Saga Settlement: The First Winter

Text-first Viking village survival and quest game for Ubuntu desktop.

You lead a small shoreline settlement through three years and twelve seasonal turns. Each season allows up to two actions: gather supplies, trade, train warriors, scout the coast, build ships, and eventually launch the coastal expedition that can make the village's first saga.

The game is intentionally not a web app, not an idle/clicker, and not a side-scroller. The pure Python engine powers both the command-line mode and the GTK4/libadwaita desktop UI.

Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• GTK4 and libadwaita Python bindings

On Ubuntu:

sudo apt install python3 python3-gi gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-adw-1

Run

GTK desktop mode:

python3 main.py --gtk

CLI mode:

python3 main.py --cli

--gtk is the default when no mode is specified.

Tests

Tests are written for pytest:

python3 -m pytest

Current MVP

• 3 years, 4 seasons per year, 12 total turns
• up to 2 actions per season
• action buttons show exact current effects and lock reasons
• the UI/CLI show seasonal upkeep, random event chances, and event consequences before the turn ends
• deterministic random events using a stored seed and roll count
• JSON save/load
• CLI and GTK interfaces over the same core engine
• win by launching a successful Year 3 coastal expedition
• lose by population collapse, winter starvation, morale collapse, or a weakness spiral

Limitations

• No artwork, audio, animation, or map
• Balance is first-pass and intentionally readable
• No character system, diplomacy, or multi-stage quest chains yet
• GTK save path is fixed for MVP

Roadmap

• Add named settlers and faction pressures
• Expand event chains into branching storylets
• Add richer expedition outcomes and partial victories
• Add difficulty presets and better balance telemetry
• Add AppStream metadata and package-ready Snap files

Snap Placeholder

A minimal snap/snapcraft.yaml is included as a future packaging starting point. It is not yet a store-ready package.