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Let's Build a Zoo will soon let you build an aquarium, too




Let's Build a Zoo, the zoo management sim that lets players cross-breed new animal species, has announced its second expansion. Named Aquarium Odyssey, this slippery slice of DLC will let players build and manage their own aquatic enclosures, filling tanks with all manner of weird and wonderful sea life...
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🐳 Sloths & Spas Update and Aquarium Odyssey DLC

Hello there, everyone! Has the winter mood made you ill at tide and you feel like you are in need of a new spring start? Look no further, as we’ve got great news for all fans of Let’s Build a Zoo!

[h3]A massive SECOND PAID DLC announcement and a FREE FOR ALL adorable update to brighten the spring blues![/h3]

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[h2]LET'S GET SPLASHING! [/h2]We're super excited to bring you Let's Build A Zoo: Aquarium Odyssey! We had such a great time with Dino Island DLC, the team have been hard at work to bring you water-loving fans this adorable DLC to venture into the oceans, deep seas and beyond! We can't wait for you to get your hands on it!

[h2]WHAT TO EXPECT IN YOUR NEW AQUARIUMS:[/h2]


[h3]A Whole New Campaign![/h3]
Your adventures on this unexplored Aquarium Island will be full of brand-new quests, moral choices and news articles. Build a successful Zoo in this springwater, squeaky fresh setting, and make meaningful choices to shape it!


[h3]50+ New Animals[/h3]

With incredible sea discoveries, over 50 new fish and mammal species are now ready for you to adopt and showcase to your visitors! From Dolphins to Manta Rays, Whales and Starfish to Lobster and Eels, there are so many favourites available to take in, care for and splice with others! By adding sea animals to your zoo, you will have the ability to create more than 10 million animal variants in the sandbox mode - are you ready to make the world's first Chickale or Eeloose!?



[h3]7 New Enclosure Types[/h3]

Learn all about your new charges and build environments perfect for their needs, from dense aquatic landscapes to coral reefs bursting with colour, all the way to the barren sea floor aesthetics. Allow your guests to get up close and personal with all-glass panels!



[h3]Over 110 New Shops and Decorations[/h3]

Let your guests step into a brand new world with new themed shops, decorations, signs and pathways to bring this new breed of zoo to life! Take inspiration from your new critters and show off their wild environments throughout your zoo, from giant corals to slimy seaweed!




This is a HUUGE expansion that the team have poured a lot of love and care into, and we genuinely hope you love playing it as much as we enjoyed making it! Don't forget to let us know in the forums and on Discord how you get on with it!


[h3]To sweeten your wait on our lovely, lovely dolphins, whales and whatnot, we're releasing a HUGE, FREE UPDATE filled with BRAND NEW CONTENT and quality of life features.[/h3]

[h2] WHAT'S NEW AT THE ZOO - SLOTHS & SPAS UPDATE[/h2]



Sloths!


Just as the name suggests, our adorable update Sloths & Spas features the cutest lazybones animal there is, alongside a new game mechanic to keep you and your zoo building on your toes.


[h3]Attractions and Attraction Meter[/h3]

Our update brings in Attractions - a new category of buildings that come to the game introducing a new 'Attraction' meter that determines Visitors’ need for well-being attractions. Implemented within the main game, Dino Island DLC and approaching Aquarium DLC.



From a cheeky Capybara Spa visit in order to rejuvenate during their zoo voyage or a quick nap at the Sloth Hotel - make sure you keep your guests happy and excited to try them all!

Additionally, on top of these updates, we are bringing a handful of bug fixes. Enjoy!

[h2]QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS[/h2]
  • Fixed zooming the player's camera while an animal sound is playing caused the sound to fire rapidly
  • Added bus sound to the background of the title screen
  • Added sounds when navigating the menu in the 'Quick Select Shortcuts' when using controller
  • Added building sound when editing enclosures
  • Fixed 'Inspect' button in the 'Employee'/'Visitor' panel not making a clicking sound when selected using the controller
  • Fixed 'OK' button in the 'New-Thing!'/'Employee Level-Up!' panel not making a clicking sound when using a controller
  • Fixed bus sounds in-game being too soft
  • Fixed 'Profit Overview' not displaying the correct values
  • Minimized background music when the player is in the pause menu in game
  • Fixed controller mouse disappearing after selecting any option in the black market dealer whilst in the alert menu
  • Build sounds now plays when an enclosure fully completed its build/re-build or destroyed
  • Fixed the rendering of progress bars where the bar sometimes renders outside of its frame (as well as its mouseover highlights) outside

[h2] 🐳 Thanks everyone, and see you soon! 🐳[/h2]

With love,
No More Robots & Springloaded

What's New & Next for Let's Build a Zoo!

Hey everyone, I hope you've all been keeping well and looking after all of our Australian animals! I've got two HUGE things to bring you today - some super secret information about what's next for Let's Build a Zoo, and an exciting announcement that kicks off TODAY!

First up - what's new at the zoo?

Since the MASSIVE Dinosaur Island DLC, the team have been hard at work planning out what comes next, and I've got some sneak peeks for you! We're still working hard on content and making it just right, so we're not QUITE ready to tell you all about it yet - but here are some of the lovely things you'll find in it, from decorations (and water decorations!) to new research options and quests!



We're so excited to keep on working on this huge pack - let us know what you think of the new art in the comments! We're all SO proud of how this one is turning out - can you guess what the theme will be this time?



Secondly - It's a BIG day for Let's Build a Zoo as we welcome even MORE players to build the zoos of their dreams (and nightmares!)

The day is finally here - Let's Build a Zoo is OUT NOW on consoles!

Whether you're looking to start your zoo empire on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, you'll find Let's Build a Zoo on your console's store FROM TODAY! The team have worked exceptionally hard making sure it feels great to play, and we have been LOVING taking our zoos out and about with us, showing friends our mountains of bacon factories and putting influencers at risk from our sofas!

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Don't forget, If you're a fan of owning lovely, discs, we have physical versions arriving TOMORROW! Thanks to our friends at Merge Games you'll be able to head to your local video game store (or your favourite online retailer) and grab a copy to own forever!

Let's Build a Zoo is coming to consoles SEPTEMBER 29TH!

Hey everyone, I hope you're all keeping well!

Since we announced our console version, we've had SO MANY QUESTIONS about when and where you can play Let's Build a Zoo - thankfully, I can finally answer those questions!

Let's Build a Zoo is coming digitally to consoles on SEPTEMBER 29TH, including XBOX GAME PASS!


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Whether you're looking to start your zoo empire on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, you'll be able to dive in digitally from the 29th.

If you find you upgrade your console after buying, Let's Build a Zoo will upgrade with you for free, both from PS4 to PS5 and Xbox One to Xbox Series X|S!

If you're a fan of owning lovely, discs, we've also got lovely discs (and carts) for you!

Thanks to our friends at Merge Games, you'll be able to buy physical copies of Let's Build a Zoo to launch a day later on SEPTEMBER 30TH!



We can't wait to visit all your zoos soon!!

G'DAY MATES, WELCOME TO THE FREE AUSTRALIA UPDATE!

Make sure to update your game today as we're HEADED OFF TO AUSTRALIA for a BIG FREE UPDATE!
It has two new animals, a crop a shop and a whole host of deco items for you to make your new outback areas AWESOME!

Here's what's inside!

[h3]Brand new ANIMALS to love (and splice)
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  • Koalas
  • Emus

[h3]Aaaand:[/h3]
  • A new Eucalyptus Tea Shop for your lovely guests
  • Eucalyptus Tree crops
  • Kangaroo Bin
  • Wood Bin
  • A host of new decorative rocks/stones
  • Koala Statue
  • Kangaroo Statue
  • Some lovely Gum Trees (Kookaburras not included)
  • Cassia Trees
  • A mix of grasses and plants
  • Some colourful floors (and an animated one too!)
  • Eucalyptus Bench
  • Eucalyptus Chair
  • Eucalyptus Lamppost

[h3]We recently had a patch with a whole host of fixes in, but we've still managed to get a few into this one! This update fixes:[/h3]
  • Fixed a rare bug causing invisible collision to be left behind from building pens.
  • Fixed trash not moving away after building a pen on it.
  • Fixed elephant gift shop having a wrong collision tile in one of its rotation, causing customers to not visit it.
  • In research grid mouseover info, fixed missing display of current bonus text if the set contains more items beyond the last bonus.
  • Fixed some UI text overflows.