Ok, I'm here in my high-end hotel suite in Bermuda thinking about how to do the stock market, and I think I figured it out.
First, you buy 1 stock in Company A for $100, this is Number Alpha. Every day, a random number generator will generate a number between 0 and 1, this is Number Beta. Another random number generator will generate either a 0 or 1, this is Number Gamma. The way this works is that if Number Gamma is a 1, then the game will multiply Number Beta by 10, and add this new Number Beta to Number Alpha, this is now the new Number Alpha. But, if Number Gamma was a 0, then the game will multiply Number Beta by 10, and subtract the new Number Beta from Number Alpha and set this as the new Number Alpha.
After a while, you might want to sell your stock. When you do this, you get the most current Number Alpha in money and your stock is deleted. This is similar to how actual stocks work. I'll display an example with actual numbers
Day 1
Alpha=$500
Beta=.24796
Gamma=1
New Alpha=$524.80
So now, you put in $500 for a stock. The next day, the rate increases by $24.80.
Day 2
Alpha=$524.80
Beta=.68418
Gamma=0
New Alpha=$456.38
Looks like day 2 was rough for you. Your stock is now worth less than what you bought it for, do NOT sell it now.
Let's skip a few days
Day 1567
Alpha=$1702.50
Beta=.02374
Gamma=1
New Alpha=$1704.87
You decide that you made good money on this an wish to sell your stock. You walk into the stock market building, and sell your stock. You now have $1704.87 more than before, which was a $1204.87 increase since you bought your stock.
In later versions of this, I will probably tweak it to make for less of an increase/decrease. You will be able to buy stock from actual companies in Blocktopolis, such as Blockland Petroleum (BP), Poco Italia, and Blocky Bank.
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