Hi all! We've pushed out a small update with some fixes:

• The heat map, world map, and settings button will be hidden when the build bar is active
  
• Fixed an issue where the correct employee icon was not displayed when individually zoning an employee after using the employee heat map to zone multiple employees
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when clicking the 'Morality Bonuses' button in the Morality pop-out menu in Sandbox mode
  
• Fixed an issue where the heat map would display over the employee zoning map when a heat map was selected, and an employee was individually zoned using the 'Zone' button in the employee panel
  
• Fixed Ostrich 3 using an incorrect body sprite
  
• Fixed various features not providing their full upgrade capabilities in Sandbox mode
  
• Fixed an issue where abattoir workers were not functioning correctly
  
• The queue panel in the Incinerator panel no longer disappears after cycling to the next building
  
• Child animals can no longer become pregnant
  

• You can now rename animals!
  
• New Deco, Lights, Bins, Signboards inspired by Let's Build a Dungeon
  
• New Main Zoo Entrance
  
• Animal-keepers and poop factory-workers improved by making them collect the closest accessible poop they can see in an enclosure
  
• All animal selection panel now pops out an additional confirmation panel when there are animals selected and the player wants to revert their changes (goes back to the previous menu with B/Esc)
  
• New notification alert that helps to remind the player to add animals to batteries/barns that are idling
  
• Animal-keepers (or anyone that uses any gate/door) no longer gets stuck when the enclosure re-shaped while the person is waiting for the door to open
  
• Fixed selected tabs at the top of various UI panels (e.g. Animal Panel) offseting too much upwards on bigger resolutions
  
• Fixed mouseover textbox prematurely wrapping its text when hovering over the categories of the build menu
  
• Fixed font scaling of 'Prerequisite' panel when hovering over a research tile for non-alphanumeric languages
  
• Fixed close button overlapping mouseover tooltip boxes of menu buttons
  
• Final Score in the extended Animal Rating panel now reflects the same value as the park rating's animal rating
  
• Progress bar in task notification now updates to yellow when the progress goes back below 100%
  
• Animals that is cloned by the animal-management now retain its status after loading from a save-file
  
• Fixed unable to drag to pan around the zoo at the bottom of the screen when the build bar is open or in delete mode
  
• Fixed rendering issues for the research grid's points panel and the category filters panel on bigger resolutions
  
• Fixed animal icons in animal-management 'Pen Summary' and 'Wildlife Reintroduction' panels to not become too small on smaller resolutions
  
• Fixed animal-management pen summary showing rabbits as the main animal on empty enclosures
  
• Fixed clipping issues of the buy button and the money box in the 'Order Helper' panel on bigger resolutions
  
• Fixed overflowing more items label (the "+99" label) in 'Goods to process' frame in various factory panels
  
• Added a 'carbon-emission' panel to the build panel when a tree is selected in the build menu bar
  
• Fixed 'Applicant Hiring' panel displays only 6 applicants after hiring one from 8 applicants
  
• Paragraph texts (e.g. in Critical Choice) now move upwards when thumbstick is pushed down for controllers
  
• Agriculture panel and its menu-bar now closes completely after selecting a desired plant to cultivate on a plot of farmland
  
• Influencer's 'Event Report' panel can now be fast-forwarded if clicked on it again the second time (this only works on the second visit of the influencers onwards)
  
• Research top-bar element no longer reminds players about unspent research points when they have already unlocked everything
  
• Enabled the pause screen in the research grid
  
• Added sound when building new land
  
• Added the ability to track all shops and facilities that has vacancies from the 'Manage Employee' panel
  
• Fixed rows not aligned in 'Hire Applicant' list when an applicant is confirmed too quickly while other applicants are still animating/moving
  
• Employees resignation will now be limited to 3 per day
  
• 'Pooped-Out' Dino achievement no longer miss-fire during mid-flight when transferring between zoos
  
• Dollar panel at the top bar now flashes the correct colour based on the cash earned/spent
  
• Category name tooltips now appear on the selected category in build menu bar when using controllers
  
• Fixed cursor re-appearing in 'View Objects' panel after deleting an item when examining an enclosure using the controller
  
• Animal names in create/edit job entry will now show '???' if the animal is undiscovered yet
  
• 'View Objects' build panel now goes back to the correct item after moving the item in the enclosure
  
• CRISPR Building DNA structure now resumes spinning after moving it
  
• Fixed 'Inspect' button not working in the animal panel when the animal is selected from the 'Animals' panel when inspecting an enclosure using the controller
  
• Various customers (e.g. Protestors and Animal-Welfare Person) no longer get stuck and stays in one location
  
• Fixed a big lag that happens at the start of each day for big zoos regarding animal feeding
  
• Added 'New' to the animal icon in 'Confirm Abort' panel in nursery
  
• Fixed Animal management short description panel at the top cuts off prematurely in certain resolution and UI scale
  
• Enclosure items in 'View Objects' when examining an enclosure is now sorted
  
• Rotary icons now darkens instead of going semi-transparent when disabled
  
• Fixed visitors count in the top-bar going negative at the end of the day
  
• Delete mode now returns back to delete mode after firing employees when deleting a building
  
• Using delete mode from the rotary icons no longer returns back to the build menu after exiting delete mode
  
• Using delete mode from the rotary icons no longer loses the cursor after the saving the day
  
• Zoo gate no longer closes prematurely when the zoo is still open at night
  
• Reworked facility rating percentage to reflect more based on visitor's satisfaction with zoo's facilities
  
• Research tab's 'Spent Points Reminder' in the top bar no longer pop-out and blocks the adjacent park rating tab when players are currently viewing it
  
• Notification pins (e.g. the pins that show enclosures with "low water") no longer flicker when active
  
• Tiles that are unlocked in critical choices no longer repeatedly be shown as a new thing
  
• UFOs no longer have a chance to spawn in other zoos after travelling via plane from the classic zoo
  
• 'Zoo New Zoo' achievements now works when unlocking DLC zoos
  
• Buy A Bus' quest can now be completed with the purchase of any bus
  
• Trash picked up by Janitors will now contribute to recycling. Janitors will now go to a recycling centre (if any) to empty their trash
  
• Red lobsters now have a very small chance of giving birth to blue lobsters
  
• Population manager now able to perform 'Removing of Excess Animals' where they remove all animals that is not managed by animal management from an enclosure
  
• Facilities, incinerators and various building panels can now be cycled through its buildings of the same type
  
• Game no longer crashes at the end of the day if the research hub is built that day but not examined
  
• Idling population managers now notify players if they have not been assigned any work zones
  
• Fixed Aztec arch front facing night lights
  
• Fixed selected highlight for chew toys
  
• Fixed titles for critical choices not fitting into the panel correctly at high screen resolutions
  
• Fixed mascots not collecting donations after a day
  
• Fixed bus routes not being unlocked if you complete multiple Transport Planner quests at the same time
  
• Fixed incinerator workers idling when there are carcasses to collect from meat processors
  
• Species info for hybrid animals now show hybrid info
  
• Fixed dead bodies from animal encounters not moving with pen and crashing on load if it is outside the pen
  
• Fixed "Report Black Market" good morality points not decreasing as per description
  
• Allow removal of non-refundable lake tiles during build mode
  
• Zoning animal management worker view now able to close when using controllers
  
• Fixed customers on left and right-facing benches drawing in front of other objects
  
• When zoning employees to pens in the heatmap, highlighted enclosures now only shows the status of the current selected employee (instead of all employees assigned to that enclosure)
  
• Fixed controller selection issue in the 'Animal' panel in the 'Management Office' panel
  
• Fixed some buildings having weird offsets in their build animation
  

Hi everyone! We've pushed a small update that includes a variety of bug fixes and some new content. Here's what's new!

• New decorations, lights, bins, signboards and a new main zoo entrance - inspired by the upcoming sequel - Let's Build a Dungeon!
  
• Improved animal keepers and poop factory workers, making them collect the closest accessible poop in an enclosure.
  
• The Influencer's 'Event Report' panel can now be fast-forwarded by clicking it again on the second visit onwards.
  
• When assigning animals to batteries/barns, an additional confirmation panel now pops up when players attempt to revert their changes (returns to the previous menu with B/Esc).
  
• Added a new notification alert to remind players to assign idle animals to batteries/barns.
  
• Animal keepers (or anyone using gates/doors) no longer get stuck when an enclosure is reshaped while waiting for the door to open.
  
• Fixed selected tabs at the top of various UI panels (e.g., Animal Panel) being positioned too close to the top of the screen on higher resolutions.
  
• Fixed mouseover textboxes prematurely wrapping text when hovering over categories in the build menu.
  
• Adjusted font scaling in the 'Prerequisite' panel when hovering over a research tile for non-alphanumeric languages.
  
• Fixed close button overlapping with mouseover tooltip boxes in menu buttons.
  
• The 'Final Score' in the extended Animal Rating panel now reflects the same value as the park's animal rating.
  
• The progress bar in task notifications now turns yellow when progress drops below 100%.
  
• Cloned animals managed by the Exhibit Control now retain their status after loading from a save file.
  
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't drag to pan around the zoo at the bottom of the screen when the build bar is open or in delete mode.
  
• Fixed rendering issues for the research grid's points panel and the category filters panel at higher resolutions.
  
• Fixed animal icons in the animal-management 'Pen Summary' and 'Wildlife Reintroduction' panels from becoming too small on lower resolutions.
  
• Fixed the animal-management pen summary panel showing rabbits as the main animal in empty enclosures.
  
• Fixed clipping issues with the buy button and the money box in the 'Order Helper' panel at higher resolutions.
  
• Fixed the "+99" label overflowing in the 'Goods to Process' frame in various factory panels.
  
• Added a 'carbon-emission' panel to the build menu when selecting a tree in the build menu.
  
• Fixed the 'Applicant Hiring' panel showing only six applicants after hiring one out of eight.
  
• Paragraph text (e.g., in Critical Choice) now scrolls upwards when the thumbstick is pushed down on controllers.
  
• The Agriculture panel and its menu bar now close completely after selecting a plant for cultivation on a plot of farmland.
  
• The research top-bar element no longer reminds players about unspent points when all research is unlocked.
  
• Enabled the pause screen in the research grid.
  
• Added sound effects when building new land.
  
• Added the ability to track all shops and facilities with vacancies from the 'Manage Employee' panel.
  
• Fixed alignment issues in the 'Hire Applicant' list when confirming applicants too quickly.
  
• Employee resignations are now limited to three per day.
  
• The 'Pooped-Out' Dino achievement no longer misfires during mid-flight when travelling between zoos.
  
• The dollar panel in the top bar now flashes the correct color based on cash earned or spent.
  
• Category name tooltips now appear over the selected category in the build menu when using controllers.
  
• Fixed the cursor reappearing in the 'View Objects' panel after deleting an item while examining an enclosure with a controller.
  
• Animal names in the create/edit job entry will now display '???' if the animal is undiscovered.
  
• The 'View Objects' build panel now returns to the correct item after moving an item in the enclosure.
  
• The CRISPR Building's DNA structure now resumes spinning after being moved.
  
• Fixed the 'Inspect' button not working when selecting an animal from the 'Animals' panel while inspecting an enclosure with a controller.
  
• Various customers (e.g., protestors and animal-welfare personnel) no longer get stuck in one location.
  
• Fixed lag occurring at the start of each day in large zoos due to animal feeding.
  
• Added a 'New' tag to animal icons in the 'Confirm Abort' panel in the nursery.
  
• Fixed the animal-management short description panel being cut off at certain resolutions and UI scales.
  
• Enclosure items in the 'View Objects' panel are now sorted.
  
• Rotary icons now darken instead of becoming semi-transparent when disabled.
  
• Fixed the visitor count in the top bar going negative at the end of the day.
  
• After firing employees, delete mode now returns to delete mode after removing a building.
  
• Exiting delete mode from rotary icons no longer opens the build menu.
  
• Exiting delete mode from rotary icons no longer loses the cursor after saving.
  
• The zoo gate no longer closes prematurely when the zoo is still open at night.
  
• Reworked facility ratings to more accurately reflect visitor satisfaction with zoo facilities.
  
• The 'Spent Points Reminder' in the research tab no longer blocks adjacent tabs when the player is viewing them.
  
• Notification pins (e.g., low water alerts) no longer flicker when active.
  
• Tiles unlocked via critical choices no longer repeatedly appear as new.
  
• UFOs no longer spawn in other zoos after traveling via plane from the classic Zoo.
  
• 'New Zoo' achievements now unlock correctly with DLC zoos.
  
• The 'Buy A Bus' quest can now be completed by purchasing any bus.
  
• Trash collected by janitors now contributes to recycling, and janitors will empty trash at recycling centers (if any).
  
• Red lobsters now have a small chance of giving birth to blue lobsters.
  
• Population managers can now remove excess animals that are not managed by animal management from enclosures.
  
• Facilities, incinerator, and building panels can now cycle through buildings of the same type.
  
• Fixed a crash at the end of the day if the research hub was built but not examined.
  
• Idle population managers now notify players if they haven't been assigned work zones.
  
• Fixed Aztec arch front-facing night lights.
  
• Fixed highlight selection for chew toys.
  
• Fixed titles in critical choices not fitting correctly at higher resolutions.
  
• You can now rename animals.
  
• Fixed mascots not collecting donations after a day.
  
• Fixed bus routes not unlocking when completing multiple Transport Planner quests simultaneously.
  
• Fixed incinerator workers idling when there are carcasses to collect from meat processors.
  
• Species info for hybrid animals now displays correctly.
  
• Fixed dead bodies from animal encounters not moving with pens and crashing when loaded if outside the pen.
  
• Fixed 'Report Black Market' morality points not decreasing as described.
  
• Non-refundable lake tiles can now be removed in build mode.
  
• The zoning view for animal management workers can now be closed when using controllers.
  
• Fixed customers on left- and right-facing benches drawing in front of other objects.
  
• In heatmaps, highlighted enclosures now only show the status of the currently selected employee.
  
• Fixed controller selection issues in the 'Animal' panel in the 'Management Office' panel.
  
• Fixed some buildings having misaligned build animations.
  

Hi everyone, we've just pushed a small update with a bunch of bug fixes!

• Fixed a crash when a completed animal-management cloning chamber tries to automatically summon a drone for delivery, but the CRISPR building is currently being moved
  
• Fixed deleting of enclosures leaves tile rotational data, which crashes the game when factory workers paths to new structures that are placed on these un-erased rotational data
  
• Fixed Aquarium Zoo crashing at the end of day 2 if the Research Hub is not built
  
• Lake tiles can now be deleted in Build mode even though they are non-refundable
  
• Opening the CRISPR panel no longer hangs the game on ultrawide monitors
  
• Enclosures no longer build a "bridge" across lake tiles when using the "Change Type" feature
  
• Fixed an issue where having too many trees in a big zoo slows the overall game performance
  
• Fixed buildings and crop rendering sometimes disappearing when using the "Change Type" feature for enclosures
  
• Fixed no longer able to change the time scale when the build bar is active on the controller
  
• Reduced save file size regarding storeroom storing too many poop stock entries
  
• Animal poop no longer spawns inside enclosure items causing them to be unreachable by default after loading from a save file
  
• Fixed corrupted enclosure tile (that generates on moving of enclosures) on save file loading
  
• Made gate placement more responsive for enclosures when using controllers
  
• Added an 'All' option to the end of the variant collection in the create/edit job entry panel to quickly add pairs of animals for each unlocked variant onto the job list
  
• Fixed D-pad navigation speed when scrolling animal management's job list and create/edit job entry panel elements
  
• Animal names now display when hovering over animal entries in the create/edit job entry panel in animal management
  
• Animal and variant selection in the create/edit job entry panel now returns to its last selected element every time the panel opens
  
• Cursor now focuses on the 'Add' button after selecting an animal variant in create/edit job entry panel, and focuses on the 'Add New' button after creating/editing a job entry after returning back to the animal management job list when using controller
  
• Added a 'flag' icon to manage the employee panel to indicate if an employee has been zoned to a pen. Added a 'flag' icon to the animal management pen summary panel to indicate if a pen is zoned to at least one employee
  
• ‘Requires workers to deliver job' in the animal management job list panel now flashes as red to indicate that there are no workers available to go to the specified pen
  
• Added animal-management icon when zoning exhibit control worker to display whether an enclosure pen has any animal-management jobs
  
• Added 'Apply to All' feature to nursery settings
  
• Fixed zoning panels from the previous zoo loaded in the animal-management employees zoning screen, only if you were zoning employees individually (not zoning employees using the heatmap) in the previous zoo
  
• ‘Add Employee' icon no longer renders behind the employee zone panel in the employee zoning screen
  
• Added tick to entries in the create/edit job entry panel where a job is already assigned to the current animal and variant type for the current enclosure
  
• Fixed a collision issue when upgrading to a methane water pump
  
• Fixed 'random-rotate' message appearing when enclosure or lake tile is selected after selecting a randomly-rotatable item in the build menu
  
• Added a tutorial pop-up for building enclosures in the classic Zoo
  
• Fixed an issue where recycling workers would sometimes crash the game after travelling to another zoo using the plane
  

• Fixed a crash where a completed animal-management cloning chamber tries to automatically summon a drone for delivery while the CRISPR building is being moved
  
• Fixed a crash when factory workers path to new structures that are placed on un-erased rotational data from previously deleted enclosures
  
• Fixed Aquarium Zoo crashing at the end of day 2 if the Research Hub is not built
  
• Lake tiles can now be deleted in Build mode (however, they are non-refundable)
  
• Opening the CRISPR panel no longer freezes the game on ultrawide monitors
  
• Enclosures no longer build a "bridge" across lake tiles when using the "Change Type" feature
  
• Fixed having too many trees in a big zoo slowing the overall game performance
  
• Fixed buildings and crop rendering sometimes disappear when using the "Change Type" feature for enclosures
  
• Using the controller will no longer change the time scale when the build bar is active
  
• Reduced save file size regarding storeroom storing too many poop stock entries
  
• Animal-poop no longer spawns inside enclosure items causing them to be unreachable by default after loading from a save file
  
• Fixed corrupted enclosure tile (that generates on moving of enclosures) on save file load
  

Hey everyone!

THE DAY IS FINALLY HERE!

Let's Build a Zoo's latest DLC, Aquarium Odyssey, is OUT NOW! You can get it for 10% OFF, so grab it now while you can!

Discover a world of seafaring beasts and marine life, and give your guests the ULTIMATE aquatic experience!

Here's what you can expect from Aquarium Odyssey:

A Whole New Campaign!

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!

50+ New Animals

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!?

7 New Enclosure Types

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.

110 New Shops, Decorations, Facilities and More!

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 ship decks and mosaic floors, to giant corals and seaweed!

We want to thank you all so much for your support on all the lovely content and updates we've managed to put out for Let's Build a Zoo so far, we cannot wait for you to get your hands (or fins) on Aquarium Odyssey!

SEA YOU IN-GAME!

- Springloaded & No More Robots

A Whole New Campaign!

50+ New Animals

7 New Enclosure Types

110 New Shops, Decorations, Facilities and More!

🦖 To set you off on your journey to building the world’s greenest (or most horrifying!) Zoo, we’re currently ON SALE - you can also grab the Dinosaur Island DLC at a nice discount too!

Don’t forget, we also just announced our newest DLC, Aquarium Odyssey, which is coming later this year!


🐳 You can expect a TON of new content in this expansion, including:

• A whole new campaign
  
• 50+ NEW animals
  
• 7 new enclosure types
  
• 110 new shops, decorations, facilities and MORE!
  

And that’s not all, we also recently released the 🦥 FREE Sloths & Spas Update!

🖥️ On top of it all, tomorrow, April 18th around 2 PM BST we are streaming our playthrough on Steam!

🌍 Happy Earth Day, Everyone! 🌍

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

LET'S GET SPLASHING!

WHAT TO EXPECT IN YOUR NEW AQUARIUMS:

A Whole New Campaign!

50+ New Animals

7 New Enclosure Types

Over 110 New Shops and Decorations

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.

Sloths!

Attractions and Attraction Meter

• 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
  

🐳 Thanks everyone, and see you soon! 🐳