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If in Spain we have the day of the Holy Innocents, in the Anglo-Saxon world they have April Fool's on the first of April. A day in which to play jokes and enjoy humor at the expense of others. But it is also a day in which traditions as interesting as the usual Google Maps game have been institutionalized. An experience that this year is more cultural and gamer thanks to mixing the classic Snake with means of transport and classic buildings from different countries on the planet.
This gag or minigame will only be available for a week, so you better hurry up and try it, even if it's just to have a good time remembering the classic Nokia Snake. To do this you only have to go to Google Maps, regardless of whether you do it through the application for Android or iOS mobiles, or directly on the computer through the web version of the Google maps platform.
If you do it from your mobile you will see a new icon in the upper left corner with the aforementioned snake. Click on it to display the usual side menu of the application. Here you will find a new section called Play snake It is where this new minigame is located. Of course, with the snake it only has to do with the mechanics of the minigame, because the style and elements of the games are very different.
Playing Google Maps Snake
If you have followed the steps up to here you will find an initial screen of the game that already shows its retro aesthetics. Maps, trains and travelers are displayed in 8bit style nicely pixelated, so there's no doubt that the game is classic and has its own visual personality.
If we click on the Start button, the game still doesn't start. In our case, from Spain, we can choose between Cairo, Sao Paolo, London, Sydney, San Francisco, Tokyo or the whole world This conditions the game mapping to the mentioned cities. But the best thing is to see how the snake is transformed in each case into one of the most characteristic means of public transport in each place. Colors, shapes and textures allow them to be truly recognizable during the game.
We choose one of the countries and, now, the game begins. A small initial window indicates that we only need to make gestures on the screen to direct our means of transport. We are also informed that the ultimate goal is to pick up as many passengers as possible.
Of course, this time, the remake of the game Snake proposed by Google Maps is even more thematic and more educational And, In addition to representing the mentioned cities and their means of transportation, it also reveals a pixelated version of their most characteristic monuments and buildings. If you are skilled enough to handle the snake without hitting it against the sides of the map and to read the name of the building when you pick it up, you will be able to know these places.
Surely the mechanics and extra content of this Snake makes you repeat a couple of games to try to beat your own maximum score And there is nothing like the classics to have a good time, either for the April Fool's excuse, to recall a childhood game or, simply, to review culturally the main monuments and places from different countries. In short, a good new Google Maps proposal for this April Fool's Day American style.
