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• overall: C. enjoyment: B-.
• snake academy is a very short dating sim themed around the classic game "snake". you play as a little green snake, and to impress the other snakes you need to grow a longer tail. the whole game can be completed in a matter of minutes, depending on how good you are at playing snake. i hesitated about including it because of the length, but i do think its cute, and worth playing.
• plot: F. according to the intro (one screen of text), the game is an "experiment" to determine if the green snake is nimble enough to find a mate, and that long tails are good for attracting mates. the experiment thing isnt expanded on. there isnt really much, but the game isnt exactly going for a complex story.
• characters: C. the characters are unfortunately a bit one-note, given the games length, and if youve spoken to them once youve pretty much got all there is to know about them. theyre snakes, but theres not really anything particularly snake-like about them aside from appearance. theyre fun, though, with decent variety and cute designs.
• writing: C. dialogue is cute, but not impressive, and its very short.
• routes: esther > garden > akemi > cabbie
• gameplay: B. the majority of the game is simply a single endless game of snake, with short dialogue scenes when you bump into another snake. when you advance enough with someone to date them, the game will end. points for innovation, even if not much is done with it. the snake controls well but bumps into stuff a little too easy.
• art: C. its pixel art, which is somewhat rare for dating sims but not remotely rare for arcade games. its cute, and well designed, though a little plain to look at while playing.

https://sintel.itch.io/welcome-to-snake-academy