Hi everybody!, well I am stuck, my population won't grow because nobody wants to be builders. I have 1 hut only, when I select the skill, everybody goes to fish, my flowers are dead!!! I even have a golden child with a population of 25!!!! I am going nuts!
Could somebody please tell me or should I restart the game?
Thanx!

You have a few options. There is more than one hut possible, so check around the island for new spots. Also, if your flowers are still dead then there are other things the builder can do. Drag a villager all over the island and see what they want to do! After you find these things, you may have to babysit them and force them to build until they get the hang of it.

All is not lost... keep going. You've still got loads of stuff to do in this game!

Uknoimfreaky, the builders will not build on their own until they get some training. As foodleking has said you will have to force them, but you will need a villager with some skill in building to find the next hut. Again, drag one of the villagers around the island to find another building project. Once he has some building skill, then drag him around to find the location of the last hut.

I have one adept builder; I have one hut, the beach is cleared, the lagoon is unblocked and my builder is starting on a second hut. I'm trying to train another builder by getting them to work on the hut, but they all wander off to try to push the boulder; My builder is getting on in years, and I need another one. Any suggestions? I'm at harvesting 3 science 2 building 2 spirituality 2 fertility 1 medicine 1. Tx...........

The hotspots for the huts can be 'picky' when they're first started, and that makes it difficult to get your villagers to work on them. Have you tried leaving the game and launching it again? That usually takes care of the problem.

Most of my children are born with farm/fish or research skills. None have been born with beginning builder skills. At the current stage in my village, all the easy building tasks have been completed (ie: 1st hut & clearing beach).

Thank goodness I had some elderly adept builders when I was building the 2nd hut. I have yet to build the 3rd hut.

Now, if my elderly adept builders pass away & if none of the next generation have any beginning building skills ... does this mean that I will be left with NO builders on my island?

Maybe you could try using some adept or master builders to breed with. Chances are good you'll get a child with some builder skills. Even villagers that start with some building skills need to be trained though. They often want to wander out and fix huts, push the boulder, go swimming, and generally goof off! But they are easier to train than villagers who start with other skills.

HMMM....
Is the game really THAT smart? I'm really impressed with Arthur and crew's programming skills. This is truly the most amazing game I've ever experienced on the Palm platform!

Yes, the children will tend to inherit skills from one of their parents, although that's not always the case. Kinda like real life, huh?

I try to breed them with Adept Builders, but unfortuantely, all my Adept Builders are either Adept/Master Farmers or Scientists as well.

My villagers are just too skilled for their own good. =P

I hope some of those Adept Builder skills will kick in.