Hello Animal Shelter Enjoyers! 👋
Today as we promised we’ll discuss the adoption process in more detail. 📝 In Animal Shelter 1 the adoption process was fairly simple and followed two basic criteria:
-the animal had to have it’s needs satisfied
-you should pick the person whose living conditions and preferences of the animal’s behavior and features matched those of the animal looking for new home
Each animal had approximately the same number of potential owners and your job was to pick the perfect match. 👍
Animal Shelter 2 went a few steps further. Making the entire adoption process more developed.
📷 It all begins with a photo, just like in Animal Shelter 1 but unlike the part 1, this time the picture matters. Cute, cool looking pictures will receive an additional bonus to the adoption announcement’s effectiveness. On top of that, in Animal Shelter 2 your animals will be able to wear cute clothes in the entire shelter, not just in the photo booth. 😻
🐶 The overall status of the animal looking for adoption will keep playing a vital part in finding potential owners. A well-fed, healthy and happy animal will have an easier time finding more people interested in taking that cutie home.
Perks and features. This is the most important aspect influencing the adoption speed. Just like in real life, younger animals are more likely to find new homes than their older pals. This will become one of the main adoption challenges as animals in Animal Shelter 2 come in all spectrums of age. Will you be able to find your seniors carrying owners?
Perks on the other hand will help to make every animal truly unique, giving your pupils additional features of character. There will be all sort of perks but here are a few examples of what to expect:
Joyfull- happily greets the player, this exuberant animal will often want to play
Clingy- very often comes to the player and follows him around, extremely social
Calm- bonds easier, this animal has easier time finding new home
Other kind of perks will emphasize the overall status of the animal. A good example of such perks would be:
Elderly- This animal has some years under the belt which is evident looking at its fur. It gets tired quicker and has a harder time looking for a new home.
Youngster- cute, enquiring and easily likable. Those animals will be more likely to get adopted quickly.
There will also be some perks referring to animal’s illnesses, which will make taking care of the animal harder. Essentially making them less interesting targets for adoption.
📣 If you feel like your adoption announcement needs some help, Animal Shelter 2 provides you with additional tools aiming to increase the amount of people interested in adoption. Additional text in the announcement, extra effective range, or even advertisement in the radio are at your disposal but don’t forget that each of them will require additional funds. Another feature which impacts the announcements’ visibility are the events happening on map but this is a topic for another devlog!
That’s it for today! We’re positive that those additional information will help you maximize your effectiveness and find the best strategies to help all your animals find loving owners. If you enjoyed this devlog please, let us know in the comments! If you’d like to hear more about any particular topic you can tell us on discord or in the discussion section!
If you haven’t already, there is an ongoing Steam Next Fest on which you can play Animal Shelter 2 Demo! 💪 Make sure to give it a try and leave us your feedback!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2658510/Animal_Shelter_2/
See you soon,
Animal Shelter 2 Team