About
CANNABIS TYCOON
Solo cannabis breeding tycoon. Grow strains, hunt phenotypes, stabilize legendary lines and claim their names on the world leaderboard.
Inspired by Schedule I and real cannabis breeding mechanics, rebuilt for s&box with a community backend that tracks every cross.
How to Play :
You start with $1,000 and an empty closet. Buy seeds at the shop. Buy a pot, place it, plant it. Water, wait through veg, switch to flowering, harvest. After drying and curing the buds go into your inventory, walk to the Marketplace and open the Flowers tab to sell them.
Reinvest into bigger rooms, better lamps, hydro pots, automation. The Trim Robot and CO₂ system run your op while you sleep.
The real game starts after your first cross. Every breed produces a unique phenotype. Mutations are rare (5%). Stabilizing an IBL line is rare-rare. The first player to register a phenotype owns its name forever on the world leaderboard.
Features:
- Server-authoritative breeding : RNG seeded by Steam ID + parent hashes + server secret, anti-cheat from day one
- 16 real starter strains : Kush Classic, Haze Heritage, Blueberry, AutoCadet, Critical Mass, Wedding Cake, Gelato, Gorilla Glue #4 and 8 more, all based on real cultivar data
- World leaderboard : top 50 strains by Score (★ rating), first discoverer's name shown forever
- 3D worldspace info card above each pot : phase, water, fertilizer, action — visible at distance, animations for thirsty / dead states
- Global inventory overlay (Tab key) : Seeds, Flowers, Pots, Fertilizer in one view
- Curing system : up to +30% quality bonus if you wait the optimal 2m30, or skip early for partial bonus and faster cashout
- 5-tier room progression : Closet, Bedroom, Garage, Basement, Greenhouse (3 to 150 pots max)
- 4-tier lamp system : LED 100W Basic to LED Quantum Board, cycle multiplier x1.00 down to x0.55
- 3-tier pot system : Plastic, Fabric, Hydro DWC with yield and speed bonuses
- Automation gear : Trim Robot (drying x0.5), CO₂ System (flower x0.85, yield +15%)
- Phone hub : 5 apps for Bank, Stats, Leaderboard, Inbox events, strain Library
- TCG-style strain library : every pheno bred becomes a collectible card with full stats
- Fertilizers : Chemical (yield +25%, quality -5%) or Organic (3 doses, yield + quality cumulative)
- Monthly bills : rent + electricity scale with room and lamp tiers, with preview before each upgrade
- In-game radio streamed from backend : 5 tracks (jazz noir, reggae, hip-hop), 3D positional, easy to expand
- 10 native achievements : unlocked through sbox.game's system, visible on your profile
Update 25/05/2026 (v0.2 — Marketplace overhaul)
- Marketplace overhaul : harvest into inventory then sell at the Marketplace > Flowers tab (qb-inventory style)
- Global inventory overlay on Tab key
- Curing phase implemented with +30% quality bonus
- 3D worldspace info card above pots with state animations
- 10 unlockable achievements wired through s&box services
- Real-time flowering visuals (buds puff up during flowering)
- Radio music streamed from backend, game download cut from 508 MB to 222 MB
- "Bag Appeal" renamed to Score with ★ rating
- Bill preview before each upgrade
- Fertilizer prompt explains why Y is blocked instead of silent fail
- Many bug fixes : pot capacity tier 1, pot collision, F1 / Esc keymap
Roadmap :
- Player-to-player marketplace with real listings (the Free Market tab)
- 6 remaining SFX (UI clicks, bills, breeding cross, modal open, error)
- Trailer
- Random shuffle mode for the radio + more tracks
- Visual phenotype tints (Purple, Frosty, Foxtail mutations)
- Multiplayer garage instances (everyone in one server with their own grow zone)
- Companion mobile app to check leaderboard on the go
Controls :
- Move : WASD
- Run : SHIFT
- Crouch : CTRL
- Interact / Plant / Harvest / Collect / Sell : E
- Water plant : T
- Apply fertilizer : Y
- Place pot : X
- Pick up pot : G
- Open phone : P
- Open library : L
- Open inventory : TAB
- Radio toggle : J
- Skip tutorial : BACKSPACE
- Close overlays : Q (Esc opens the engine menu in parallel)
Community :
Backend live on a Linux dedicated VM, leaderboard updated in real time. Discord for feedback, bug reports and strain naming suggestions.
Credits :
- Engine : s&box by Facepunch
- Strain data : real cannabis cultivar databases (Leafly, Growdiaries, RQS)
- Backend : Node.js + SQLite on IONOS Ubuntu VM, TLS via Let's Encrypt
- 3D models : custom Blender exports
- Music : streamed via Sandbox.MusicPlayer from a self-hosted CDN
- Inspiration : Schedule I by Abstractism
Built solo by Klibato
