#PLANET ZOO CONTROLS PLUS#

And they all have to have staff rooms to take breaks and get away from the stress. Mechanics to fix the barriers and service the power and water systems. You have to have a lot of trash bins and caretakers to keep the paths clean of litter as the zoo grows. The shops can generate a lot of money for your zoo and I finally ran a consistent profit. It was fun to build a little market area for the food/drink and souvenir shops.

And she seemed to be a perfectionist with great attention to detail. She did a lot of speed builds with no commentary just soothing music that you could concentrate with. The Australian DLC had just come out and I had found Simply Savannah to follow on YouTube. It was set on the grassland and the light was just perfect. The first zoo I actually felt good about was my Australia Zoo. I started over so many times Bill said that was my favorite part. I was playing Sandbox mode so money wasn’t really a problem. I learned that primates are difficult to contain and guests are finicky and the staff complains about too much work. Then I would follow along, stopping the video over and over until I figured out what they were doing. I would find one that was interesting and that I could understand and put it up on my second monitor. That helped some but I found lots of content providers were doing streaming (recorded live building sessions with chat) and speed builds (recorded build sessions sped up and usually no commentary). So I turned to YouTube and watched tutorials.

It is like everything else there are several ways to do things (mouse clicks or keyboard shortcuts) and help files are not so helpful these days. I had a lot of trouble just getting around the map the mouse and camera controls were awkward.Įverything is connected by paths (which were difficult to control) and the building sequences were a challenge to say the least. My first efforts were really frustrating. Planet Zoo is a zoo management game - you are presented with a flat map on the continent/biome of your choice and you build animal habitats, purchase the animals, provide staff and try to make your guests happy. I like building and management games no combat or conquering types for me.

#PLANET ZOO CONTROLS PLUS#

These last few years I have played a lot of Banished plus Anno 1800, Civ 6 and Tropico and some post-apocalyptic types but nothing really held my interest. I stumbled over it in late Spring and it is the first game I have truly loved to play since the City Builders years before. This year I am totally immersed in a video game, Planet Zoo. Last summer I spent a lot of time doing jig-saw puzzles. Some years I work on photos and do photo art. Summer heat always brings a challenge to keep busy. Aug~ It is just too danged hot to get outside and chase birds, y’all.

Planet zoo controls