{"id":11761,"date":"2015-01-12T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11761"},"modified":"2015-01-12T10:15:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T10:15:02","slug":"snake-on-the-raspberry-pi-using-the-unicorn-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11761","title":{"rendered":"Snake on the Raspberry Pi using the Unicorn HAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-2N9i3W8eCdM\/VLGpNrtY6ZI\/AAAAAAAABws\/BeU-Z7lujM0\/s640\/blogger-image--304949420.jpg?resize=360%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smstextblog.blogspot.co.uk\/2015\/01\/snake-with-raspberry-pi-and-unicorn-hat.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Brown has blogged<\/a> about some code publicly released by\u00a0<em>another<\/em> Paul Brown. The code, when installed, will allow you to play the game of Snake on a Unicorn HAT using the arrow keys for control. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PaulBrownMagic\/python\/blob\/master\/unicornsnake.py\" target=\"_blank\">view the code here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Brown has blogged about some code publicly released by\u00a0another Paul Brown. The code, when installed, will allow you to play the game of Snake on a Unicorn HAT using the arrow keys for control. 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