Help in snake game

[Hashim Khan]

Hi. I am beginner and I am making a snake game in C... i am having trouble in moving the snake automatically. that is after every one move, the program stops for further directions. i have seen a lot of questions online regarding my problem but i am unable to understand the answers ppl have posted since I am only a beginner... in ur replies kindly also mention the technique u r using(for xample threads) so that if i havent studied it i can focus on that technique only....
here is my code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <time.h>

void GotoXY( HANDLE StdOut, SHORT x, SHORT y )
{
COORD Cord;
Cord.X = x;
Cord.Y = y;
SetConsoleCursorPosition( StdOut, Cord );
}



int main ()
{
printf("You have 3 SECONDS to catch the *");
getch();
system("cls");

HANDLE hStdout = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );

int cursorx=5, cursory=5, temp;
int score=0;

while (1)
{

HANDLE dot=GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
srand( time( NULL ) );
int dotx = 10+rand() % 40;
int doty = 2+rand()%25;
int playagain= 0;
COORD Cord;
Cord.X = dotx;
Cord.Y = doty;

SetConsoleCursorPosition(dot, Cord );
printf("*");

time_t start=time(NULL);

while(!(dotx==cursorx && doty==cursory))
{
system("cls");
printf("Your score is: %d", score);

SetConsoleCursorPosition(dot, Cord );
printf("*");


GotoXY(hStdout,cursorx,cursory);

printf("O");

{
temp= getch();
if (temp=='d')
cursorx++;


if (temp=='a')
cursorx--;


if (temp=='w')
cursory--;


if (temp=='s')
cursory++;
}
time_t end=time(NULL);

if( (end - start) > 3)
{
system("cls");
printf("TIME IS UP\n\n");
printf("your score is : %d\n", score);
score=-1;
printf("press 1 and Enter to play again\n");

while(playagain!=1)
scanf("%d", &playagain);
break;

}
}

system("cls");
score++;
printf("\a\a");
}
}

[johny10151981]

i guess(seeing conio.h, you probably using TC3.0) you wont get support of thread function, you better look at kbhit funtion. follow the link