The 8 was because the shark (which spawned quite early) seemed to follow me before i could eat a purple fish. The 18 was because a shark spawned right in front of me.

Last ten games: 402, 8, 279, 262, 298, 18, 774, 317, 203, 442 pb: 774

You could make endless directions. The animal class in the Little Crab game from the book has a "move" method with makes the actor move in the direction which it faces right now.

I have a little suggestion: It will be good if the lobster would go in the direction you turned. In your game are only 8 directions possible which makes it hard to play.

The game stopped, did I win? XP : 139/140 Life: 663 Nice game! Quite easy though, maybe you could add a shooting ninja.