Bone Snake

Bone Snakes are an enemy in Redungeon.

Appearance
Bone Snakes have a large reptilian skull for a head, with glowing green eyes. Their bodies can be of any length. Each tile of their length contains one long spine and two ribs sticking out from either side. The back tiles of their body lose the ribs, and have a series of smaller spines that shrink to an end point instead. When they kill the player or are killed by the player, their entire body shudders.

Behaviour and Strategy
Bone Snakes always follow a strict pattern, not actively following the players and not reacting to their movement. They move smoothly and at variable speed - although they tend to get faster the further the player goes into the dungeon.

Bone Snakes tend to have very long pattern systems and stall the player, or circle around a single square. Often, Bone Snakes serve to stall the player as they wait for a gap to open. Being able to recognize what system of traps is at play from experience means the player will always be able to plan around the Bone Snake. Learning the patterns Bone Snakes follow is important - lots of the time, their patterns can be deceptive and they will move seemingly out of nowhere to hit the player on an important square. If possible, wait for the Snake to complete at least one loop (or what appears to be one loop anyways) before rushing in.