Interview with Kilian Schmitt, the game designer of the Planet Zoo

[Matyej167]

A Hungarian PZ YouTuber, ZooDirector wrote a PCGuru (a Hungarian website about the video games) interview with the Planet Zoo game designer, Kilian Schmitt, who asked several important questions about the game and Kilian gave them the answers.

Now, he made an English language video about his interview with Kilian. Feel free to check it out!

Source: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tRlpS1oY_M8

 

[Lelka]

Statement about bird is a bit...sad.

 

[Doran]

Statement about bird is a bit...sad.

Dont worry, I heard same statement about birds atleast 5 times lol.
Also they use exact same words toward everything they cant talk about. Atleast its not: habitat iguanas? nope.

 

[Aramar]

I remember Killian said long time ago that he would like to work on a porcupine. Hopefully his colleagues at Frontier let him do it soon.

 

[Captain Callum]

As usual all secrets about bird development, when they talked about the habitat iguanas a while back , it was a forceful statement of no intention to change them.

 

[SalamAnders]

That answer didn't close any doors. I would have been very surprised if they had hinted at flying birds coming in an interview like that

 

[Spartan_Squat]

I dont expect large flying birds. Im expecting more small birds like hummingbirds, macaws, toucans...these are like butterflies. The model is the same but with different textures and small model edits.

 

[Eletan888]

I don't think that bird statement really meant anything. Frontier keeps their lips sealed when it comes to DLCs until they're announced. He wasn't confirming or denying that the will come to the game, he just can't talk about it.

 

[Doran]

Literally first thing you can find after typing ,,planet zoo bird interview,,
Conservation Pack release date btw.

 

[Aramar]

It's the same answer they use when asked about console release. But it's fair, when you interview someone you know that they won't be able to answer to all your questions and this kind of standard answers is to be expected.

 

[HeatherG]

Yeah, they won't be able to answer things that will happen in the future.

 

[Marvinb]

Yeah, they won't be able to answer things that will happen in the future.

Would also kinda ruin the surprise and would be an odd place to confirm such a big thing anyways

 

[BananaLeech]

I remember Killian said long time ago that he would like to work on a porcupine. Hopefully his colleagues at Frontier let him do it soon.

And where did you see that?

 

[Aramar]

And where did you see that?

Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack & Update 1.10: Review & Interview With Game Designer Kilian Schmitt

Planet Zoo is back once again for another major update, along with the brand new DLC, titled the Conservation Pack, and I think it is one of their best releases to date. To introduce the new pack a…

www.geektown.co.uk

 

[jcp011c]

Planet Zoo: Conservation Pack & Update 1.10: Review & Interview With Game Designer Kilian Schmitt

Planet Zoo is back once again for another major update, along with the brand new DLC, titled the Conservation Pack, and I think it is one of their best releases to date. To introduce the new pack a…

www.geektown.co.uk

Along with that, the fact that there was a folder in the game files for porcupines, is interesting. That folder looks to be removed now, so one of several things may be happening with that.

They are planning to include porcupines, but wanted to remove the folder so that it's not spoiling the surprise of their inclusion

They were working to include porcupines but abandoned that idea, at least for now - my assumption for why would be because it would likely be an ungodly amount of effort to animate with the quills.

The folder was included on accident and they removed, due to one of the two points above.

The folder was renamed into something else, which really doesn't tell us if they are or are not planning to include a porcupine.

 

[Antimony96]

If you want more of a response on birds it might be more pertinent to ask about the current lack of ground-based/wading habitat birds. Frontier has been willing to discuss how they choose animals to add as DLC.

 

[Aramar]

Kilian, if you are reading this and if you have been involved in creating the porcupine, congratulations!