Plutus

The year is 1821. King George IV has just been crowned and London is the centre of world trade. You are Theo Pennyworth, a commodity trader left a modest fortune by a beloved aunt. Trade your way to the top of the market using your wits alone.

• Six commodities — cotton, tea, grain, coffee, tobacco, iron — each with its own supply dynamics, volatility, and event calendar
• Six named rivals — Silas Crowe-Blackwood (£5M, value-discipline), Thomas Ashby (your peer), Old Fenwick (the jobber), Lady Kitty Ashborne (the trend-chaser), Dr Thorne (the contrarian), Jago Wren (the gambler) — each trades differently, and they'll comment when you lose money
• World events & rumour mill — harvests, wars, embargoes, gluts, depressions. Rumours leak from pub gossip (unreliable), factor's clerks, Lloyd's subscribers, and ministerial contacts (expensive but accurate). 
• Tier ladder unlocks — start as an Apprentice with long-only trading. Earn your way to The Counting House (shorting), Whale Status (market-moving size), The Syndicate (better intel), and finally Lender of Last Resort

Controls & Other Info

• Controls: click a commodity chart to select; click the lot-size box to type; SPACE pauses; arrow keys adjust speed.
• Made with: Python + pygame, bundled for browser with pygbag.
• Session length: 5-15 min to first unlock; a full run to Lender of Last Resort is a few hours.
• Seed-determined — same seed yields the same market, so you can share "try seed 55" with friends.