Build-a-lot 1.1

Build-a-lot 1.1

Many people feel that real estate is a troublesome field, but Build-a-lot will make them think again. With a few clicks you will build, buy, renovate and sell buildings for profit.

In Career mode, the player incarnates a large businessman in the real estate industry.You will work with eight city mayors to increase the quality of buildings and the attractiveness of the city.In each level the mayors set 3-4 goals, such as building a post office, renovating apartments, making $ 60,000 from renting houses.Gamers must complete the goals within a certain time period.

To accomplish the goals, you must know how to balance the available resources and manage capital.At the beginning of each level, players are given a number of vacant land to build buildings.You can build all kinds of houses, from cheap motels, luxury hotels, villas to castles.Gamers are also allowed to build facilities for business activities such as banks, factories, museums, entertainment areas, cinemas.

The interface of Build-a-lot is relatively simple so it is easy to get used to. For example, to build a building, players simply click on a vacant lot and choose the type of building you want. The construction team will then get to work on the condition that you have the building blueprints, masons, engineers and materials. All of which requires money. The process of ordering everything is also relatively simple. Just open the menu below the screen and then click on the icons.

To increase the value of a house, the player can upgrade with luxurious things such as precious wood to floor, French doors, wireless communication systems, sprinklers, swimming pools. An upgraded building will have higher rents and sales prices. However, gamers also need to pay attention to the repair costs and property taxes because they can sometimes make you lose money.

Each type of building gives players its own advantages. For example, if you build a factory, you are allowed to hire workers with a remuneration equal to half the market price. In addition, gamers also have the right to monitor the construction process to ensure the building will never need to be repaired. If you build a bank, you can charge interest when lending money to others. With a post office the player has the opportunity to receive mail at every house owned by you. In those letters there is usually a check or debt. You have the right to get them to increase your income.

The most interesting point in Build-a-lot is that players can succeed without knowing much about real estate. If you like to rhyme with numbers, you will definitely find it interesting to play. The game has detailed instructions and easy to understand for you to grasp the basic play. After that, the game screen constantly presents new challenges for gamers to show their ability to calculate, reasoning and managing resources.

Each mayor has a unique personality and that personality is reflected in their requirements. For example, a mayor wants you to build resorts near lakes to attract tourists, while the mayor of a highland city considers fire stations to be a top priority for frequent fires. happening here. After the gamer finishes a construction, the mayor will give you a valuable item to commemorate.

In addition to the Career game mode, there is a Casual mode, in which players can take turns completing the requirements of each city. You start from scratch (without the blueprints) but must earn a certain amount of money as soon as possible. Players can compare the time to complete the task with the online gaming community. The statistics table also shows you the number of workers and materials used.

It's hard to find something to complain about in Build-a-lot, except that many of the last-screen works (like movie theaters and skateboards) only appear once. But that is only a small flaw in an excellent game. With simple yet attractive gameplay, HipSoft has turned an area of ​​little interest into an interesting strategy game.

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