Amju Pet Zoo v.0.5

[Jason Colman]

Hi, I have been working on a zoo simulation game for a while, and I have a new version if you would like to try it.

Screenshots, download links (Mac and Win) and some blurb are here:
http://www.amju.com/petzoo.html

It's still far from finished, so this is only v.0.5. Ultimately I would like it to be online and have a community feel, so as a first step this version uploads a screenshot of your zoo to the website. See some zoos here! (http://www.amju.com/cgi-bin/apz-show-zoos.pl)

Right now you can hatch eggs, feed and grow pets, who will then lay more eggs. You can move fences and rocks around - please let me know how bad the controls are for that :) There are also dinosaurs who will eat your pets. There is a house, but so far no furniture or stairs.. like I say, it's not finished :)

Thanks in advance for your comments!

[AndyKorth]

Works well on my computer- MacPro running 10.5. It seems pretty cool, I fed the little buggers, moved some stuff around, etc. I like how the scene changes when you pause the game- very nifty. (Although the leaves disappear)

oh no, a dinosaur ate one of em!

The controls for moving rocks and fences are pretty awkward. Moving the fruits and pets around seems to work well though.. although moving the mouse down to the bottom of the screen to click pick up or drop seems extraneous- Double clicking would be easier (and it's probably less likely that you'd get the wrong one... I was trying to pick a fruit and I kept picking up my pet.) Picking a fruit seems to make the whole screen shake quite a bit.. maybe tone that down. (is it because I'm jumping to pick the fruit, or because of the fruit landing?)

You should get to name your pets at some point!!

Overall it looks good!

[AndyKorth]

Woah, sweet, there's my picture!

http://www.amju.com/apz-player-data/image-20.png

Also, some kind of stat sheet on my pets would be awesome... Favorite food, etc. ;D

[Jason Colman]

Hi, thanks for trying the game!
That's a good idea about favourite food stats etc. What I would really like is for each player to totally customise their zoo, with different buildings, different pets, etc. Then you go and visit each others' zoos. Well, I can dream... :)
Yeah that jumping effect is pretty bad. <Adds to list of bad things>
Any comments for how to improve moving fences etc would be most welcome... (BTW it's a lot better than it used to be, where you had to pick up the fence, walk around with it, then drop it - it never ended up where you wanted it :mad: )
Cheers!