My Singing Animals: Who else do you think could join the Chorus in the Future?

[KönigDerKaffeebohnen]

I havent seen anyone else make a thread about it, so what other animsls could you imagine to gain the choris behaviour in the future?

Some interesting uses could come with the African painted Dogs.
These guys have a "diplomatic" pack structure, where they decide on things by sneezing.
Im sure that this could be incorporated in the game with the choir feature, making them group up, sneeze and then go do whatever they sneezed about.
This would add a very unique behaviour with this new system that would make them stand out just that little more, something i would be very thankfull for

 

[ElectricMonk]

Dingos for sure

 

[ralphthestick]

Dingoes, dholes, lemurs, lions and chimps I reckon would all make sense.
With chimps, I guess it's less a 'chorus' and more trying to replicate that "Oh, the chimps are kicking off again..." feeling you get when you hear them from the other side of the zoo (as I said in the update thread, I really hope these choruses are good and loud).

Now what would be really cool would be if chorus behaviour could increase the chance of chorus behaviour triggering in nearby habitats - the wolves start howling, which sets the dingoes off, and that disturbs the chimps, so they start showing off. Probably a programming nightmare though - I assume animals have to be completely blind to anything happening outside the defined habitat boundary.

 

[Existentialist Knight]

Lemurs and primates would be on my list, dingos and dholes should probably get it too.
In fact, i'd really like if communication between animals in general could become more of a thing, and additional mechanisms beyond the chorus get implemented.

 

[SalamAnders]

Red-Crowned cranes can make some really loud calls, that can be heard from far away

 

[DarthQuell]

Now what would be really cool would be if chorus behaviour could increase the chance of chorus behaviour triggering in nearby habitats - the wolves start howling, which sets the dingoes off, and that disturbs the chimps, so they start showing off. Probably a programming nightmare though - I assume animals have to be completely blind to anything happening outside the defined habitat boundary

Gee, thanks a lot. Now I want this in-game .

Reminds me of ZT2 when a lion started roaring at the nearby emperor penguin in the habitat nextdoor.


About the chorus behavior, really I only see the canines (dholes, painted wolves, dingos) and the lemurs

 

[Aramar]

What about a chorus of marching elephants? I would love to see this in the game

 

[Bearcat9948]

All three lemur species, chimps and bonobos, the two elephant species, painted dogs, dingos and the American alligator. I would be more than content with all of those and I don't think it's that necessary to do more unless it requires little work from the team. Would rather they focus on finishing adding burrowing to more animals and fixing the climbing system.

 

[XT]

I think I'd most like to see the Dhole's since they have a unique voice, and something unusual like alligators or ... what else does group calls or call and response that isn't the usual roster of canids or cats?

 

[ralphthestick]

Now that we've actually got this in the game, I think it adds a lot to the animals that have it, possibly even more than I expected (though I do wish the siamang's chorus was less chattery overall and more 'car-alarm'-y, but that's getting very nitpicky), and I'd really like to see it expanded to other species.

 

[nutrit]

All primates

 

[Faramburu]

The answer is very obvious:

 

[Faramburu]

And these guys are good singers and dancers aswell!

 

[Doran]

Unfortunely animal that is THE BEST candidate for chorus behaviour also has 0 captivity presence.

 

[Faramburu]

Unfortunely animal that is THE BEST candidate for chorus behaviour also has 0 captivity presence.

Indri?

 

[Doran]

Indri?

Yes

 

[Leaf Productions]

From BongoHardwood:
AfricanWildDog
BlackWildebeest
GreaterFlamingo
Hippopotamus
RedRuffedLemur
RingTailedLemur
SpottedHyena
TimberWolf
WestAfricanLion
WesternChimpanzee
ArcticWolf
CapuchinMonkey
Dingo
KingPenguin
Dhole
ProboscisMonkey
AfricanPenguin
CaliforniaSeaLion
PrairieDog
AsianSmallClawedOtter
RedCrownedCrane
BlackWhiteRuffedLemur
Siamang

 

[Faramburu]

Yes

It's a shame. Sifakas or other lemurs are good options

 

[DarthQuell]

It's a shame. Sifakas or other lemurs are good options

Sifakas are in zoos. I've seen them. Adorable little guys, my favorite lemur of all time

 

[ralphthestick]

From BongoHardwood:
AfricanWildDog
BlackWildebeest
GreaterFlamingo
Hippopotamus
RedRuffedLemur
RingTailedLemur
SpottedHyena
TimberWolf
WestAfricanLion
WesternChimpanzee
ArcticWolf
CapuchinMonkey
Dingo
KingPenguin
Dhole
ProboscisMonkey
AfricanPenguin
CaliforniaSeaLion
PrairieDog
AsianSmallClawedOtter
RedCrownedCrane
BlackWhiteRuffedLemur
Siamang

The more the merrier for sure, but aren't quite a few of these just generally noisy though? The flamingoes and penguins in game pretty much constantly make the kind of noise I would expect their 'chorus' call to be (the flamingoes in particular are really loud!) - that seems pretty reflective of real life as it is now without the addition of a specific behaviour for them.