Anki Farm Tycoon

Gamify your Anki. Become a billionaire by learning! 🐮🐔🐷🐎🐑🦄

🎉 New in v1.9.0: Sheep & Unicorn Images, Resource Loading Improvements, and Better Gameplay Stability!

Demo

What is it????

It is a game that makes learning more fun! If you answer cards, animals will grow. You can sell grown animals and make money!! You gamify your learning!!

🏆 Compete with others on the leaderboard and show off your farming achievements!

✨ What's New in v1.9.0

🖼️ New Animal Images

• Added images for Sheep
• Added images for Unicorn
• Added child Sheep image

🧩 Resource Loading Improvements

• Improved animal image loading logic
• Added fallback handling for missing animal images
• Improved stability around the game window and dock widget behavior

🌟 Major Update in v1.8.0

Special thanks to @bergmsm for contributing new gameplay mechanics!

🐑 New Animal: Sheep

• Added Sheep as a new purchasable animal
• Sheep grows slowly, but rewards difficult study sessions
• Every Again card answered while a Sheep is alive increases its sale bonus
• Designed to reward honest studying instead of punishing mistakes

🦄 Legendary Animal: Unicorn

• Added Unicorn as a legendary animal
• Cannot be purchased normally
• Appears after a streak of Easy answers
• Sale value increases based on the Easy streak

🐔 + 🐄 Chicken / Cow Synergy

• Chickens and Cows now have a synergy effect
• When a Cow is alive, egg value is increased
• This creates more strategy when choosing animals

⚡ Random Events

Random field events can happen while reviewing cards:

• Country Fair — next animal sale is worth more
• Summer Rain — animals gain growth
• Mild Epidemic — one animal loses some growth
• Abundant Harvest — earn bonus coins

Grow Animals by Answering Cards!!

If you answer cards, animals in the field will grow!!

How to Play

• Tools > Anki Farm Tycoon
• Single-click a cell to buy an animal or land
• Double-click for additional actions
• Answer Anki cards to grow your animals
• Sell animals that have over 50% maturity by clicking the cell
• Unlock new species and level up in the shop window
• Check the leaderboard to see how you rank against other players!

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How to Earn Money

• Sell mature animals
• Collect animal productions, such as eggs and milk
• Earn bonus coins from answering cards
• Trigger random field events
• Use animal synergies to increase profits
• Unlock new fields by answering questions

Animals

You can unlock animals in the Animal window. If you level up your animals, they can produce valuable resources.

🐔 Chicken

• Production: Egg
• Production Chance: High
• Production Price: Low
• Synergy: Egg value increases when a Cow is alive

🐷 Pig

• Production: Mysterious Light
• Effect: Increases growth of nearby animals
• Production Chance: Very Low
• Production Price: None

🐄 Cow

• Production: Milk
• Production Chance: Low
• Production Price: High
• Synergy: Increases Chicken egg value while alive

🐎 Horse

• Production: None
• Production Chance: 0%
• Production Price: None
• Strategy: Slow investment with high sale payout

🐑 Sheep

• Production Chance: Low
• Growth Speed: Slow
• Strategy: Rewards difficult reviews
• Bonus: Answering Again cards while a Sheep is alive increases its sale value

🦄 Unicorn

• Type: Legendary animal
• Production: None
• Growth Speed: Very slow
• Strategy: Reward for consistent Easy streaks
• Special: Appears after consecutive Easy answers

👨‍💼 Employee System

Employees automatically buy and sell animals for you. You pay a small percentage of sales as their salary, but they work 24/7!

🎮 Game Features

🏆 Leaderboard Competition

• Global ranking system
• Compare your progress with other players
• Motivational learning through friendly competition

💰 Multiple Income Sources

• Animal sales
• Production harvesting
• Bonus coins from card answers
• Random event rewards
• Animal synergy bonuses

🎯 Gamified Learning

• Direct connection between study progress and game advancement
• Visual feedback for learning achievements
• Rewards for both consistency and difficult review sessions
• Engaging farming-style progression system

Update History

v1.9.0

• [NEW] Added Sheep image
• [NEW] Added child Sheep image
• [NEW] Added Unicorn image
• [IMPROVED] Enhanced animal resource loading logic
• [IMPROVED] Improved fallback handling for animal images
• [IMPROVED] Improved game window and dock widget stability

v1.8.0

• [NEW] Added Sheep animal
• [NEW] Added Unicorn legendary animal
• [NEW] Added random field events
• [NEW] Added Chicken/Cow synergy mechanics
• [IMPROVED] Added new strategic gameplay around difficult cards and Easy streaks

Contributed by @bergmsm

v1.7.0

• [NEW] Auto start feature
• [NEW] Dock Widget Feature: Anki Farm Tycoon can now be opened directly inside the main Anki window.

Contributed by @YISSSHJIAAA

v1.6.0

• [NEW] Added Horse animal
• [IMPROVED] Rebalanced growth speeds by animal type
• [IMPROVED] Pig sale profitability now scales with breed level
• [IMPROVED] Added Buy me a coffee button in the side controls
• [IMPROVED] Shop supports scrolling with the expanded animal list
• [IMPROVED] Employee specific type mode now includes Horse

FAQ

Q: How can I earn coins? A: By selling animals, collecting productions, earning bonus coins, triggering random events, and using animal synergies.

Q: What is the production chance? A: It indicates the probability of animals producing resources. Cows have low chance but high-value milk, chickens have high chance but lower-value eggs, and pigs provide growth boosts to nearby animals.

Q: How does the leaderboard work? A: The leaderboard tracks your total earned money and ranks you against other players globally. Keep studying and growing your farm to climb the rankings!

Q: What changed with the new controls? A: No more popup dialogs! Simply single-click to buy animals/land and double-click for advanced actions. Much faster and smoother!

Q: What should I do when an animal dies? 🪦 A: After repeating the answer multiple times, the grave will be randomly removed!

🤝 Contribution and Support

• Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests on GitHub!

• If you like Anki Farm Tycoon, please Rate 👍 or GitHub ⭐️

• I am looking for anything from programming proposals to game system ideas, advice, instruction improvements, and translations!

Tests

The test suite uses Python's standard library and does not require Anki or PyQt:

python3 -m unittest discover -s tests -v

Found a bug?

Please report it — I am always working to improve the experience!

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• Issue
• Report with 👍

🔗 Links

• Download on AnkiWeb
• Rate & Review 👍
• Full Instructions
• GitHub Repository
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Credits

• @rasilsoh3641 — Horse and rebalance ideas
• @bergmsm — Sheep, Unicorn, random events, and Chicken/Cow synergy mechanics