Snake game v2

import curses
from random import randint
import time

# constants and game settings
WIN_HEIGHT = 20
WIN_WIDTH = 50
snake_init_length = 3
init_direction = curses.KEY_RIGHT
ESC = 27 # is defined as key #27 in curses module

# set up window
curses.initscr()
win = curses.newwin(WIN_HEIGHT, WIN_WIDTH, 0, 0)  # first y, then x coordinate
win.keypad(1)  # equally 1 could be used
curses.noecho()  # no echo of inputs
curses.curs_set(0)  # hide cursor
win.border(0)  # no border
win.nodelay(1)  # Don't wait for next user key input

# initialize snake
def init_margin(var):
    return randint(var//3, 2*var//3)

snake_init_y = (init_margin(WIN_HEIGHT))
snake_init_x = (init_margin(WIN_WIDTH))

def snake(length):
    snake = []
    counter = 0
    for i in range(length+1):
        snake.append((snake_init_y,snake_init_x-counter))
        counter += 1
    return snake

snake = snake(snake_init_length)

# initialize food

while True:
    food_init_y = (init_margin(WIN_HEIGHT))
    food_init_x = (init_margin(WIN_WIDTH))
    if (food_init_y, food_init_x) not in snake:
        break

food = (food_init_y, food_init_x)
win.addch(food[0], food[1], "#")

# start the game

key = init_direction

score = 0

while key != ESC:
    win.addstr(0,2, f"Score {score}") # line,column,str
    win.timeout(150 - (len(snake))//5 + (len(snake)//10 % 120)) # increase speed

    prev_key = key
    event = win.getch()

    if False:
        pause_active = True

        if key == ord('P'):
            pause_active = not pause_active

        if pause_active:
            continue

        if event != -1:
            key = event
        else:
            key = prev_key

    if key not in [curses.KEY_LEFT, curses.KEY_RIGHT, curses.KEY_UP, curses.KEY_DOWN, ESC]:
        key = prev_key

    # calculate the next coordinates
    y = snake[0][0]
    x = snake[0][1]
    if key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
        y += 1
    if key == curses.KEY_UP:
        y -= 1
    if key == curses.KEY_LEFT:
        x -= 1
    if key == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
        x += 1

    snake.insert(0, (y,x)) # append O(n)

    # check if we hit the border
    if y == 0:
        break
    if y == WIN_HEIGHT-1:
        break
    if x == 0:
        break
    if x == WIN_WIDTH-1:
        break

    # check if snake runs over itself
    if snake[0] in snake[1:]:
        break

    # check if snake hits food
    if snake[0] == food:
        # eat the food
        score += 1
        food = ()
        while food == ():
            food = (randint(1,WIN_HEIGHT-2), randint(1,WIN_WIDTH-2))
            if food in snake:
                food = ()
        win.addch(food[0], food[1], "#")
    else:
        # move the snake
        last = snake.pop()
        win.addch(last[0], last[1], " ")

    win.addch(snake[0][0], snake[0][1], '*')

curses.endwin()
print(f"Hooray! Your final score is {score}.")