Let’s Build a Zoo from the developer Springloaded is a resource management game, but not just any, but from a Zoo. We will have to face all kinds of unique situations and also the game will make us make different moral decisions, which will make the rhombus of our game change considerably.
At the beginning of the game they will put us to work in the direction of a zoo that has just opened, thanks to the investment of a lady. Now, in order to carry out our work, they will give us all kinds of missions, in such a way that the game will progress smoothly.
We will have to build a first enclosure, as we want, in order to begin to house our little animals. Not only that, but we are also going to be able to change species with other zoos, in order to increase the probability of having unique and different animals, thus increasing income and, therefore, prestige (here called rating).
initial checks
One drawback that this game has at the beginning is the controls of this. They can become unintuitive. has a wheel or gear shortcutsso far so good. But also outside of this you can move the pointer, in order to be able to select the structures of the zoo and open another menu with other options (but this is something that is not clear at the beginning of the game). Although once this first moment passes, it is already easy to follow the controls.
At the top of the screen We will have all the necessary information to see how our zoo is doing, from money to the day of the week, among other aspects. In addition, in the management office we will have everything we need to see what tasks we have pending and which ones we can complete now. And it is that the missions are not completed automatically, but we will have to go to them and click on finish.
It must also be added that at the beginning of the game the initial tasks can be a bit messy and overwhelming and, above all, the needs of animals. In the aspect of food, it is not very clear at the beginning how it is managed, and the animals quickly have needs, that with all the additional tasks that you have ahead of you, it is possible that you suffer the occasional death.
Every night the game will be saved automatically and it will give us a little information about how the day in our zoo has gone. Number of visitors, money raised… And at the end of the week, it will show us another menu with more precise information about all our income and expenses (the workers are not there for the love of art).
New species, extensions and connections
Little by little we will increase the number of animals that there is in our zoo, that yes we will have to go at the same time increasing the space for them. From the beginning we have two types of terrain, but in the research area we can unlock other types: savannah, jungle…
Occasionally All kinds of personalities will come to our zoo to offer us their services as professionals from different fields. It will be our choice to agree to it or not (here our decision will influence morality). Although we can also carry out research in our animal center, where we can combine DNA from two species to obtain a new animal aspect.
However, We must not forget that in order for us to have visitors in our zoo it is necessary that it have good communications. For this we will have to expand our bus line as we progress in the game.
Not only this, we will also be able to expand our zoo, and that is we will be able to buy with money the plots of land that are around us, such that our zoo goes from being a small parcel to being the best zoo in the city.
Other interesting questions
Another relevant aspect of the game is the investigations, in fact, the research center is the first one you will have to build. It will provide us with research points that we can then use for different questions.
These points can be reversed in simple decorations such as bins or statues. Or use them in more interesting aspects, from being able to set up gift shops, slushies or trinkets, to being able to create wind power or make better use of the zoo’s water. Little by little, as we invest research points, more options will open up to continue advancing.
Here is not everything, but we can also hire our own workersWe are not going to take care of everything. The game has an interface intended for hiring employees. It works intuitively and you can post an ad to find the perfect candidate for each job you need to cover. For example for an animal caretaker or a janitor. Job requests will arrive and you will be able to decide who to choose.
Other investigations, besides investigation points, will require morality. As we said at the beginning, there will be tasks that depend on the choice we make, based on which they will provide us with morality points towards one extreme or the other. In such a way that we can create a zoo with a different theme based on these decisions. They will basically be positive or negative decisions: an abandoned dog has been found, what do you do? Do you create an advertising campaign to find its owner? Or do you take advantage and keep it to display it?
conclusions
Is about a 2D pixel art game that is really cool in every way, because it has a beautiful color palette and incredible designs for animals.
A bug in the switch version is that the portable mode is not adapted, the letters are extremely small, together with the pixel art aspect, makes your eyes feel very tired when you have been playing for a while. The menus are barely readable. It is a game designed to be played in desktop mode without a doubt.
The sound aspect is a bit repetitiveat first the music will make you get into the matter very quickly, but as the hours go by the music can become very repetitive.
It is a well-thought-out game that is very entertaining and quite interesting within the theme of resource management video games. But over time the game becomes very monotonous and repetitive, especially with the missions.
Data of interest:
Comprar Let’s Build a Zoo SwitchDigital price: $16.99Compatible with hand Pro. Available in Spanish, English, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese.Download size: 714MB.It is also available for Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Microsoft Windows.
