Go Noodle

Looks fun! -- some person on Reddit

very addictive! also a great way to train those crank skills. -- some other person on Reddit

me and my girlfriend both thought it was good! - YET ANOTHER REDDIT PERSON

A little snake clone but with a twist (or crank if you like).

It's a fun and fast little arcade action game that feels really good to control.

You are Noodle, the friendly neighborhood snake, and it's your goal to get really caffeinated and eat all the bananas. 

• Eat a banana: get 10 points (times your current multiplier) but 3 segments longer.
• Drink a coffee: increase your multiplier by 0.2 but also speed you up. You get both a short-term rush but also permanently slightly faster.
• Hit the bounds of the arena: loop around to the other side.
• Make a sharp turn: raise your multiplier by 0.3 for 1s - risky but extra points.
• Eat a melon: get biiiiiiig (and 50 pts).
• Eat a pineapple: OUHHH ITS SOUR. The apple pine fuels you. Be invincible.
• NEW! Survive game mode - start long, go fast, and avoid THE BAR™. Let's see how long you can do this.

I'm planning on adding a boss battle next. :)

Updates;

• v.1.4 - Catalog Launch and Survive Mode
  • New survival mode
  • Bugfixes
• v.1.3 - Pineapple, Melon, Bigger Fonts, and a List Icon
  • New items: Melon + Pineapple
  • Sound effect for making a sharp turn
  • List Icon for Playdate launcher
  • Bigger fonts
• v.1.2 - Polish, Sound Effects, Graphics
  • Better game card in Playdate menu
  • Noodle has a face now
  • More immersive coffee effect
  • Title screen, help screen (if you open the pause/settings menu)
  • Sound effects
• v.1.1  - see devlog
  • Added "whoosh" lines that indicates that you're going super fast from the coffee
  • Added "veer" feature where you kick up some dust when you make a sharp turn and get a temporary multiplier increase

Future Features:

(Not necessarily in this order. Please let me know in comments if you have any preferences)

1. More background music and maybe a bassline?
2. Add boss fight stage

A note from the dev:

This is my first game in a while and my first game for the playdate. If you purchase this, you're supporting me in creating more games. :) I'm not associated with any studio and I'm just doing this on the side but I think it's fun and I have a whole bunch of other stuff I wanna make for the playdate.

Credits:

• Particle effects ("veer" feature in v1.1) by possiblyaxolotl