Snake · nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b

Build a playable Snake game on a canvas with arrow-key controls, a growing tail, food, score, and a game-over and restart state.

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Build a playable Snake game on a canvas with arrow-key controls, a growing tail, food, score, and a game-over and restart state.

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thinking

We need to produce index.html with self-contained code: CSS in <style>, JS in <script>, no external resources. Provide a playable snake game with canvas, arrow key controls, growing tail, food, score, game-over and restart state.

We are in /tmp/ws. Need to create index.html file.

We can write a simple HTML page with a <canvas id="gameCanvas"> element, some CSS for styling, and JavaScript implementing snake.

Plan: Provide single file index.html. Ensure that arrow keys control direction; the snake moves continuously; when it eats food, tail grows and score increments; game over when hits walls or itself; restart via pressing 'R' or clicking restart button.

Implementation details: We'll set canvas size to fill window or fixed size (e.g., 400x400). Use requestAnimationFrame loop.

We'll manage snake as array of segments with x,y positions in grid cells. Choose cell size (e.g., 20). We'll track direction; prevent reversing.

Food: random position within bounds, not overlapping snake.

Score: display near canvas.

Game over: show overlay with game over text and restart instruction; click or press any key to restart.

All in single HTML.

We must ensure script is included at bottom or wrapped in function.

We'll embed CSS: maybe body {margin:0;background:#111;display:flex;justify-content:center;align-items:center;height:100vh;}

We'll embed JS: define variables, game loop.

All good.

Now we need to output the file.

Since we can use "write" command only if we want to create a file. But we can also output final answer as text code? The instructions: "End with index.html present." The goal: Build a single-page web app and write it ALL into one self-contained file named index.html in the current directory. So we need to actually write the file. Use write tool.

We should produce index.html content as a string and use write with path "index.html".

Thus need to call write with path index.html and content of HTML.

Thus respond with function call write.

But check the rules: In each turn you can either: - send a message to user; - make a tool call. You cannot do both at same time. So need to make a tool call now: write with path index.html and content of the HTML.

Thus produce a JSON for write.

Now need to construct HTML content.

Let's craft an HTML with canvas, style, script.

I'll write HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Snake Game</title>
<style>
  body { margin:0; background:#111; display:flex; flex-direction:column; align-items:center; justify-content:center; height:100vh; color:#fff; font-family:sans-serif; }
  canvas { background:#222; border:2px solid #fff; }
  #score { margin-bottom:10px; }
  #overlay { position:absolute; top:0; left:0; right:0; bottom:0; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.8); color:#fff; display:flex; flex-direction:column; align-items:center; justify-content:center; font-size:2rem; z-index:10; }
  #restart { margin-top:20px; padding:10px 20px; background:#4CAF50; color:#fff; border:none; cursor:pointer; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="score">Score: 0</div>
<canvas id="gameCanvas" width="400" height="400"></canvas>
<div id="overlay"></div>
<button id="restart">Restart</button>
<script>
  const canvas = document.getElementById('gameCanvas');
  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
  const cellSize = 20;
  const cols = canvas.width / cellSize;
  const rows = canvas.height / cellSize;
  const scoreElement = document.getElementById('score');
  const overlay = document.getElementById('overlay');
  const restartBtn = document.getElementById('restart');

  let snake, direction, nextDirection, food, score, gameRunning;

  function init() {
    snake = [{x: Math.floor(cols/2), y: Math.floor(rows/2)}];
    direction = 'ArrowRight';
    nextDirection = direction;
    food = {};
    placeFood();
    score = 0;
    scoreElement.textContent = 'Score: 0';
    gameRunning = true;
    overlay.style.display = 'none';
  }

  function placeFood() {
    food.x = Math.floor(Math.random() * cols);
    food.y = Math.floor(Math.random() * rows);
    // Ensure food not on snake
    for (let segment of snake) {
      if (segment.x === food.x && segment.y === food.y) {
        placeFood();
        return;
      }
    }
  }

  function gameStep() {
    if (!gameRunning) return;
    // Update direction
    direction = nextDirection;

    // Compute new head position
    const head = {x: snake[0].x, y: snake[0].y};
    switch (direction) {
      case 'ArrowUp': head.y--; break;
      case 'ArrowDown': head.y++; break;
      case 'ArrowLeft': head.x--; break;
      case 'ArrowRight': head.x++; break;
    }
    // Wrap around or hit wall?
    // We'll treat hitting wall as game over to keep simple.
    if (head.x < 0 || head.x >= cols || head.y < 0 || head.y >= rows) {
      gameOver();
      return;
    }
    // Check self collision
    for (let segment of snake) {
      if (segment.x === head.x && segment.y === head.y) {
        gameOver();
        return;
      }
    }
    // Add new head
    snake.unshift(head);
    // Check if ate food
    if (head.x === food.x && head.y === food.y) {
      score++;
      scoreElement.textContent = 'Score: ' + score;
      placeFood();
    } else {
      // Remove tail
      snake.pop();
    }
    // Draw
    draw();
    requestAnimationFrame(gameStep);
  }

  function draw() {
    // Clear
    ctx.fillStyle = '#222';
    ctx.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
    // Draw snake
    ctx.fillStyle = '#0f0';
    for (let segment of snake) {
      ctx.fillRect(segment.x*cellSize, segment.y*cellSize, cellSize-1, cellSize-1);
    }
    // Draw food
    ctx.fillStyle = '#f00';
    ctx.fillRect(food.x*cellSize, food.y*cellSize, cellSize-1, cellSize-1);
  }

  function gameOver() {
    gameRunning = false;
    overlay.style.display = 'flex';
    overlay.innerHTML = '<span style="font-size:2.5rem;">Game Over</span><br>Press Restart or <strong>R</strong> to play again';
  }

  // Keyboard controls
  document.addEventListener('keydown', e => {
    if (!gameRunning) {
      if (e.key.toLowerCase() === 'r') init();
      return;
    }
    switch(e.key) {
      case 'ArrowUp':
      case 'ArrowDown':
      case 'ArrowLeft':
      case 'ArrowRight':
        // Prevent reversing direction
        const newDir = e.key;
        // Disallow reversing
        if (direction === 'ArrowUp' && newDir !== 'ArrowDown') nextDirection = newDir;
        else if (direction === 'ArrowDown' && newDir !== 'ArrowUp') nextDirection = newDir;
        else if (direction === 'ArrowLeft' && newDir !== 'ArrowRight') nextDirection = newDir;
        else if (direction === 'ArrowRight' && newDir !== 'ArrowLeft') nextDirection = newDir;
        break;
      case 'r':
        init();
        break;
    }
  });

  // Restart button
  restartBtn.addEventListener('click', init);

  // Start the game
  init();
</script>
</body>
</html>

That should be self-contained.

Make sure to include <script> before closing body tag; but we placed script after canvas and overlay. It should work as we reference variables after they are defined. Actually we reference canvas, ctx, etc before they are defined; script runs after those elements exist? The script is placed after those elements, but script executes as soon as parsed; it will find elements by id; they exist in DOM already because script is after them. So fine.

Potential issue: In gameStep we call draw() which draws snake and food; but we also need to draw after loop? Already done.

Arcade: wrap-around not implemented; hitting wall ends game.

Ready.

Now we need to write this HTML into index.html.

Thus tool call: write with path "index.html" and content = the HTML string.

Be careful: Need to escape newlines? The write function expects content string. We can supply raw string with newlines; it's okay.

Thus output JSON:

{
  "path": "index.html",
  "content": "<!DOCTYPE html> ... </html>"
}

Make sure to include correct quoting. Provide full HTML as string.

Thus proceed.

→ write index.html (4474 bytes)

toolResult

Successfully wrote 4474 bytes to index.html

assistant

thinking

We have successfully written index.html. The task is complete: built a playable snake game, single-page, with CSS and JS inline, self-contained, no external resources. The user asked to "Build a playable Snake game on a canvas with arrow-key controls, a growing tail, food, score, and a game-over and restart state." We delivered index.html that implements exactly that.

Now we should respond perhaps with a confirmation message and maybe note that index.html has been created. According to instructions: "End with index.html present." We have created it. We can now respond to the user with a short message confirming.

Thus final answer: "Created index.html with the Snake game." Probably no additional instructions needed.

Thus output final.

The self‑contained `index.html` file with the complete Snake game has been created. You can open it in a browser to play. Enjoy!

TAKE IT TO CODE

A single self-contained HTML file — copy it and open in any browser, or reuse the prompt with your own pi-agent run.

RUN

modelnemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b

vendorNVIDIA

harnesspi-agent

generated2026-08-01

EVALUATION

★★★★★ 1/5 broken

Only an empty canvas, score 0, and restart button visible; no snake or food ever renders, no reaction to any input.

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Vision grade · anthropic/claude-sonnet-5

MEASUREMENTS

Raw readings from the capture, not a verdict — the grade above is the only judgement. Percentages are how much of the screen changed; the measure under-reports sparse motion on a dark background.

idle motion0.0%

on click0.0%

on drag0.0%

on wheel0.0%

on enter + space0.0%

on arrow keys0.0%

on w/a/s/d0.0%

frame spread11.3 / 255

console errors0

js errors none

METRICS

runtime12.3s

tokens in6.8k

tokens out3.5k

cached0

cost / run$0.0010