Re: Planet Zoo
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 1:08 pm
These type games are all overwhelming to some degree now days. I loved RCT and SimCity 2000 but Planet Coaster and City Skylines both overwhelmed me easy.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
https://octopusoverlords.com/forum/
Playing games that overwhelm you are a great way to keep your mind healthy as you age. Doing easy things - especially things you've done over and over - doesn't really do much to keep your brain from slowing down.
As soon as I get the money from the publishers for pimping their gamesnaednek wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 12:29 pm i think jztemple is probably the OOer most responsible on getting me to buy games. I saw his post about the sale, and I picked it for about $13.
I'm on the 2nd tutorial. Quite a jump from Planet coaster so far. A bit overwhelming. Will be looking at BH's post between work duties today.
Thanks BH for the writeup
JZ, send me money
I'm finding it a bit overwhelming too, but for me the points to remember are 1) you can always play on Easy, at least till you get up to speed, and 2) as amazingly comprehensive are are the tips from Blackhawk are (and they are pretty amazing), your Planet Zoo empire won't collapse if you don't memorize and implement all of them immediately. I copied them over to a MS Word document, printed them out and carried and read them today while my wife was running her errands and I was driving her. Now I'll go back into my Maple Leaf Zoo and start using them to tweak my gameplay.
I'd add: When you have more to do than you can do simultaneously, you can play it on pause. The game spends a lot of time paused when I play - add a new animal to his habitat, pause, check everything - terrain, vegetation, shelter, accessibility, education, enrichment, etc. Get it all tweaked and set up, then unpause.I'm finding it a bit overwhelming too, but for me the points to remember are 1) you can always play on Easy, at least till you get up to speed, and 2) as amazingly comprehensive are are the tips from Blackhawk are (and they are pretty amazing), your Planet Zoo empire won't collapse if you don't memorize and implement all of them immediately.
That's OK. New experiences that challenge your problem solving skills, visual perception, and reaction time are beneficial, too.jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 18, 2022 3:31 pm By the way Blackhawk, I've told my wife the same thing as you mentioned, that playing tough and complex game are a good way to keep my mind alert and healthy as I get older. Mind you, it might be a harder sell when GTA 6 comes out and I'm running over prostitutes
I'm playing on Steam, but I take screenshots and video with Shadowplay, including games I play on Steam and those I don't. I prefer to keep everything in one place, and I've never had an issue with Imgur.jztemple2 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 23, 2022 1:23 pm Blackhawk, I'm noticing that you're hosting your screenshots on Imgur. I'm assuming that you aren't playing on Steam since you could use Steam to host your screenies (assuming you know that).
The building you made to house those four exhibits is amazing. I thought it was some kind of pre-rolled building until I compared your screenshots. That's the difference between me and most other players of Planet Zoo (and other creative games), it never would have occurred to me to make something like that lovely wood wrapped enclosure .
Is there a reason you put your staff buildings on an upper floor? If you explained it I might have missed it.
A couple of possibilities:
Oh ok well that makes sense. I finally found where my screenshot went. Thought if I hit F12 on Steam it would be there. Apparently you need to uploadBlackhawk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 1:22 pmA couple of possibilities:
~Are they designated restaurant tables? Picnic tables are for wandering guests, restaurant tables are a different thing, tied to restaurants.
~Did you link them to the restaurant? You have to select the restaurant itself and go into the info/control panel for it and manually link the tables.
I appreciate your taking time to make these explanations. While I'm not play PZ now, I'll be bookmarking your comments for some later time.