Rocks to Riches

Dig. Haul. Get rich. Sell it all. Do it again. Unlock more places, become more efficient..
Rocks to Riches starts with one miner, one pickaxe and a hole in a backyard. Swing at the ore face, carry the load out on your head, stack it on the pile and load the truck when it pulls in. Every truck pays, and every dollar buys a sharper pick, a bigger pouch, faster hands or a deeper mine.
Build an operation
Ores, from coal to platinum, in a mine that gets richer the deeper you go
Hire a crew - a miner, a loader and a banker - and watch them work the yard beside you
Buy a truck for the yard and hitch trailers behind it to haul thousands at once
Take contracts for the ore the buyers want, and chase the rare legendary jobs
Fill a museum with the strange specimens your miners turn up
Sell up and start again richer
When the operation is worth enough, sell it. Every sale raises your stake, and every piece of money you earn after it is worth more. Sell enough times and doors open that money alone cannot.
Three places to strike it rich (So far)
The Yard - the mine, the trucks, the bank and the garage, where it all begins
The Lost City - behind a golden arch, a jungle city of gems: crack geodes in the workings, crush the rock, load the river barge, ride the crane, and raise idols at the shrine
The Belt - a rock towed in from the asteroid belt, a swarm of drones to mine it, a rocket to ship the take and a shaft down into the asteroid itself
Made to be watched
Ore flies off the heaps in long arcs, chunks tumble and pile, conveyor belts carry gems across the city, and the yard turns from noon to firefly-lit night. Dress your miner in outfits you unlock