Snakeway

Thread a whole snake through speeding traffic — keep the head alive, and don't let your tail get torn away.

How to play

You steer a snake from the grassy edge to the goal stripe on the far side of a multi-lane road. The level only clears once the entire body is across — so even after the head reaches safety, you must pull the dangling tail through the cars.

• A car touching the head ends the run instantly; a car clipping the body simply shears off that part of the tail.
• Black skull cars speed up to ram you; green cars brake to let you through.
• Banked leftover time becomes energy you spend between levels on heals and upgrades.
• Keep at least a quarter of your length — drop below the 25% gate and the run is over.
• Climb all 15 levels to win.

Controls

• Desktop: click or press Space to arm the snake, then steer with the mouse (clicking locks the cursor to the game; press Esc to release and pause) or with the arrow keys / WASD. Hold the Reflex button to slow time.
• Phone & tablet: move or drag your finger to steer the head; hold it still to wait, and tap the Reflex button to slow the action.

Tips & strategy

• Pause on a lane gap and let a skull car commit before you dart past it.
• Spend the Reflex slow-time gauge for the final tail-pull, when a single clip can cost you the run.
• Heal back over the 25% line before buying upgrades — staying alive beats going faster.
• A short snake squeezes through tighter gaps, so sometimes a clipped tail is a worthwhile trade.

About Snakeway

Snakeway is an original free browser game that fuses a lane-crossing dodging arcade game with a trailing snake-body twist, adding a roguelite run of heals and upgrades. Built in-house for PlayPendium, with a shared daily seed and an endless practice mode.

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