Can't send out the scores just yet, just waiting for one more person to vote. I won't send another reminder as its only been a day, let's give them more time.
The Zoolympic Games
- Thread starter Villanelle
- Start date
Thanks Hugo! Everyone was super fastJust did the scoring
Sorry for the short wait but you all were so fast
I'm out now for the night so will try to release scores tmr, depends how tonight goes...if not def Thursday 
The results are in!
A quick note to say: I am disqualifying myself from this round and opting out of all future rounds. Halfway through this round I realised it's not fair for me to participate for reasons mentioned elsewhere. I will say I did not win but thank you all so much for your lovely comments and generous scores!
I'm very happy to continue on as your host and judge!
Big thanks to everyone for scoring and for providing so much feedback this round! I know it will be appreciated
The Winner is...
@Hugo98 's Sifaka Habitat
Congratulations Hugo! Truly an architectural masterpiece.
Feedback comments:
The Runner-Ups
1st Runner up: @KönigDerKaffeebohnen 's Tortoise House
Feedback comments:
2nd Runner up and also Best Zookeeper Award for highest animal welfare goes to...
@Annie_konik 's Pallas Cat Habitat
Feedback comments:
Speediest Build goes to...
@FlameWizard492 's Sifaka Habitat which took them only 3 hours!
Feedback comments:
Fan Favourite
This round goes to @Fini because people loved the story you told with the little lost Pallas cat! People struggled to know how to score it but loved the creative concept and touching story!
Honorable mentions go to...
@Mr-Hyrax 2 's Tortoise and Dik Dik Habitat
Feedback comments:
@Xrystal 's Prancing in Madagascar
And @Frogstrich 's Early Mammal Hall
Full Results Table:
A quick note to say: I am disqualifying myself from this round and opting out of all future rounds. Halfway through this round I realised it's not fair for me to participate for reasons mentioned elsewhere. I will say I did not win but thank you all so much for your lovely comments and generous scores!
I'm very happy to continue on as your host and judge!
Big thanks to everyone for scoring and for providing so much feedback this round! I know it will be appreciated
The Winner is...
@Hugo98 's Sifaka Habitat
Congratulations Hugo! Truly an architectural masterpiece.
Feedback comments:
| I love the realism here! |
| Lovely looking build, i especally adore the 3. picture with the view into that great outdoor area with the mesh on top, but the level of detail is overall spectacular and i like the attention to detail of an backstage holding. Only nitpick is that the actual building could be a little more detailed, especally the viewing area would have benefitted from an info sign or something, but overall great 10/10 build, just the level of detail in the outside and interior habitat and the surrounding foliage come close to looking like pictures from an actual zoo. Just absolutly amazing and stunning work! |
| Wow, this is so realistic and well done! Beautiful! |
| Love it, especially that mesh roof |
| Round aviary building: LOVE. Secretive viewing area: LOVE. Backstage area with climbing: LOVE. Custom planters: LOVE. Okay architect, this is truly great. Love the story in the intro as well! |
Totally feels like something you could see at a zoo! Only vertical climbing is a really smart idea to prevent them from doing their inaccurate climbing defo goning to steal that  |
| Great! This is exactly how I imagine a Sifaka habitat. The aviary looks fantastic. |
The Runner-Ups
1st Runner up: @KönigDerKaffeebohnen 's Tortoise House
Feedback comments:
| Great stuff |
| It's nice that you didn't go too big and focused more on all the details. Less is more. |
| This is me |
| This one has everything, lovely viewing areas, perfect backstage, all the little details. Outdoor area, indoor area and corresponding little exhibits. And custom signs too. This is perfect |
| Great build |
| Okay, this is gorgeous. I'm taking notes - what a great idea to use the arctic beams along with the stained wood like that, it looks so great and so realistic! The custom drawers and storage areas are so cute. This build shows patience, skill and excellent self-control (something I lack!) |
| Love that you kept the keeper areas in mind! |
| I love the habitat! I have absolutely no complaints about it. That's exactly how I would imagine it. Well done! |
| Such a great little building! Love the details, especially in the backstage area. |
2nd Runner up and also Best Zookeeper Award for highest animal welfare goes to...
@Annie_konik 's Pallas Cat Habitat
Feedback comments:
| This is really good |
| Gorgeous!! I think my favourite part is the green roof - your colourful foliage choices look so good in the tundra snow. I also really love the multilayered climbing and shelter for the cat, looks great and like a lot of fun for it to explore. Props on getting 100% welfare in Franchise! Your vets have been busy researching Cute view from the horse paddock - what else are you going to put on that snowy mountain? Eyeballs emoji |
| Really great usage of space due to the cats being able to use the roof as extra space! |
| I love the enclosure. Really well done! I like the Himalaya setting (20x better than mine). I especially like this mossy roof. I have a weakness for things that look old and a bit moldy. In a positive sense, of course! |
| Nice and spacious area, love the elevations in the habitat. I would have loved a more detailed view into the shelter and backstage area. |
Speediest Build goes to...
@FlameWizard492 's Sifaka Habitat which took them only 3 hours!
Feedback comments:
| The build looks like it got some nice idears but just needed a bit more time in the oven with extra detailing and a few more screenshots to see more of it. For example im not sure if im looking at a bit of decoration in the indoor viewing area with the view being the glass windows in the back of the screen or if its actually part of the indoor habitat with the view towards the guest viewing. Overall the build lacks the level of detail most of the other submissions had so it would be unfair to rate it higher compared to the others |
| Beautiful building! And yay for sifakas! They look really happy in their home! |
| Love it |
| Great architectural work! I really like the details you've added, like the murals on the interior wall, and the column work. Nice placement of foliage too, quite natural. Something I would suggest you try next time is a more complicated shape, no squares and maybe try a build that doesn't have so much symmetry - it can have surprising results! |
| Love the classic and grand vibe, very fitting for a sifaka |
| Great idea to build an indoor and outdoor enclosure for the sifakas. The aviary looks great! Tip for the future: Try to get a little more structure into the enclosure, spam around with plants and stones, mix the ground textures together and try to work a little with uneven terrain. Unfortunately, in some places it looks a little empty. For that, you get an A+ from me for the climbing structures. |
| A nice spacious palace for a special animal |
Fan Favourite
This round goes to @Fini because people loved the story you told with the little lost Pallas cat! People struggled to know how to score it but loved the creative concept and touching story!
| I have no clue how to rank this, great stuff fini |
| What a sweet little story! However, that may come at the cost of animal welfare. |
| Build looks great, just kinda hard to rate due to how different it is. Defenetly a creative idear though and not only does the street look amazing but also the presentation as a little story is a really cute idear |
| So creative, OMG I love it! Such a cute little story! And I love all the little details. Amazing! |
| I dont know how to rate this, it is such a unique idea, good stuff |
| Love the Harry Potter theme |
| Most original award goes to...Fini! This is amazing. I love your storytelling! All beautifully executed too. This one was the most fun to look at and score! |
| Such a creative idea! |
| Definitely the most unique entry, very creative! |
Honorable mentions go to...
@Mr-Hyrax 2 's Tortoise and Dik Dik Habitat
Feedback comments:
| Very beautiful! |
| Nice build, i especally like the layout and the natural barriers used to contain the animals |
| I love it! it looks like the animals feel great and everything is just so well done |
| Thumbs up for the custom barrier use. |
| Great rockwork. Love the foliage dripping down the cave entrance. It's cute, I like it! I wasn't sure which animal was the "favourite". |
| Lovely mix |
| I really like how realistic it looks and I also really like the rock work |
| I really like how much space they have. Lovely combination as well. |
@Xrystal 's Prancing in Madagascar
| Its a nice idear to make these long straights for the hopping animations, but sadly especally when compared to the other builds the lower level of detailing makes it hard to give high ratings though. It looks like a decent idear that would have just needed a bit more time in the oven with things like detailing, climbing frames, etc. Im also not the biggest fan of the barrier as its rather clunky looking and gives a not so great backdrop, but defenetly credit for making one in the first place, thats a great step in the right direction and im sure future ones will turn out better! |
| Very creative, such a cool idea to make a habitat shaped like that. And the animals look very happy! |
| Love the concept, good job |
| Wow, what an original design! I love that you designed a custom wall for such an interesting shaped barrier. Good foliage work, I like that you have areas with more open space and other areas that are more densely jungly and layered. I think one thing that would help your building improve is look at the edges, like where the fence meets the ground. Soften it with pebblies, buried shrubs and trees so the lines are not so harsh. I really think this is great though and you're getting better and better! |
| Super interesting shape! |
| I think it's a pretty smart idea to make the path in the shape of a lemur. Personally, I would probably have made the enclosure in the shape of a lemur so that it doesn't end up being too big for the smaller lemurs. |
| Totally interesting shape, I don't think I would have ever come up with such an idea. Keep it up! |
And @Frogstrich 's Early Mammal Hall
| Good job |
| It would have been nice to have more pictures of the build itself then the animals, making it kinda tricky to rate this one. The tunnel in one of the sifaka pics is very cool though! |
| Very cool! I love how much space they all have and all the lush vegetation. Very pretty color scheme too |
| Good job |
| Love the idea for this build. Great foliage. Brilliant photographs! I thought a few architectural details would elevate this to the next level: the mesh run could look better with a frame around it; the orange walls could be broken up with another texture and colour. Credit for the custom signs and interesting shaped windows. I want to know what the interesting sign at the back says! |
| The overpass is such a cool idea! |
| I think the idea of the connecting tunnels and the implementation is really successful. A little more attention could be paid to the statics in the future, as a small tip. The tunnels, for example, don't work like that.Wire mesh needs support to keep its shape. |
| Unusual but very cool concept, would have never thought about sth like this. I like the cohesive desing of the habitats to make it appear as one large complex. |
Full Results Table:
Hell yeah, second place!
Thank you everybody for the nice comments, was a super fun build and it does help quite alot to motivate me to try my best next time aswell!
Thank you everybody for the nice comments, was a super fun build and it does help quite alot to motivate me to try my best next time aswell!
On to Round 6!
Friday 8th November -Monday 18th Sunday 1st December (time extended for everybody)
(as always, if you need an extension to the deadline it's fine, but post in the group so that we wait to score until you've submitted)
The most popular theme by vote as of today is...
Create an Island Chain inspired by regional island nations or clusters e.g. Japan, Borneo, Hawaii, Iceland etc.
That's fun! I'll set the parameters for this build:
EDITED TO BE FREER AND ALLOW MORE CHOICE
We've also got some decisions to make as a group about how scoring is managed going forwards. There was some discussion about this here and here.
Please can you comment in this thread to vote yes/no or add your voice to the discussion?
I will make a final decision and announce it by Monday 18th November before the next round of scoring begins.
1. Yes or No: Increase the scoring to points out of 10
2. Yes or No: Swap 'Realism' with 'Level of Detail' in the scoring categories
3. Yes or No: Remove 'Animal Welfare' from the scoring categories
Friday 8th November -
(as always, if you need an extension to the deadline it's fine, but post in the group so that we wait to score until you've submitted)
The most popular theme by vote as of today is...
Create an Island Chain inspired by regional island nations or clusters e.g. Japan, Borneo, Hawaii, Iceland etc.
That's fun! I'll set the parameters for this build:
EDITED TO BE FREER AND ALLOW MORE CHOICE
- Must include at least three islands
- Must include at least three animal species
- The animals must be from the islands they live on (but mods and subspecies swaps are allowed, i.e. the red fox can be used to represent the ezo fox for example).
We've also got some decisions to make as a group about how scoring is managed going forwards. There was some discussion about this here and here.
Please can you comment in this thread to vote yes/no or add your voice to the discussion?
I will make a final decision and announce it by Monday 18th November before the next round of scoring begins.
1. Yes or No: Increase the scoring to points out of 10
2. Yes or No: Swap 'Realism' with 'Level of Detail' in the scoring categories
3. Yes or No: Remove 'Animal Welfare' from the scoring categories
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Goo job everybody, glad you won Hugo98
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
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Oh this will be ether be really fun or he'll on earth for me, oh well, I think I might join, I will most likely end up judging.
Also yes on all 3
Thank you so much for all your votes and very nice comments! Really appreciate it So happy that I could win this
But it was very close @KönigDerKaffeebohnen , well deserved second place! I think you could have deservedly win this as well.
Congrats everyone else! You all had cool entries with unique ideas.
Too bad you will not participate as a contestant anymore @Villanelle. Although I totally understand your reasons. But I liked all your entries very much, they have a different level of creativity and insane details. Your buildings look more like thinking outside of a box, sth I can't really do.
Also:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Not sure, I think for people building in franchise mode this scoring category is more useful than for sandbox players.
So happy that I could win this But it was very close @KönigDerKaffeebohnen , well deserved second place! I think you could have deservedly win this as well. Congrats everyone else! You all had cool entries with unique ideas.
Too bad you will not participate as a contestant anymore @Villanelle. Although I totally understand your reasons. But I liked all your entries very much, they have a different level of creativity and insane details. Your buildings look more like thinking outside of a box, sth I can't really do.
Also:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Not sure, I think for people building in franchise mode this scoring category is more useful than for sandbox players.
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Aw thanks!
I started this comp because I wanted the motivation to improve my building and make the extra effort...and see how good I can be when I really try, and what I can learn from others. It's been really fun so I might still join in when I have the time and share my build, just not as a competitor. It just feels too silly to share my own scores and feedback, and I do get a bit of extra time and have control over everything so it doesnt seem right to continue as a big believer in fairness! I think I've proven to myself what I needed to, so I'm very grateful for everyone's feedback over the first few rounds and for making this game bigger and better than I anticipated! Hope that it continues to grow Thank you thank you, also very well deserved win!Thank you so much for all your votes and very nice comments! Really appreciate it
Congrats everyone else! You all had cool entries with unique ideas.
Too bad you will not participate as a contestant anymore @Villanelle. Although I totally understand your reasons. But I liked all your entries very much, they have a different level of creativity and insane details. Your buildings look more like thinking outside of a box, sth I can't really do.
Also:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Not sure, I think for people building in franchise mode this scoring category is more useful than for sandbox players.
Still remember when hyrax said that im propaply gonna win and just knew from ur usual performance that this wasnt in the bag yet and what shall i say i was right
Was very close though and its really cool how we both could shine in different ways!
Guess I was wrong lol, great work from both of you
You know if I do end up joining this competition it gives me a chance to use a animal I have never used before
That's fun, which one? Or do you want to keep it a secret
I am going to keep it a secret, but let's just say it's a very fluffy boiThat's fun, which one? Or do you want to keep it a secret
Grats Hugo,
And I see I'm at my usual spot near the bottom of the list rofl. Thanks for all the feedback.
Island chain does sound interesting. And there is an island chain segment to my world zoo I haven't started yet .. so I'll start planning.
The staff pathing will be the annoying element as they have to all go back to the entrance. Guest pathing might be fine with boats between islands ( not tried the boat instead of path option before so will be interesting to see if it would work ).
And I see I'm at my usual spot near the bottom of the list rofl. Thanks for all the feedback.
Island chain does sound interesting. And there is an island chain segment to my world zoo I haven't started yet .. so I'll start planning.
The staff pathing will be the annoying element as they have to all go back to the entrance. Guest pathing might be fine with boats between islands ( not tried the boat instead of path option before so will be interesting to see if it would work ).
I'm happy to go with the majority. I like the idea of keeping animal welfare a factor, but that's a personal thing and this is a game and a fun challenge so I understand the consideration to remove it.
So its about 3 island habitats themed around 3 different islands in the same island chain?