How should players make money in a pirate game?

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#1

Hi
So I’m making a pirate game similar to Sea of Thieves on Roblox. I have all the mechanics scripted such as cannons and ships. Unfortunately, I’m stuck trying to figure out how players should earn money.

The basic game loop idea is as follows: Get money, Buy new ships.

How can I make earning money exciting and balanced? Should enemy ships drop loot when you defeat them? Should you earn money like in Bloxburg and A Pirate’s Tale by working job? Please give me ideas! Hopefully this topic can be helpful for anyone in a similar scenario. Thanks!

#2

You could make it where they can find treasure that they can either open for chances to get something good that they can sell to someone or they could just sell then chest.

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#3

Hmm, you could make it so you can get currency through bounty hunting if its a fighting style game aswell, though ive never played sea of thieves so i dont know what its like.

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