name	Advanced Snake Mechanics
description	Guidelines for analog movement, mass-based growth, and smooth visual representations.

Advanced Snake Mechanics (Snake.io Style)

Do not use 4-directional grid movement.
Velocity Vector: Movement should be determined by an angle and a speed.
Turn rate should be capped. When a player moves their mouse or joystick in a new direction, the snake's heading angle should gradually interpolate toward the target angle to create momentum and wide arcs.

The snake is a series of nodes (segments).
The head moves based on the velocity vector.
IK / Follow Mechanics: Each subsequent body segment follows the position of the segment directly in front of it.
Ensure a minimum distance is maintained between segments so they don't bunch up. If the distance exceeds a target segment length, the segment moves linearly toward the previous segment.

Snake length is a visually smoothed representation of its mass score.
When consuming a pellet, increase mass instantly, but visually add body segments gradually over several frames.
Boost Mechanics: When boosting, deduct mass from the player continuously and decrease their length gracefully. Dropped mass should spawn as specialized high-value pellets behind their tail.

When a head collides with another snake's body or the arena boundary, the snake dies.
Remove the player from the active array and spawn numerous pellet entities corresponding to their mass at the exact positions of their former body segments.

name	Advanced Snake Mechanics
description	Guidelines for analog movement, mass-based growth, and smooth visual representations.

Do not use 4-directional grid movement.
Velocity Vector: Movement should be determined by an angle and a speed.
Turn rate should be capped. When a player moves their mouse or joystick in a new direction, the snake's heading angle should gradually interpolate toward the target angle to create momentum and wide arcs.

The snake is a series of nodes (segments).
The head moves based on the velocity vector.
IK / Follow Mechanics: Each subsequent body segment follows the position of the segment directly in front of it.
Ensure a minimum distance is maintained between segments so they don't bunch up. If the distance exceeds a target segment length, the segment moves linearly toward the previous segment.

Snake length is a visually smoothed representation of its mass score.
When consuming a pellet, increase mass instantly, but visually add body segments gradually over several frames.
Boost Mechanics: When boosting, deduct mass from the player continuously and decrease their length gracefully. Dropped mass should spawn as specialized high-value pellets behind their tail.

When a head collides with another snake's body or the arena boundary, the snake dies.
Remove the player from the active array and spawn numerous pellet entities corresponding to their mass at the exact positions of their former body segments.

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