GYM TYCOON

The loop. Buy a machine. It lands in your hands. Put it down in a room. Tap the bubble over it to take the money. Everything else makes that bubble fill faster.

Opening up. Take the free Customer Desk from the Shop and put it down. Nothing earns and nothing sells until it is. The desk itself earns nothing. Each location gets its own, free, and it can never be stored or sold.

Bubbles. Nothing pays into your balance by itself. A machine fills a bubble, and you tap it. A bubble holds about two minutes of takings; full bubble, machine stops. Upgrade the desk to make them hold more, up to three hours.

Time away. The bubbles keep filling while the tab is shut, up to what they hold, and stop there. A night away and a fortnight away come back to the same full bubbles. A better desk is what makes a night away worth more.

Cashiers. Hired into a room, three to begin with and more at higher levels. They walk from bubble to bubble and take everything in each one they reach. More cashiers, faster rounds. Rooms you are not looking at still get their rounds.

Placing. A piece you have just bought is already in your hands. Anything in Storage: click it. Drag it, or use the arrow keys. R turns it. Enter places it. Escape puts it back. Place one and the next of the same kind is already in your hand. Two fingers pan and zoom while you hold something.

Clear floor. Each machine needs a strip of floor on the side you step on from. It shows as a dashed patch while you hold the piece. Nothing can stand in it.

Arrangement. Same category within two metres: +12% each. Decor takes no part in it. Room details, under the plan, shows what your layout earns.

Decoration. Only gym equipment earns money. Decoration earns nothing and each piece does one thing instead. A palm raises the room's vibe. A cooler makes its bubbles hold more. A mirror makes busy hours pay more there. A fridge speeds up its counters. A sound system means the room is never quiet. Neon makes promos last longer. A Juice Bar lifts everything its room earns. A desk cuts wages, a cubicle raises job pay, a Pro Shop earns more XP, and an office pod adds a cashier to every room. Those four count once for the whole gym.

Vibe. How nice a room is to train in. It lifts everything the room earns, and it fills a bar in Room details. There is a cap.

Upgrades. Own a machine and its shop row has an Upgrade button. Each mark is worth 2.2 times the last. Five marks. The Customer Desk has marks too: each one makes every bubble hold more.

Levels. Buying and upgrading is what earns XP. Every level brings something. Past level ten each one adds 2% to everything, and the milestones widen the gym: more jobs on the board, a bigger larder, more cashiers to a room, busier busy hours, shorter waits for an Open Day.

The counter. A Juice Bar or Pro Shop is decoration that makes stock. Start batches on the Counter tab; they run whether you are here or not, and delivery orders pay double for what comes off. A Juice Bar also lifts everything its room earns by 15%, and a Pro Shop earns the whole gym a quarter more XP.

Sound. On, with the speaker button by the clock to turn it off. A chime when you take money, a thunk when you spend it, and a crowd that gets louder in the busy hours.

Your save. The gym lives in this browser. Open Save code on this tab to copy a code that carries all of it, and paste one back to restore it anywhere.

Jobs. Three at a time, pay stated up front. From level 3, one rush order at a time on an eight minute clock, worth triple.

Levels. Buying and upgrading gear earns XP. Levels open locations, staff and the bigger machines. Nothing else does.

Other staff. Cleaners lift vibe. Receptionists make busy hours busier. A Floor Manager adds to everything. These work the whole gym, and each extra hire does less. Anyone can be let go.

Busy hours. A day in the gym is an hour of real time, and the clock on the plan shows it. Mornings and evenings earn up to +20%. Quiet hours are never a penalty. The meter is in Room details. A promo is the same on demand: x2.5 for 90 seconds, then a 15-minute wait.

More rooms. Each location is a main floor with three rooms off it. The next room is marked out on the plan with a sign. Tap the sign to buy it.

Design. The Design tab sells paint for the walls and floor of the location you are in, and a finish for every machine. Click one you can afford and the plan shows it. Nothing is bought until you press Buy. Gold is the dearest. A colour is bought once and can go anywhere after.

Locations. Four separate gyms, each unlocked by level. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom.

Franchising. When the shop runs out, cash the gym in for points that multiply everything after. You keep your level and trophies.