World 001 · Practice Space

The Bakery & the Town

A town of 4,000 people, one bakery, and four weeks. You set the price of bread, how much you bake, what you pay your workers, and whether the town helps people get to the shop.

Fictional simulation under explicit rules. It is not evidence about the real world, and no generated text here is a person.

Level of complexity

Optional · before you play

Record what you expect

Guessing first makes the result easier to learn from. Nothing is scored, and no answer here is rewarded.

The bakery's money after four weeks

People's access to bread

Worker morale

What do you expect, and why?

Your decisions for the coming week

Price of one loaf$5

Higher prices earn more per loaf and reach fewer people.

Loaves baked per day180

You will need 3 workers at this volume (one worker per 70 loaves).

Wage per worker per hour$15

The assumed living wage in this town is $15 per hour.

Town transportation

No town supportPeople reach the shop however they can. Costs the town $0 a week.Subsidised bus lineThe town pays part of a small bus line. Costs the town $2,600 a week.Free town shuttleThe town covers the whole shuttle cost. Costs the town $4,800 a week.

Model assumptions (editable)

These are not facts about a real town. Changing them changes what follows, for weeks you have not played yet.

Flour cost per loaf$2.1

Price sensitivity of demand1.1

Above 1 means people respond strongly to price.

Assumed living wage$15

Progress

Week 0 of 4 played

Set your decisions, then play the week. The town responds according to the stated rules, including one event you are not shown in advance.

FICTIONAL TOWN · DETERMINISTIC RULES · NOTHING YOU DO HERE IS SAVED OR SHARED