Right! I bet you've seen loads of wishlists and there's a lot of eyerolling happening - because users don't grasp the techical level or exact vision they're expecting Frontier/PZ to come up with...
SO
I know you've been swamped with requests for aviaries and aquariums (based on what I've read and seen on Youtube etc.) so I won't simply put my hat in the same ring...
How about... "picture this" (waves his hands like a writer conjuring up a movie to sell to a Director!)
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Wild bird conservation projects, like the my favourite local Hawk Conservancy in Andover aren't simply offering large and small aviaries, but also flying arena displays to illustrate the critically endangered vultures along with other barely heard of birds (mostly birds of prey I admit, are my favourite kind!) While in other zoos, bird habitats are walk-through, such as in Marwell with parrots and butterflies sharing the same greenhouse / Eden Project style building. Or, in others, budgies and parakeets can also be in walkthrough habitats...
With more people realising the crisis facing West African Lions, it's been the Hawk Conservancy's main task to highlight vultures are also being poisoned in Africa to hide poacher's kills, and I feel certain Frontier / Planet Zoo could champion the same cause...
But yes, as a once-coder / renderer, now illustrator, I do fully understand that rednering a brand new flight-capable model is no small task! (But I really would pay d.o.u.b.l.e. the usual DLC price to have this added to my Planet Zoo game!
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A pet rescue centre project? Think Battersea Dogs Home and RSPCA rolled into one... Surely a zoo, with all its facilities, would be an ideal candidate to offer a respite / sanctuary / vetinary service to lost, abused (let's just say injured) or abandoned species of dog, cat, rabbit, rat, bird (maybe even an equine centre for horses and ponies). I feel confident people would happily pay to see their favourite pooch / feline etc breed being cared for / roaming its own visitors-only enclosures and being rehomed once healed and homes found for them... Well, based on dog rescuers I know, such as those who work in the Border Terrier rehoming charity...
Also, it could be added with already existing species which people have as pets such as exotic snakes, tortoise and so on - and then possibly as yet another DLC option to have more native, uncared for wildlife that the RSPCA would normally deal with, like hedgehogs, shrew, vole, pigeons, magpies, seagulls, goldfish, Siamese fighting fish (joke!)... the list could stretch, although I'm only listing UK native species here!
PZ is by far the best zoo sim game on the market in my opinion, it's the part of RTC3 I loved the most (okay I admit flinging sims down a half-finished water shoot to have them fly right across the park was fun too) - and I'm really aware of the mammoth task involved with these wishlists - so I don't imagine even one person might read this, never mind respond. I know you guys can knock it out of the park again with the Aquarium / Sea-Life shows that were put into RTC3 Wild!
Plus... I really don't want to see a competitor trying to take on PZ when I'm already invested so deeply into your game of wonder! Hah!
Thanks for reading, if anyone did!
SO
I know you've been swamped with requests for aviaries and aquariums (based on what I've read and seen on Youtube etc.) so I won't simply put my hat in the same ring...
How about... "picture this" (waves his hands like a writer conjuring up a movie to sell to a Director!)
1.
Wild bird conservation projects, like the my favourite local Hawk Conservancy in Andover aren't simply offering large and small aviaries, but also flying arena displays to illustrate the critically endangered vultures along with other barely heard of birds (mostly birds of prey I admit, are my favourite kind!) While in other zoos, bird habitats are walk-through, such as in Marwell with parrots and butterflies sharing the same greenhouse / Eden Project style building. Or, in others, budgies and parakeets can also be in walkthrough habitats...
With more people realising the crisis facing West African Lions, it's been the Hawk Conservancy's main task to highlight vultures are also being poisoned in Africa to hide poacher's kills, and I feel certain Frontier / Planet Zoo could champion the same cause...
But yes, as a once-coder / renderer, now illustrator, I do fully understand that rednering a brand new flight-capable model is no small task! (But I really would pay d.o.u.b.l.e. the usual DLC price to have this added to my Planet Zoo game!
2.
A pet rescue centre project? Think Battersea Dogs Home and RSPCA rolled into one... Surely a zoo, with all its facilities, would be an ideal candidate to offer a respite / sanctuary / vetinary service to lost, abused (let's just say injured) or abandoned species of dog, cat, rabbit, rat, bird (maybe even an equine centre for horses and ponies). I feel confident people would happily pay to see their favourite pooch / feline etc breed being cared for / roaming its own visitors-only enclosures and being rehomed once healed and homes found for them... Well, based on dog rescuers I know, such as those who work in the Border Terrier rehoming charity...
Also, it could be added with already existing species which people have as pets such as exotic snakes, tortoise and so on - and then possibly as yet another DLC option to have more native, uncared for wildlife that the RSPCA would normally deal with, like hedgehogs, shrew, vole, pigeons, magpies, seagulls, goldfish, Siamese fighting fish (joke!)... the list could stretch, although I'm only listing UK native species here!
PZ is by far the best zoo sim game on the market in my opinion, it's the part of RTC3 I loved the most (okay I admit flinging sims down a half-finished water shoot to have them fly right across the park was fun too) - and I'm really aware of the mammoth task involved with these wishlists - so I don't imagine even one person might read this, never mind respond. I know you guys can knock it out of the park again with the Aquarium / Sea-Life shows that were put into RTC3 Wild!
Plus... I really don't want to see a competitor trying to take on PZ when I'm already invested so deeply into your game of wonder! Hah!
Thanks for reading, if anyone did!
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