I created a zoo-tycoon like simulation in Unity for IMAC school programming classes. We had to reverse-engineer a video and improve upon it. The idea is to generate crowds and agents that circulates in the NavMesh. Agents want to visit the small houses. When someone is already inside, a queue is created so that the agents can enter one after the other.

Here is the few things that we did:

• Create a terrain with the Unity procedural tool (height = 300, resolution = 512)
• Use multiple terrain layers (sand, water, etc)
• Have autonomous agents wandering around the field
• Add multiple point of interests with editable variables : visit duration, entry position, exit position, max allowed visitors (up to infinity)
• Navigation with NavMeshComponents : handle static obstacles, handle terrain heigth variation (A hole is an obstacle), handle moving obstacles (Other visitors)
• Handle waiting queues : optimize for performance (at least 60fps with 100 agents), handle low-speed areas (near to water)
• Crowd which do not visit attractions but interact with the terrain