Hi everyone! I am combining my interests in finance, art, and app development into a new kind of financial literacy simulator where you collect creatures to learn real world money skills.

The vision is a platform that covers investing, saving, budgeting, taxes, healthcare planning, and more. Each topic has its own creature collecting system that reflects real financial decisions.

Here’s what I’ve built so far (still in prototype phase, would love feedback):

* Stonk Pets: You make real stock predictions. If you go long, you hatch a bull. If you go short, you hatch a bear. If your prediction is wrong, your creature loses health. You can restore it with potions that represent investing concepts like earnings reports, interest rates, or stop loss strategies. Winning improves your creature’s stats and lets it evolve.
* Tax Beasts: A monster based tax simulator. Every bull or bear you collect in Stonk Pets spawns a matching tax creature. At the end of the year (simulated as 1 day = 1 month) those monsters attack your wealth and you defend using deduction and credit creatures.
* Parasite Pets: Having dependents can be rewarding, sometimes even with a tax credit. In Parasite Pets, your dependents are living, wriggling creatures. Feed them, clean after them, and give them attention at the Parasite Daycare to watch them grow into something surprisingly valuable.
* Savings Mode: Simulate opening accounts such as a 401k, a traditional IRA, and a Roth IRA. You can earn quirky helpers like tax shield hamsters or spider boosters that grow your cash over time.
* Debt Demons: Debt Demons offer tempting loan pacts that can help in tough times, but every deal comes with a cost. Learn how to borrow carefully, repay wisely, and keep these tricky creatures under control.
* Learning Mode: Answer multiple choice questions to unlock education themed creatures that reflect things like student loan relief or tax credits. This section is purely educational but also lets you earn in-game cash if you are running low.
* Spending Allocation: A dashboard that helps you watch your spending

Game link (web-based): [https://www.sunshineshiny.com/finance-beasties](https://www.sunshineshiny.com/finance-beasties)

iOS TestFlight: [https://testflight.apple.com/join/WcuGvRHY](https://testflight.apple.com/join/WcuGvRHY)

I am still refining everything but the goal is a complete platform for gamified financial literacy. Any feedback on gameplay, design, or the overall concept would mean a lot!

I’m making a game where you learn financial literacy by collecting creatures. Try the demo!