diff --git a/src/Game/Engine.hs b/src/Game/Engine.hs
index 67d4807..073bc69 100644
--- a/src/Game/Engine.hs
+++ b/src/Game/Engine.hs
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ tick =
 
 mainSF :: Monad m => MSF (DrawerT m) () ()
 mainSF = proc () -> do
+  -- A "tick" is each frame that the snake advances
   n <- count -< ()
-  let isTick = n `mod` 20 == 1
+  let isTick = n `mod` 8 == 1
 
-  -- handle inputs (buffer)
+  -- Handle inputs (buffer)
   dirs <- handleEvents -< ()
   dir <- fifoGate -< (dirs, isTick)
 
diff --git a/src/Game/Utils.hs b/src/Game/Utils.hs
index 443e29a..8f172aa 100644
--- a/src/Game/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Game/Utils.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import Graphics.Gloss.Interface.IO.Game
 
 -- | Display an MSF outputting a picture value as a window using Gloss.
 -- Note that the MSF is not passed a real-time clock.
+--
+-- The MSF is always called at a consistent framerate, regardless of when input
+-- events are registered. It is passed a buffered list of all events that
+-- occured between the last and current frames, with the first event in the
+-- list being the latest.
 playMSF :: Display -> Color -> Int -> MSF IO [Event] Picture -> IO ()
 playMSF display color freq msf = do
   -- `react` doesn't allow inputs or outputs, so we have to use IORefs
@@ -52,6 +57,8 @@ hold =
         Just x' -> (x', x')
     )
 
+-- | Buffers and returns the elements in FIFO order, only allowing elements to
+-- shift out whenever the input boolean is true.
 fifoGate :: Monad m => MSF m ([a], Bool) (Maybe a)
 fifoGate =
   mealy