Board facts
- Rocks
- 41
- Rock clumps
- 7
- Open cells
- 391
- Rock-free rows
- 14
- Fruit to clear
- 10
- Start speed
- 8 cells/s
Score to beat: 800
The rocks on trail #8 are square blocks of four rocks. You will meet 41 rocks grouped into 7 clumps, laid out symmetrically, with 391 cells still free and 14 rows completely clear.
This is a Walls trail, so the border is solid. The snake starts at 8 cells per second and speeds up with every fruit, reaching about 8.9 cells per second by the 10th fruit that clears the stage.
Test run
In our test run, a simple path-finding player cleared this trail in 12 seconds, scoring 800 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.