What is this game?
An idle / incremental trading game set in the Dutch Golden Age. Your fortune grows while you play, and keeps growing while you're away. The skill is in what you reinvest in and when you sell, not in how fast you can click.
The core loop
Your buildings produce goods → goods stack in your warehouse → Sell at Market turns them into guilders → you buy more buildings. Every building hits milestones (×2 production at 10, 25, 50, 100, 150… owned), so there's always a next target.
The Market & events
Prices rise and fall on their own. Watch the market panel for events: ride a Tulip Mania and sell at the peak, cash in on a Trade Festival, or weather an Embargo. Later eras unlock rarer events: East India Windfalls, Golden Ages, even Plague Years to survive.
Prestige, three layers deep
Liquidate a run to earn Reputation (a permanent production boost). Spend Reputation to Charter the VOC for shares, a much bigger multiplier that also unlocks new eras of buildings. Reach 1,000 shares and you can Retire into Legacy, the deepest reset of all.
The Founder's Tree (Legacy perks)
Retiring grants Legacy points. Spend them in the Founder's Tree on perks like Old Money (start each run pre-built), Patent of Trade (+production), Deep Holds (offline earnings), Storm Glass (more events) and Admiralty Ties (more shares). Two more, the Cartographer's Guild and the Bourse Charter, unlock as you retire more. You can Respec for free anytime, so your build is a living choice, not a one-way street.
Weekly Doctrines
Every week a rotating Doctrine favours a different perk line (e.g. "Mercantile Boom" rewards Patent levels). Respec to lean into the week's Doctrine for an edge. The best build changes week to week.
Eras, Overseers & Trade Focus
Four eras unlock as you progress, each adding new buildings, from a humble market stall to a World Power. Overseers (bought with Reputation) auto-buy a building for you. Trade Focus gives +25% to one building line and is free to switch.
Merchant Hall of Fame
A weekly ladder of legendary merchants to out-earn. Note: these are in-game benchmarks (pacing rivals), not live players. A real online leaderboard of actual humans is planned for a later release.
Records & Stats
The Stats screen tracks your fastest VOC cycle, biggest single sale, lifetime earnings and more, plus a live graph of your income per second.
Merchant House (cosmetics)
Make your dynasty yours: a custom crest, house name (shown on your Hall row), and market themes. Cosmetics are identity only. They never touch production or your place in the Hall. The game will never sell power or a ranking advantage.
Offline earnings & saving
You keep earning while the tab is closed (come back for a "welcome back" summary). Your game saves locally in your browser; you can export / import a save from Manage to move it between devices.