What it is
You run a one-ute lawn round. Take a contract off the Coolamon Bay map, load the ute, then mow, whipper-snip and blow the yard with one thumb. You’re paid the fee, a tip for being thorough, and a bit less for anything you hit.
The money buys better gear. The reputation opens up bigger jobs: backyards and front yards first, then the council nature strips, and eventually the footy and cricket ovals, where you’ll want to mind the wicket.
Why stripes
Real lawn stripes aren’t paint. Grass bent away from you looks light and grass bent towards you looks dark, so the stripes come from which way the mower went. The game stamps every pass the same way, which means a tidy job looks tidy. At full time a before-and-after slider shows the yard as you found it and as you left it.
What’s made up
Coolamon Bay doesn’t exist, and neither do Kerbside, Gumtree Heights or Federation Drive. The gear makers — Redgum, Coolabah, Jarrah Iron and Kookaburra Tools — are invented too. There are no real brands, leagues, clubs or team colours in the game.
The one real thing is Your street: type an Australian address and the game builds a yard from open map data, guessing the parts the maps can’t see.
Your data
The game saves on your device. There’s no account, no ads and no in-app purchases. The app asks our server whether an update is available, and Your street sends the address you type to our server for the map lookup — it isn’t stored or logged. The privacy policy has the detail.
Open data
Your street uses lot boundaries © NSW Spatial Services, © State of Victoria (Vicmap Property) and © State of Queensland, each under CC BY 4.0, and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database Licence.
Who makes it
Nature Strip is made by Jeremy Marks. Questions, bugs and suggestions go to harfredlabs@gmail.com, and the support page covers the common ones.
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