Capitalise a new shop with a loan or your savings, then run it week by week, pricing, marketing and cash flow, and survive the rival who's about to open nearby.
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How to play
First decide how to fund the shop: a loan gives more runway but owes interest, while savings keep you debt-free on a thin cushion. Then each week you set your price and marketing spend, run the week, and watch the balance sheet, cash, equipment, loan and equity. A rival opens around a known week and starts splitting your market, so build a cushion before they arrive. Stay solvent to the end with the highest net worth.
Choose loan or savings funding to start
Set price and weekly marketing, then run the week
Track the balance sheet, equity is your net worth and score
Survive the rival's arrival without going insolvent
Controls
Desktop: click a funding option, type price and marketing values, then Run the week.
Phone & tablet: tap funding and the inputs, then Run the week, touch friendly.
Game modes
Daily: one shared seeded neighbourhood per day
Practice: fresh scenarios to replay
Tips & strategy
Use the customer projection to set a price that fills the shop without giving away margin
Bank profit before the rival's week, once they split your market, every week gets tighter
Marketing has diminishing returns; spend enough to fill seats, not to chase every last customer
What you'll learn
Open Sign is a startup sim about the economics of running a small business, financing, pricing and growth.
Skills: entrepreneurship, business finance, pricing, running a small business
Best for: roughly grades 8–12 (ages 13+)
For parents & teachers: the trade-offs of starting and running a business.
About Open Sign
Open Sign is an original free browser startup sim about the economics of running a small business, financing, pricing, marketing and a balance sheet under competitive pressure. Made in-house for PlayPendium.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
