The Snake Documentation
The Snake
Section titled “The Snake”The Snake brings the classic Snake game into Minecraft. A player controls a block-based snake across a two-dimensional arena board, collects apples to score and grow, and tries to avoid hitting the snake’s own body or an arena border.
Each arena is a separate single-player board with its own movement speed, win condition, wrap-around rule, block palette, start location, and exit location. The plugin also includes persistent statistics, leaderboards, PlaceholderAPI integration, flat-file or MySQL storage, and Bukkit events for custom integrations.
Get Started
Section titled “Get Started” Getting Started Install The Snake and prepare the plugin for its first arena.
Arena Setup Create a two-dimensional board and configure every arena option.
Gameplay Overview Learn how movement, apples, growth, collisions, and win conditions work.
Features
Section titled “Features” Controls and Movement Understand WASD input, direction rules, movement speed, and wrap-around behavior.
Arena Options Reference every per-arena timer, score, movement, and block option.
Statistics and Leaderboards See which records are stored and how flat-file and MySQL storage behave.
Commands
Section titled “Commands” Player Commands Join or leave an arena with the player-facing command set.
Arena Commands Create, edit, and delete Snake arenas with the exact permissions required.
Configuration Files
Section titled “Configuration Files” config.yml Configure messages, sounds, placeholder fallbacks, storage, saving, and update checks.
mysql.yml Configure the JDBC connection and statistics table used by MySQL storage.
arena.yml Understand the locations and options serialized for each arena.
Other Files Learn how stats.yml and temporary inventory backups are managed.
Placeholders and API
Section titled “Placeholders and API” PlaceholderAPI Placeholders Display player statistics, arena state, score, and current player information.
Developer API Listen for game lifecycle, input, score, and statistic events.
Miscellaneous
Section titled “Miscellaneous” FAQ Common questions about requirements, arena geometry, controls, storage, and troubleshooting.
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