[Mirioron]

We need to make video games where you have to take loans at the start and then later pay them off. If this mechanic became popular enough I would wager that a lot of people would have some form of intuitive understanding of these loans.

[marpstar]

I learned this playing a "Drugwars"[1] clone in the late 1990s, borrowing money from loan sharks to finance operations.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars

[niftich]

Roller Coaster Tycoon (1999) had a basic loan system where you'd start most scenarios off with a 10k loan, and every week of the month you'd be paying back some interest. RCT 2 had a more sophisticated system where the interest rate was displayed to the player, and it some parks it was fairly high, to where one had to carefully reason about their financial options.

[RickJWagner]

Yes, great idea!