Wow. Those are very niceHey guys
Totally new to the forums, so please go easy on me
Planet Zoo is one of the best games I've ever played in my life. I'm not great at design, but I've been following a couple of the top designers on YouTube; a couple of those I like best are on here; DeLadysigner and PaulsLey. Both make really interesting and informative stuff ... and I've been trying to follow their tips for better designs. I'm never going to be one of those people who nominates his stuff for awards and such like ... but I enjoy this game so much and although I'm good at the game itself I want to make my habitats and my zoos look better all the time.
As you'll see from my screenshots, they are very basic, and very cluttered. Here's my current two; one based in the coldest climate and the other based on North American grassland. In the arctic one I tried to use only animals which can live in that terrain.
These are some overview shots of the arctic zoo. As you can see, my design skills aren't great ... it's a bit basic, but I really enjoyed putting this one together.
All my zoos are made in Challenge mode. I don't like having everything readily available to me in Sandbox ... I enjoy struggling at the start and trying to make the money to run a bigger and bigger operation.
What I really want to do is improve my design skills.
I wanted to highlight, in particular, the penguins exhibit which is naff...the viewing area is very unimaginative.
Now, watching the excellent tutorial videos from folks I mentioned I've been able to clean up that dirty looking water considerably, and put a bit more life into the exhibit itself, as I'll show you in the next post.View attachment 212461
You sure you're not a professional? That's way better than my zoosThis is my other zoo, my US Grassland zoo. This is where I've really been experimenting with different design styles for my habitats.
Some (most) I kept pretty basic ... but I like what I did with my bears.
The Grey Seal enclosure at the top is not much to look at ... I put a little more effort into the underground viewing gallery. Still not at a high standard, but looks a look more inviting and a lot more interesting. And thanks to Delady I have the clear water
I'm pleased about my lion exhibit ... I put a bit more work into that than with the usual ones, based on some of the videos I watched. I think I'm getting better at making it look realistic, with the positioning of thet tress and plants and rocks ... it's also my first time building a sunken exhibit with a semi-hidden gate and surrounding it with something other than the standard fencing; the rope fence turned out to be higher than I'd have liked, but the overall effect isn't bad.
I just really love experimenting with this game ... and the game itself is fabulous. I am really looking forward to the next add-ons, the billboards and such like. I'll have a ball with those.
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Haha : Thank you. Definitely not though.
The Tortoise house looks even better, now
Is this for the London Zoo?Today I started work on the big cats area, it's the biggest enclosure/area in the zoo and I'm kinda scared! I also started a Twitter account at twitter.com/ZSHdesign where I'll be posting more shots than I do on here if for some reason you want to see more
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Yeh although I will be posting stuff of my other zoo when it's finished. It's a big job
Yesterday, I worked on stabilizing the finances in my franchise zoo, and today I tried to improve the scenery rating of my buildings and facilities. What I find really hard is decorating the animal talks! I mean, you can't put too many things around them, because people need space?! But so far, the visitors seem to like the area and I even managed to sell a few penguins on the market. I also bought some cute dall sheep and will place llamas next. This is a great thread.
