🐍 Dive into the thrilling world of "overachieving procrastination" as Will Richardson turns a #tmux config file into a virtual reptile cage. 🖥️ Because who doesn't dream of playing Snake on a terminal emulator, right? 🙃 Next up: Solitaire in your printer's firmware! 🖨️💥
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https://willhbr.net/2025/03/20/snakes-in-a-pane/ #overachievingprocrastination #virtualreptilecage #terminalgames #techhumor #DIYprojects #HackerNews #ngated
Snakes in a Pane: Building Snake Entirely Within a tmux Config File
Honestly I’d stop if I could, but I just get carried away. After making a compiler for tmux, then solving sudoku, then playing video I wasn’t planning on making a game. These things just happen to you. Well maybe not to you, but they happen to me. Unlike the video player, this isn’t just rendering Snake inside tmux. The entire game—input, game logic, and rendering—is done using tmux config files. You just load tmux with this config, and you’ll have...