Board facts
- Rocks
- 16
- Rock clumps
- 2
- Open cells
- 416
- Rock-free rows
- 18
- Fruit to clear
- 14
- Start speed
- 11.3 cells/s
Score to beat: 1,440
Trail #49 is built from square blocks of four rocks: 16 rocks in 2 clumps, mirrored across both middle lines of the 18 × 24 board. That leaves 416 cells open, and 18 rows run from edge to edge without a single rock.
This is a Walls trail, so the border is solid. The snake starts at 11.3 cells per second and speeds up with every fruit, reaching about 13.3 cells per second by the 14th fruit that clears the stage.
Test run
In our test run, a simple path-finding player cleared this trail in 21 seconds, scoring 1,440 points. It plays safe rather than fast, so a confident human can beat that time.
How to approach it
The square blocks leave wide corridors between them. Treat each block like a roundabout: circle it on the outside lane and keep the inside clear for the tail.