The bull
He starts as a calf, grows with the bonding curve and wears the market on his face.
A calf at first
Every farm starts with a calf. The bull grows as the bonding curve fills: on an empty curve he is a little over half his adult size, and on a full one he is fully grown.
His horns lengthen in five stages, one for each fifth of the curve. They glow, and they flare for a moment whenever someone buys. After graduation he stays full size.
What he does
The bull does not decide anything himself. The market sets the mood, and the mood tells him what to do.
- Calm
- He grazes, wandering a few steps between mouthfuls.
- Building
- He paws the ground and kicks up dust.
- Frenzy
- He charges in a wide loop around the farm.
- Euphoria
- He rears up, runs a victory lap, and rears again.
- Nervous
- He stands still and watches the edge of the farm.
- Panic
- He lowers his head and fights the bears, harder as the selling grows.
- Rodeo
- He bucks and kicks like a rodeo bull.
- Recovery
- He shakes it off with a dizzy wobble, then settles.
- Winter
- He lies down and sleeps.
- Graduation
- He hops about with his horns lit up.
His face
He breathes, blinks and glances about, and his face follows the market too: calm while he grazes, alert when he paws or watches, wild in a charge or a rodeo, happy when he rears or celebrates, angry in a fight, dizzy while he shakes off a raid and sleepy in winter. He wears a bell on his collar.
The crown
A single trade of 25 SOL or more is a whale. When a whale buys, the bull wears a gold crown for twelve seconds and the ground gives a small shake. A whale selling shakes the ground too, but nobody gets a crown for that.
Poke him
Visitors can poke the bull. He answers in a speech bubble: a snort, a shake of the head, a long look, or he just goes on grazing. A little plush capsule pops up beside him for a moment. Only you see his answer, though the farm counts every poke.