Pig Out

How to play, step by step

1. Press Start to begin. A box appears asking about selected tile hints. Choose the hints setting you want, then press Play game to start on the board. Press Escape or Cancel in that box to back out without starting.
2. Use the arrow keys to move around the 9×9 board.
3. Press Space or Enter to select a tile, then move to an adjacent tile and press Space or Enter again to swap. You can also click a tile with a mouse to select it, then click an adjacent tile to swap.
4. Tab moves out of the board to the rest of the page.
5. Make matches of three or more to earn tokens and level up. Each match earns 1 token.
6. Choose-a-color tiles appear on every level from level 4 onward. Select one and a box pops up with the seven colors. Arrow through them and press Enter to pick one, or press the number next to the color.
7. Pig Out tiles appear from level 6 onward — only one new one drops per level — and they only match with other Pig Out tiles. You cannot move Pig Out tiles. They only drop down when tiles below them are matched and cleared.
8. If three Pig Out tiles match, the piggy bank bursts and your current level resets to 1.

What everything means

Color tiles. There are seven colors: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, indigo, and violet. Sighted players see the color's first letter in the center of the tile. Screen readers announce the color and the tile's position.

Choose-a-color tiles. Colorless tiles marked with a C. Select one and a box pops up with the seven colors. Arrow up and down to move between colors and press Enter to pick one, or press the number next to the color (1 for red through 7 for violet). Press Escape to cancel without choosing.

Pig Out tiles. Black tiles with a pink P in the middle of a pink X. They only match with other Pig Out tiles. You cannot select Pig Out tiles or swap other tiles with them. They only drop down when the tiles below them are matched and cleared. If three Pig Out tiles match, the piggy bank bursts: your tokens and your total tokens reset to zero and your level resets to 1.

Tokens. Each match earns 1 token, no matter whether 3, 4, or 5 tiles clear.

Tokens needed. The tokens needed to level up equal your current level plus 1. Level 1 needs 2 tokens, level 2 needs 3, and so on.

Level up. When you level up, the status announces “Oink oink” and your new level.

Total tokens collected. Your all-time total. It only resets when a Pig Out burst happens.

Highest level. The highest level you have ever reached.

Streak. How many times you have leveled up.

Selection. The tile you currently have selected, if any.

Controls

Start. Opens a box asking about selected tile hints, which are off by default. Press Play game in that box to begin a game, resuming at your saved level, or press Escape or Cancel to back out without starting.

Restart level. Deals a fresh board for your current level and resets your tokens for that level to zero.

Choose a color. When you select a Choose-a-color tile, a box pops up with the seven colors. Arrow up and down and press Enter to pick one, or press the number next to the color. Press Escape to cancel.

Home and End. Home moves to the first tile in the current row and End moves to the last tile in the row. Control plus Home moves to the first tile on the board and Control plus End moves to the last tile.

Escape. Press Escape to clear a selection. Escape also cancels the Choose-a-color box.

Selected tile hints. When you press Start, a box asks about selected tile hints. Hints are off by default. Turn the hints toggle on in that box, and when you select a tile you will hear a hint: which way to swap to make a match, or that no swap from that tile makes a match. The hint also appears in the Status section, so mouse and touch players get the same hint. The setting stays as you set it until you change it in the Start box again.

Reset statistics. The Reset statistics button in the Statistics section clears all statistics and starts over on level 1, like a Pig Out burst. A box asks you to confirm first; press Escape or Cancel to back out.

Tips

The Status section announces what happened after each move. Moving focus to the Statistics section announces a summary of your game. From the board, press Shift+Tab to reach the Statistics section, and press Tab to return to the board.

If you use JAWS and the arrow keys do not move around the board, press Insert+Z, then use the arrow keys.

Press Start to play.