Snake Game with Amazon Q CLI

akanksha3012 — Wed, 28 May 2025 16:08:19 +0000

🚀 What if building a 🐍 Snake game was as easy as typing a sentence into your terminal?

That’s exactly what I did with Amazon Q Developer CLI — and it completely changed how I approach side projects 🤯.

I created a colorful, classic Snake game in Python with a grid-based layout, food generation, a snake that changes colors every few seconds, score tracking, and a game-over screen with a restart option. All of it was generated and iterated on using nothing but conversational prompts. Here’s how I did it.

To get started, I first installed WSL on my Windows machine and set up Ubuntu:
wsl --install -d Ubuntu

Then I launched Ubuntu:
wsl -d Ubuntu

Installed unzip:
sudo apt install unzip

Downloaded and installed Amazon Q Developer CLI:
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://desktop-release.codewhisperer.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/q-x86_64-linux-musl.zip -o q.zip unzip q.zip cd q chmod +x install.sh ./install.sh

Logged in using my AWS Builder ID:
q login

Once Q CLI was up and running, I asked it:

"Create a classic colorful snake game in Python using pygame. The game should have a grid, food, colorful snake, score, and end screen."

The initial version of the game was generated instantly. Then, I enhanced it with a couple of simple follow-ups:

"Make the snake colorful with changing colors every few seconds."
"Add a game over screen with a restart option."

Q understood the structure of the project and made precise, context-aware changes — no need to dig through the codebase or search for tutorials.

What really impressed me was how natural and intuitive the entire experience felt.
You can check out the [here],(https://github.com/akanksha3012/snake_game_QCLI)

Faster prototyping. Clear, readable code. Built-in error resolution. And best of all — no constant context-switching or documentation rabbit holes. Just a focused, fluid development experience.

It made me think:
1. What else could I build this way?
2. What would it look like to integrate this with cloud services or multiplayer features?
3. Can we turn the games built using Q CLI into mobile app?

Amazon Q CLI isn’t just a tool — it’s a shift in how we can bring ideas to life faster and smarter.

Have you tried it yet? What other classic games could you reimagine using AI-assisted coding?

DEV Community: akanksha3012

Snake Game with Amazon Q CLI