Pet Pals Tycoon

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Inspiration

I love cozy farm sims and creature collectors and wanted to intergrate a harvest loop into it. So I thought, “Why not bring that to Worlds?” Thus, Pet Pals Tycoon sprouted.

What it does

• Fast-regrowing starter crops + gated mid/late crops across 12 islands
  
• 100 collectible Pet Pals with exponential unlock costs ($20 → $100 K)
  
• Random vendor orders (Easy/Medium/Hard)
• Per-player persistence (inventory, timers, pets) so no world-hop cheats
• Solo or 2-player multiplayer with individualized crop respawns
  

How we built it

• Quick code-block script and Typescript to generate/deliver orders
  
• Moved logic into a TypeScript UIComponent with Binding & DynamicList
  
• Stored orders, inventory, timers in persistentStorage
  
• Tested folk loops and whimsical orchestral themes
  

Challenges we ran into

• Players resetting crop timers by rejoining. I solved it with per-player timestamp cooldowns.
  
• Dynamic UI quirks: Had to include an “Easy/Medium/Hard” tab-highlighting right after three rewrites.
  
• Economy balance: Early pets felt trivial, late pets impossible so I had to nail the right exponential curve.

Accomplishments we’re proud of

• Per-player crop timers that survive reloads
  
• Smooth, data-driven UI in Horizon’s framework
  
• Balanced 30-day loop for players to spend 15 min/day progression to a $100 K final pet
  
• 100 unique Pet Pals with clean unlock pacing
  

What we learned

• Deep dive into Horizon’s Persistent Storage & CodeBlockEvents
  
• Building reactive UI with Binding & DynamicList in TypeScript
  
• Crafting a long-term mobile/VR economy without breaking it
  

What’s next for Pet Pals Tycoon

• Seasonal & holiday events (pumpkin-spiced harvests?)
  
• Guild deliveries: co-op town hall quests
  
• More unlockable Pet Pals and Islands to explore

Built With

• worlds