Overview

BUiLDOCiTY is a semi-turn-based semi-deckbuilding citybuilder, where, every turn, the player draws a hand of different building types as cards, and then can choose which buildings to place and where to place them. The player can choose to scale buildings up from 1x1 to 1x2 and 2x2, or to stack buildings to be multiple stories tall. Every turn, buildings will produce resources, but only if they have enough electricity and are being worked by enough people. People need food, water, and housing each turn to survive, so you have to carefully balance your different resources in order to keep your city's growth stable! Especially because...

​

After a certain amount of time has passed (regardless of how many turns have been taken), a monster will emerge from the ocean to attack the city! On the first playthrough, there's nothing the player can do to stop it, but after it has fully destroyed their city then they unlock the ability to build and customize mechs that will automatically deploy to fight off the monster. This transforms the game from a slow-paced, open-ended sandbox to a much more tense experience that encourages the player to master the mechanics in order to build and equip a squadron of mechs that are strong enough to fight back the monsters and protect the city!