in AI
Built-in AIFruit-fly brain (sees only the pixels; docs/FLY_BRAIN.md)
Game
Growth per applegrowwhole number11 – 3
Match time (s)match_timeBattle and Teamswhole number9030 – 300
Co-op livesliveswhole number30 – 9
ModemodechoiceSolo
SoloBattleTeamsCo-op
MapmapchoiceOpen
OpenPillarsMazeTunnels
Playersplayerswhole number11 – 4

Try it

render a frame to PNG (no panel needed)
$ uv run deskdot preview arcade --settings '{"theme":"classic"}' --out arcade.png
show it on your panel (engine running)
$ curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8765/api/apps/arcade/activate

Or ask your agent: “Show Snake on my panel”. It calls show_app with "arcade". New here? Set up DeskDot first.

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