Hahahaha, copthesaint thats classic.
[UPDATE]: Also, assuming this is a school assignment you should have been given notes on how to do all of this already. If you dont understand some of the programming concepts needed to do this project, I would recommend asking your teacher for help, or asking specific questions here
On a serious note, start by brainstorming.
- What kind of information do I need for this project?
.. - I need to hold how long the snake is (how many links)
.. - I need to hold the coordinates for each link of the snake
.. - I need to hold an xy coordinate for the current 'thing' to be eaten
There's a simple start.
Create an integer to store how many links are currently in the snake.
Create a multi-dimensional array (or a couple arrays) to hold the xy values of each link of the snake (Note: using a tile-based drawing system will probably make this easier if you know how to do it)
Create a loop
Inside said loop, create procedures to (a) draw your snake, (b) draw the "thing" to be eaten, (c) check if your snake has gone outside the bounds of your window, (d) do a bound check to determine if the head of your snake has collided with the "thing" to be eaten, then add a link to the snake and create a random xy coordinate for the new "thing" to be eaten.
Hint for doing snake links:
Every time your snake "head" moves, set the next link in your xy coordinate array equal to the link above it.
(example, if head is [0] in the array...)
//snakeLink[link][x,y] = coordinate;
snakeLink[0][0,0] = new moved coordinate
snakeLink[1] = snakeLink[0]
snakeLink[2] = snakeLink[1]
...
snakeLink[n] = snakeLink[n-1]
(pseudo-code btw, I dont use Turing anymore)
Anyway... there is more than enough to get you a good headstart.
If you have any specific questions with issues your having developing this application, please feel free to ask.
Good luck!