š§ Developer Journal: Aquatic Pack š§
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What other base game animals are you planning on adding it for though?
We would share that when it's ready to be shared, such as closer to an update. At this time, we're not prepared to discuss the animals deep swimming would be added to.
I swear I read that the Crocodile was the only one from the base game who could currently use the underwater feeder not the swimming but I wasn't sure so thought I'd ask.
Understandable, thanks!
I think the thing that I love most about the work you all have put in is that youāre genuinely concerned about realism in the animals; you want the animals to behave how they actually do behave. The fact that the PZ team would remain so committed amid all the craziness of this year is nothing short of astounding and praiseworthy.
Whoa, thanks for the insight and thanks for increasing the hype - now I really just want to skip my regular day tomorrow and start exploring. I guess I won't do anything else in my free time until my Christmas break. (Or I might again carry my desktop computer to my parent's house which I totally did last year. Well.)
That sounds awesome! Imagine myself trying the animal talks for indeed every single animal in order to find out which ones.
Yay!!
Super handy!
And I applaud you for that. I can imagine that the community's impatience was hard to handle, since the penguins are indeed iconic zoo animals. I like that you put quality first. And I'm sure you didn't do the effort of developing the new mechanic with just those four animals in mind, so I'm even more excited for what the future holds for the roster!
That's a relieve, I was a little worried about the performance as well. Good to know!
Everything described here sounds very well thought out, so I better practice my terraforming skills and get going. Will there also be a habitat building competition centered around the new DLC? I'd certainly take part!
That sounds awesome! Imagine myself trying the animal talks for indeed every single animal in order to find out which ones.
Yay!!
Super handy!
And I applaud you for that. I can imagine that the community's impatience was hard to handle, since the penguins are indeed iconic zoo animals. I like that you put quality first. And I'm sure you didn't do the effort of developing the new mechanic with just those four animals in mind, so I'm even more excited for what the future holds for the roster!
Hey chrisslie! The dev team has worked hard to ensure that deep swim requests have a similar performance cost when compared to normal land requests, so they scale in the same way for number of animals and distance of the request. Hope that makes sense
That's a relieve, I was a little worried about the performance as well. Good to know!
Everything described here sounds very well thought out, so I better practice my terraforming skills and get going. Will there also be a habitat building competition centered around the new DLC? I'd certainly take part!
Amazing! This detailed information helps us appreciate these new animations even more and is the perfect answer for the many questions of the type: why donāt they just....
Thanks for all the hard work! It must have been extremely satisfying to see it all come together.
One more day until the big splash!
Thanks for all the hard work! It must have been extremely satisfying to see it all come together.
One more day until the big splash!
Oooh, I certainly hope so, I missed the prior contests but would love to participate in this one!
Yes, we will be hosting a competition based around the Aquatic Pack release (although you won't need the Aquatic Pack to take part) - we'll be sharing more about it after the launch later this week
This is really amazing!
I can't even imagine the challenge the developer team was in. But there is never such a thing as impossible, the important thing is to believe. I was frankly despairing, but this package really seemed like a medicine to me. We already know how good the Frontier is, it can accomplish the impossible, but at the same time I thought that the diving mechanics of animals were crazy systems and extremely challenging.
BUT THEY DÄ°D Ä°T!
I could have guessed that the Frontier could handle something like this anyway, but it's really amazing to achieve something like this during this pandemic period, when I first saw the package my mouth was open and "Wow!" I said. While very large companies cannot accomplish certain things with too many employees, Frontier works incredibly and achieves the impossible. The quality of the Frontier is absolutely indisputable.
I am now looking forward to this package.
I guess I should think of a few enclosure ideas before going to sleep at night!
By the way, Frontier, hopefully this is not the first and last package for aquatic animals.
I don't think you add this "diving mechanic" to the game for just 4 animals.
I think it will be simpler for you from now on, because the foundation of diving mechanics seems to have been added to the game.
Again, again, thank you...
Frontier, be sure a lot of people here have more feelings towards you than they wrote on the forum.
I can't even imagine the challenge the developer team was in. But there is never such a thing as impossible, the important thing is to believe. I was frankly despairing, but this package really seemed like a medicine to me. We already know how good the Frontier is, it can accomplish the impossible, but at the same time I thought that the diving mechanics of animals were crazy systems and extremely challenging.
BUT THEY DÄ°D Ä°T!
I could have guessed that the Frontier could handle something like this anyway, but it's really amazing to achieve something like this during this pandemic period, when I first saw the package my mouth was open and "Wow!" I said. While very large companies cannot accomplish certain things with too many employees, Frontier works incredibly and achieves the impossible. The quality of the Frontier is absolutely indisputable.
I am now looking forward to this package.
I guess I should think of a few enclosure ideas before going to sleep at night!
By the way, Frontier, hopefully this is not the first and last package for aquatic animals.
I don't think you add this "diving mechanic" to the game for just 4 animals.
I think it will be simpler for you from now on, because the foundation of diving mechanics seems to have been added to the game.
Again, again, thank you...
Frontier, be sure a lot of people here have more feelings towards you than they wrote on the forum.
Fantastic! So far it's looking like you guys are really knocking it out of the park with this one. I'm only reserving judgement for tomorrow because the SA pack made me crash on release - but as long as my game keeps working, I've never been more excited and I'm really looking forward to giving you guys a great review as soon as I canYes, we will be hosting a competition based around the Aquatic Pack release (although you won't need the Aquatic Pack to take part) - we'll be sharing more about it after the launch later this week
Hey chrisslie! The dev team has worked hard to ensure that deep swim requests have a similar performance cost when compared to normal land requests, so they scale in the same way for number of animals and distance of the request. Hope that makes sense
I am glad to hear that
Thanks for the answer.
Absolutely awesdome developer journal, as always. I love Dev journals, as it gives us a much better inside in how much work really went into a new feature. And this Dev Journal made me a lot more hyped, as it's clear we don't just get swimming animals, but get very realistic swimming animals. That seems honestly like some kind of pioneer work Frontier has done and I absoluetly appreciate! 
I feel this feature will really give PZ a push and I sure hope all the work pays out in the end, with more sales, more player engagement and down the road a long and meaningful support for PZ.
With so much work that has went into the animals we get, I hope even more that we get similar animals down the line to make our aquatic sections much more lively. I still feel we could use additional and more common species of otters, penguins and even seals. Personally, I would be absolutely willing to pay extra for them, maybe in a way @markun suggested here. I hope the idea has been seen by the Devs and CMs. It would keep the price for a regular dlc low (if that's what Frontier is aming for) and give us animal nerds still a chance to build our realistic low budget zoos and we'd have a better variety of similar animals for different projects, while the "real" DLCs would have room for more unique animals. Would be great if this model could be taken into consideration, to maybe also put all the work on deep swimming to even more good use.
Last but not least I have a question:Will we be able to see somewhere which animalcan be fed during an educators talk? Maybe in the Zoopedia? And can animals from this pack be fed during the talk?
I feel this feature will really give PZ a push and I sure hope all the work pays out in the end, with more sales, more player engagement and down the road a long and meaningful support for PZ.With so much work that has went into the animals we get, I hope even more that we get similar animals down the line to make our aquatic sections much more lively. I still feel we could use additional and more common species of otters, penguins and even seals. Personally, I would be absolutely willing to pay extra for them, maybe in a way @markun suggested here. I hope the idea has been seen by the Devs and CMs. It would keep the price for a regular dlc low (if that's what Frontier is aming for) and give us animal nerds still a chance to build our realistic low budget zoos and we'd have a better variety of similar animals for different projects, while the "real" DLCs would have room for more unique animals. Would be great if this model could be taken into consideration, to maybe also put all the work on deep swimming to even more good use.
Last but not least I have a question:Will we be able to see somewhere which animalcan be fed during an educators talk? Maybe in the Zoopedia? And can animals from this pack be fed during the talk?
It is too much, I am floored and so excited. Rolling out the Red Carpet for Frontier Employees who made this happen. I hope all you are celebrating with food, beverages and a party. Love it.
Do we already now when the update and dlc will be available tomorrow?