Tycoon

Tycoons are games in Roblox in which the player is in charge of something, usually a business or a company of some kind, and must use his/her skills to grow and expand the tycoon be as big as possible.

History
In December of 2007, a famous Roblox scripter called "uberubert" created a game called "Bread Factory Tycoon". This was an extremely popular game at the time for about over 4 months, estimating a stunning total of over 500,000 visits. uberubert decided to not work on the game anymore, so he uncopylocked it for other players to use. Robloxian Scripters took advantage of this and started making their own tycoons. One user published a "tycoon kit", which allows players to create their own tycoons. One example of the Bread Factory Tycoon is this game. Today, if any tycoon manages to reaches and stays on the front page for a while, the owner may get a stunning 1,000,000 tickets about every few months.

Start
In almost all tycoons on ROBLOX, the player will need to walk around until he/she find a vacant building. It is usually a door, but buttons are also common. A tycoon may be claimed by simply walking or bumping onto the Button/Door, depending on the layout of the tycoon.

Machinery
In most tycoons, There is a machine that produces bricks. Usually the machines are automatic. A machine has three basic parts: a brick producer, a conveyor belt and a brick collector. The brick producer puts the bricks on the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt transports the bricks and the brick collector removes the bricks, giving money in exchange. Some buttons you may find near these are upgraders, a button that will make another machine, a button that will make the bricks move faster and a button that will give you more money for a brick.

Manual Labor
In some tycoons, such as mining tycoons or lumber tycoons, the game requires the player to work manually. Usually, a tool is used to do this. This method usually involves going up to a object and ramming the tool into the object or stabbing the object.

Upgrades
Upgrades are customary to tycoons. The upgrades can either be for better money-making, for recreation or just for decoration. Getting an upgrade usually involves stepping on a button which removes the required money from the player, puts the upgrade into the game and removing the button.

Donating
Donating is put in most tycoons. Usually in the form of a tool, but sometimes buttons are used.

Completing the game
The game ends when the player purchases the last upgrade. The last upgrade that can be bought by the player is usually a very expensive statue or object, although, like every game on ROBLOX, the game continues to move on until the player leaves.

Criticism
Some users have various amounts of dislike against tycoons for a variety of reasons. On the forums, users use them (rarely) to criticize Free Models. In commentaries for tycoon-related objects, users may post negative comments regarding tycoons, such as "Tycoons are lazily made", or "All tycoons have Free Models."