Planet Zoo BETA - 'Let's Build' | Episode #18 [Indie]

From the makers of Planet Coaster comes a new sim! This time we are building our own zoo! Lions and tigers and bears oh my! Remember, this is only a beta, so there will be bugs!

ABOUT THIS GAME
Build a world for wildlife in Planet Zoo. From the developers of Planet Coaster and Zoo Tycoon comes the ultimate zoo sim, featuring authentic living animals who think, feel and explore the world you create around them. Experience a globe-trotting campaign or let your imagination run wild in the freedom of Sandbox mode. Create unique habitats and vast landscapes, make big decisions and meaningful choices, and nurture your animals as you construct and manage the world’s wildest zoos.

Meet a world of incredible animals. From playful lion cubs to mighty elephants, every animal in Planet Zoo is a thinking, feeling individual with a distinctive look and personality of their own. Craft detailed habitats to bring your animals’ natural environments home, research and manage each species to allow them to thrive, and help your animals raise families to pass their genes onto future generations.

Manage an amazing living world that responds to every decision you make. Focus on the big picture or go hands-on and control the smallest details. Thrill visitors with iconic exhibits, develop your zoo with new research, and release new generations of your animals back into the wild. Your choices come alive in a world where animal welfare and conservation comes first.

Planet Zoo’s powerful piece-by-piece construction tools let you effortlessly make your zoo unique. Every creative decision you make impacts the lives of your animals and the experience of your visitors. Let your imagination run wild as you dig lakes and rivers, raise hills and mountains, carve paths and caves, and build stunning zoos with a choice of unique themes and hundreds of building components.

Join a connected community and share the world’s most creative habitats, scenery and even whole zoos on the Steam Workshop. See your own designs appear in zoos around the world, or discover fresh new content from the Planet Zoo community every day.

[darkangel]

Cool Bison Stage you've got there. Not sure if I really like how it's like a triangular shape, but that's just my OCD talking. All the New World decorations and features are super awesome and give it a really distinct look, which I absolutely adore. I don't know if they're ever going to put in music bands or anything in the game, but under the Educational tab I'm pretty sure that there are some speakers that you can put around the stage. They're supposed to be all recordings of national geographic or something, but you can just pretend they're music. At the very least, it should work to attract more guests to hang around the area.

By the way, have you ever set up all those new food and drink stalls you unlocked? Not sure if I've missed that part or if you just haven't gotten around to it yet. Also, I don't think you've been putting up the educational signs and such for all the new animals in the safari area (warthogs, giraffes, etc.), so that might be a reason why your zoo's educational score isn't so high.

One thing I am confused about is those Gharials of yours. Why the heck are they constantly dying of starvation/thirst when they've got plenty of food and water right there? The only thing I can think of is maybe there are too many Gharials and too little food bowls, but even then we've seen a couple of times where there's a completely filled bowl like two feet away and the Gharials are just not wanting to go eat, so I'm honestly stumped.

One last thing: I noticed you've been putting in a lot of glass barriers around your enclosures. They're great for viewing the animals, but they seem to be pretty fragile and require more maintenance. I think there's actually an option to add windows to certain other barriers like brick walls, which would give you much stronger walls while letting you keep the viewing spots. Also, don't forget null barriers! They're a great way to set up an enclosure if you've got steep cliffs and such where the animal cannot climb out.