An absurdly juicy arcade snake game. Fully playable on desktop and mobile, with a global SQLite-backed leaderboard.

Play it: the val's HTTP endpoint (main.ts).

• 3 game modes — Classic, 💀 Hardcore (faster, extra hazards), 🧘 Zen (no death, wrap-around walls, tail-trim mercy)
• 5 food types — Data Bits, Gold Cores, Prism Shards (trigger a food FRENZY), Corrupted Bits (shrink you), pulsing MEGA Cores
• 7 power-ups — Shield, Ghost, Magnet, Slow-Mo, Turbo, 2X Score, Trim
• Hazards — neon firewalls, blinking proximity mines, patrolling AI drones
• Portal pairs that teleport you across the board
• Combo system — chain food within the timer for up to a x10 multiplier
• Infinite levels — 10 named sectors, then endless escalation; every level reshapes the board and shifts the palette
• Procedural audio — all SFX and the adaptive synthwave soundtrack are synthesized live with WebAudio (zero audio files); music tempo rises with your level
• Full FX suite — particles, shockwave rings, screen shake, floating combat text, parallax starfield, death slow-mo cascade
• Mobile-first controls — swipe anywhere (chainable without lifting your finger), optional virtual D-pad, haptic feedback, safe-area aware layout. Gamepads work too.
• Meta progression — 20 achievements, 6 unlockable skins, lifetime stats, per-mode personal bests (localStorage)
• Global leaderboard — per-mode top scores stored in the val's SQLite DB, with a server-side sanity check against impossible scores

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• Fixed-timestep simulation with interpolated rendering (buttery at any frame rate)
• Direction queue buffers two turns so fast inputs never drop
• DPR-aware canvas sizing for crisp rendering on high-density phone screens