Welcome to the Hello City strategy Guide at Gamezebo! Hello City is a real time simulation game that lets you build your very own well, Happy City! at Facebook. Happy City was developed by Crowdstar Games and can be played on Facebook. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful hints, and a strategy guide on how to get your best score on Hello City!
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Being mayor of your city means you are responsible for several activities such as budgeting, city planning and meeting the citizenry to ensure your city grows. Below is a screenshot as reference as we go through the tools to do just that.
The status of your city is shown through progress bars, which are found at the top of the screen. Your current level and number of experience points is shown first, how much you have in your city vault in terms of coins, and lastly the number of citizens that are idle and need to work. Just below it is a timer when you need to come back and collect your taxes.
The tools below are needed when you need to grow your city. The Build tool will allow you to construct houses, business structures and do some landscaping. The Storage tool is used to keep gifts sent by your neighbors. Be sure to return the favor and send gifts through the Send tool.
At some point you would like to show the world what your city looks like. You can do this by clicking on the camera icon found on the upper left side. This will take a snapshot of your city and post it on your wall for everyone to see.
To grow your city, you need to build houses for new citizens to live in. Using the Build tool, you will can choose from different types of residential buildings. You can choose between constructing a home or an apartment. Each building has its own cost and it increases depending on the type and style.
The image below shows that purchasing a cream cottage will cost you 95 coins and can house 2 people while a rose farm cottage will cost 158 coins and can house twice that.
Most houses will be built in a few seconds and once done, you need to “cut the ribbon” for citizens to move in. This means the collection timer starts and you can now earn from the home.
What’s a city without stores, cinemas and restaurants? You can add different types of business establishments to set the culture and look of your city. You don’t necessarily have each one unless you want to. Considering the total land area can’t be expanded just yet, you can be creative and choose which restaurants and shops your city will have.
Expect a little bit of interaction from these buildings. When you’ve just built one (remember to cut the ribbon), it will remain closed until you open it for business. Clicking on a closed shop will open a window which will let you choose how long you want it open to serve customers.
There are about 8 time frames you can choose from. From 5 minutes to 2 days, each has a cost tied to it to keep it open. Take note that the longer you keep it open, your costs increase. In the example above, you will notice that some are grayed out. This means you don’t have enough coins to invest to open the business that long.
There is one more you need to open it. Workers. The Manage button, when clicked, will show you how many you need. You can then check your available workers by looking at worker status bar. You will need to add more houses to fulfill the requirement if you lack people.
To further improve your city, you need coins to spend. Your main source of income will come from businesses and houses.
Each house and store has its own collection time. For restaurants, entertainment buildings and stores, you can choose how long you want the business to be open. The longer it is open, the more coins you will earn plus more experience points.
When it’s time to collect, a money bag will appear on top of the building to notify you. Clicking it will add coins to your treasury and also gain experience points. It’s important that you collect the coins in time or you lose the money you’ve invested and earnings. Money bags that have exclamation marks indicate that you missed the deadline.
Houses on the other hand, the collection time has been automatically chosen for you. Take note that money from houses don’t get lost if not collected in time. Different types of houses also earn more than others.
Another way of collecting extra coins is to play the Hello game and adding neighbors by removing road blocks within the perimeter of your city, which are collected automatically for you every few minutes.
You will notice 4 roadblocks at the edge of your city. This is a way for you to expand your city by adding neighbors. Clicking on it will post an invitation to your wall. If he accepts, he becomes your neighbor. Take note that “expanding” doesn’t mean adding more space to your existing one.
You get 5 free Facebook credits when you start playing Hello City. The notice appears after a few minutes playing the game and you’ve finished the tutorial. It will give you a choice to purchase from three buildings, which are available in higher levels. You can also share it to your friends so they get the freebie when they play the game.
