What if we had a Planet Fantasy/Mythical?

mansuko12 · Dec 3, 2023

Imagine if we had Planet Zoo but with mythical animals instead? Obviously, no humanoids but they could instead be employees or visitors? Imagine minotaurs, centaurs, ogres or gargoyles as security guards or sirens as vendors or gnomes and naiads as keepers? Certain workers who can fly or are fire resistant or can breathe underwater (like naiads) could also be the keepers for certain types of animals! Or it could be a fantasy world where humans are the visitors and enter through a portal into this realm so we're educating them on the wildlife of this new fantasy world?

I did my best to try and avoid including creatures that are deities or a deity’s animal form to be respectful (so no Rainbow Serpent, or Garuda or any of the Egyptian gods)
I’m not sure how scenery packs or foliage would work but let me know your ideas!
The biggest issue I think would come from cultures that still exist and believe in those creatures and whether their in-game portrayal would be respectful and align to the legends that pertained to that creature.

Base Game:

Western Dragon (cause Europe doesn't exist in this fantasy universe, obviously) (Europe)
Eastern Dragon (cause Asia doesn't exist in this fantasy universe, obviously) (East and Southeast Asia)
Wyvern (heraldry)
Gryphon (Greece)
Unicorn (Medieval Europe)
Pegasus (Greece)
Sea Serpent (based on Nessie) (Scotland)
Phoenix (Greece)
Kelpies (Scotland)
Hippocampus (Greece)
Manticores (Greece)
Kraken (I have no idea)
Chimera (Greece)
Qilin (East Asia)
Chupacabra
Hydra (Greece)
Basilisk (Greece)
Harpy (Greece)
Fenghuang (East Asia)
Roc (Arab world)
Cockatrice (Greece)
Strix (Greece)
Fenrir (Norse mythology)
Hellhound (Greece)
Cerberus (Greece)
Bakeneko (Japan)
Merlion (Singapore)
Raiju (has many different shapes but usually some mammal associated with thunder and lightning) (Japan)
Thunderbird (Indigenous North American) (could be controversial and difficult, because of how many cultures have depictions of this in their cultural mythology)
Jackalope (North America)
Ceryneian Hind (Greece)
Chrysomallos (the sheep that has the golden fleece) (Greece)
Kitsune (Japan)
Caladrius (white healing bird) (Roman)
Salamander (fiery salamander thing) (Medieval Europe?)

I've also included some random ideas of some packs with similar titles to ones we currently have. I don't have the energy to fill out those entire rosters but maybe you guys can help with that.

Tundra Pack (Inuit, Northern North American Indigenous and Mountainous Peoples (Tibet, Andean, Himalayan etc))

Akhlut (wolf-orca hybrids) (Inuit)
Tizheruk (ice snake with a flipper for a tail) (Inuit)
Snow Lion (Tibet)
Yeti (Himalayas)
Wendigo (they are frickin terrifying) (Indigenous North American)

Tropical Pack (South American Indigenous, Central American Indigenous and Southeast Asian creatures)

Encantado (Shapeshifting trickster dolphin) (Brazil)
Tikbalang (horseman thing, not like a centaur) (Philippines)
Minokawa (giant birds with sharp feathers and reflective mirror eyes) (Philippines)
Feathered Serpent (could be controversial and difficult, because sometimes considered a deity) (Aztec and Mayan)

Arid Pack (Middle Eastern and North African creatures)

Sphinx (Egypt)
Simurgh (giant bird-dog thing) (Iran)

Aquatic Pack (Fully aquatic creatures from across the world, they’d better have fully aquatic creatures)

Isonade (giant shark monster) (Japan)
Abaia (giant magical eel) (Melanesia)
Aspidochelone (giant turtle with an island on its back) (Medieval Europe)

Temperate Forest Pack

Azeban (raccoon trickster spirit) (Abenaki)
Hippogriff (eagle front, horse back) (Greece)
Tarasque (lion headed turtle that breathes poison) (France)

Twilight Pack (all animals associated with death, darkness or the night)

Bake-kujira (Ghost whale) (Japan)
Moon rabbit (East Asia and Indigenous North America)

Wetlands Pack

Mishipeshu (aquatic panther) (Ojibwe)
Bunyip (lots of different versions) Australian Aboriginal)
Ahuizotl (water opossum/otter with hands and a hand at the end of tail) (Aztec)
Stymphalian birds (man-eating birds with sharp metallic feathers they could shoot, and poisonous poop) (Greece)

FlameWizard492 · Dec 5, 2023

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Also, you could include some barely known mythical creatures from other parts of the world. For example, there’s the chickcharney, a creature from the Bahamas that is said to resemble a giant owl and will reward you with good or bad luck depending on how well you treat it. I learned it from a friend who was on a college trip to the Bahamas for her marine biology degree.

Tinou97 · Dec 5, 2023

Really, I've been thinking of a Planet Dragon game for a year now but your idea is even better! But I doubt it would be an easy game to create. I mean it already seems difficult to make birds so dragons I won't even dare to dream

Antimony96 · Dec 5, 2023

Was discussing the possibility of a Planet Botanical Garden (needs a snazzier title) with a friend earlier today. Similar building mechanics to PlanCo and PlanZo but the plants actually require upkeep rather than just being objects. Unfortunately I don't think flowers sell as well as lions or roller coasters.

Tinou97 · Dec 5, 2023

Antimony96 said:
Was discussing the possibility of a Planet Botanical Garden (needs a snazzier title) with a friend earlier today. Similar building mechanics to PlanCo and PlanZo but the plants actually require upkeep rather than just being objects. Unfortunately I don't think flowers sell as well as lions or roller coasters.

My boyfriend who was raised in a family full of botanists would love this idea. But I think that it wouldn't sell well indeed

I think a management game is definitely not the best format for this idea.

FlameWizard492 · Dec 5, 2023

Tinou97 said:
Really, I've been thinking of a Planet Dragon game for a year now but your idea is even better! But I doubt it would be an easy game to create. I mean it already seems difficult to make birds so dragons I won't even dare to dream

That sounds like a How to Train Your Dragon type of scenario. What would the relationship between humans and dragons be? Will it be a symbiotic/pet-and-owner type of relationship? Would they try to kill us? Or will it be more like our relationships with zoo animals (we want to help them from a safe distance)?

MothHex · Dec 5, 2023

I'd really like this! But, as a huge Monster Hunter fan, I'd also be excited if they made a licensed CMS for that property. I'm bringing that up because I don't think I'll ever be able to bring up my wish for a Frontier-Made Monster Hunter spinoff anywhere else.

mansuko12 · Dec 5, 2023

Can you imagine how big some of the habitats would need to be though? Imagine a kraken or thunderbird habitat. They'd be the hippo and polar bear of Planet Mythical but x10

FlameWizard492 said:
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Also, you could include some barely known mythical creatures from other parts of the world. For example, there’s the chickcharney, a creature from the Bahamas that is said to resemble a giant owl and will reward you with good or bad luck depending on how well you treat it. I learned it from a friend who was on a college trip to the Bahamas for her marine biology degree.

Yeah, I've heard of it! It'd be cool to have some guest interaction there too! Maybe if a child is mean and is noisy or is throwing litter, it'll give the child bad luck or something or poop on its head. Imagine getting to feed a dragon or something though or swim with hippocampi, how cool would that be, ESPECIALLY if there was first person zoo guest in this game?

DragonNTiger · Dec 5, 2023

What? No dragon/deer/fish/pony that is the Kirin?

Also, there's a Jackalope mod that looks really good... which makes me really want a proper rabbit rig.

jcp011c · Dec 5, 2023

I would definitely be interested in a separate game for this! It sounds very interesting! I like mythology and cryptozoology so this would be a great game for me.

mansuko12 · Dec 5, 2023

DragonNTiger said:
What? No dragon/deer/fish/pony that is the Kirin?

Also, there's a Jackalope mod that looks really good... which makes me really want a proper rabbit rig.

Kirin is just the Korean and Japanese version of the Qilin, but I believe they're essentially the same creature

Ozric · Dec 13, 2023

Closed at OP request.

HeatherG · Feb 25, 2024

(reopened due to duplicate post made.)

mansuko12 · Feb 26, 2024

So, I'm reposting this topic now with a much more fleshed out idea now. This idea is basically Planet Zoo but with mythical animals, hence Planet Mythical. This idea involves a fantasy world, where humans enter through a portal to learn about the wildlife in this region to maybe save it or something and the ultimate goal is to get to a certain level of currency to "beat the game" or something but you can obviously keep playing after and a sandbox version would exist that would negate that need anyways, etc. The biggest issue I think would come from cultures that still exist and believe in those creatures and whether their in-game portrayal would be respectful and align to the legends that pertained to that creature, so I did my best to try and avoid including creatures that are deities still revered by current cultures to be respectful (so no Rainbow Serpent, or Garuda).

Base Game (Here are the 40 creatures that I think could make up the base game):

Europe (21)
Western Dragon (Europe)
Gryphon (Greece)
Unicorn (Greece)
Pegasus (Greece)
Sea Serpent (based on Nessie-ish) (Scotland)
Phoenix (Various)
Chimera (Greece)
Kelpie (Scotland)
Hippocampus (Greece)
Manticore (Greece)
Hellhound (Various)
Lernaean Hydra (Greece)
Basilisk (Roman?)
Cockatrice (England)
Strix (Greece)
Fenrir (Norse mythology)
Ceryneian Hind (Greece)
Caladrius (Roman mythology)
Salamander (Medieval?)
Wyvern (Heraldry)
Chrysomallos (The ram with the golden fleece) (Greece)
Asia (9)
Eastern Dragon (East and Southeast Asia)
Qilin (China)
Fenghuang (China)
Roc (Arab mythology)
Bakeneko (Japan)
Merlion (Singapore)
Kitsune (Japan)
Raiju (Japan)
Kinnara (Hindu/Buddhist mythology)
Latin America (3)
Chupacabra (Mexico)
Yacumama (Quechua)
Boiúna (Brazil)
Non-Latin America (3)
Thunderbird (could be controversial and difficult, because of presence in current cultural mythologies) (Indigenous North America)
Jackalope (USA)
Uktena (Indigenous North America)
Africa (3)
Serpopard (Egypt/Mesopotamia)
Impundulu (Zulu)
Ninki Nanka (West Africa)
Oceania (2)
Bunyip (Aboriginal Australian (Wemba-Wemba?))
Drop Bear (Australia)

Below are some profiles of some of the ones I could be bothered to fill out. First, some notes.

I’m not sure how scenery packs or foliage would work but let me know your ideas! I'm not really a plant person and it was pretty hard to think of mythical plants that genuinely don't try and attack things nearby or are aggressive in some way, so.....
I initially included age of maturity, age of sterility, interbirth, lifespan and gestation/incubation stuff too, but then I realised it would get far too complicated, cause some creatures would literally live thousands of years and others would live a hell of a lot shorter and this is all hypothetical anyways, so it saves me a lot of time and energy to not have to figure out the minutia of all of that.
A random enrichment item I thought would be cool would be something like a Golden Snitch launcher for the flying animals that would shoot out something they can chase in the air, but I couldn't figure out what to name it without just using that name.
The formatting didn't really translate from Word to here, but it should hopefully still be pretty simple to understand.
The list of types of biomes for habitats includes:
- Tundra
- Taiga
- Rainforest
- Aquatic (coverage will imply dense foliage (kelp forest) or coral reef)
- Wetlands
- Temperate Forest
- Desert
- Mountains
- Grasslands (temperate grasslands)
- Scrublands (drier grasslands)
- Underground
- Volcanic

Western Dragon (Europe) (Headliner)

Appeal: Very High	Female Size Range: 8 to 9 metres	Male Size Range: 9 to 10 metres	Variants: light green, green, dark green, swept back horns, curled (ram) horns, forward facing horns Colourmorphs: red, gold, dark blue, purple, black, white
Habitat
Biome: Temperate Forest, Mountains, Volcanic Temperature: 15 to 100 ℃	Land/Flying Area: 4000 m2 + 1200 m2	Coverage: 20 to 100% Terrain Type: Primarily rock, soil and short grass	Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 10 metres high, AR: covered ceiling, fireproof
Social
Group Size: 1-2 (up to 1 male, up to 1 female)	Male Bachelor: 1	Female Bachelor: 1-2	Compatible Creatures: Salamander?
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygynous	Tolerance: Solitary	Ease: Difficult	Litter Size: 4-8
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal	Enrichment Items: Gnawing bone, sun basking rock, carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment	Display Abilities: Firebreathing	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Fireproof, aerial Training Difficulty: Difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident	Walkthrough: No	Rideable: No	Feedable: No

Gryphon (Greece)

Appeal: High	Female Size Range: 3 to 3.5 metres long, high speed wings	Male Size Range: 3.5 to 4 metres long, high speed wings	Variants: light brown, brown, dark brown (white, brown or dark brown for the eagle head) Colourmorphs: melanistic, golden (eagle head), leucistic
Habitat
Biome: Desert, Mountains, Grasslands, Scrublands Temperature: 0 to 45 ℃	Land/Flying Area: 1200 m2 + 400 m2	Coverage: 0 to 30% Terrain Type: All acceptable	Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 6 metres high, AR: covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 3 to 12 (up to 11 males, up to 11 females)	Male Bachelor: 3 to 12	Female Bachelor: 3 to 12	Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas)	Tolerance: Gregarious	Ease: Medium	Litter Size: 1-3
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal	Enrichment Items: Carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment, scratching post, rubbing pad	Display Abilities: Acrobatic flying manuveurs	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Aerial Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident	Walkthrough: No	Rideable: No	Feedable: Yes

Unicorn (Greece)

Appeal: Very High	Female Size Range: 1.4 to 1.8 metres tall	Male Size Range: 1.6 to 2 metres tall	Variants: pure white, light grey, grey Colourmorphs: melanistic, rainbow mane
Habitat
Biome: Temperate Forest, Taiga Temperature: -5 to 30 ℃	Land Area: 700 m2 + 250 m2	Coverage: 40 to 100% Terrain Type: Primarily soil, long grass and short grass	Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 2 metres high
Social
Group Size: 3-8 (up to 1 male, up to 7 females)	Male Bachelor: 1-3	Female Bachelor 3-8	Compatible Creatures: Ceryneian Hind, Caladrius, Jackalope, Tarand
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygnous	Tolerance: Matrilineal	Ease: Easy	Litter Size: 1-2
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal Food Type: Hay and grasses	Enrichment Items: Poisoned pool (to practice purifying), scratching tree	Display Abilities: Flower blooming	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Nature specialist Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Shy	Walkthrough: Yes	Rideable: No	Feedable: Yes

Pegasus (Greece)

Appeal: Very High	Female Size Range: 1.4 to 1.8 metres tall, passive soaring wings	Male Size Range: 1.6 to 2 metres tall, passive soaring wings	Variants: white, white with grey dappling, light grey Colourmorphs: melanistic
Habitat
Biome: Mountains, Grasslands Temperature: -5 to 30 ℃	Land/Flying Area: 1000 m2 + 300 m2	Coverage: 0 to 30% Terrain Type: Rock, soil and long grass, short grass are all acceptable	Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 6 metres high, AR: covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 3-8 (up to 1 male, up to 7 females)	Male Bachelor: 1-3	Female Bachelor 3-8	Compatible Creatures: Chrysomallos, Satori? Kamaitachi
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas)	Tolerance: Gregarious	Ease: Easy	Litter Size: 1
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal	Enrichment Items: Geyser, scratching tree	Display Abilities: Acrobatic flying manuveurs	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Nature specialist Training Difficulty: Easy
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident	Walkthrough: Yes	Rideable: Yes	Feedable: Yes

Sea Serpent (Scotland (based on Nessie-ish))

Appeal: Very High	Female Size Range: 14 to 16 metres long	Male Size Range: 14 to 16 metres long	Variants: blue, blue-green, green Colourmorphs: melanistic
Habitat
Biome: Aquatic (Open Water) Temperature: 0 to 25 ℃	Water Area: 10,000 m2 + 2500 m2 Water Depth: At least 40 metres	Coverage: 0 to 20% Terrain Type: N/A	Fence (height, additional requirements): thick glass
Social
Group Size: 1-2	Male Bachelor: 1-2	Female Bachelor: 1-2	Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygynous	Tolerance: Solitary	Ease: Very difficult	Litter Size: 2-9
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Crepuscular	Enrichment Items: Sun basking rock, shark feeder? (like the Mosasaurus one in JWE2)	Display Abilities: Breaching	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Underwater breathing Training Difficulty: Very difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident	Swimthrough: No	Rideable: No	Feedable: Yes

Hellhound (Various)

Appeal: High	Female Size Range: 2.5 to 3 metres long	Male Size Range: 2.7 to 3.2 metres long	Variants: Black with orange/purple/green flames Colourmorphs: Leucistic with black flames
Habitat
Biome: Desert, Scrublands, Volcanic Temperature: 5 to 1000 ℃	Land Area: 1500 m2 + 300 m2	Coverage: 0 - 30% Terrain Type: Primarily soil and rock	Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 4 metres high, fireproof
Social
Group Size: 2-12	Male Bachelor: 2-6	Female Bachelor: 2-6	Compatible Creatures: Phoenix? Gargoyles
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas)	Tolerance: Gregarious	Ease: Medium	Litter Size: 2-6
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Nocturnal	Enrichment Items: Carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment, scratching post, tug rope	Display Abilities: fire breathing, group fire tornado (see Firebending Masters in ATLA)	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Fireproof, poison/venom resistant, darkness specialist Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident	Walkthrough: No	Rideable: No	Feedable: No

Eastern Dragon (East and Southeast Asia)

Appeal: Very High	Female Size Range: 10 to 11 metres long	Male Size Range: 10 to 11 metres long	Variants: red, blue, gold Colourmorphs: leucistic
Habitat
Biome: Wetlands, Aquatic, Temperate Forest, Taiga Temperature: - -5 to 31 ℃	Land Area: 1500 m2 + 750 m2 Water Area: 5000 m2 + 1500 m2 Water Depth: At least 25 metres	Coverage: 20 -100% Terrain Type: Primarily soil, short grass and long grass	Fence (height, additional requirements): At least 10 metres high, covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 1-2	Male Bachelor: 1	Female Bachelor: 1	Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous	Tolerance: Solitary	Ease: Very difficult	Litter Size: 1
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Crepuscular Food Type: Swallows	Enrichment Items: Dragon pearl, rubbing pad	Display Abilities: Size shifting, summoning rain and thunderstorms, turning into water, glow in the dark	Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Aerial, underwater breathing, nature specialist, lightning resistant Training Difficulty: Very difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Shy	Walkthrough: No	Rideable: No	Feedable: No

Below are a whole bunch of expansion pack ideas with one or two animals from each with completed profiles. All packs will have 8 creatures, all biome-based packs so the appeal can be for a larger audience, and all will include scenery and foliage. With some of these creatures, I'm also not sure how real they are, because I was only able to find one or two sources, though maybe that's cause I was only searching in English.

Tundra Pack

Akhlut (wolf-orca hybrids) (Inuit) (Headliner)
Tizheruk (Inuit)
Amikuk (Yu'pik)
Amaroq (Inuit)
Shachihoko (Japan)
Tarand (Medieval)
Kamaitachi (Japan)
Aniwye (Indigenous North American)

Aquatic Pack (fully aquatic creatures from across the world)

Kraken (Cryptid) (Headliner)
Timingila (Hinduism)
Abaia (Melanesia)
Aspidochelone (Medieval Europe)
Taniwha (Māori)
Lusca (Caribbean)
Ningyo (Japan)
Shen (China)

Wetlands Pack

Mishipeshu (Ojibwe) (could be controversial and difficult, because still quite revered) (Headliner)
Tiddalik (Aboriginal Australian)
Ahuizotl (Aztec)
Stymphalian birds (Greece)
Tarasque (France)
Kappa (Japan)
Cipactli (Aztec)
Haietlik (Nuu-chah-nulth)

Woodlands Pack

Spirit Bear (Indigenous Canada) (Headliner)
Azeban (Abenaki)
Hippogriff (Greece)
Hatsadiling (Thailand)
Pouakai (Maori)
Nachtkrapp (Germany)
Gwiingwiishi (Ojibwa)
Yale (Medieval)/Ngurivilu (Chile)

Rainforest Pack

Feathered Serpent (could be controversial and difficult, because sometimes considered a deity) (Aztec and Mayan) (Headliner)
Encantado (Shapeshifting trickster dolphin) (Brazil)
Tikbalang (Philippines)
Minokawa (Philippines)
Sasabonsam (Akan)
Sachamama (Quechua)
Inkanyamba (Zulu)
Mbói Tu'i (Guarani)

Desert Pack

Simurgh (Iran) (Headliner)
Alicanto (Chile)
Mongolian Death Worm (Cryptid)
Yowie (Australia)
Irrinja (Australia)
Crocotta (Medieval?)
Shadhavar (Medieval Muslim)
Ichneumon (Medieval?)

Alpine Creature Pack

Yeti (Himalayas) (Headliner)
Gangsenge (Tibet)
Basan (China)
Qinyuan (China)
Ccoa (Quechua)
Satori (Japan)
Chamrosh (Persian)
Ibong Adarna (Philippines)

Grasslands and Subterranean Pack (couldn't think of a good name for this and wasn't able to find enough cool creatures to have this be two packs)

Gandaberunda (Hinduism) (Headliner)
Carcolh (French)
Myrmekes (Greece)
Whowie (Australia)
Puaka (Māori)
Tiburones (Philippines)
Peuchen (Mapuche)
Calgreyhound (Medieval)

Twilight Pack (all animals associated with death, darkness or the night)

Gargoyle (in this version, they're bat-like wild creatures) (Headliner)
Bake-kujira (Japan)
Ulama (Sri Lanka) or Hakawai (Maori)
Camazotz (Mayan)
Nightmare (horse) (not sure when this became a thing, but just imagine those sort of shadow horse thingies from Rise of the Guardians)
Mooldabbie (Australia?)
Baku (Japan)
Sigbin (Philippines)

Sunfire Pack (animals to do with light and fire)

Moon rabbit (East Asia and Indigenous North America) (Headliner)
Carbunclos (Chilote)
Boitatá (Guarani)
Aosaginohi (Japan)
Hercinia (Medieval)
Cherufe (Mapuche)
Nguahovang (Vietnam)
Muscaliet (Medieval)

Gameplay Mechanics

All creatures have a personality from four base personalities (I based this on a thread I saw at some point on here but I can't find it again, so somebody let me know so I can give credit to them!):

Neutral
Proud (lazy, more aggressive, fussy, highest appeal, harder to train, doesn't get along well with other prouds or active/curious)
Timid (shy, lower appeal, easier to train, less fussy, gets along well with everyone)
Active/Curious (very active, high appeal, less fussy, harder to train cause easily distracted, doesn't get along well with proud)

Staff Things
Caretaker

Trolls (most expensive and slowest, but everything will be pristine)
Goblins (cheapest and fastest at cleaning, though a little bit sloppy, will usually miss bits and pieces here and there)
Adlet (best at transporting animals)

Educator (all habitats must be assigned educators, this is to make them actually important and also, since this world is about educating the human world about all these fantastical creatures anyways)

Leprechauns (can cover more habitats but visitors will be less satisfied and learn less, cheaper)
Vanara (can cover less habitats, but visitors will be more satisfied and have full education after, more expensive)

Keeper (work as trainers as well, each of these will have a confidence meter, food preparing ability meter, training ability meter, cleaning ability meter and extra skills that can boost their ability to clean, make better food, train animals or care for animals outside of their element. If the creatures is part of multiple of the below categories, then any of the keepers in those categories can work, you just have to choose the best one)

Sandman (but can be both sexes) (specialise in tranquilisation for capturing escaped animals or putting them to sleep to be sent to the vets, all zoos require at least one)
Poison/venom resistant (Nāga)
Lightning resistant (Cyclopes, if it is a group of creatures more than 2, they will have golem assistants)
Underwater breathing
Merfolk (better for coral reefs and freshwater creatures)
Selkie (better with open ocean and kelp forest creatures))
I know Selkies are seals and don't technically breathe underwater, but this is literally a fantasy world
Fireproof
Oni (better at larger groups of creatures)
Jinns (better at the singular or pair creatures)
Nature specialist
Dryad (better with the ones that are from warmer and wetter climates)
Fauns (better with the creatures that are from colder and drier climates)
Pixie (neutral, second best across the board)
Cold-resistant
Minotaurs (better with the less mobile and more stubborn creatures)
Werewolves (better with the more mobile, agile and more eager to please creatures)
Darkness specialist
Vampire (better with the ones that are from warmer and wetter climates)
Wendigo (better with the creatures that are from colder and drier climates)
Aerial
Valkyrie (better at the more unruly creatures, but will scare and upset the more timid ones)
Sylph (better at the more timid creatures, but will be unable to control the more unruly ones)

Vets

Faeries (for aerial animals)
Gnomes (for smaller land animals)
Elves (for bigger land animals)
Kushtaka (for aquatic animals

Mechanics (fix stuff but also drive the rides)

Dwarves (better at land-related stuff)
Menehune (better at water and air-related stuff)

Security Guards

Land
Ogres (covers smaller area and is slower, but will have much lower likelihood of any crimes or vandalism)
Centaur (covers larger area and is faster, but will have much higher likelihood of crimes and vandalism)
Aerial
Harpy (covers smaller area but faster)
Tengu (covers larger area but slower)
Entrance (Sphinx)

Vendors

Siren (will attract most visitors and each will buy a lot, but the transactions take the longest)
Banshee (will attract less visitors, but each one will buy more)
Succubus (will attract more male visitors (and some female))
Incubus (will attract more female visitors (and some male))
Changeling (neutral across the board, fastest transactions, but each will buy the least)

Types of things that can be sold (just a bunch of random ideas)

Food
Mandrake root soup
Golden toffee apples
Pisces sushi (I couldn't think of a fish that isn't part of the zoo and we are NOT selling food made from the inhabitants of the zoo, so)
Immortality peach cobbler
Ambrosian pizza
Ice cream (with creature-inspired flavours)
Pastries (with creature-inspired shapes)
Persephone's pomegranate pie
Cornucopia buffet restaurant
Drinks
Jubokko sap
Aegir's mead (18+ only)
Godly nectar
Amalthea's milkshake
Quetzacoatl's hot chocolate
Dionysus' winery specials
Kappa/Tiddalik water bottles
Merch
Stuffed toys, hats, key chains, puzzles, pillows, T-shirts and balloons of all creatures
Winter jackets made from chrysomallos wool or yeti fur
Dragon scale (Western or Eastern)
Phoenix feather
Gryphon feather
Jackalope horns
Unicorn hair
Other scales, feathers and hairs of the other creatures
Phoenix's eternal flame nightlight
Alicanto nightlight
Hercinia nightlight
Basilisk resistant glasses/goggles
Uktena's imitation gem
Aniwye stink bombs
Shen hologram maker
Gwiingwiishi lucky feather
Shadhavar flute
Ichneumon mud masks
Gargoyle statues
Nightmare chase-away-er figurine

Entertainment

Creature performances
Feeding creatures
Creature rides
Educational talks and education stations

That's bout it for my ideas. Let me know what you all think! I'm not sure how realistic this would actually work, given the size and longevity disparities of some of these creatures. Imagine a zoo with aspidochelones and jackalopes, one which is the size of a continent and probably lives for millenia and one which is a size of a hare and probably has the lifespan of one too. But hey, it's just an idea so why not?

FlameWizard492 · Feb 26, 2024

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mansuko12 said:
So, I'm reposting this topic now with a much more fleshed out idea now. This idea is basically Planet Zoo but with mythical animals, hence Planet Mythical. This idea involves a fantasy world, where humans enter through a portal to learn about the wildlife in this region to maybe save it or something and the ultimate goal is to get to a certain level of currency to "beat the game" or something but you can obviously keep playing after and a sandbox version would exist that would negate that need anyways, etc. The biggest issue I think would come from cultures that still exist and believe in those creatures and whether their in-game portrayal would be respectful and align to the legends that pertained to that creature, so I did my best to try and avoid including creatures that are deities still revered by current cultures to be respectful (so no Rainbow Serpent, or Garuda).

Base Game (Here are the 40 creatures that I think could make up the base game):

Europe (21)

Western Dragon (Europe)

Gryphon (Greece)

Unicorn (Greece)

Pegasus (Greece)

Sea Serpent (based on Nessie-ish) (Scotland)

Phoenix (Various)

Chimera (Greece)

Kelpie (Scotland)

Hippocampus (Greece)

Manticore (Greece)

Hellhound (Various)

Lernaean Hydra (Greece)

Basilisk (Roman?)

Cockatrice (England)

Strix (Greece)

Fenrir (Norse mythology)

Ceryneian Hind (Greece)

Caladrius (Roman mythology)

Salamander (Medieval?)

Wyvern (Heraldry)

Chrysomallos (The ram with the golden fleece) (Greece)

Asia (9)

Eastern Dragon (East and Southeast Asia)

Qilin (China)

Fenghuang (China)

Roc (Arab mythology)

Bakeneko (Japan)

Merlion (Singapore)

Kitsune (Japan)

Raiju (Japan)

Kinnara (Hindu/Buddhist mythology)

Latin America (3)

Chupacabra (Mexico)

Yacumama (Quechua)

Boiúna (Brazil)

Non-Latin America (3)

Thunderbird (could be controversial and difficult, because of presence in current cultural mythologies) (Indigenous North America)

Jackalope (USA)

Uktena (Indigenous North America)

Africa (3)

Serpopard (Egypt/Mesopotamia)

Impundulu (Zulu)

Ninki Nanka (West Africa)

Oceania (2)

Bunyip (Aboriginal Australian (Wemba-Wemba?))

Drop Bear (Australia)

Below are some profiles of some of the ones I could be bothered to fill out. First, some notes.

I’m not sure how scenery packs or foliage would work but let me know your ideas! I'm not really a plant person and it was pretty hard to think of mythical plants that genuinely don't try and attack things nearby or are aggressive in some way, so.....

I initially included age of maturity, age of sterility, interbirth, lifespan and gestation/incubation stuff too, but then I realised it would get far too complicated, cause some creatures would literally live thousands of years and others would live a hell of a lot shorter and this is all hypothetical anyways, so it saves me a lot of time and energy to not have to figure out the minutia of all of that.

A random enrichment item I thought would be cool would be something like a Golden Snitch launcher for the flying animals that would shoot out something they can chase in the air, but I couldn't figure out what to name it without just using that name.

The formatting didn't really translate from Word to here, but it should hopefully still be pretty simple to understand.

The list of types of biomes for habitats includes:

Tundra

Taiga

Rainforest

Aquatic (coverage will imply dense foliage (kelp forest) or coral reef)

Wetlands

Temperate Forest

Desert

Mountains

Grasslands (temperate grasslands)

Scrublands (drier grasslands)

Underground

Volcanic

Western Dragon (Europe) (Headliner)

Appeal: Very High Female Size Range: 8 to 9 metres Male Size Range: 9 to 10 metres Variants: light green, green, dark green, swept back horns, curled (ram) horns, forward facing horns
Colourmorphs: red, gold, dark blue, purple, black, white
Habitat
Biome: Temperate Forest, Mountains, Volcanic

Temperature: 15 to 100 ℃ Land/Flying Area: 4000 m2 + 1200 m2 Coverage: 20 to 100%

Terrain Type: Primarily rock, soil and short grass Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 10 metres high, AR: covered ceiling, fireproof
Social
Group Size: 1-2 (up to 1 male, up to 1 female) Male Bachelor: 1 Female Bachelor: 1-2 Compatible Creatures: Salamander?
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygynous Tolerance: Solitary Ease: Difficult Litter Size: 4-8
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal Enrichment Items: Gnawing bone, sun basking rock, carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment Display Abilities: Firebreathing Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Fireproof, aerial

Training Difficulty: Difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident Walkthrough: No Rideable: No Feedable: No

Gryphon (Greece)

Appeal: High Female Size Range: 3 to 3.5 metres long, high speed wings Male Size Range: 3.5 to 4 metres long, high speed wings Variants: light brown, brown, dark brown (white, brown or dark brown for the eagle head)
Colourmorphs: melanistic, golden (eagle head), leucistic
Habitat
Biome: Desert, Mountains, Grasslands, Scrublands

Temperature: 0 to 45 ℃ Land/Flying Area: 1200 m2 + 400 m2 Coverage: 0 to 30%

Terrain Type: All acceptable Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 6 metres high, AR: covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 3 to 12 (up to 11 males, up to 11 females) Male Bachelor: 3 to 12 Female Bachelor: 3 to 12 Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas) Tolerance: Gregarious Ease: Medium Litter Size: 1-3
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal Enrichment Items: Carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment, scratching post, rubbing pad Display Abilities: Acrobatic flying manuveurs Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Aerial

Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident Walkthrough: No Rideable: No Feedable: Yes

Unicorn (Greece)

Appeal: Very High Female Size Range: 1.4 to 1.8 metres tall Male Size Range: 1.6 to 2 metres tall Variants: pure white, light grey, grey
Colourmorphs: melanistic, rainbow mane
Habitat
Biome: Temperate Forest, Taiga

Temperature: -5 to 30 ℃ Land Area: 700 m2 + 250 m2 Coverage: 40 to 100%

Terrain Type: Primarily soil, long grass and short grass Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 2 metres high
Social
Group Size: 3-8 (up to 1 male, up to 7 females) Male Bachelor: 1-3 Female Bachelor 3-8 Compatible Creatures: Ceryneian Hind, Caladrius, Jackalope, Tarand
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygnous Tolerance: Matrilineal Ease: Easy Litter Size: 1-2
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal
Food Type: Hay and grasses Enrichment Items: Poisoned pool (to practice purifying), scratching tree Display Abilities: Flower blooming Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Nature specialist

Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Shy Walkthrough: Yes Rideable: No Feedable: Yes

Pegasus (Greece)

Appeal: Very High Female Size Range: 1.4 to 1.8 metres tall, passive soaring wings Male Size Range: 1.6 to 2 metres tall, passive soaring wings Variants: white, white with grey dappling, light grey
Colourmorphs: melanistic
Habitat
Biome: Mountains, Grasslands

Temperature: -5 to 30 ℃ Land/Flying Area: 1000 m2 + 300 m2 Coverage: 0 to 30%

Terrain Type: Rock, soil and long grass, short grass are all acceptable Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 6 metres high, AR: covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 3-8 (up to 1 male, up to 7 females) Male Bachelor: 1-3 Female Bachelor 3-8 Compatible Creatures: Chrysomallos, Satori? Kamaitachi
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas) Tolerance: Gregarious Ease: Easy Litter Size: 1
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Diurnal Enrichment Items: Geyser, scratching tree Display Abilities: Acrobatic flying manuveurs Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Nature specialist

Training Difficulty: Easy
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident Walkthrough: Yes Rideable: Yes Feedable: Yes

Sea Serpent (Scotland (based on Nessie-ish))

Appeal: Very High Female Size Range: 14 to 16 metres long Male Size Range: 14 to 16 metres long Variants: blue, blue-green, green
Colourmorphs: melanistic
Habitat
Biome: Aquatic (Open Water)

Temperature: 0 to 25 ℃ Water Area: 10,000 m2 + 2500 m2
Water Depth: At least 40 metres Coverage: 0 to 20%

Terrain Type: N/A Fence (height, additional requirements): thick glass
Social
Group Size: 1-2 Male Bachelor: 1-2 Female Bachelor: 1-2 Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Polygynous Tolerance: Solitary Ease: Very difficult Litter Size: 2-9
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Crepuscular Enrichment Items: Sun basking rock, shark feeder? (like the Mosasaurus one in JWE2) Display Abilities: Breaching Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Underwater breathing

Training Difficulty: Very difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident Swimthrough: No Rideable: No Feedable: Yes

Hellhound (Various)

Appeal: High Female Size Range: 2.5 to 3 metres long Male Size Range: 2.7 to 3.2 metres long Variants: Black with orange/purple/green flames
Colourmorphs: Leucistic with black flames
Habitat
Biome: Desert, Scrublands, Volcanic

Temperature: 5 to 1000 ℃ Land Area: 1500 m2 + 300 m2 Coverage: 0 - 30%

Terrain Type: Primarily soil and rock Fence (height, additional requirements): at least 4 metres high, fireproof
Social
Group Size: 2-12 Male Bachelor: 2-6 Female Bachelor: 2-6 Compatible Creatures: Phoenix? Gargoyles
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous (Alphas) Tolerance: Gregarious Ease: Medium Litter Size: 2-6
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Nocturnal Enrichment Items: Carcass feeding, scatter feeding, scent enrichment, scratching post, tug rope Display Abilities: fire breathing, group fire tornado (see Firebending Masters in ATLA) Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Fireproof, poison/venom resistant, darkness specialist

Training Difficulty: Medium
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Confident Walkthrough: No Rideable: No Feedable: No

Eastern Dragon (East and Southeast Asia)

Appeal: Very High Female Size Range: 10 to 11 metres long Male Size Range: 10 to 11 metres long Variants: red, blue, gold
Colourmorphs: leucistic
Habitat
Biome: Wetlands, Aquatic, Temperate Forest, Taiga

Temperature: - -5 to 31 ℃ Land Area: 1500 m2 + 750 m2
Water Area: 5000 m2 + 1500 m2 Water Depth: At least 25 metres Coverage: 20 -100%

Terrain Type: Primarily soil, short grass and long grass Fence (height, additional requirements): At least 10 metres high, covered ceiling
Social
Group Size: 1-2 Male Bachelor: 1 Female Bachelor: 1 Compatible Creatures: None
Reproduction
Mating System: Monogamous Tolerance: Solitary Ease: Very difficult Litter Size: 1
General Behaviour
Peak Behaviour Time: Crepuscular

Food Type: Swallows Enrichment Items: Dragon pearl, rubbing pad Display Abilities: Size shifting, summoning rain and thunderstorms, turning into water, glow in the dark Keeper/Trainer Type/Requirements: Aerial, underwater breathing, nature specialist, lightning resistant

Training Difficulty: Very difficult
Guest Interactions
Confidence: Shy Walkthrough: No Rideable: No Feedable: No

Below are a whole bunch of expansion pack ideas with one or two animals from each with completed profiles. All packs will have 8 creatures, all biome-based packs so the appeal can be for a larger audience, and all will include scenery and foliage. With some of these creatures, I'm also not sure how real they are, because I was only able to find one or two sources, though maybe that's cause I was only searching in English.

Tundra Pack

Akhlut (wolf-orca hybrids) (Inuit) (Headliner)

Tizheruk (Inuit)

Amikuk (Yu'pik)

Amaroq (Inuit)

Shachihoko (Japan)

Tarand (Medieval)

Kamaitachi (Japan)

Aniwye (Indigenous North American)

Aquatic Pack (fully aquatic creatures from across the world)

Kraken (Cryptid) (Headliner)

Timingila (Hinduism)

Abaia (Melanesia)

Aspidochelone (Medieval Europe)

Taniwha (Māori)

Lusca (Caribbean)

Ningyo (Japan)

Shen (China)

Wetlands Pack

Mishipeshu (Ojibwe) (could be controversial and difficult, because still quite revered) (Headliner)

Tiddalik (Aboriginal Australian)

Ahuizotl (Aztec)

Stymphalian birds (Greece)

Tarasque (France)

Kappa (Japan)

Cipactli (Aztec)

Haietlik (Nuu-chah-nulth)

Woodlands Pack

Spirit Bear (Indigenous Canada) (Headliner)

Azeban (Abenaki)

Hippogriff (Greece)

Hatsadiling (Thailand)

Pouakai (Maori)

Nachtkrapp (Germany)

Gwiingwiishi (Ojibwa)

Yale (Medieval)/Ngurivilu (Chile)

Rainforest Pack

Feathered Serpent (could be controversial and difficult, because sometimes considered a deity) (Aztec and Mayan) (Headliner)

Encantado (Shapeshifting trickster dolphin) (Brazil)

Tikbalang (Philippines)

Minokawa (Philippines)

Sasabonsam (Akan)

Sachamama (Quechua)

Inkanyamba (Zulu)

Mbói Tu'i (Guarani)

Desert Pack

Simurgh (Iran) (Headliner)

Alicanto (Chile)

Mongolian Death Worm (Cryptid)

Yowie (Australia)

Irrinja (Australia)

Crocotta (Medieval?)

Shadhavar (Medieval Muslim)

Ichneumon (Medieval?)

Alpine Creature Pack

Yeti (Himalayas) (Headliner)

Gangsenge (Tibet)

Basan (China)

Qinyuan (China)

Ccoa (Quechua)

Satori (Japan)

Chamrosh (Persian)

Ibong Adarna (Philippines)

Grasslands and Subterranean Pack (couldn't think of a good name for this and wasn't able to find enough cool creatures to have this be two packs)

Gandaberunda (Hinduism) (Headliner)

Carcolh (French)

Myrmekes (Greece)

Whowie (Australia)

Puaka (Māori)

Tiburones (Philippines)

Peuchen (Mapuche)

Calgreyhound (Medieval)

Twilight Pack (all animals associated with death, darkness or the night)

Gargoyle (in this version, they're bat-like wild creatures) (Headliner)

Bake-kujira (Japan)

Ulama (Sri Lanka) or Hakawai (Maori)

Camazotz (Mayan)

Nightmare (horse) (not sure when this became a thing, but just imagine those sort of shadow horse thingies from Rise of the Guardians)

Mooldabbie (Australia?)

Baku (Japan)

Sigbin (Philippines)

Sunfire Pack (animals to do with light and fire)

Moon rabbit (East Asia and Indigenous North America) (Headliner)

Carbunclos (Chilote)

Boitatá (Guarani)

Aosaginohi (Japan)

Hercinia (Medieval)

Cherufe (Mapuche)

Nguahovang (Vietnam)

Muscaliet (Medieval)

Gameplay Mechanics

All creatures have a personality from four base personalities (I based this on a thread I saw at some point on here but I can't find it again, so somebody let me know so I can give credit to them!):

Neutral

Proud (lazy, more aggressive, fussy, highest appeal, harder to train, doesn't get along well with other prouds or active/curious)

Timid (shy, lower appeal, easier to train, less fussy, gets along well with everyone)

Active/Curious (very active, high appeal, less fussy, harder to train cause easily distracted, doesn't get along well with proud)

Staff Things
Caretaker

Trolls (most expensive and slowest, but everything will be pristine)

Goblins (cheapest and fastest at cleaning, though a little bit sloppy, will usually miss bits and pieces here and there)

Adlet (best at transporting animals)

Educator (all habitats must be assigned educators, this is to make them actually important and also, since this world is about educating the human world about all these fantastical creatures anyways)

Leprechauns (can cover more habitats but visitors will be less satisfied and learn less, cheaper)

Vanara (can cover less habitats, but visitors will be more satisfied and have full education after, more expensive)

Keeper (work as trainers as well, each of these will have a confidence meter, food preparing ability meter, training ability meter, cleaning ability meter and extra skills that can boost their ability to clean, make better food, train animals or care for animals outside of their element. If the creatures is part of multiple of the below categories, then any of the keepers in those categories can work, you just have to choose the best one)

Sandman (but can be both sexes) (specialise in tranquilisation for capturing escaped animals or putting them to sleep to be sent to the vets, all zoos require at least one)

Poison/venom resistant (Nāga)

Lightning resistant (Cyclopes, if it is a group of creatures more than 2, they will have golem assistants)

Underwater breathing

Merfolk (better for coral reefs and freshwater creatures)

Selkie (better with open ocean and kelp forest creatures))

I know Selkies are seals and don't technically breathe underwater, but this is literally a fantasy world

Fireproof

Oni (better at larger groups of creatures)

Jinns (better at the singular or pair creatures)

Nature specialist

Dryad (better with the ones that are from warmer and wetter climates)

Fauns (better with the creatures that are from colder and drier climates)

Pixie (neutral, second best across the board)

Cold-resistant

Minotaurs (better with the less mobile and more stubborn creatures)

Werewolves (better with the more mobile, agile and more eager to please creatures)

Darkness specialist

Vampire (better with the ones that are from warmer and wetter climates)

Wendigo (better with the creatures that are from colder and drier climates)

Aerial

Valkyrie (better at the more unruly creatures, but will scare and upset the more timid ones)

Sylph (better at the more timid creatures, but will be unable to control the more unruly ones)

Vets

Faeries (for aerial animals)

Gnomes (for smaller land animals)

Elves (for bigger land animals)

Kushtaka (for aquatic animals

Mechanics (fix stuff but also drive the rides)

Dwarves (better at land-related stuff)

Menehune (better at water and air-related stuff)

Security Guards

Land

Ogres (covers smaller area and is slower, but will have much lower likelihood of any crimes or vandalism)

Centaur (covers larger area and is faster, but will have much higher likelihood of crimes and vandalism)

Aerial

Harpy (covers smaller area but faster)

Tengu (covers larger area but slower)

Entrance (Sphinx)

Vendors

Siren (will attract most visitors and each will buy a lot, but the transactions take the longest)

Banshee (will attract less visitors, but each one will buy more)

Succubus (will attract more male visitors (and some female))

Incubus (will attract more female visitors (and some male))

Changeling (neutral across the board, fastest transactions, but each will buy the least)

Types of things that can be sold (just a bunch of random ideas)

Food

Mandrake root soup

Golden toffee apples

Pisces sushi (I couldn't think of a fish that isn't part of the zoo and we are NOT selling food made from the inhabitants of the zoo, so)

Immortality peach cobbler

Ambrosian pizza

Ice cream (with creature-inspired flavours)

Pastries (with creature-inspired shapes)

Persephone's pomegranate pie

Cornucopia buffet restaurant

Drinks

Jubokko sap

Aegir's mead (18+ only)

Godly nectar

Amalthea's milkshake

Quetzacoatl's hot chocolate

Dionysus' winery specials

Kappa/Tiddalik water bottles

Merch

Stuffed toys, hats, key chains, puzzles, pillows, T-shirts and balloons of all creatures

Winter jackets made from chrysomallos wool or yeti fur

Dragon scale (Western or Eastern)

Phoenix feather

Gryphon feather

Jackalope horns

Unicorn hair

Other scales, feathers and hairs of the other creatures

Phoenix's eternal flame nightlight

Alicanto nightlight

Hercinia nightlight

Basilisk resistant glasses/goggles

Uktena's imitation gem

Aniwye stink bombs

Shen hologram maker

Gwiingwiishi lucky feather

Shadhavar flute

Ichneumon mud masks

Gargoyle statues

Nightmare chase-away-er figurine

Entertainment

Creature performances

Feeding creatures

Creature rides

Educational talks and education stations

That's bout it for my ideas. Let me know what you all think! I'm not sure how realistic this would actually work, given the size and longevity disparities of some of these creatures. Imagine a zoo with aspidochelones and jackalopes, one which is the size of a continent and probably lives for millenia and one which is a size of a hare and probably has the lifespan of one too. But hey, it's just an idea so why not?

Holy crap. You should pitch this to a big gaming company, not necessarily Frontier. They need to sign some kind of contract with you to use this idea.

Thylaco · Feb 27, 2024

I think a large company is unlikely to make a highly detailed game of this premise (unless they attach a "Wizarding World" licence, or similar).

If you've seen "Paranoia" for Zoo Tycoon 2, or shows like "The Secret Saturdays", generally Mythology gets mixed in with Cryptids, which tends to work decently for diversity.

There's also fantastical tales like "Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods".

Artemisya · Feb 27, 2024

this is by far the best idea i have seen for frontier i want the game so badly