Good idea!
I'll update the challenges.
First, here are some pictures of what I have so far.
Here is the dryland entrance area (there will be multiple entrances). Camels to the left, wild dogs to the right, desert house in the middle (with brown snake, rattlesnake, gila monster, desert scorpion). I like wide paths, to prevent clogging.
The camels, which are in a walkthrough habitat. Because these are domesticated animals, I decided to make them walkthrough animals. The camels are confident and don't get stressed out, but they can still take a break from people in a private shaded corner to the right.
People who don't want to walk through the camel habitat can take the smaller path to the left. Will make the staff path disappear out of sight later, using rock work.
Figured some people here might enjoy these! I sank shingled roofs into the ground, making them look like wildlife grid (also known as cattle grid). Hooved animals can't stand on these bars, but people can walk on them. This makes them ideal for containment! In game, I make it work by disabling animal escapes.
Food court on the left, desert house in the lower center, small food court with raised view of the wild dogs in the center, and at the top is the African wild dog habitat, which is built to resemble a village. As you might have noticed, I dislike using the habitat barriers provided by the game, and like to use building structures, custom fences, rock work, and terrain to keep animals in their habitat.
Right side of the wild dog habitat, with a closer look of a custom fence (+- 2m high wooden fence with uneven top, separated by African poles, and lined with painted African shields). The village buildings are provided as blueprints (I'm not a great builder). On the left you can see the campsite of carnage. You may guess what happened there.
Private wild dog quarters on the left, and car crash in front.
Land of Giants in progress, but I'll leave it like this for a while until I get to it. The water is in, the tunnels are made, the boat ride is placed (blue). Indian elephants will go to the right (purple), African elephants will go to left (red). Giraffes, unsure.
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"New Zealand Getaway Zoo". My main challenges will be:
- Building elephant habitats (never built for them before) and obtaining the elephant reward (breeding both species in one zoo).
- Building an elephant boat ride (never done a boat ride before).
- Deciding on zoo sections and how to make use of the terrain.
- Multiple viewing angles from all around the zoo.
- Cool panoramashots.
- A hilly trail that looks down over the zoo, making a beautiful view from both the top and the bottom of the zoo.
