In Buildanauts you have access to a number of different tools to help build your town.

To access the Inventory, hold the TAB key and use the mouse to navigate the menu. You can also you the Number Keys to quickly equip a specific tool.

The Laser Level is a tool that allows you to scan the area for placement of Roads, Sidewalks and Structures.
Once equipped find the ideal spot to begin planning and then select what you want to construct (You must be standing on a Sidewalk to access Designs and Blueprints).
You can manipulate the scanner’s position while in use.





Roads can be placed almost anywhere and allow vehicles to travel through your town.




Sidewalks are a necessary part to any town. It allows pedestrians that have moved into your houses to travel about and visit other businesses to help you generate more money.




Design mode allows you to create new structures for your town.


- You must be standing on a Sidewalk to place a structure.


Blueprints are a speedier way to build up your town. You can view a list of all your stored structures and enter Design Mode with them as a base model, instead of starting from a blank area.
If a structure isn’t available, you’re probably too low of a Rank to place it. So complete some more jobs and you’ll get there eventually.

- You must be standing on a Sidewalk to place a structure.

Workshop
You can Subscribe to Structures via Steam Workshop and these should appear in your Blueprints Menu for you to place around your town.

The pickaxe is one of 3 Item Removal Tools. Its primary function is to remove Stone Objects, like Rocks, that are scattered around the world.




Removing Items is a quick way to earn money for other projects, and helps clear the area of obstructions for other tasks. If an item is removed by the Laser Level or Shovel, no funds are generated. So it’s more efficient to remove items first before digging around.

The Decorator Tool allows you to place Items around your town.

The Hammer is one of 3 Item Removal Tools. Its primary function is to remove Town Items, that you've placed around the world.
It is also the only way to remove Structures from the world.




Removing items is a quick way to earn money for other projects, and helps clear the area of obstructions for other tasks. If an item is removed by the Laser Level or Shovel, no funds are generated. So it’s more efficient to remove items first before digging around.



The Hammer can be used to remove Structures from the world. Removing a House will also evict the residents living there. You'll also regain Half of the structure's value upon removal.

The Radio for Trailer Tool allows you to Summon your Trailer to you. Once summoned, you'll be able to Teleport back at any time. This is useful for travelling long distances from your town to easily get back.
Entering the Trailer gives you access to customize your Character as well as your Build Team

- It's recommended in Early Access to summon your Trailer ASAP, as it may be possible to get stuck


You can Summon your Trailer from anywhere and it will spawn a few fee in front of you, digging space for itself into the Terrain around it..



Teleporting yourself to the Trailer is a quick and easy way to get back to your Town (or any location you'd like to return to). It's also helpful in case you get stuck or lost.

The Shovel Tool allows you to manipulate the terrain around you.

- Note that any Town Items in range of the shovel will be removed without any monetary gain. So it's best to clear the area around you with the Axe, Pickaxe and Hamer before using the Shovel

- You can hold Left Shift to keep the reticle at the same height, which is useful when attempting to flatten an area.



The Cube stencil allows you to modify blocks of terrain. It is very useful to create flat plots to build on.



- Use the Left/Right Arrow keys to switch to other stencils


The Sphere stencil allows you to modify a circular area of terrain. It is useful to add some turbulence to an area.



- Use the Left/Right Arrow keys to switch to other stencils

The Scale selection allows you to Increase and Decrease the scale of your stencil to manipulate larger areas or fine tune certain details.
You can select 1x, 2x and 3x sizes.


- Use the Left/Right Arrow keys while selected to switch to other scales


The Create Terrain modifier allows you to build Terrain in the targeted area. The type of terrain you'll build is based on the selection in the palette.



The Remove Terrain modifier will allow you to remove all terrain in the target area.




The Remove Specific modifier behaves similar to Remove Terrain, but it will only remove the Terrain Type selected in the palette, and ignore all others.



The Replace Terrain modifier will replace the terrain in the target are with the one selected in the Palette.



The Terrain Palette allows you to specify the Terrain Type you'd like to use with your Terrain Modifiers.


The Terrain Types available are the following:

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The Axe is one of 3 Item Removal Tools. Its primary function is to remove Foliage Objects, like Trees and Flowers that are scattered around the world.



Removing Items is a quick way to earn money for other projects, and helps clear the area of obstructions for other tasks. If an item is removed by the Laser Level or Shovel, no funds are generated. So it’s more efficient to remove items first before digging around.

The purpose of the Jackhammer is to remove Roads and Sidewalks from the world around you. You'll also be refunded half of the value of the section removed.

Instead of equipping the Jackhammer like other tools, it's available by standing on a Road or Sidewalk and pressing Q on the Keyboard (or using the Mouse to click the button in the Bottom Left).

- During Early Access if something occurs where you can't destroy a road or sidewalk piece, try stating directly in the center of the piece you'd like to remove

To design the shape of your structure, use the Mouse to move the pencil around.

You can hold the E Key to add to the structure and the Q Key to remove from it.

Holding the Spacebar (This can be reassigned through the Options Menu) will enter the Alternate state allowing you to draw in a Diamond shape instead of a Cube.


The first level of any Structure is the Foundation. This will attempt to reach the ground below it and should fit your design onto most surfaces.

You can use the Level Selector in the Bottom Left to Increase or Decrease the Target Level. As you gain Ranks by completing jobs you'll be able to build larger structures with more Storeys.


Every level after the foundation adds to the Area of the structure. The larger the area of a House, the more people can live there (to a maximum of 5 people).

- Storeys will attempt to fill in their interiors to avoid anyone from getting stuck inside.


Each structure piece is comprised of a Wall (side) section and a Flooring (top) section. The Preview image on the Bottom Right of the screen displayed what you'll be placing as you plan with the pencil (You can paint over your walls and floors with the Paint tool)

Roof Placement
There's a specific Floor Texture that will signal for a roof to be built in that area called Roof Placement. Painting this onto an Storey will flag it for Roofing, and painting any other floor texture will remove the roof from that area.

The Decorator Tool allows you to place Items around your town.








When not painting or placing items and walls, you can hover over items and press the Q Key to remove them.

Roofs will be placed on every level except for the Foundation (level 0). The system looks for Roof Placement pieces of flooring and creates a roof to fit the area. The roof will walk over the outside edge of your building, so it will cover internal gaps if there are any.

Most roof types will require a Rectangular area, and default to a Hipped style if that's not the case.

The roof styles available are:



- Dormers are only available with a Mansard Styled roof

You can assign a Type to each structure. As people start moving into your town they'll begin looking for things to do and places to go, and not having something they've requested will upset them. So diversifying your town will help keep your citizens happy and in turn they'll start spending more time doing things that generate money for you.


You can change the Structure Type by selecting the dropdown menu available in the top left of the screen.

The structure types available are:

Blueprints are an easy way to mass produce buildings. You can save a design you like to place around your town more quickly.

To save your design, click on the Save button in the Top Left menu and a Save Menu will appear.



The save menu allows you to name your design and show you the preview image that will be displayed in the Blueprints menu available from the Laser Level tool.

You can also toggle Upload, which will allow you to upload your design to Steam Workshop for others to access and use in their own towns.

Entry Select is the final stage of the Design Mode. You must choose the Main Entrance of your structure that will be used by townspeople when they enter and exit.

- Only doors that have an accessible path to the sidewalk will be available.

To enter Entry Selection, press on the Confirm Button in the top left menu and you'll enter the mode (provided there is at least one valid door found).

Sidewalks are a necessary part of your towns infrastructure. Townspeople will only travel along your Sidewalks and Crosswalks to visit businesses and help generate money for you.

To build a functioning Crosswalk you must place it on a road piece that has a sidewalk on either side. Crosswalk signs are available in the Traffic Control section of the Decorator tool.

Roads allow for vehicles to spawn around your town adding to the atmosphere.

You can place traffic control items (traffic lights and stop signs) on the corners of intersections. When you select them via the Decorator tool, you'll see highlighted areas where they can be placed.

Apart from being a base point for teleportation, the Trailer is also used to manage your Build Team and Customize your appearance.

The Wardrobe allows you to customize your player and give them a new look. As you increase in Rank by completing Jobs, you'll unlock more clothing options.

Your Build Team are the workers that hand all of your construction projects.

From this menu you're able to Increase their Level (which makes them much faster at completing tasks) and customize their appearance.



The Maximum Level of you Builders will increase as you Rank up to a Maximum Level of 99.

Jobs are tasks the player must complete in order to increase their Rank.

Your rank determines many things in Buildanauts:

• The Maximum Level of your Build Team
  
• What Items and Clothing are available
  
• The size of structures you can build

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