The Tulip Mania is a mechanic to have money flow around in the early stages of the game. It also introduces the first (inventory) item in the game.
How it works
In the game screen, you see a panel called "Tulip Mania". You can see the current status of the current tulip here. It is either for sale, or the owner is setting a price. If a tulip isn't sold within 5 hours
- Every Tulip has a unique name, starting with "Tulip 1"
- The initial price of a tulip is 10000 coins
- Every purchase yields a 3% tax paid to the Bank
- The owner of a tulip can, after purchase, set a price between the price they paid and twice that amount
- If the owner doesn't set a price within 5 minutes. The price will default to 1.1 times the price they paid
- If the tulip is not sold within 5 hours, it turns into a Withered tulip.
Withered tulips
Withered tulips are unique items. 'Tulip 1' turns into 'Withered tulip 1'. There will only ever by 1 version of each tulip. Making them scarce.