Snakes Alive!

Here's a really useful tip from @2SimpleAnt at 2Simple for if you are creating an activity using the 'snake' template.

Did you know that you do not have to run the activity with a long snake? You can decide how many segments behind the head that you want to show. It can be achieved by doing the following;

Open the 'snake' template, and create the head and body graphics. Now drag a sun element onto the screen. Click on the green arrow to show the properties and select 'animation'. Click on the ADV option and type the following code into the box;

The value of n is the number of 'head' elements (1) + body segments + 1, so for 4 body segments, you would need 1 head + 4 bodies + 1 = 6

For 5 segments, n=7
For 6 segments, n=8
For 7 segments, n=9 etc

Don't forget once you have done this to make your sun element transparent so that it does not show on screen.

You should now find that your 'snake' is much smaller. 

You can still add apple and monster elements to collect and avoid to make the activity more challenging.

Thanks to Max and Dan at 2Simple for working this out!