1 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/play/snake.el b/lisp/play/snake.el
index 243f0190ee0..371c7133c74 100644
--- a/lisp/play/snake.el
+++ b/lisp/play/snake.el
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
 (defvar snake-velocity-x 1)
 (defvar snake-velocity-y 0)
 (defvar snake-positions nil)
-(defvar snake-cycle 0)
 (defvar snake-score 0)
 (defvar snake-paused nil)
 (defvar snake-moved-p nil)
@@ -164,7 +163,6 @@ and then start moving it leftwards.")
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-velocity-x)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-velocity-y)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-positions)
-(make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-cycle)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-score)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-paused)
 (make-variable-buffer-local 'snake-moved-p)
@@ -237,7 +235,6 @@ and then start moving it leftwards.")
         snake-velocity-x        snake-initial-velocity-x
         snake-velocity-y        snake-initial-velocity-y
         snake-positions         nil
-        snake-cycle             1
         snake-score             0
         snake-paused            nil
         snake-moved-p           nil
@@ -251,6 +248,14 @@ and then start moving it leftwards.")
       (cl-incf y snake-velocity-y)))
   (snake-update-score))
 
+(defun snake-set-dot ()
+  (let ((x (random snake-width))
+        (y (random snake-height)))
+    (while (not (= (gamegrid-get-cell x y) snake-blank))
+      (setq x (random snake-width))
+      (setq y (random snake-height)))
+    (gamegrid-set-cell x y snake-dot)))
+
 (defun snake-update-game (snake-buffer)
   "Called on each clock tick.
 Advances the snake one square, testing for collision.
@@ -268,23 +273,20 @@ Argument SNAKE-BUFFER is the name of the buffer."
         (cond ((= c snake-dot)
                (cl-incf snake-length)
                (cl-incf snake-score)
-               (snake-update-score))
+               (snake-update-score)
+               (snake-set-dot))
               (t
                (let* ((last-cons (nthcdr (- snake-length 2)
                                          snake-positions))
                       (tail-pos (cadr last-cons))
                       (x0 (aref tail-pos 0))
                       (y0 (aref tail-pos 1)))
-                 (gamegrid-set-cell x0 y0
-                                    (if (= (% snake-cycle 5) 0)
-                                        snake-dot
-                                      snake-blank))
-                 (cl-incf snake-cycle)
+                 (gamegrid-set-cell x0 y0 snake-blank)
                  (setcdr last-cons nil))))
         (gamegrid-set-cell x y snake-snake)
         (setq snake-positions
               (cons (vector x y) snake-positions))
-          (setq snake-moved-p nil)))))
+        (setq snake-moved-p nil)))))
 
 (defun snake-update-velocity ()
   (unless snake-moved-p
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ Argument SNAKE-BUFFER is the name of the buffer."
   "Start a new game of Snake."
   (interactive)
   (snake-reset-game)
+  (snake-set-dot)
   (use-local-map snake-mode-map)
   (gamegrid-start-timer snake-tick-period 'snake-update-game))