Let’s Build a Zoo Expansion Adds Dinosaur ‘Caveman Meat’
Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park novel and its adaptation are a warning to playing God, but let’s build the zoo’s new expansion Dinosaur Island (opens in new tab) Reminder: It’s Not Playing God really tight?
Indie management sim Let’s Build a Zoo already has godless gene experiments and exotic meat sales, so it was only a matter of time before developer Springloaded added the full Jurassic Park experience on top. The expansion adds more than 50 new specimens to track and show off, including titular dinosaurs, cavemen, saber-toothed cats, and mammoths, all available through fossil digging and ethically dubious cloning.
Speaking of questionable ethics, the base game’s splicing of creatures and the return of exotic meat sales, promotional screenshots show sliding scales for the quality of “caveman meat” you can feed your guests, as well as some shocking genetic hybrids like A pterosaur with a triceratops head.
expansion comes with a Lots of free updates (opens in new tab) Let’s build a zoo, including controller support, staff-only areas, and the ability to plant and harvest trees. I am particularly interested in new waste storage and eco-friendly options. Up-and-coming zookeepers can now use animal droppings (each species has a unique sprite!) as a resource, and now make your zoo fully carbon neutral, introduce the ethical ambiguity of running green, while selling “caveman meat” . “
Let’s Build a Zoo and Dinosaur Island are currently on sale, with the expansion itself priced at $9, and a bundle of the two for $21.