vQuantumSnake

A 2D retro-style Snake game developed with Kotlin and LibGDX, using the LWJGL3 desktop backend.

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🎮 Developer & Project Story

Developer: İskender

Age at Development: 16

Country: Türkiye

Development Date: August 2026

This project was built entirely from scratch as a personal hobby project to explore game development concepts such as rendering loops, input handling, collision detection, game logic, and standalone desktop application packaging using Kotlin.

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🛠 Technical Specifications

Component	Version
Language	Kotlin 2.4.0
Target JVM	Java 21
Framework	LibGDX 1.12.1
Desktop Backend	LWJGL3
Native Platform	gdx-platform:1.12.1:natives-desktop
Build System	Gradle (Kotlin DSL)
Application Group	org.rootdev
Main Class	org.rootdev.MainKt

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🚀 Running the Project

Run in Development Mode

Execute directly from the source code:

./gradlew run

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Build Fat JAR

Compile the game together with all dependencies into a single executable JAR:

./gradlew fatJar

Output:

build/libs/SnakeGame-all.jar

Run the generated JAR:

java -jar build/libs/SnakeGame-all.jar

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Package Standalone Windows Application

Generate a self-contained Windows executable using jpackage:

./gradlew createExe

Output:

dist/
└── SnakeGame/
    └── SnakeGame.exe

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📂 Project Structure

QuantumSnake/
├── src/
├── build.gradle.kts
├── .gitignore
└── README.md

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📦 Technologies Used

• Kotlin
• Java 21
• LibGDX
• LWJGL3
• Gradle Kotlin DSL
• jpackage

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📄 License

This project is open-source and was created for educational and personal hobby purposes.

Feel free to fork, modify, and learn from the source code.