Great use of the theme to play to the strengths of snake-based gameplay! Having the tongue always available to "recruit" more followers supports having a really fragile tail (I know I lost mine a lot), which helps keep early success from snowballing into overwhelming power. I particularly loved how short the tongue is: it always felt just a bit too short, which created a tension between using it for extra DPS/pickup a new "recruit", or playing it slower and safer.