In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to create a super fun classic snake game in visual studio using C# programming language. I still remember this game from my old NOKIA phones, this game has gone through lots of different iterations over the years but the game is still lots of fun. We will be creating this awesome game in Visual Studio using the Windows Form Application template. We wont be using any game engines or external libraries to make this game. All you need is any version of visual studio and you can simply follow the tutorial through.

Tutorial Objectives –

To create a snake game in visual studio
To create and manage an array of snake parts in the game
To spawn and respawn food across the screen
To detect hit test with the border and snakes own body
Start and restart the game
Keep score in the game
Manage the project and follow good programming practice by using comments and indentation
Using different OOP (object-oriented programming) classes to allocate the snake body and game controls
Using the system PAINT event to draw and animate SNAKE parts across the screen
Using Keyboard events and optimising the events to respond to up, down, left and right keys

Download Snake Game Visual Studio Project on GitHub

Watch the Snakes Video Tutorial on YouTube

Please make sure you the .Net Framework installed to run this game, you can either have the .net framework installed separately or have it installed as a bundle with visual studio.

Have fun and Keep learning.
See you on the next one.

Classic Snake Game Made with Win Forms and C# Tutorial screenshots