How Little Big Snake Changed: From Flash to Pets and Dungeons
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Same idea as Slither.io, different direction
Little Big Snake belongs to the multiplayer snake arena genre that Slither.io made popular: steer a snake, eat to grow, and make other players crash into you. Where it went next is easy to trace, because the official site keeps a long news feed signed by "The Snake King, Rudolph XIV". The dates below come from that feed on littlebigsnake.com.
2018: the kingdom takes shape
- January 2018: a news column was added inside the game, and extra crowns won in the arena began converting into gold.
- February 2018: the Royal Hunt began. Snakes over 100 tons of mass became rebels with a bounty on their heads. A new ring-shaped world with a maze in the centre was added.
- April 2018: a tutorial taught by Samantha Snake, and a shop with a VIP account.
- August 2018: "Age of Travels" sent snakes on journeys and put rewards in the clouds. A few weeks later every snake got an extra life.
- December 2018: the mobile version launched, and the game got sound. Apple's App Store lists the iOS version with a release date of 21 December 2018.
2019: leaving Flash behind
Early versions ran on Adobe Flash. In February 2019 an autopilot, emotes and a VIP chat arrived, and in May came Legendary skins and regalia, the small items a snake can wear. In September 2019 the developers launched a new, faster version of the game without Flash and called it the official launch. The current web build is a Unity WebGL game. In November 2019 an observer mode let players watch friends and rebels live.
2020 to 2022: seasons, bubbles, dungeons and pets
- July 2020: the first season, "Spring Rain". Seasons have brought new skins and regalia ever since.
- August 2020: Edible Bubbles: find and eat bubbles to activate bonuses at the start of a round.
- March 2021: arena skins, which change how the arena looks.
- September 2021: portals to three dungeons. The Jujas dungeon is peaceful and full of food, the Bubbles dungeon has giant bubbles with better bonuses, and the Slugs dungeon has Gorlums that can jump on you.
- October 2021 and February 2022: pets. They act on their own, have different characters (idlers, gluttons, brawlers) and give bonuses when you take them into a round.
- May 2022: a Premium Pass, which gives VIP benefits without a subscription, and a Ruby Ticket for daily rubies.
2023 to 2026: team mode and events
The February 2023 "Royal Update" added missions in the clouds, a daily challenge across three locations, bonuses to collect on the path, and a team mode for playing alongside other players. Later news added more pets, a "Fruit Fiesta" food update in late 2025, and ranked events with prizes in December 2025. The 2026 seasons so far are "Magic and Dragons" and "Super Heroes", plus a "Bug Invasion" event with a doubled chance to find certain pets.
Who makes it
The game's footer and its Unity build name LittleBigSnake, Inc. as the company. The site also links to Shockwave, and Google Play lists the Android app under ShockwaveLLC. One 2022 season was called "Addicting Games 20th Anniversary".
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