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> I love Zoo Tycoon!! We have the expanded addition and me and my kids
> play
> all the time.
>
> Has anyone ever dreamed of being a cowboy? Of having a working cattle
> ranch or a Registered Horse opperation? Where we come from all little
> boys
> want to be cowboys and all the girls want to raise chichens and rabbits
> and
> such.
> What if you developed a game like Zoo Tycoon where you could buy land,
> build a house, barns, bunkhouse, cookhouse and hire hands to work your
> ranch?
> players could buy cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, any number of
> barnyard animals, rabbits, ducks, hell, even ostritches!
> You could farm a portion of your land for hay or grain, buy equipment
> to do the job and pipe to irrigate it.
> You need to be able to design your family, e.i. Mom, Dad, Brothers,
> Sisters, each member would have to cost $$ per month (a big family costs
> more
> than a small one) Dogs & cats to work the cows and sheep and to keep the
> barn free of mice.
> Zoo Tycoon already has a good design for a cowboy in the maintenance
> worker, he just need jeans, boots and a western hat, Plus he/she needs to
> ride a horse occationally, needs to learn to rope and learn about
> environmental hazards and basic first aid.
> Your zoo keeper would be the Veteranarian (again a small change in
> attire).
> Zoo Tycoon already has a design for a barn in their petting zoo, a
> home design in their family restraunt, casa design in their prairie dog
> cafe.
> It has horses, llamas, ostrich and bison. A good start for pigs in
> warthogs, cows in water buffalo, goats & sheep in bighorn sheep. They
> have
> rail fences, stables and outhouses.
> You would need to create a calendar for stock sales, so players could
> choose markets for their animals and hire a trucker to take your stock to
> market - animals would need to be in top condition to bring top dollar.
> You
> would need advertising to get the word out about your animals and you
> should
> be able to choose a Brand for your Operation. If you can't grow enough
> hay
> for the winter, you would have to buy it.
> You could have different senarios, even one where you buy a ranch
> that's
> going under and make it into a money maker. How about a paint horse
> operation or breeding appaloosas? Herford cattle, angus cattle. How
> about a
> dairy with hosteins or jerseys?
>
> It's always been a dream of mine to own a working ranch. I think a
> game like this would be fun and educational. Just like Zoo Tycoon.
>
> What do you think?