Record shop tycoon game · Android and iOS
Vinyl Tycoon
1985. Grandpa Gus opens his vinyl record shop. Your job: keep it running, day after day, and play the vinyl market.
A game by GINGBLUE APP
The game in one sentence
A shop tycoon played in rounds: days full of rushes and surprises, nights to clean up and restock, and a market where today’s common record can become tomorrow’s legend.
One round
From morning to night
- MorningMarket news: which styles are rising, which are crashing, today’s deals. You decide what to buy.
- Day · 3 minCustomers pour in, two rushes double the crowd, thieves and dilemmas pop up. You fill the crates record by record and ring up sales.
- Night · 30 sThe daily report (sales, stars, wages), a quick sweep, boxes stored away, tomorrow’s order.
Less than 5 minutes per round. And just one urge: start the next one to see if your stored records have gone up in value.
The heart of the game
The vinyl market
- Every round, each music style rolls a new rarity, for buying and for reselling.
- Trends last, with sudden spikes and crashes.
- Wholesaler deals from −20% to −40%.
- You set your prices: too high and customers stay away, too low and you sell at a loss.
Buy common, store it, sell it legendary: up to 5 times your stake.
Never the same round twice
Surprises and a very human team
Thieves
Catch them before they reach the door, or count on Big Mike the security guard.
Unpredictable staff
Morale, breaks, training, raise requests… and they can quit.
Boss decisions
9 dilemmas that affect your money, your crowd or your stars.
Power outages
The register goes dark: fix the fuse box, or hire Marcel.
Quirky customers
A smelly customer, a crying baby: react fast before everyone leaves.
Your shop, your style
Choose which crate takes which style, expand, decorate and unlock new areas.
The characters
A hand-crafted team
And over 100 customer looks: astronauts, princesses, leprechauns, rockers… each one browses, queues up and reacts with emojis.
The studio
GINGBLUE APP
Independent French studio founded by Mathis Saulnier. Our first app, Dailycore: Calories & Recipes, is a gamified cooking and nutrition app on the App Store, designed, built and maintained solo for almost two years. Vinyl Tycoon is our first mobile game.
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