Simit Seller

Simitçi Tycoon is a tycoon game where you start with a single simit cart and grow it into a bakery chain that stretches from Istanbul to Tokyo. A simit is the sesame-crusted bread ring sold on every street corner in Turkey. At first you sell them by hand, then you open a Tea House, a Pastry Stand, a Local Bakery, a Patisserie, a Börek Chain and finally a Simit Factory. Hire masters and your shops keep working even while you are away. The real depth lies in branches: the Golden Sesame you collect lets you open a new branch and start stronger every time. Your guide is Uncle Rıza, who has been selling simit on the same corner for thirty years.

Your goal is to earn money and keep your income growing. Every shop has a cycle time; when the cycle finishes you get paid for every unit of that shop you own. The more units you buy, the more each cycle pays.

The long-term goal is the Branch journey: a 21-stop route that starts in Kadıköy, Istanbul, tours Anatolia and ends with a world tour in Tokyo. Each new branch opens at the next stop.

Uncle Rıza walks you through the start: tap the cart to sell your first simit, buy a second cart, save ₺60 to open the Tea House, then save ₺150 to hire Uncle Rıza as your master.

• Tap: tapping the card of a shop without a master starts one cycle. You have to tap again for every cycle.
• Buy: the buy button adds units to that shop. The Buy amount selector at the top lets you buy x1, x10, x100 or Max; Max buys as many as you can afford.
• Hire: every shop has its own master. A shop with a master runs its cycles on its own, so you no longer need to tap it.

Each shop has a different starting price and cycle time:

The eighth shop is the Local Shop, which changes with each stop: Stuffed Mussels in Kadıköy, Baklava Shop in Gaziantep, Döner Stand in Berlin and so on. Each one has its own master.

When a shop reaches 25, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 units, its cycle speed doubles each time. The bar under the card shows how far you are from the next milestone. At 25 units the shop earns a Bronze badge, at 100 Silver, at 200 Gold and at 300 Diamond.

The Recipes tab holds permanent one-time upgrades. Each shop has three recipes that triple its earnings (for example Sesame recipe, Molasses dip, Wood-fired simit). Morning rush, Neighborhood market, TV commercial and Overseas branches double all earnings. There are 28 recipes in total.

• Ferry Rush: while the game is open, a ferry docks every 3 to 4 minutes (at stops away from the sea a train comes instead). For 25 seconds a crowd fills the street and all earnings are doubled; tap the bubbles of the 8 customers who want simit for 20 seconds of income each, and serve them all for a 60-second bonus. A missed ferry has no penalty.
• Golden simit: every now and then a shining simit drifts across the screen and stays for 12 seconds. Catch it for a tip worth 5 minutes of income.
• Street orders: a customer on the street in front of your shop stops and shows an order bubble. It stays for about 15 seconds; tap it to collect roughly one minute of income.
• Daily reward: you get a reward each day you play. It grows over 7 consecutive days, and day 7 also gives 30 minutes of 2x earnings. Miss a day and the streak starts over.
• Daily tasks: three tasks arrive every day (buy a number of shops, sell by hand, catch golden simits, deliver orders and so on). Each pays 10 minutes of income; finish all three and 15 minutes of 2x earnings kick in.
• Awards: each of the 41 awards gives a permanent +2% to earnings.

Seasonal events run around Republic Day, New Year, Children's Day, the Summer Festival, Ramadan and Eid al-Adha: earnings go up, golden simits show up more often and you receive a gift.

As your shops make money, Golden Sesame builds up in the Branch tab. Once you have at least 3, you can open a new branch. In the new branch your shops, cash and recipes are reset; your Golden Sesame, awards and district bonus stay.

Each Golden Sesame permanently raises all earnings by +2%, and each new branch by +25%. Sesame grows ever more slowly: doubling your sesame takes roughly eight times the earnings. Money from ads, rewards and tasks does not count towards sesame.

When you close the game, shops with a master keep working. When you come back, up to 3 hours of earnings are waiting for you. Ads are always your choice: 2x Earnings adds 5 minutes (stacking up to 60 minutes), the 1 hour button gives you an hour of income instantly and can be used once every 30 minutes.