After seeing a lot of people being disappointed that you can't click on every guest and see their thoughts and likes (such as in Zoo Tycoon or Roller Coaster Tycoon), and having read about wishes for at least VIP guests, here's my take on a VIP guests concept that could be cool.
Like in Planet Zoo, VIP guests are other players. There should be some pre-made ones by Frontier, to support offline mode. But the majority will be based on other players taken randomly from the internet, with a slightly higher chance to encounter VIPs that are on you friend list.
First, about the creation:
Like in Planet Zoo, on the main menu, there'll be an option to cutomize a character. It's nothing too extensive, but there'll be some options (with more may be added over time). However, there's something PZ doesn't have: a choice for favourite animals.
You can choose one favourite animal for each category (land, air and marine). However, you can only choose animals that you've either already created and released from a creation lab, or caught in the wild, as to avoid potential spoilers. You can of course always go back and change everything about your character, so it's not a big deal.
Also, you can choose which guest type they belong to; general, adventure, nature or luxury.
Once a VIP arrives at the park, you'll get a tiny boost to your popularity, not much, but that change depending on how comfortable the VIP feels. You can click on them and see their favourite animals and guest type, and also what they're currently doing and thinking.
To not lose them amidst the randomly generated guests, they'll have a special icon on the map as well as a indicator around them in normal view (which disappears in photo mode, sinc eit'd certainly be distracting there).
In campain and challenge mode, there may be events related to the VIP, but in sandbox, they'll just be a neat little flavouring to your park.
That's what I can think of for now, maybe I'll expand on this concept later. What do you think?
Like in Planet Zoo, VIP guests are other players. There should be some pre-made ones by Frontier, to support offline mode. But the majority will be based on other players taken randomly from the internet, with a slightly higher chance to encounter VIPs that are on you friend list.
First, about the creation:
Like in Planet Zoo, on the main menu, there'll be an option to cutomize a character. It's nothing too extensive, but there'll be some options (with more may be added over time). However, there's something PZ doesn't have: a choice for favourite animals.
You can choose one favourite animal for each category (land, air and marine). However, you can only choose animals that you've either already created and released from a creation lab, or caught in the wild, as to avoid potential spoilers. You can of course always go back and change everything about your character, so it's not a big deal.
Also, you can choose which guest type they belong to; general, adventure, nature or luxury.
Once a VIP arrives at the park, you'll get a tiny boost to your popularity, not much, but that change depending on how comfortable the VIP feels. You can click on them and see their favourite animals and guest type, and also what they're currently doing and thinking.
To not lose them amidst the randomly generated guests, they'll have a special icon on the map as well as a indicator around them in normal view (which disappears in photo mode, sinc eit'd certainly be distracting there).
In campain and challenge mode, there may be events related to the VIP, but in sandbox, they'll just be a neat little flavouring to your park.
That's what I can think of for now, maybe I'll expand on this concept later. What do you think?
