I'd love to see some smaller/medium species available - not so small as to fit into the exhibits but animals like lynx, foxes, regular otters, binturongs, etc. Medium and smaller animals could help newbies get off the ground, fill in for biome or themed parks and the animals are often pretty interesting.
I could see future DLC based around species type:
It'd be cool to have a larger exhibit space (8x4 instead of 4x4) that you can put bats, mice, rats (mole rats anyone?!?) in. Even in the regular sized exhibit spaces, adding some butterfly and other winged species would be nice.
I know everyone is clamoring for birds and I'd love that - but It seems like it'd require a structural/programmic addition since, at the moment, barriers aren't three dimensional. Perhaps it would be possible to retrofit the terrain stamping function - create a sub-menu in the null barrier that has shapes similar to the terrain stamps and if you want to place flying animals in a habitat you need to use that function to create the space then build structure around it? I have no idea how that would work, in terms of programming.
I could see future DLC based around species type:
- Vulpes: red fox, bat eared fox, arctic fox, fennec fox, maned wolf (actually a species of south American fox), and so on. Such a pack would allow for folks to have foxes for every biome.
- Lynx and other small/medium cats (throw in the fossas even though they're weasel relatives).
- Rodents and burrowing animals
It'd be cool to have a larger exhibit space (8x4 instead of 4x4) that you can put bats, mice, rats (mole rats anyone?!?) in. Even in the regular sized exhibit spaces, adding some butterfly and other winged species would be nice.
I know everyone is clamoring for birds and I'd love that - but It seems like it'd require a structural/programmic addition since, at the moment, barriers aren't three dimensional. Perhaps it would be possible to retrofit the terrain stamping function - create a sub-menu in the null barrier that has shapes similar to the terrain stamps and if you want to place flying animals in a habitat you need to use that function to create the space then build structure around it? I have no idea how that would work, in terms of programming.