ESODSAKE : The Snake That Trolls Me with AI and Burns My Ego

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Orbit Snaker

## Notes from a dev who crammed everything into one HTML just because
By 0rb1t4lsn4k3r — the guy who hit 420 and regretted it (but came back)

November 04, 2025 — coding with memes o’clock

Index of Technical Madness (in English with dev swagger)

1. Why the hell a Snake in 2025?
2. Everything in one HTML: yeah, I’m losing it
3. 60 FPS even on your grandma’s calculator
4. AI that learns from my fails (and now beats me)
5. Every crash = +1 neuron, -1% ego
6. Levels that generate themselves and make me sweat
7. Works offline, like my WiFi in the woods
8. NFT you download with one click (no kidney required)
9. 1% BURN: losing feels epic
10. Score 420 → auto-Rickroll (guilty and proud)
11. Leaderboard on X with no backend (yes, I hacked Twitter)
12. 10M simulated games: AI is pro, I’m still noob
13. Roadmap: from meme to token (if I don’t get lazy)
14. Conclusion: play, crash, laugh, repeat

1. Why the hell a Snake in 2025?

Because I got tired of 300 GB games needing 16 cores.

Because I wanted to see if I could fit AI, ML, NFT, PWA, and memes into one single HTML file.

And because 420 is sacred, period.

Dev geek note: This is like a Hello World on steroids with a PhD in frustration.

2. Everything in one HTML: yeah, I’m losing it

• Final size: 45 KB (yes, lighter than an HD meme).
• Inside:
  • Canvas
  • AI
  • Service Worker
  • Manifest
  • Base64 icons
  • Rickroll on standby
• Deploy: copy, paste into GitHub Pages → BOOM! Game live.
• Works on: airplane mode, subway, zombie apocalypse.

Dev geek note: If it doesn’t fit on a floppy, it’s not retro enough.

3. 60 FPS even on your grandma’s calculator

• Canvas 2D (no WebGL, no flexing).
• requestAnimationFrame like a ninja.
• Tested on:
  • iPhone 6 (yes, 2014)
  • 1 GB RAM Android
  • My cousin’s Windows XP rig
• CPU: chiller than me on a Sunday.

Dev geek note: 60 FPS stable = my definition of smooth criminal.

4. AI that learns from my fails (and now beats me)

• Model: perceptron with 4 weights and a bias (no TensorFlow, pure JS).
• Eats:
  • Head position
  • Current score
  • A dash of chaos (Math.random())
• Decides: where to spawn food so it doesn’t kill me… or does, to troll me.

Dev geek note: At first, food spawned inside me. Now it does pathfinding like a boss. Skynet starts here.

5. Every crash = +1 neuron, -1% ego

• On crash:
  1. score = floor(score × 0.99)
  2. AI trains on my epic fail
  3. aiLevel++
  4. Screen message: “1% BURNED (ego: -1%)”

Dev geek note: The AI already plays better than me. I am become noob, destroyer of highscores.

6. Levels that generate themselves and make me sweat

• Living seed: the AI model decides food placement.
• Ninja difficulty:
  • Low score → food nearby
  • High score → food in Narnia
• Replayability: infinite. Every game is a roguelike in disguise.
• No assets: everything rendered on the fly.

Dev geek note: The level isn’t designed. It’s evolved.

7. Works offline, like my WiFi in the woods

• Inline Service Worker: caches everything on first load.
• Embedded Manifest: icon, name, app vibes.
• Installable: “Add to Home Screen” → feels like a native app.
• Total offline: play in the bathroom, on a plane, during the apocalypse.

Dev geek note: Internet is optional. Like coffee, but more important.

8. NFT you download with one click (no kidney required)

• Format: SVG with your snake, food, score, and AI level.
• Size: 2–5 KB (lighter than a GIF).
• Mint: click → download → esodsake_score_420_ai_2.svg.
• Auto-tweet: shares on X with #ESODSAKE.
• 0 gas, 0 wallet, 0 excuses.

Dev geek note: NFT without blockchain = web3 for the broke (and smart).

9. 1% BURN: losing feels epic

• Mechanics: every crash → lose 1% of score.
• Effect:
  • Hurts
  • Motivates
  • You come back
• 10 crashes in a row = ~9.6% lost.
• Message: “1% BURNED (ego: -1%)”

Dev geek note: Burn isn’t punishment. It’s gamified suffering.

10. Score 420 → auto-Rickroll (guilty and proud)

• Trigger: score ≥ 420.
• Action:
  • Rick Astley on autoplay
  • “LEGEND UNLOCKED”
  • Saved in localStorage
• In 10M sims: ~2.8M rickrolls.
• Side effect: 1 rickroll = 1 tweet = 1 viral.

Dev geek note: Never gonna give you up… your highscore.

11. Leaderboard on X with no backend (yes, I hacked Twitter)

• Trick: every 30s, search #ESODSAKE on X via proxy.
• Data: pull scores from tweets.
• Leaderboard: top 3 shown in-game.
• 0 servers, 0 APIs, 0 issues.

Dev geek note: X is my database. Elon, don’t ban me.

12. 10M simulated games: AI is pro, I’m still noob

Dev geek note: The AI has more hours than me in LoL. And it wins.

13. Roadmap: from meme to token (if I don’t get lazy)

Dev geek note: Roadmap = stuff I’ll say I’ll do tomorrow.

14. Conclusion: play, crash, laugh, repeat

Final dev geek note:

You don’t need a 50-person team.

Just one HTML, one coffee, and a desire to troll the world.

Copy. Play. Crash. Mint. Share.

And if you hit 420… you know what happens.

bash
open index.html → #ESODSAKE

This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Orbit Snaker