Zookeeper Battle

_Zookeeper Battle_ is an online-focused multiplayer version of the original
Zoo Keeper and it nearly entirely borrows its namesakes single-player quest
modes. Some event battles and practice occur with an NPC, and here they are
replaced with online puzzle duels.

The game uses a battle system where the player’s score in the puzzle
translates to an attack and defense value. After playing a thirty second
puzzle (the player’s animal avatar attacks the opponent based on their puzzle
score and vice versa), attacks start out as thrown rocks and escalate to
discharged electricity with a high enough score. If a player does not run out
of hit points at the end of five rounds the player with the highest health
total wins.

The basic gameplay is that of a matching game. The player’s screen is filled
with colored tiles depicting animals (both players have the same board setup).
By matching three types of animals, horizontally and vertically, the player
will clear them from the field and the tiles above them will fall to fill
their place, with new tiles coming in from the top of the field to fill in for
those tiles. Tiles can be swapped horizontally or vertically with adjacent
tiles to create the matching sets. The player can create combos and bonuses by
either clearing more than three of a kind in one match or by causing falling
tiles to match. Sometimes items that hamper the opponent or aid the player
appear next to the beasts and can be grabbed by tapping them. Different animal
tiles will give the player attack or defense points for the battle portion:

Attack:

* Panda
* Orangutan
* Crocodile
* Lion
* Giraffe

Defense:

* Hippopotamus
* Elephant

Events are created and sent to the game that allow for unlocking hidden
content. Some of these events are based around climbing the global score
tables, others involve NPC opponents that are shuffled into the random
opponent finder. Opponents on Android systems can only be selected randomly
and globally. The game only allows for two matches before a five minute cool
down period begins. This can be avoided by purchasing “power bottles” from an
online store to refill your plays immediately. Other premium items can be
purchased in limited quantities, most of which deal with removing the
consequences of opponents’ detrimental items.