The internet is addicted to Slither.io, a startlingly compulsive multiplayer mashup of the classic “Snake” game and Tron’s “Light Cycles”: block other snakes with your body, watch them explode into a cloud of orbs, then eat the glowing remains in order to grow longer and larger. It’s a game of fast reactions, split-second decisions and low-latency internet connections.
Naturally, then, I wondered what it would be like as a text adventure.
