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Beehive.py — Press Kit

A factory game whose controller is a real Python interpreter. This page holds the fact sheet, copy-ready descriptions, talking points and downloadable assets. Reach us any time — we answer fast.

status wishlist live updated Jul 2026 embargo none

The one line

tagline · EN + DE

ENLearn real Python by playing — write code, automate a factory, build the Great Hive.

DELern echtes Python, indem du spielst — schreib Code, automatisiere eine Fabrik, errichte den Great Hive.

Short description

description · EN

Beehive.py is a factory game whose controller is a real Python interpreter. The player’s program lives as a file on disk — editable in PyCharm, VS Code or the built-in editor, with hot-reload, autocomplete and real tracebacks. From a first while loop through pathfinding to real concurrency with up to four bees in their own interpreters, everything the game teaches is Python you keep. The production chain culminates in the Great Hive — and if you want, you win the whole game without a single click, through a fully automated speedrun.

The story behind it

A mathematician and a banker building a Steam game after hours. Beehive.py started with one question: why does learning to code feel like a textbook, when automation is the most satisfying thing a game can be? No publisher, no budget, no deadline — quality over timeline.

Two people, after work. Remote collaboration between Roßdorf and Bottrop, Germany.
A real tech story. Actual Python (Pyodide) in a Web Worker, real concurrency across multiple interpreters, and fully procedural sound — not a single audio asset in the whole game.
The game punishes hardcoding by design. Hardcode your move counts and you strand the bee; learn breadth-first search and you win.

Features

Real Python (Pyodide)Real files, imports, errors, your IDE.

Procedural voxel worldEvery seed is a new navigation puzzle.

Deep crafting chainFive machine tiers to the Assembly Bay.

Progress on what you sellThe economy is the XP bar.

Up to 4 concurrent beesEach in its own interpreter.

Meta-automationCode that grows the factory itself.

The Great HiveA five-stage endgame structure.

Speedrun modeSame seed, only your best time survives.

2D map & 3D voxel viewSwitch any time.

Fully procedural audioEvery sound synthesized live.

Easy & NormalLearn the chain, or face the forest.

Assets

Studio logodownload ↓ PNG · 700×700

Capsule artpending header + tile

Screenshotspending 6–8 · 1920×1080 · ZIP

Trailerpending YouTube + MP4

GIFspending 3–5 loops

Fact sheet on this page ↑

# assets land here after the capture session; capsule via Higgsfield, screenshots are real in-game captures

Boilerplate

about collatz labs · EN + DE

ENBeehive.py is an automation game by Collatz Labs (Block & Liebeck GbR), a two-person team from Germany. You play in real Python: code drives bees, bees build a factory, the factory builds the Great Hive.

DEBeehive.py ist ein Automation-Spiel von Collatz Labs (Block & Liebeck GbR), einem Zwei-Personen-Team aus Deutschland. Gespielt wird in echtem Python: Code steuert Bienen, Bienen bauen eine Fabrik, die Fabrik baut den Great Hive.

Credits & contact

Johannes BlockEngine, gameplay & design

Tristan LiebeckDesign, business & marketing

Interviews, review keys, custom assets — write to Info@collatzlabs.com. There is no embargo; cover it whenever suits you.