Despite the game's focus on conservation, the financial side has a very theme park like mentality.
Guests are the sole source of revenue, and you must cater for all their needs, which are pretty unrealistic for a zoo.
E.g. shops every 50 meters, seeing only 5 specific animals, the will to not walk long distances despite being in a zoo, and walking around not by the order of the path but by random animals (which is similar to how you go to rides in theme park, but not at all in a zoo).
An idea I had, is perhaps give external source of funding, like real zoos. Like rich donors which donate huge amounts because they care about the animals, and you need to impress them, or a donor donating a lot of money for a specific habitat (which will also force players to choose animals they may not use regularily).
And also funding from organizations, government, local soveriegnities...
All these are things which fund real life zoos, and getting their funding could add a real challenge to the zoo management.
Guests are the sole source of revenue, and you must cater for all their needs, which are pretty unrealistic for a zoo.
E.g. shops every 50 meters, seeing only 5 specific animals, the will to not walk long distances despite being in a zoo, and walking around not by the order of the path but by random animals (which is similar to how you go to rides in theme park, but not at all in a zoo).
An idea I had, is perhaps give external source of funding, like real zoos. Like rich donors which donate huge amounts because they care about the animals, and you need to impress them, or a donor donating a lot of money for a specific habitat (which will also force players to choose animals they may not use regularily).
And also funding from organizations, government, local soveriegnities...
All these are things which fund real life zoos, and getting their funding could add a real challenge to the zoo management.
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