Tipping Pigs 3

A pygame-based serious game about resource management and ecological tipping points. You play as the Rahui — the environmental manager of a Polynesian island — balancing pig population, villager happiness, and ecosystem health before the island tips past the point of no return.

The start screen of Tipping Pigs. Game can be played in English and German.

User Guide

• Installation
  • Requirements
  • From PyPI
  • Using uv (recommended)
  • Running the Game
• Gameplay Guide
  • Objective
  • Game States
  • Difficulty Levels
  • Controls
  • Scoring
  • Game Systems
  • Tips

API Reference

• API Reference
  • game
    • Submodules
      • game.__main__
      • game.entities
      • game.environment
      • game.game_manager
      • game.isometric_map
      • game.ui
      • game.utils

Overview

The game models a fragile island ecosystem:

• Pigs breed naturally, eat vegetation, and cause tile degradation.

• Villagers chop forests, adding to environmental pressure.

• Degradation spreads via cascading effects and can trigger a permanent collapse.

• Actions — sending pigs away or calling an emergency feast — let you steer the system back from the edge.

The player has 90 seconds to score as many points as possible without collapsing the ecosystem.

Authors

• Malte Vogl

• Husain Quasim Ali Saif

• Jascha M. Schmitz

License

MIT License — see API Reference or the LICENSE file in the repository.