Snake And Circles

1. Press the play button to start a run.
2. Swipe or drag left and right to slide the snake across the screen.
3. Steer into the circle that matches your snake's colour.
4. Watch for gates that change your colour, then aim for the new matching circle.
5. Survive for longer each time to push up your score and your rank.

Snake And Circles mixes a snake game with a colour reflex test. Your snake is a chain of glowing balls that keeps moving up the screen, and rows of coloured circles come towards it in five colours: purple, yellow, red, green and blue. The idea is to guide the snake into the circle that matches its own colour. Coloured gates along the way can change the snake's colour, which means the safe circle in the next row changes too. Reading the colours early and moving at the right moment is the whole skill.

Control is a single gesture. The start screen shows it with a pointing hand: swipe or drag left and right to slide the snake across the screen. There are no menus to learn and a run starts with one tap on the play button. When a run ends, the game shows your score, your best score and your rank among other players, then lets you jump straight into another attempt.

Because a run can be over in seconds, Snake And Circles is made for quick sessions and for chasing a better score. Its tall screen suits a phone in portrait, and on a desktop you simply drag with the mouse. It costs nothing and needs no download.