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==Gameplay== [[Image:Zoo tycoon screen shot.png||left|thumb|150px|A basic Zoo in Zoo Tycoon]] The goal of ''Zoo Tycoon'' is to create a thriving zoo by building exhibits to accommodate animals and keeping the guests happy. Exhibit-building is one of the primary goals of ''Zoo Tycoon''. To keep the guests and animals happy, exhibits should be suitable to the animal; for example, a lion is best suited to a savanna environment.<ref name="gamespotPC"/> Choices in terrain, foliage, rocks, shelters, fences, toys and the presence of zookeepers all contribute to the suitability of an exhibit and the happiness of the animal. Guest happiness is dependent on animal choice, animal happiness, buildings, and scenery. Buildings may include bathrooms, restaurants and food stands, shops, or entertainment buildings such as movie theaters. Scenery involves aesthetics that raise guest happiness slightly, such as [[topiary]] art, light posts, or benches. Keeping both animal and guest happiness allows the player to gain monetary awards and steady income. To help manage the expanding zoo, players can employ janitors, zookeepers and tour guides. There are three modes in ''Zoo Tycoon'': Tutorial, Scenario, and Freeform. Tutorial teaches the player how to build exhibits and keep guests happy. Scenario mode has the player complete a series of objectives, sometimes within a specific time-frame. These objectives may include achieving a certain guest and animal happiness, achieving a certain exhibit suitability, displaying a certain number of animals, or breeding a certain animal. Freeform allows the player to choose the amount of money and the map with which they start. They are presented with an open lot and a limited selection of animals, buildings, and scenery available for purchase. As the game progresses, more animals and items become playable. Additional animals and items may be researched, where money is invested to make them playable. ===Third-party creations=== The success of Zoo Tycoon also led to the creation of new features by fans, both fact and fiction. [[Mod (computer gaming)|Mod]]s were created to fix problems with the game and unlock new features. Many of these mods were made possible by an official program created by [[Blue Fang]] named Animal Project Editor (APE), which allows the player to easily create one's own animals, with either simply renaming a premade animal or creating frames for another animal.
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