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Boatmurdered Zoo

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Headshoots Lunar Facility

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Total Members Voted: 3

[Enemy post]

Lions?

As for the central hub, let's put a lava pool there once it's unlocked and money isn't so tight.

Ah yes, lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

If we actually do put a lion, a tiger, and a bear into the same exhibit, even briefly, it unlocks a golden path we can use.

[Smoke Mirrors]

Lions?

As for the central hub, let's put a lava pool there once it's unlocked and money isn't so tight.

Ah yes, lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

If we actually do put a lion, a tiger, and a bear into the same exhibit, even briefly, it unlocks a golden path we can use.

We should put that path in the Savanah walk area.

[King Zultan]

Lions?

As for the central hub, let's put a lava pool there once it's unlocked and money isn't so tight.

Ah yes, lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

If we actually do put a lion, a tiger, and a bear into the same exhibit, even briefly, it unlocks a golden path we can use.

DO IT, WE MUST PAVE EVERYTHING WITH GOLD AND BECOME THE PIMPEST OF ZOOS!



Also I vote we get wolves.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Lions?

As for the central hub, let's put a lava pool there once it's unlocked and money isn't so tight.

Ah yes, lions and tigers and bears, oh my.

If we actually do put a lion, a tiger, and a bear into the same exhibit, even briefly, it unlocks a golden path we can use.

DO IT, WE MUST PAVE EVERYTHING WITH GOLD AND BECOME THE PIMPEST OF ZOOS!



Also I vote we get wolves.

+1 to following the yellow brick road

[Enemy post]

I'll keep the lava pit in mind for the hub.

The Yellow Brick Road

Spoiler: Zoo Map (click to show/hide)

January to February, Year One
Work began on the Headshoots Facility. Chamber 4 saw the first construction, and was dedicated to showcasing Earth's modern land animals. The other chambers were set aside for prehistoric life, an aquarium, and a safari hike in a naturalistic savanna environment. Two tigers and a school of koi were shuttled up from the surface, becoming the first animals in the zoo's collection.

A short update, since the requests were mostly easy.

I started by adding a pair of lions.

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They do need a larger pride, but I decided to leave them with just two for now. Lions breed quickly in this game.

Next up was King Zultan's suggestion. Since gray and arctic wolves haven't been unlocked yet, I made an exhibit for the critically endangered Mexican wolf. Apparently there were only 383 left in the world as of 2017.

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Similar to the lions, I'll let the wolves breed a pack.

Finally, I spent nearly all of February following the yellow brick road.

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The yellow brick path is fairly expensive at $100 a grid space, (4x more than our usual concrete) so I'm leaving our hub area untouched for now. I'll upgrade it when we've got more reliable income. I think we should be good using the yellow brick for future construction, I just won't build it in double widths like I normally do.

Usage hint for the yellow brick path.

[King Zultan]

We could recreate the zebra and gazelle pit from the last zoo, or should we stick to all new stuff for this one?

[SQman]

The pit needs to be fancier, with wildebeests and ostriches, maybe buffalo.

We also need a jellyfish show.

[King Zultan]

We could fill it with sharks and become the Bond villains we were meant to be!

[SQman]

No, I mean an actual show, like a dolphin show but with lion's mane jellies. Do't know if you knew about this easter egg, but the jellies are show animals. Though they could co-star with great white sharks...

Edit:
Unicorns

[duckman]

If we're going for smaller exhibits for now, I remember Harbor Porpoise being relatively easy to build for. They aren't show animals, but they do jump and frolic in their exhibit tank if their happiness is high enough.

[Enemy post]

I was thinking that when we do a major savanna enclosure, I’ll use all of Chamber 1 for it with a path for guests. Also some dividers, for the incompatible animals.

[Naturegirl1999]

I say yes to the Jellyfish show, Cnidarians don’t get enough appreciation

[Enemy post]

The Unicorn and Jellyfish Show

Spoiler: Zoo Map (click to show/hide)

March-October, Year One.
Lions and Mexican wolves soon joined the tigers and koi in Headshoot's collection. Some questions were raised about the zoo's financial wisdom when the paths were paved with gold.

It took from March until June for us to earn enough money for a $6,000 unicorn and the roughly $8,000 exhibit. In the meantime, our lions and tigers had cubs and two waves of unlocks arrived. I tried not to build too much, but I did add a gift shop and some decorations while waiting.

Spoiler: New cubs and construction (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: March unlocks (click to show/hide)

New animals:
Savannah:Olive baboon(900), Common Wildebeest(1000).

Deciduous forest:Black bear(850), Siberian tiger(1000), Gray wolf(900), Camptosaurus(2500).

Tropical Rainforest:Caudipteryx(1500).

Highland:American bighorn sheep(600).

Tundra:Emperor penguin(1100).

Saltwater:Saltwater crocodile(1500), Elephant seal(1500).

Aquatic:Tiger shark(1800).

New buildings:
Sea Dawg's stand
Hot dog stand
Drink stand
Tree swing

New scenery:
Exhibit sign
Street lamp
Lion statue
Wooden observation area
T. rex statue
Velociraptor statue
Metal grate observation area
Triceratops skeleton
Lava archway
Small geyser
Turtle fountain
(Plants)
Flowerbed 3
Flowerbed 4
Giraffe topiary

Spoiler: June unlocks (click to show/hide)

Animals:
Savannah:Black rhino(1200), Hippopotamus(1200), Leopard(1100), African warthog(600).

Grassland:American bison(1500).

Deciduous forest:Iguanodon(3700).

Coniferous forest:Stegosaurus(4000).

Tropical rainforest:Jaguar(1100).

Tundra:Polar bear(1500).

Desert:Gemsbok(900), Dromedary camel(900).

Aquatic:Manta ray(850), Green sea turtle(600), Pacific octopus(900), Bottlenose dolphin(1000).

Buildings:
Polly's popcorn cart
Ice cream stand
Crushed ice cart
Swim shack
Ring toss
Bronto burger
Shark tunnel
Gift shop
Dinosaur gift shop
Aquatic gift shop

Scenery:
Stage backdrop
Stage end
Stage door
Metal observation area
Jumping fountain
White observation area
Treasure chest
Wood observation area
Small fossil wall
Water well
Reinforced concrete observation area
Wishing fountain
Zoo map
Ice age observation area
Velociraptor skeleton
Stone archway
Elephant fountain
Bighorn statue
Large geyser
Woolly mammoth fountain
(Plants)
Large flowerbed

Finally, our new unicorn was ready. We just have the one for now, but we could probably expand the enclosure later with more unicorns or other deciduous forest herbivores like the moose or serow.

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Looks like there's interest in getting started with the aquarium animals and our zookeeper has enough work as it is, so let's open up Chamber 2. Convenient timing, as we have just won the Quality Animal Care award with its accompanying $5,000 prize.

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Before we begin, I added these archways leading into our themed sections.

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By July 4th, we had the beginnings of our aquarium section with a collection of harbor porpoises. I hope you don't mind my variation from the golden path in here, but I thought the "Atlantean" path design was appropriate for the theme.

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We then started on our lion's mane jellyfish exhibit and show tank. Along the way, we reached the September unlocks.

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Animals:
Savannah:African elephant(2500), Cheetah(1600), Spotted hyena(1200), ostrich(1100).

Coniferous forest:Lambeosaurus(3000).

Tropical rainforest:Mandrill(1300).

Highland:Ibex(625).

Tundra:Arctic wolf(1150).

Saltwater:California Sea Lion(700), Pacific walrus(1250).

Aquatic:Beluga(850), West Indian Manatee(1100).

Buildings:
---3rd unlock---
Mammoth cones
Fancy ice cream stand
Hamburger stand
Family restroom
Aquatic restroom
Fancy hot dog stand
Pizza stand
Fancy drink stand
Swim with dolphins ride
Petting zoo
Elephant ride (1200)
Animal theater (1300)
Stego Putt golf (1200)

Scenery unlocks:
---3rd unlock---

Fancy backdrop
Metal picnic table
Large stone torch
T. rex skeleton
Medium fossil wall
Duck pond
Bone bed
Tar pit (1200)
Small volcano (3500)
Iron bar observation area
Jack o' Lantern (Can only be bought on Halloween.)
(Plants)
Large flowerbed 2
Elephant topiary
Rhinoceros topiary

Along with the witches and Santa, this plane does an annual flyover to celebrate Zoo Tycoon's release date.

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After a surprising amount of effort and expense, we got our jellyfish.

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It's now October 17th, and we've started work on 2/4 of the available sections.


The newly opened aquatic chamber of the Headshoots Facility.

[King Zultan]

I bet the jellyfish show is the most exciting thing.

We should make the entrance super fancy to impress everyone that enters, and maybe get some bears to go with the lions and tigers.

[mightymushroom]

What's the building with the Atlantean look?

For the next underwater exhibit, I vote either hammerhead shark or swordfish.

And somewhere, not necessarily aquatics, a tour guide named Maria.