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Dev tools · April 25, 2019

Quinesnake – A quine that plays snake over its own source

A quine that plays snake over its own source! Contribute to taylorconor/quinesnake development by creating an account on GitHub.

Quinesnake – A quine that plays snake over its own source launched on April 25, 2019 with 131 votes, #215 of 3,128 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

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Quinesnake is a quine—a program that produces its own source code as output—that also plays the classic snake game within itself. The program combines self-referential code with interactive gameplay, allowing players to control a snake while the program simultaneously outputs and executes its own source code. It is designed for programmers and code enthusiasts interested in exploring unconventional programming concepts and creative uses of quines.

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