tycoon

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大君 (taikun, “great lord / prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai6 baan1).

noun

1. A wealthy and powerful business person.
   Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.
   Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon. 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind
2. A type of Roblox game in which players earn money which is then used to purchase upgrades.
   Tycoons / A game in which users build up some sort of business by earning money over time and then using that money on upgrades. 2013, Brandon LaRouche, Intermediate ROBLOX Lua Programming, Double Trouble Studio, page 172
   In most tycoons, you will find an automatic machine called a dropper, which is used for producing bricks. 2017, Christina Majaski, The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to Robloxing: Everything You Need to Know to Build Awesome Games!, New York, N.Y.: Sky Pony Press, page 65
   In my opinion, tycoons are great to create as your first game, but they take time to learn! The main tips are to keep the tycoon simple and stick with a theme. 2019, Roblox Guide to Success and Dominating the World of Roblox, Ro Books, page 13
   These experiences have fallen somewhat out of favor because once a tycoon is complete and all items are unlocked, there is not much of an incentive to continue playing. Updating these experiences can be a more difficult task, depending on how your tycoon is structured. 2022, Zander Brumbaugh, Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, 2nd edition, Packt, page 217
   What should we play? Adopt Me, a tycoon, SCP, an obby? 2022, Jessica Stone, Digital Play Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Comfort and Competence, 2nd edition, Routledge
   The next most common game that we see inside Roblox are Tycoons. 2022, Heath Haskins, The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide, Updated Edition: Learn How to Script Games, Code Objects and Settings, and Create Your Own World!, Adams Media, page 153