ssave

Auto-playing snake screensaver for the terminal. Half-block rendering for square pixels, ~22KB binary.

ssave [options]

Flag	Default	Description
--scale	2	Pixel size per cell (1-20)
--goodies	1	Simultaneous food items (1-64)
--obstacles	0	Extra obstacles (0-1) 1=10%
--particles	-	Animate eating the goodies
--speed	13	Moves per second (1-20)
--fps	16	Frame rate (1-60)
--w	auto	Terminal columns
--h	auto	Terminal rows
--color.KEY=#RRGGBB	rainbow + defaults	Per-key color
-s / --screen-saver	off	Any key press exits immediately

Colors

Keys: snake, goodie, bg, obstacles

ssave --color.snake=#00ff00 --color.goodie=#ff0000
ssave --color.bg=#0a0a0a --color.snake=#ff8800 --scale=6

• snake unset → rainbow cycling over body segments
• bg unset → transparent (terminal default)

Scale

Controls chunkiness. 1 = smallest (half block per cell). Higher = bigger cells, smaller play area.

ssave --scale=1              # tiny cells, large play area
ssave --scale=8              # chunky cells, small play area

Goodies

Multiple food items make pathfinding more interesting:

ssave --goodies=6            # 6 food dots on screen at once
ssave --goodies=12 --scale=4 # busy screen, lots of action

Install

make build
make install          # → ~/.local/bin/ssave

Quit

Press q. With -s, any key exits. Terminal restores automatically.

Screensaver mode

ssave -s — any keystroke quits. Use as xscreensaver command or similar.