Tycoons

A tycoon is a type of Roblox building game in which you generate currency to buy premade structures of which serve either a productive, aesthetical or PvP relating purpose.

History of Tycoons
The first ever tycoon on Roblox was Bread Factory Tycoon made by early developer Uberubert. It was similar to many of the modern day tycoons in many ways, as it was the precursor to them, but it had many differences that differentiated it from what we know as the classic tycoon formula. It did not work with "droppers" had no PvP aspects to it and had two playable jobs, the bread factory owner or a repairman.

Types of Tycoons
Tycoons generally follow a similar trend or template, but not always, and many are vastly different from others.

Prebuilt Tycoons: These are tycoons in which the general layout of the tycoon remains the same for all players. Typically, currency is generated with "droppers" which are machines that generate items on a conveyer built. The items are then turned into money which goes straight into your inventory or requires it to be collected from a pad. Many buttons appear throughout the tycoon which you step on to create a structure. Prebuilt tycoons do not always follow this order, as seen with games such as Mining Tycoon Revival.

Player Built Tycoons: These are tycoons in which rather then the player stepping on pads to build pre-placed structures down, the player places down their own structures, where they want, and gets to customize their tycoon far more. Cash is still typically generated via droppers, but not always. For example, Theme Park Tycoon 2 relies on bringing visitors to your ride to pay for things such as food, merchandise, or going on the rides.

True Player Built Tycoons: Tycoons that truly allow a player to build quite literally, almost everything. An example of this would be Lumber Tycoon 2.