Other than the smallest of the housing blueprints, the player must purchase the blueprint for any house or building the player would like to build. However, in each casual mode game, the player is given only a starting cache of cash, workers, and materials. The player may achieve that goal using any strategy, and is not required to build any particular house or building. In casual mode, the player's goal in each level is solely monetary-reaching a predetermined level of cash. Palm Grove is an island community ( à la Hawaii), as Danner refers to the 'Mainland'. The Mayor of Palm Grove is Vince Danner, who claims to have been a ' Hollywood Superstar'. Palm Grove is the final neighborhood, where levels 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35 are played.

The Mayor of Summit Ridge is Hans 'The Wolf' Stallmire. Summit Ridge is modeled as a skiing community, à la Jackson Hole or Aspen, Colorado. Summit Ridge is the penultimate neighborhood, where levels 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30 are played. Granite Springs is the setting for levels 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 and its mayor is the blonde Annie Stanton. Lakeside is the setting for levels 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 and its mayor is the bald Frank Crawford. The Mayor of River Glen is Patrick O'Brien.Įvergreen Park hosts levels 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 and its Mayor is Theodore Buckley III. River Glen contains levels 7, 8, 9 and 10. The Mayor of Pleasant Valley is Beatrice Hudson, who in the game is revealed to be a native of New England. Levels 4, 5 and 6 are played in this neighborhood. Pleasant Valley is the first regular game neighborhood.

The 'new' Mayor of Meadow Dale is Jennifer Russell.

Levels 1, 2 and 3 are played in this neighborhood. Meadow Dale is the tutorial neighborhood, in which the player is given the most basic tasks and is provided on-screen instructions for the game. New structures become available at higher levels, and goals become more difficult. The neighborhoods advance in terms of game complexity. Each 'neighborhood' has a different map character, number of lots, and different mayor. Career mode has a total of thirty-five different levels, which are grouped together in eight different 'neighborhoods' of between three and five levels. Once a level is completed, that level is available for play to that player on a continuing basis. After doing so, they can advance to the next scenario. In career mode, the player's object is to complete a set of tasks in an individual game scenario, or 'level'. In casual mode, the object is to meet a cash balance goal in the shortest time possible. In career mode, the object is to complete levels in which the player is assigned a set of tasks. There are two game modes in Build-a-lot: career mode and casual mode.

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