Wakewall

A neon snake game where your trail turns into walls. Lure enemies into it, level up, pick power cards and survive.

Wakewall is a neon snake game online where your trail is your weapon. Everything you slither over leaves a glowing echo that hardens into a wall a couple of seconds later. Crash into it and your run is over. Lure enemies into it and they're crushed.

Kill enemies to drop XP orbs, level up, and pick one of three power cards. Each level adds something new: chasers, block formations, splitters, raining blocks, dashers, brutes, sweeping lasers and swarms, and every ten levels the Warden boss, who is mainly hurt by your hardened echo. A synthwave soundtrack speeds up as you go.

Think of the classic Snake game crossed with a modern survivor game like Vampire Survivors: simple steering, but every run builds into chaos.

How to play the snake game

Steer with the arrow keys or WASD, or swipe on a touch screen. Your trail glows, then hardens into a wall. Never run into a hardened wall yourself, but lead enemies into it to crush them. Collect XP orbs, level up, choose a card, and survive as long as you can.

Features

• A trail that turns into walls: your best defence and your biggest danger
• Power cards on every level-up: Magnet, Fireball, Scythe and Aura (a Star Charge that absorbs a fatal hit), plus Score Boost, and a guaranteed 1UP every 7th level
• Power evolutions at max level: Vacuum, Inferno, Reaper and a regenerating Aura
• The Warden boss at levels 10, 20 and 30
• Three difficulties: Calm, Flow and Chaos, each with a different board size
• Combos up to 5x, with a +50% bonus for wall and crush kills
• Permanent upgrades bought with Shards earned in every run
• Duel: a 2-minute score race against a friend on the same keyboard or against the CPU
• An interactive tutorial, 15 achievements and a local top-10 leaderboard per difficulty

Tips

• Circle an enemy and let your echo harden around it: wall kills score 50% more.
• Leave yourself an exit. Your own walls are just as deadly to you.
• Take Aura early: a Star Charge saves you from one fatal hit.
• Against the Warden, lure it across your hardened trail. Each wall hit stuns it.
• Start on Calm to learn how fast your echo hardens, then move up to Flow and Chaos.
• Spend Shards on Second Wind for an extra life every run.

FAQ

How do you play the snake game online?

Wakewall runs in your browser. Steer with the arrow keys, WASD or swipes, avoid crashing into your own hardened trail, and lead enemies into it to destroy them.

How do you beat the snake game?

There's no fixed end: survive, level up and beat the Warden at levels 10, 20 and 30. Combos and wall kills push your score up the leaderboard.

Can I play with a friend?

Yes. Duel is a 2-minute head-to-head race on one keyboard, or you can play it against the CPU.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. On a touch screen you swipe to turn, and you can choose other touch controls in the settings.

Is my progress saved?

Your upgrades, achievements and leaderboard are saved in the browser you play in.