From 15660182ef01827ea5c2277adfc467fa39ec57ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Wundenberg <tim@wundenbergs.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:10:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fast tick and automatic window size

---
 src/game.zig |  8 ++------
 src/main.zig | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/game.zig b/src/game.zig
index a2c11b2..77c1a59 100644
--- a/src/game.zig
+++ b/src/game.zig
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ pub const Game = struct {
         return self.body.items.len;
     }
 
-    pub fn createWithSize(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, bodySize: u8) !Game {
+    pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Game {
         var body = try std.ArrayList(Vec2).initCapacity(allocator, 400);
 
         const startPos: u8 = 10;
-        for (0..bodySize) |i| {
+        for (0..3) |i| {
             const index = std.math.cast(i32, i) orelse unreachable;
             try body.append(allocator, Vec2{ startPos - index, 10 });
         }
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ pub const Game = struct {
         };
     }
 
-    pub fn create(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Game {
-        return createWithSize(allocator, 3);
-    }
-
     pub fn deinit(self: *Game) void {
         self.body.deinit(self.allocator);
     }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index aa4eb46..ecc5602 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -10,17 +10,23 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
     const scaleFactor = 20;
 
-    const screenWidth = 420;
-    const screenHeight = 420;
-
-    rl.initWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "Snake");
-    defer rl.closeWindow();
-    rl.setTargetFPS(3);
-
     var game = try g.Game.create(allocator);
     defer game.deinit();
 
+    const screenWidth = (game.playFieldSize[0] + 1) * scaleFactor;
+    const screenHeight = (game.playFieldSize[1] + 1) * scaleFactor;
+    rl.initWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "Snake");
+    defer rl.closeWindow();
+    rl.setTargetFPS(60);
+
+    const tickInterval: f32 = 0.5;
+    const fastTickInterval: f32 = tickInterval / 3.0;
+    var tickTimer: f32 = 0;
+
     while (!rl.windowShouldClose()) {
+        const deltaTime = rl.getFrameTime();
+        tickTimer += deltaTime;
+
         rl.beginDrawing();
         defer rl.endDrawing();
 
@@ -39,7 +45,11 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
             game.setDirection(g.Direction.left);
         }
 
-        try game.tick();
+        const currentInterval = if (rl.isKeyDown(.s)) fastTickInterval else tickInterval;
+        if (tickTimer >= currentInterval) {
+            tickTimer -= currentInterval;
+            try game.tick();
+        }
 
         // Border
         const fieldWidth = game.playFieldSize[0] * scaleFactor + scaleFactor;