The Fruit Merchant's Diary

The Fruit Merchant's Diary is a narrative-driven economy simulation in which you play a fruit merchant trying to make a living. Your goal is to earn 1 million Karma, and the choices you make along the way shape how you pursue it.

Trade in the market

You begin with a small stall and limited inventory. Buy fresh produce from local producers, then sell it to customers whose demands fluctuate. Prices change and demand shifts, so you need to predict the market and manage your stock to avoid losses from rotten fruit or going bankrupt.

The Great Blue Eye

A mystical entity called the Great Blue Eye watches the world. You can take an honest but difficult path by paying producers fairly and helping people in need, or gain gold more quickly by bribing officials and scamming producers. The more evil acts you commit, the greater the chance the Eye will end your journey instantly.

Karma and choices

Gold is a means to earn Karma: spend it on good deeds or dark rituals to convert your earnings. You can also bribe guards to put the Blue Eye to sleep temporarily, giving you time to sin without immediate punishment. When you sleep, the choices you made that day appear in your dreams as visions of hope or nightmares of judgment.

The game uses a hand-drawn, colored-pencil style and asks you to balance your inventory, gold and moral choices. One wrong move under the Eye's gaze can end the game.