Realm of Racket

Chapter 6. (Recursion Is Easy)

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You’ve seen lists, you’ve seen very basic recursion, and you know how to use big-bang to create a simple game. You are probably wondering when we get to make an interesting game. The answer is right now. In this chapter, we will use lists and leverage the full power of recursion to make the classic Snake game.

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6.1 Robot Snake

Walking along a dark corridor, Chad suddenly finds himself in a deep pit among DrRacket’s mischievous minions. The crazy critters are out of control and have scattered radioactive goo all over the place. He sees a tunnel on the other side of the pit and considers jumping over the dangerous, glowing puddles—but there are too many! Chad then stumbles across a jittering, broken robotic snake. ...