game economy
Posts about game economy.
Atlas #1 · The island's trade
Cargo Only Floats Downhill: The River Trade of a Mountain Island
Every river the island trades on, measured: 92% of the cargo goes downstream, the barge has vanished, and boatmen haul their empty boats back up the rapids.
Atlas #5 · The island's trade
How Does a Port 209 m Above the Sea Load Its Ships?
Labuhan Harjo keeps 31 ships, yet the city stands 209 m up a sheer sea wall beside its river's waterfall. The way down to them is 1,211 stone steps.
Atlas #7 · The island's towns
Firewood for Winter, in a Word the Plans Didn't Know
In the winter weeks 1,705 crews of three cut firewood in 276 places, and 134 pairs gather desert brush. Until 19 October no plan had room for them.
Atlas #10 · The island's trade
The Island's People Settled. Its Trade Never Has.
Teluk Tinggi buys 596 tonnes of rice a year, most of it for its hens. Each of the island's 900 ledgers closes, yet the trade between them has never settled.