Allura Minelle: Aww, well my thank you! :] Yeah, I agree.. That snake game sure is addicting x.x I remember playing it for the first time.... Right after that first game, I couldn't stop playing it for a straight hour afterwards @.@ But I decided to stop once I got that first place position however lol. Wow... I wonder what would've happened if I didn't... *could've seen myself continuing to play it for hours and hours still ;X)
Anyhow, yeah. At first, it was really hard for me to get passed 1700 as well. But all I have to say is "practice makes perfect" ;] Well I followed that catch phrase and I eventually improved game by game. So do the same thing that I did, and who knows, perhaps you'll be the new champ for that game! ^^
As for the length of the snake.. Yeah.. my snake was HUGE. It was difficult to move considering that I didn't want to overlap the snake's body and get a game over. But as the game progresses, it gets harder to obtain a higher score considering the fact that it'll become way difficult to get those "high" points. It's a game of luck in my opinion as well.
And as for your last question, yes, it took up most of the screen. ^^ I believe there was 1/4 left of the game screen left up to that point? Haha.