THE WORLD IS YOUR CONSTRUCTION SITE. GRAB YOUR HARD HAT!

In BUILDANAUTS, you’re the foreman, the city planner, and the mayor of the town of your dreams. Plan your town, then bring it to life with the help of your construction crew. Build a town that your townsfolk, the Buildanites, will be proud to call home!

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Punk & Lizard
"Do you remember Bob the Builder and Sim City? Ever wanted to be Bob to build and manage your own city? Well I’ve got some awesome news for you."

GoNintendo
"Buildanauts has Wii U stretch goal"

Cliqist
"As opposed to the likes of Sim City, Buildanauts is very small in scope, which should keep it easy enough for many players to enjoy."

GameSpark (Japan)
"...the visual has become a very pretty atmosphere."

IndieGames.com
"It's hard to find games that parents and kids can play together..."

Update #3 Buildanauts: Kickstarter Dev Diary Video - Roads & Traffic (Pre-Alpha)

Update #2 New Press, Twitch and Momentum!

Update #1 Welcome! Timeline, Release Schedule, Live Stream and Platforms!

EXPLORE

Survey a vast open landscape just waiting for your construction crew. Jump in an excavator and dig the terrain, or run around with a shovel looking for resources. 

DESIGN

Shape your structures by choosing paint colors, textures, details, and building material. Then, assign tasks to your skilled construction workers and watch them turn your vision into a reality!

BUILD

Build your town from the ground up just the way you want it! Use a fleet of heavy vehicles and a variety of construction tools to place city props, lay down roads, and much, much more.

MANAGE

Keep your resident Buildanites happy! Attract more townsfolk by keeping your town in top shape, but be careful: too much neglect and your Buildanites will move out!

Ever dreamed of putting on a hard hat and driving an excavator through a busy construction site? Now you can! BUILDANAUTS is a fun construction game for industrious boys and girls of all ages that allows you to survey, design, build, and manage your very own town. In BUILDANAUTS, you’re the city planner, foreman, and mayor of a town you’ll build from the ground up.

BUILDANAUTS (formerly known as Tiny Diggers 2) is the game for the kid in all of us who made truck noises while digging in the mud with a plastic bucket. We began work on BUILDANAUTS eight months ago, and have been busy bootstrapping and prototyping the game in Unity 3D, toiling away on evenings and weekends while making other games for our clients. We have now moved into a brand new office in the heart of Halifax to work full time on the game. This is where you come in!

EXPLORE YOUR OWN OPEN WORLD

 The world of BUILDANAUTS is a vast canvas just waiting for you to shape it. You can jump in an excavator to dig the terrain, or just walk around with a shovel looking for resources. 

DESIGN AND BUILD A TOWN FROM THE GROUND UP

Watch in wonder as your construction crew realize your plans by building houses, buildings, and roads! Design your town using a flexible 3D editor, then grab a tool and lend a hand around the construction site.

MANAGE YOUR OWN LIVING TOWN

As you build houses and roads, resident Buildanites will move in and bring your town to life. You’ll have to keep them happy by managing traffic, maintaining roads and houses, and building improvements. The happier your residents, the more will move in!

CLIMB THE RANKS OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD

Start out as an Apprentice and work your way up to Foreman simply by playing the game, or by completing side-quests and challenges. Reach population milestones, keep your Buildanites happy, and manage your money well, and you will be rewarded with more tools, vehicles, and skills.

OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY

Dig holes, dump dirt, deliver materials, pick up garbage, and more! In BUILDANAUTS, you can drive a wide variety of vehicles, including excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, forklifts, flatbed trucks with cranes, wrecking balls, steam rollers, recycling trucks, cement mixers, food catering trucks, cars, and more!

WIELD CONSTRUCTION TOOLS

Grab a tool and perform jobs to improve your town and earn in-game currency. Tools include: hammers, shovels, pickaxes, jackhammers, saws, and many more.

BUILD WITH A FRIEND IN 2-PLAYER CO-OP MODE

Take jobs together with a friend or family member, or wander off and explore together. BUILDANAUTS will be playable in online co-op on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and in local co-op on consoles.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR CHARACTER

Choose from numerous outfits, facial expressions, gender, skin tones and helmet colors! 

EXCITING SOUNDTRACK BY SEAN BEESON

We’ve teamed up with award winning composer, Sean Beeson to make the soundtrack of BUILDANAUTS as exciting as possible! Sean has worked on music for film trailers, including Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Hairspray (2007), in addition to numerous cable TV shows and over 75 games.

PLAY ON PC OR CONSOLE

BUILDANAUTS will be available on Windows, Mac, Linux, Wii U, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. We will release the alpha-beta desktop versions in November-December 2014, and we’ll roll out the console versions in the spring of 2015. We already have licenses and dev kits from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo; now it’s time to finish the job!

We’ve bootstrapped development of BUILDANAUTS out of our own pocket and through a local business bank and a funding organization. We’re ~ 50% done with the game, but now we need additional funding to pay the staff as we complete the project.

We’re looking at six months of development left to finish the game. With your help and support, we can create a multi-platform game that’s ambitious and truly original. Help us realize our vision!

Funding through Kickstarter will allow us to address and polish the following aspects of the game:

• Additional staff and content;

• House editing and drawing tool (drag and drop planning);

• Truck controls and interaction;

• Terrain system;

• Character tasks;

• Resource management;

• Character animations;

• Side-quests;

• Currency system;

• Character challenges;

• Optimization;

And much more!

TouchTilt has development licenses for the Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U. Shortly after a desktop launch we'll be porting to these consoles.

Buildanauts will be available on the following platforms: PC, Mac, Linux, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One. 

Expected launch dates:

• Dec 2014: PC, Mac, Linux (ALPHA BUILD)
• Q1 2015: Xbox One
• Q2 2015: PS4
• Q3 2015: Wii U

Buildanauts is approved for development on Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo platforms and of course PC, Mac and Linux. Now it's time to start finishing the game.... all we need is your support!

Stretch Goals are an important part of the Buildanauts project, because they will shape the game's content in a big way. New trucks, tools, enhanced gameplay and challenges will add something special to the final product and make an already great game even greater! 

WALLPAPER

You'll receive a set of exclusive Buildanauts high-res backer wallpapers. 

THE GAME

Get the game for cheap on PC, Mac or Linux when it's finished, DRM-free. Plus get a Steam key

 

EARLY ALPHA ACCESS

Get exclusive, early Alpha access as soon as it's ready (PC, Mac or Linux) and all the game updates until the final release. This will allow you to help influence the game as it progresses on a feedback forum. Plus get a Steam key for Early Access.

WEBSITE & GAME CREDIT

"Kickstarter Supporter" credit in the game and website. Your name will be displayed on the Buildanauts website and within the credits section of the game.

YOUR CHARACTER!

Your likeness as a townsfolk in the game! Submit a photo along with a name and our artist will recreate your face as a (your name) texture in the game which players can choose. We reserve the right to reject inappropriate photos and names. 

DIGITAL SOUNDTRACK + OUTFIT

Get the full soundtrack of the game (number of tracks TBD) + Design an outfit for a character and name it for players to choose in the game. Photos or sketches of outfits accepted. We reserve the right to reject inappropriate outfits or names. 

2 COPIES OF THE GAME

You will receive 2 copies of the Beta to give to your friends. PLUS ALL PREVIOUS REWARDS.

ART BOOK

The Artbook will contain 15-pages of concepts, early-stage character and truck development and Kickstarter exclusive high-res images.

T-SHIRT

Receive an exclusive Early Backer, Buildanauts T-Shirt. After funding, we will produce a survey for size, kind and gender. PLUS ALL PREVIOUS REWARDS. ADD $15 CAD for shipping outside USA/Canada

IN-GAME BOOK + ART GALLERY

We'll have a very prominent, special 'Thank You Backers!' BOOK on the table inside the Construction Trailer where you can see your name and a photo that you submit to go along with it. We reserve the right to reject any inappropriate photos. + Create your own drawing (1 each) to hang in the walls of a special Art Gallery building in the game. We'll stick them in a nice frame along with your name on the bottom where players can walk in and see all the drawings. 

PERSONAL BACKER & STATUE

THANK YOU! We'll put your name prominently in the beginning of the game right after the TouchTilt logo appears, along with a special thank you! + Work with our 3D Artist to sketch out a non-complex statue (prop) of yourself or anything - within reason in the game. This prop will be seen by everyone and can be used to decorate your town.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOREMAN

'Supportive Producer' Credit (as your name) most prominently in the splash screen at beginning of the game. + Work with us to create a new truck based on your idea. + Create a fictitious building that players can place in their town and how they can earn in-game revenue from it. + Framed and signed, exclusive single-print poster. 

TouchTilt Games is an independent game studio based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and was founded two years ago by Shane Whitehouse, a veteran of the interactive entertainment industry. We create high-concept, fun games for multiple platforms, and emphasize simple play, positive experiences, and creative problem-solving. We strive to make games that will stick with you for a long, long time.