dry season decor shop

Here's the situation. I love a lot of the decor in this game. In particular, I love the environmental decor. Picking out the perfect plants and layering them to create the perfect scene. It's the best! But here's the issue. All these perfect plants I pick out? Yeah, I can't actually use any of them. That's because a large amount of (and arguably the best) environmental decor gets locked behind minigames. In particular, Reptile Roundup and Whack a Snake. Whack a Snake is more egregious than Reptile Roundup, but they're both not great.

See, very few people play Reptile Roundup consistently. And when you factor in the fact you have to choose between a wide range of levels, and you can get a rock after you score 100 points, the actual amount of each specific Reptile Roundup decor entering the game is very limited. And Whack a Snake? Well, no one plays Whack a Snake. Because it sucks. There is so much good decor in the prize pool, but actually playing and getting that score is not only extremely difficult, but deals what I believe to be genuine mental damage. To show you what I mean, here's a Whack a Snake vs Event shop decor comparison



that's 283 vs 9265 copies in game

Well maybe I could still manage to buy a copy...




Nope! See searching for any Whack a Snake decor is almost certain to return no results. And Reptile Roundup may have some on branches, but often for prices that make me want to just pick a different, slightly lamer plant.

So what's my solution? The Sand Pit. I'm not entirely married to the idea of it being dry season-locked, but I figured it would be easy to just suggest it as the sister to the Flood Pit. This mischievous little cat scavenges and finds plants to bury in the sand for later. And sell to us! The Sand Pit can include the following:

- Reptile Roundup backgrounds and decors
- Serengetti shuffle backgrounds and decors
- Whack a Snake backgrounds and decors
- New, exclusive eye/skin/marking applicators and decors

Here's a brief mock-up of it:

(ideally we would have a sand cat but im working with what i got ok)

*edit: the prices shown are not concrete values, they are simply the Flood Pit’s pricing scheme. additionally, the sand pit could take its own currency similar to the gorilla enclave. potential mechanic: playing any minigame awards you “sand dollars”, perhaps a finite amount once a day per game regardless of score. these sand dollars are the currency of the sand pit

If you're worried about this shop "devaluing" these exclusive decors and backgrounds. Fret not! As I said before, so many of these decors never even get sold, so they already have no value. But more seriously, this would have such a wide pool of decor that there would still be motivation to play their respective mini games if you wanted something more specific