Herrhagen street projects in Building Town
The Town projects in Building Town take you to Herrhagen, a real part of the town of Karlstad in Sweden. There you build two streets, Vasagatan and Geijersgatan, with a crew of three machines each. When a street is done, it opens and the cars and delivery vans of the town drive on it. Vasagatan pays 700 coins and Geijersgatan pays 850.
The town projects are part of the membership. You don't need to own any machines for them: the town gives you the crew and the materials.
How do you get to Herrhagen?
- Open the Jobs board (M, RB or the Jobs button).
- Choose Town projects. The Street projects card opens with Herrhagen, Karlstad.
- Choose Vasagatan · Gravel road · +700 coins.
You can do this at any time, even before you finish the ten jobs on the job board. Geijersgatan stays closed until Vasagatan is open: the card says Open Vasagatan to unlock Geijersgatan.
The two streets
| Street | Kind of road | Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasagatan | Gravel road | Bulldozer grades the street | Dumper spreads the gravel base | Road roller firms it | 700 |
| Geijersgatan | Concrete road | Bulldozer grades the street | Road roller firms the ground | Concrete mixer pours concrete | 850 |
Each street is split into eight sections. The line under the street name shows where you are, like 1 / 3 · Section 2 · 1/8 finished: stage 1 of 3, the machine is in section 2, and one section is done.
How do you build a street?
The machine follows the marked line by itself, so you don't steer. You drive forward and back, and you use the one big tool button.
| What | Keyboard | Controller | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drive along the street | W / S | RT / LT | Forward / Reverse |
| Use the tool, hand over, inspect | E | A | The tool button |
| Back to the Street projects card | M or Tab | RB or View | The town button at the top |
| Drive slowly | Hold Shift | Hold LB | none |
Stage by stage
- Bulldozer: press Lower blade, then drive forward along the marked strip until all eight sections are done.
- Dumper: press Tip gravel, then drive forward to spread the gravel base over all eight sections.
- Road roller: press Start vibration, roll forward over all eight sections, then reverse back over them. A section is only done after both ways.
- Concrete mixer: press Open chute. Then stop in each section and let go of the drive buttons for about one second while the concrete fills it. The hint says Let go of Drive while this section fills.
When all eight sections of a stage are done, the tool button says Hand over to next machine. Press it and the next machine of the crew starts at the beginning of the street. After the last stage the button says Inspect and open. Press it and you get your coins.
If the strip does not grow
The bulldozer and the dumper only carry on from where they stopped. If you lifted the tool and drove on, the hint says Back up to the unfinished strip. Reverse to the end of the finished part, put the tool down again and drive forward.
Watch the traffic
While you work, the street is closed. Cars and delivery vans have places to go in the town, and they drive round the roadworks. A small street plan in the corner shows the traffic as dots, the Work zone and your machine.
When you open the street, the line says Open to traffic and the hint says Watch the cars take the road you built. On the Street projects card the street now says Watch traffic: choose it to go back and look at the cars on your road.
Going home
On the Street projects card, choose Return to home town to go back to your building site and your own machines. Your town is just as you left it. A street you have not finished keeps its progress, even halfway along a section, and you can come back to it later.
Is Herrhagen a real place?
Yes. Herrhagen is a real part of Karlstad, and the streets in the game come from OpenStreetMap, a free world map made by volunteers. The game uses six real streets that meet there: Karlagatan, Herrhagsgatan, Sundbergsgatan, Mellqvistgatan, Geijersgatan and Vasagatan. The map is made smaller for play, and the houses only follow the shapes of real buildings. The roadworks, the machines and the traffic trips are made up for the game.
The links at the bottom of the Street projects card lead to a page about the map data and where it comes from. The Herrhagen map comes with the game, so it doesn't need the street search.
See also
- Build your own street: build a street from your own town.
- All nine machines: the bulldozer, dumper, roller and mixer in the home town.
- Advanced tips: the fastest way through each stage.
- FAQ: more questions about the streets.
- Play Building Town and open Vasagatan.
