Building a Snake Game in Go and Ebiten (Part 1)!

Create Snake in Golang and Ebiten in just "a few" minutes! If you are also curious about a 15-minute crash course, then I highly recommend watching this video here: https://youtu.be/P7dCWOjRwJA. 📝 Description Have you ever wondered how to create a classic game like Snake in just a few minutes? In this video, we'll walk you through building a simple yet revolutionary Snake game using Golang and Ebitengine. Discover how easy it is to develop 2D games and deploy them across multiple platforms with these powerful tools and learn the following things: • Basics of setting up Golang and Ebitengine for game development • Step-by-step process of creating a Snake game, including moving a player with the keyboard, rendering a simple snake, and creating a Game Over screen • Tips and tricks for creating a Snake game • Insights into game development challenges and solutions ⏳ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - Creating the Window 07:43 - Creating the Player 13:30 - Moving the Player 21:02 - Keyboard Input 25:12 - Create Food 31:24 - Game Over Screen 38:42 - Bad Collision Detection 43:26 - Outro 👋 Hey there! If you are new to this channel: Hey 👋 my name is Flo and I am a professional software engineer with a passion for coding in Golang, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Rust. This channel is where I share that passion and dive into the exciting world of software engineering. Plus, I love using emojis and paper-based animations (so have a look for that if you want to find my videos). 📨 Support and Connect! Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/florianwoelki Become a member. https://www.youtube.com/@FloWoelki/membership Discord: https://discord.gg/TnA7drJ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowydev/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-woelki/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@florianwoelki GitHub: https://github.com/FlorianWoelki 📝 Copyright Notice The original Go Gopher version is originally designed by Renée French (Source: https://go.dev/blog/gopher License details: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The gopher used in the video and thumbnail is inspired by this author. #golang #go #snake #ebiten #game