really nice and with the wanted retro style, good work

i love this game it makes so much fun....
not bad, not bad

Really great game. Feels like a Tron world.
First snake game, i actually liked.

2 Things:
-The responsetime of the keys should be quicker,
such that making like a left/down combo lets the sanke
quickly move and turn.
There is a delay in the keytiming.
-dont let the player do a 180 turn, and by this instantly kill himself. (eg, pressing the key opposite to movedirection)

Apart from that, its really great.
Maybe you can make a longer snakegame, with even more
interactive element, and maybe even using multiple levels
(ramp up etc)

Idea: include several lives per level.
I know this is hard in the snake gameplay,
but you could for example (hen dead) let the time reverse 10 seconds
(dynamically resoring old state of the game, or simply loading it)
for the new life, so the player does not need to restart the whole level.

thanks for the comments damocles

about the steering delay:
this is because the snake follows a grid
it can only steer on a grid.
when you press a key, it waits for the next gridpoint, and there it steers
that about the lives is a good idea.

I think I will make a few updates after the contest

Steering:
Its a bit balancing, try to save a followup keycommand
if its different that the curent one.
So it is used when the next grindpoint is choosen.
For example: snake moves right.
User presses up before snake finishes moving to
the full right grid.
Up is stored, and applied to move snake up on the next move.
Then user presses left, -> command stored and applied
when reaching the end of the current up grid.

Lives:
Maybe you could store the position of all objects
once per second. (history of positions).
When player dies, the positions are quickly
reverted, making the "time" revert backwards,
until 10 seconds before death (its a bit tricky,
to do this reverse correctly, especially for dynamic objects like mines)
But it would look cool to see the time reverse this way.

With such a life-restore system you can make more complex levels,
while keeping the logic of the snake gameplay.

..and the mice should also follow the grid.
It looks like they walk free. That's difficult to calculate

About the steering, the idea you talk about, is also the thing I use in the game.
also, the mice also follow the grid.

Love the colors! Its a great mix!