Plant Tycoon
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Plant Tycoon is a life simulation game
about the breeding and growing of plants, published by independent developer Last Day of Work
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, some money
, and a seed box. Money is earned by selling plants and catching duplicate bugs. With this additional supplies, medicine
, and special chemicals are available to be bought, along with the options of researching soil
, water
, insect nets, and pruning shears
(three levels for each) for your plant shop. Although the game runs in real time, it can be paused - normally the life in the plant shop runs even when you exit the game or turn off your computer
.
There are several ways in which plants in Plant Tycoon differs from real life plant raising. For example, plants in Plant Tycoon can only be pollinated once, and Magic Plants in Plant Tycoon have a unique effect on other plants or purchasers. It also assumes that all plants can be cross pollinated and make hybrids with any other plant.
Players take on the role of owning a greenhouse
where they breed and sell plants. They start with $250, Common soil, Common water, Common shears, a Common net, a few Common seeds, 1 seed storage box, 1 bottle of Insta-Grow, 1 bottle of Insta-Grow Vaporbomb and 1 bottle of Plant food. Players make more money by selling plants and catching bugs. They can then buy more chemicals, tool upgrades, nursery upgrades and seeds.
There are 48 different types of bugs. Catching bugs brings in a little bit of money. There are Common, Uncommon and Rare bugs. The first bug of each type goes into a jar and all duplicates of that bug are automatically turned into cash. Duplicate bugs earn $5 for Common, $20 for Uncommon and $40 for Rare. The bug net can be upgraded from Common to Uncommon to Rare with each upgrade requiring less accuracy in catching a bug.
There are more than 400 different species of plants to be discovered. By cross pollinating
Common plants, players get seeds for fragile Uncommon hybrids. These require the more expensive Uncommon supplies. Some of these plants will survive long enough for cross pollinating, but in order to live and remain healthy they need the first upgrade of soil. By cross pollinating these hybrids with other Uncommon and Common plants, players get seeds for frail Rare hybrids. These require the very expensive Isola supplies to survive. These rare hybrids will only survive in the highest soil quality. Players discover very rare Magical plants by cross pollinating Common, Uncommon and Rare plants. The Magical plants typically need Isola soil and all have unique effects that immediately and permanently affect the Greenhouse and Nursery. Plants sell from $5 for common plants, to $1000 for rare Magical plants.
A variety of chemicals affect the plants growth, how much they sell for and how fast they sell:
Using the various fertilizers at appropriate times in the plants' lives will make them healthier, larger, produce more and bigger flowers and produce more seeds. A large healthy plant with many flowers will sell for much more than a small plant with few flowers. Unhealthy and diseased plants rarely sell. Plants that have been pruned down to the point where they have no flowers or are just a stem will not sell at all.
The Nursery is where plants are sold. It has a wide variety of upgrades and improvements, all of which attract more customer
s. Having more customers makes plants sell faster and for higher prices. Customers that are clicked on display a speech bubble that often indicates what the customer wants such as: lower prices, specific plants and specific Nursery upgrades. Any Magic plants discovered will be planted in a gold pot in the center of the Nursery. Players can sell and breed magic plants too.
The Six Magic plants in the game, each with different "magical effects", are:
Life simulation game
Life simulation games is a sub-genre of simulation video games in which the player lives or controls one or more virtual lifeforms...
about the breeding and growing of plants, published by independent developer Last Day of Work
Last Day of Work
Last Day of Work is an independent game studio based in San Francisco, California, which creates and develops casual games for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. The company was founded in 2002 by Arthur K...
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Plot
Players take on the role of the owner of a plant nursery, who must breed and care for more than 500 different kinds of exotic plants, all the while attempting to keep the plant store economically viable long enough to achieve the ultimate objective: breeding the six Magic Plants. Along the way, they can catch insects which are then added to a kind of "trophy" room, the duplicates of which can earn the player a significant amount of cashCash
In common language cash refers to money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins.In bookkeeping and finance, cash refers to current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately...
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Gameplay
Players start with only a small selection of plants, some seedsSEEDS
SEEDS is a voluntary organisation registered under the Societies Act of India....
, some money
Money
Money is any object or record that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. The main functions of money are distinguished as: a medium of exchange; a unit of account; a store of value; and, occasionally in the past,...
, and a seed box. Money is earned by selling plants and catching duplicate bugs. With this additional supplies, medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, and special chemicals are available to be bought, along with the options of researching soil
Soil
Soil is a natural body consisting of layers of mineral constituents of variable thicknesses, which differ from the parent materials in their morphological, physical, chemical, and mineralogical characteristics...
, water
Water
Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...
, insect nets, and pruning shears
Pruning shears
Pruning shears, also called hand pruners , or secateurs are a type of scissors for use with plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimetres thick...
(three levels for each) for your plant shop. Although the game runs in real time, it can be paused - normally the life in the plant shop runs even when you exit the game or turn off your computer
Computer
A computer is a programmable machine designed to sequentially and automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. The particular sequence of operations can be changed readily, allowing the computer to solve more than one kind of problem...
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There are several ways in which plants in Plant Tycoon differs from real life plant raising. For example, plants in Plant Tycoon can only be pollinated once, and Magic Plants in Plant Tycoon have a unique effect on other plants or purchasers. It also assumes that all plants can be cross pollinated and make hybrids with any other plant.
Players take on the role of owning a greenhouse
Greenhouse
A greenhouse is a building in which plants are grown. These structures range in size from small sheds to very large buildings...
where they breed and sell plants. They start with $250, Common soil, Common water, Common shears, a Common net, a few Common seeds, 1 seed storage box, 1 bottle of Insta-Grow, 1 bottle of Insta-Grow Vaporbomb and 1 bottle of Plant food. Players make more money by selling plants and catching bugs. They can then buy more chemicals, tool upgrades, nursery upgrades and seeds.
There are 48 different types of bugs. Catching bugs brings in a little bit of money. There are Common, Uncommon and Rare bugs. The first bug of each type goes into a jar and all duplicates of that bug are automatically turned into cash. Duplicate bugs earn $5 for Common, $20 for Uncommon and $40 for Rare. The bug net can be upgraded from Common to Uncommon to Rare with each upgrade requiring less accuracy in catching a bug.
There are more than 400 different species of plants to be discovered. By cross pollinating
Pollination
Pollination is the process by which pollen is transferred in plants, thereby enabling fertilisation and sexual reproduction. Pollen grains transport the male gametes to where the female gamete are contained within the carpel; in gymnosperms the pollen is directly applied to the ovule itself...
Common plants, players get seeds for fragile Uncommon hybrids. These require the more expensive Uncommon supplies. Some of these plants will survive long enough for cross pollinating, but in order to live and remain healthy they need the first upgrade of soil. By cross pollinating these hybrids with other Uncommon and Common plants, players get seeds for frail Rare hybrids. These require the very expensive Isola supplies to survive. These rare hybrids will only survive in the highest soil quality. Players discover very rare Magical plants by cross pollinating Common, Uncommon and Rare plants. The Magical plants typically need Isola soil and all have unique effects that immediately and permanently affect the Greenhouse and Nursery. Plants sell from $5 for common plants, to $1000 for rare Magical plants.
A variety of chemicals affect the plants growth, how much they sell for and how fast they sell:
- Insta-Growth speeds individual plant growth.
- Insta-Growth Vaporbomb speeds the growth of all plants in the greenhouse.
- Fertilizer makes all seeds in the greenhouse grow larger and produce more flowers.
- Plant Food causes plants to grow larger.
- Bio-Organic Plant Food causes plants to produce more flowers.
- Vitamins restore a small amount of health to weakened plants.
- Plant Rescue Formula gives a large health boost to one plant, making it possible to save plants that are almost dead
- Plant Rescue Formula restores a plant that is dying but not dead.
- Mutation Liquid changes the plant's DNADNADeoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
, resulting in a mutation of the flowers or foliage
Using the various fertilizers at appropriate times in the plants' lives will make them healthier, larger, produce more and bigger flowers and produce more seeds. A large healthy plant with many flowers will sell for much more than a small plant with few flowers. Unhealthy and diseased plants rarely sell. Plants that have been pruned down to the point where they have no flowers or are just a stem will not sell at all.
The Nursery is where plants are sold. It has a wide variety of upgrades and improvements, all of which attract more customer
Customer
A customer is usually used to refer to a current or potential buyer or user of the products of an individual or organization, called the supplier, seller, or vendor. This is typically through purchasing or renting goods or services...
s. Having more customers makes plants sell faster and for higher prices. Customers that are clicked on display a speech bubble that often indicates what the customer wants such as: lower prices, specific plants and specific Nursery upgrades. Any Magic plants discovered will be planted in a gold pot in the center of the Nursery. Players can sell and breed magic plants too.
The Six Magic plants in the game, each with different "magical effects", are:
- Rose of Joy
- Flower of Knowledge
- Magic Tree of Fragrance
- Fruit of Life
- Golden Berries of Wealth
- Fabled Rose of Isola