From fefd1aa0153c6c1dd78d6c53f62d334b84d9d208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TechieDamien <damien@techiedamien.xyz>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 11:44:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adds growth value to fruit to allow for more rapid growth of
 the snake

---
 Scenes/fruit.tscn     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 Scripts/fruit.gd      |  9 +++++++++
 Scripts/snake_part.gd | 10 +++++++++-
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Scenes/fruit.tscn b/Scenes/fruit.tscn
index 2b392b2..a4b6a9a 100644
--- a/Scenes/fruit.tscn
+++ b/Scenes/fruit.tscn
@@ -16,3 +16,19 @@ shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_hf2pu")
 
 [node name="Sprite2D" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
 texture = SubResource("PlaceholderTexture2D_kum7e")
+
+[node name="Label" type="Label" parent="."]
+anchors_preset = 8
+anchor_left = 0.5
+anchor_top = 0.5
+anchor_right = 0.5
+anchor_bottom = 0.5
+offset_left = -20.0
+offset_top = -11.5
+offset_right = 20.0
+offset_bottom = 11.5
+grow_horizontal = 2
+grow_vertical = 2
+text = "1"
+horizontal_alignment = 1
+vertical_alignment = 1
diff --git a/Scripts/fruit.gd b/Scripts/fruit.gd
index 545a567..090e6f1 100644
--- a/Scripts/fruit.gd
+++ b/Scripts/fruit.gd
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ const TILE_SIZE = 20
 
 var all_positions : Array[Vector2] = []
 
+const possible_growth_amounts = [1,1,1,3,3,5,10]
+
+var growth_amount : int = 1
+
+@onready
+var label : Label = $Label
+
 func _ready() -> void:
 	var level : Area2D = get_tree().get_first_node_in_group("Level")
 	var x_bounds : Vector2 = level.position.x * Vector2.ONE + Vector2(-TILE_SIZE, TILE_SIZE) * level.scale.x / 2
@@ -31,3 +38,5 @@ func respawn() -> void:
 	var chosen_position = possible_positions.pick_random()
 	
 	position = chosen_position
+	growth_amount = possible_growth_amounts.pick_random()
+	label.text = str(growth_amount)
diff --git a/Scripts/snake_part.gd b/Scripts/snake_part.gd
index 0611979..1dcc087 100644
--- a/Scripts/snake_part.gd
+++ b/Scripts/snake_part.gd
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var timer_ref : Timer = $"../Timer"
 
 var next_part : SnakePart = null
 var skip_next_move_propagation : bool = false
+var queued_growth : int = 0
 
 signal do_movement(new_dir)
 
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ func process_movement(new_direction : Vector2) -> void:
 	# The head needs to check if we are about to collide with something
 	if part_type == PartTypes.HEAD:
 		check_movement()
+		if queued_growth:
+			extend()
 	
 	# Update the position of this part
 	position = (position + current_direction * TILE_SIZE).snapped(Vector2.ONE * TILE_SIZE)
@@ -106,11 +109,13 @@ func check_movement() -> void:
 		match object_in_path.part_type:
 			PartTypes.BODY:
 				lose_game()
+			PartTypes.DEAD:
+				lose_game()
 			PartTypes.TAIL:
 				ouroboros()
 	if object_in_path is Fruit:
+		queued_growth += object_in_path.growth_amount
 		object_in_path.respawn()
-		extend()
 
 func extend() -> void:
 	# Remove old connection to previous next part
@@ -134,6 +139,9 @@ func extend() -> void:
 	# Mark the next movement to not propagate the movement down the chain
 	skip_next_move_propagation = true
 	
+	# Mark the growth step as done
+	queued_growth -= 1
+	
 
 func lose_game() -> void:
 	# You lose!