Alpha Zoo

What a wonderful, wholesome little game! The art is uber-cuddly, the music is folksy but not overbearing, we really enjoyed the variety of animals and foods available. It is very obviously a labor of love, and that's showing throughout. Hoping for even more interaction in the future (teachable moments with animals, chat with NPCs, things to do while riding the wheel, etc) PS: -1 star for abbreviating Hippopotamus and Rhinoceros, which would have been great endboss-level beasts. I dare say!

Absolutely love this gem of a game. Complex but simple at the same time. Cant tell you how many hours I've sunk into this masterpiece. I cried, I laughed, I typed poop at 300 wpm. 10/10 -Aubrey

OK!! This. Game. Is. Amazing! My 3 year old is finding letters and typing! ok, 90% are "poop" but still :-). I am so excited that my kid is beginning to learn letters and is excited about it thanks to the interface of this game and the unlocking of animals by spelling\ yping their names.

My 5 yr old loves this!! Gamification of learning is the way

Updated after child played it: +++ my child woke up this morning asking to play this game. +++ after an hour of playing last night, my child (who had not demonstrated any real understanding or ability for spelling, only for letter recognition) was understanding and spelling "MAP" on her own (while not playing the game). In other words, whenever I asked her to spell a word before playing the game, she responded with random letters ("A-O-O-I-N-X!") and last night she confidently spelled map as "M-A-P". +++ animal inclusion and placement within the zoo appears to be random, so you don't get the same animals in the same place every time. This adds a layer of excitement (for a 4-year-old) to discover what animals they get today. - the "negative" to add to my review is animal visibility: animals spend a lot of time hiding behind the many, big trees, and the enclosure size vs screen size results in animals spending a lot of time off screen. You feed an animal or make it poop, and nothing h...

the animals are cute