Make a snake body or tail follow the head without stretching or cutting corners

Moving each segment toward the one in front with a smooth chase lets the chain stretch when the head is fast and bunch up when it is slow. Segments that copy the head's old positions by time cut corners at different speeds. Here is a simple rule that keeps the spacing fixed.

Why this works

If each piece is placed at exactly its fixed distance from the one ahead, spacing cannot drift, whatever the speed or frame rate. Keeping the direction it already had means the body trails behind the head like a rope, rather than copying its past route.

When not to use it

Wrong when the body must walk exactly the head's route, as a train on tracks or a snake in a maze with narrow turns: it cuts corners. Record the head's path and place segments along that trail instead.

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• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• 33 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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