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* 09.00.00 ADVANCED SCENARIO WALKTHROUGHS *
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| 09.01.00 Island Zoo |
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Time Limit:
24 months
Objectives:
1. Achieve an average guest happiness rating of 93.
2. Achieve a zoo rating of 75.
3. Achieve an average animal happiness of 93.
4. Earn a suitability rating of at least 85 for 10 exhibits.
Walkthrough:
The good news is that you have 24 months to build 10 exhibits. That’s fewer
exhibits and more time than in the Endangered Species Zoo scenario, and since
you can also pick which animals you want to display, the exhibit part of the
scenario shouldn’t be a problem. What can be a problem is designing a zoo
that fits on the small and oddly shaped islands sprawled across the map.
Luckily, the islands are just large enough to fit in the money buildings
(except maybe the animal theater) but you won’t be able to flood guests with
animal exhibits like in previous scenarios. So making money shouldn’t be a
major problem, but keeping guests happy can be. That means you might have to
buy more scenery objects than you have in the past (you’ll have lots of nooks
and crannies for it anyway), and it means you’ll have to be careful with your
exhibits and maximize their viewing areas, without overcrowding their paths or
scaring the animals.
Let’s consider the first island:
X X
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XRRRRR X
XRRRRR B X
XXXXRRRRR B XXXX
XXXXRRRRR X B Bighorn Statue
XXLLLLLLLLL X C Carousel
XXLLLLLLLLLCCCCXX F Flag
XXLLLLLLLLLCCCCX L Lion Exhibit
XXLLLLLLLLLCCCCX M Zoo Map
XXLLLLLLLLLCCCCX R Restaurant
XXLLLLLLLLLCCCCX X Cobblestone Path
XXXXXLLLLLLXXXXX
XXXXX MF XX
X XXXXXXXXXX
X XXXXXXXXXX
X
By putting a restaurant in the upper left corner (facing up) and a carousel on
the right side (facing down), that leaves room for a 60-square exhibit. There
are a few animals you could try there, but lions seem to be a good choice
since guests like them and the exhibit size gives them room for three adults.
You can also put an exhibit on the small island just above the main one. If
you reserve the first row of squares for observation, that leaves 47 squares
on the island for the exhibit. Again, there are a few animals who don’t mind
exhibits that small, but I’d suggest the red kangaroo. It’s another crowd
favorite, and it’s easy to take care of.
Note: One zookeeper can take care of the lions and the kangaroos. Just make
sure the gate for the lion exhibit is in the upper right corner, and that you
don’t put too much scenery around the bighorn statue and block the zookeeper’s
path.
Another note: If you run low on cash, you can use any type of fence you want
along the edge of the islands when you’re building exhibits. Animals never
move more than one notch up or down at a time, and it’s three notches down to
the ocean.
The best place to expand next is to the left. The island there is convenient
because it connects in two places to the first island, and so you can fill it
up without drawing your guests too far away from the hub of your zoo (and the
restaurant). This is roughly how I organized it:
Saltwater
Crocodiles Moose
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Rest- X
aurant X
X
Petting X
Zoo X Gift
X Shop
White XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Bengal X Chimpanzees
Tigers
I didn’t plan to expand any farther in this direction, so I just blocked off
the avenues to the other islands with the crocodile exhibit. The petting zoo
is just there because it fit, and I was starting to make good money at this
point.
When you’re ready to expand again, the small island to the right of the first
island is big enough to hold a couple 50-odd-square exhibits. I used a polar
bear and a pair of black leopards. Then the tiered island beyond that island
can hold a couple African elephants (on the top tier). You can also build the
exhibit on the second tier (which is conveniently 150 squares in size, enough
for three elephants) but then the elephants will complain about how steep the
terrain is. So you won’t be able to get a great suitability rating for the
exhibit, but with enough foliage you should comfortably be able to break 85.
Past the tiered island is a large island. If you’ve been building the same
exhibits that I built, then you only need one more exhibit on the island, and
so you don’t have to use much of it. Regardless, put a restaurant on the
island, and maybe a gift shop, and then the exhibit(s) you need.
That’s all the expanding you need to do, so now you just need to watch your
guests and make sure they stay above a 93 happiness rating. If their
happiness starts to flag, then start hiring tour guides, and raise the price
of admission to your zoo. You might also have to add in some benches because
of all the walking the guests have to do to get to the exhibits, and you might
need to add in a bathroom or two as well.
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