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At the heart of every game is the engine. The engine is responsible for updating the game at fixed intervals, in response to events, or a combination of the two. In the case of the Snake Game, we need to update the game at regular intervals, and accept user input from the Keyboard. This part of the lesson will explain how to setup the basic game engine, which we will add functionality to as we develop the game.