Juvenile dinosaurs and the Gentle Giants petting zoo

[prophet_brohammed]

Implementing dinosaur breeding and juvenile species in the wild would be extremely difficult simply due to the fact that it immediately doubles the amount of work required for every species included in the game. To be implemented properly, each juvenile would need to be treated as a new species, with all the new resources that a new species entails: models, animations, behaviors, etc.

However, I think the petting zoo seen in the first Jurassic World film could still be realistically implemented by selecting a handful of species you could breed specifically to be exhibited as juveniles. Since juvenile carnivores would never play nice with guests anyway, it makes sense to pare down the available roster to a select few. These would, mechanically speaking, be treated like a new species to be housed only in the petting zoo.

Once a juvenile in the petting zoo reaches a certain age, she must be transported to the small paddock attached to the standard hatchery to continue growing to full size and begin acclimating to a wild, self-sufficient environment. This makes logical sense and removes the need for the ugly, sudden switch from the juvenile to adult model. Upon reaching full size, she is released as a standard, adult dinosaur to a normal enclosure. The added familiarity with humans could even boost her rating among your park’s visitors.

If a juvenile is not transported to the hatchery when the time is right, she will become distressed and pose a threat to any guests in the petting zoo.

 

[South Tyrant]

That's not entirely true. well... breeding really is a laborious thing, but it is not impossible to implement. The problem is not to model dinosaurs, this is fast compared to A.I development, and Frontier is a large company with hundreds of competent workers. The biggest challenge in implementing breeding is the A.I. programming, considering the roster of 75 pre-historic animals, and new territory mechanic, it would be something that would actually take a long time to implement, but technically it's something perfectly possible. Considering the roster of 75 prehistoric animals, it would take really a long time to implement, but technically/technologically it is something perfectly possible to implement, even more considering what we saw in PZ, which has more than 90 species of animals. It's really laborious, but possible, and i doubt they can't do that

As the game has not even been released yet, it's okay, but if this is not implemented at least 1 year after launch, I would be very disappointed, but I will not judge now, for now I will appreciate the current state of the game. JWE2 looks pretty good currently

 

[South Tyrant]

Implementing dinosaur breeding and juvenile species in the wild would be extremely difficult simply due to the fact that it immediately doubles the amount of work required for every species included in the game. To be implemented properly, each juvenile would need to be treated as a new species, with all the new resources that a new species entails: models, animations, behaviors, etc.

However, I think the petting zoo seen in the first Jurassic World film could still be realistically implemented by selecting a handful of species you could breed specifically to be exhibited as juveniles. Since juvenile carnivores would never play nice with guests anyway, it makes sense to pare down the available roster to a select few. These would, mechanically speaking, be treated like a new species to be housed only in the petting zoo.

Once a juvenile in the petting zoo reaches a certain age, she must be transported to the small paddock attached to the standard hatchery to continue growing to full size and begin acclimating to a wild, self-sufficient environment. This makes logical sense and removes the need for the ugly, sudden switch from the juvenile to adult model. Upon reaching full size, she is released as a standard, adult dinosaur to a normal enclosure. The added familiarity with humans could even boost her rating among your park’s visitors.

If a juvenile is not transported to the hatchery when the time is right, she will become distressed and pose a threat to any guests in the petting zoo.

Anyway, good ideas

 

[BrianLyons314]

Oh yes please. I would totally like that.

 

[Thylaco]

Even if juveniles aren't ever a thing, I feel like at least a few species on the smaller side might qualify for the petting zoo environment, like Heterodontosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Pelecanimimus, Hypsilophodon, Psittacosaurus, Homalocephale & Leptoceratops, maybe even Magyarosaurus depending on temperament.

That said, neotenic variants (adults that look like juveniles) is also a path that could be taken, though it's really a JWE1 intended solution.

 

[IG Lord Ragtag]

Even if juveniles aren't ever a thing, I feel like at least a few species on the smaller side might qualify for the petting zoo environment, like Heterodontosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Pelecanimimus, Hypsilophodon, Psittacosaurus, Homalocephale & Leptoceratops, maybe even Magyarosaurus depending on temperament.

That said, neotenic variants (adults that look like juveniles) is also a path that could be taken, though it's really a JWE1 intended solution.

We dont have to go overboard here to get a Gentle Giants exhibit as depicted in JW. Juvenile Tric, Galli, and Apata are all that needs to be modeled, rigged, and animated. They can be part of the attraction so no breeding, incubation, or hatching A.I. need to be developed. They can not be used anywhere else in your park. Consider this a 1st step towards those wants at a future time way down the road.