Snake: The First Evolution

You hatch from an egg at the edge of the meadow on the morning your family goes missing.

Everyone says the Wasp Queen took them. So you set out after her — a hatchling small enough to be anyone's lunch — and on the way you grow: from snake, to juvenile, to a full dragon with fire in your throat and wind under your wings.

But you're not the only one chasing her. There's a red-bellied snake who's always one step ahead, always watching from the edge of things. He never says a word. And by the time you reach the top of her castle, you'll understand why.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• Grow up as you play — three hatchlings to choose from, each becoming a different kind of dragon

• 6 gate bosses and 19 guardians — from a burrowing beetle to the Wasp Queen herself — each fought in the real place you met it

• A world shaped like the Australian bush: meadow, river, farm, forest, red canyon, cliffs, a gorge, the Undercloud where the old dragons lived, the sky above the clouds, and a castle built of wasp paper

• Learn moves as you grow: bite, tail whip, coil slam, fire, wing gale

• A story told in a handful of lines, with an ending that asks a question instead of handing you a win

• Things to find after the end, for those who keep looking — and a seaside pier arcade with three cabinets of its own

PLAY IT

Free, right here in your browser, on a phone or a computer. The game saves in your browser as you play.

CONTROLS

Arrow keys — move · Space or Up — jump / flap (hold to glide)

Z — bite (press to open, again to gulp) · X — your move

Q / E — swap moves · W — rear up (aim your bite and whip upward) · Shift — run

In battles: 1 and 2 pick your moves · Esc or P — pause

On a phone: the on-screen stick and the A, B and C buttons (C is jump / flap). Game controllers work too.

Made by B.C. Anderson — Darkstorm Interactive.