Build a Skyscraper!

Prospectus

Build a Skyscraper! is a cheerful 3D building simulator. Grab blocks at the warehouse, carry them along the green path and stack them onto the current floor of a giant tower. Every block you place earns coins, and when the tower is finished a new one begins. Train speed on the treadmills and strength on the bench press to carry more blocks at once, unlock bigger gyms, upgrade how many blocks you pick up and place and how far you can reach. Hatch pets that boost you, complete quests, claim free gifts and relax in the Sky Spa on the roof between builds. Progress is saved automatically.

How it plays

Desktop: WASD to move, Space to jump, hold the right mouse button to look around. Hold E at the BLOCKS warehouse to pick up blocks, then hold E in the green zone of the current floor to place them. Q drops your load. Esc opens settings. Mobile: the on-screen stick moves, swipe to look around, the buttons jump, pick up or place blocks and drop the load.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for simulation holdings

• Learn the loop before optimising it. Every simulation is a circle — earn, spend, expand, earn more — and the players who last are the ones who found the circle's slow point early.
• Watch one full cycle without touching anything. A simulation confesses its priorities when left alone: whatever runs out first is what the designer wants you managing.
• Small inefficiencies compound faster than big ones. A route that wastes ten seconds every cycle costs more than a disaster that happens once, so audit the routine before the dramatic.

Build a Skyscraper! — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open Build a Skyscraper!?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is Build a Skyscraper!, exactly?

We file it on the Simulation shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play Build a Skyscraper! on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. The file is drawn wide, for a landscape screen — turn a phone sideways, or let a tablet or desktop give it room to breathe.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. Build a Skyscraper! is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Simulation shelf is one click away — The ledger's main hall: 302 simulations of everything from bus routes to burger counters to entire small lives. If it can be run, staffed, watered or worried over, somebody has simulated it and filed it here.