Zoominoes — Patch 0.4

Released: 8/18/2026, 4:56:38 PM

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3282420/view/716787484806089184

Summary (AI)

Patch 0.4 for Zoominoes adjusts numerous animal point values and abilities, rebalances the Senior Keeper difficulty by moving the special event “Every Thursday” there, and changes snack effects like Pancakes now permanently removing animals. Prices for Sodas and Black Snowcones have been reduced, and several rare and mythical animals have had point increases and new abilities added. Quality-of-life improvements include faster animation speedup, new sound effects for characters, refinements to game mechanics like summon plays, and fixes for achievements and save file issues. Some special events and challenge combinations have been tweaked to reduce difficulty or redundancy.

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Senior Keeper difficulty no longer adds an Ant to your starting deck. Instead, “Every Thursday is a special event” moved from Director to this difficulty.
Pancakes now permanently remove the animal you give it to.
Owl (Rich starter): "Give a random +point space +3."
Raven (Draven starter): 3 -> 4 points, "Turn your leftmost animal Black (for the day)."
Wildebeast (Speedy starter): 2 -> 3 points.
Bat: 4 -> 6 points
Bald Eagle: 3 -> 5 points
Blue Rhino Beetle: 3 -> 4 points
Coral: 4 -> 6 points
Meerkat: 4 -> 2 points, +4 -> +7 for each neighbor
Rhino: "I charge sideways as far as I can (gaining the bonuses of all spaces I go through)."
Starfish: +6 -> +7
Woodpecker: 5 -> 6 points
Angler: 8 -> 10 points
Frog: "I hop hop hop to a neighboring space three times (gaining the bonuses of all spaces I go through)."
Narwhal: "Bonus space abilities are doubled on me. I get the bonuses of all neighboring spaces."
Pufferfish: +2 -> +3
Tilapia: 5 -> 10 points
Blackbird: 20 -> 25 points
Chimpanzee: 15 -> 20 points
Garden Eel: 5 -> 8 points, +5 -> +8
Jellyfish: 10 -> 15 points
Lovebirds: 12 -> 14 points
Orangutan: removed (but not permanently)
Chimera: 20 points, "Double my points for each neighbor."
Dragon: 30 -> 60 points
Harpy: 30 -> 90 points
Imp: 10 -> 50 points
Kitsune: "Permanently transform the leftmost animal in your hand into a random Mythical animal."
Phoenix: 20 -> 50 points, "Summon me at the start of each day."
T-Rex: 100 -> 200 points
Rex: +1 -> +2
Rainbow Ray: now has the +3 starting spaces.
Rainbow Ray: colored spaces now count as bonus spaces.
Mythica: "Start by picking a Mythical animal. You get it at the start of week 3.”
Sodas: $2 -> $1
Black Snowcone: $2 -> $1
Pancakes: “Make an animal permanently disappear. Permanently give its points to the leftmost animal in your hand.”
Rare Booster Pack -> now contains snacks
God Pack -> now contains snacks
Giraffe Mask: +5 -> +10
Zebra Mask: +10 -> +20
Silver Postcard: +5 -> +7
Vanilla Candle: +5 -> +10
Vanilla Candelabra: 3x -> 10x
Triple Rainbow: Rare -> Mythical
Plain as Day: "Start with all animals with no abilities \[2, 3, 4 points], but with improved starting spaces \[+1 play, +1 coin, x2, +5]."
Simon Says special event: can no longer pick the same animal back to back.
Face Paint Day special event: can no longer turn animals their current color.
Ant Invasion ants now say that they’ll go away at the end of the day.
Senior Keeper: “Start with an Ant.” -> “Every Thursday is a special event.”
Snacks that create spaces can now be played on existing bonus spaces.
When an animal changes color to its current color, that now counts as changing color for Phoenix Feather and Rainbow Feather.
We now prevent certain combinations of Challenge + Special Event that were either frustratingly difficult (such as Earthquake Drill on Row Row Row Your Boat), or redundant (such as Color Wars on Color Wars 2).
Summons no longer count as plays for Triple Rainbow, Earthquake Day, Costume party, and Dance Party.
Archaeopteryx no longer has strong hinting for completing a row.
Parrot no longer loses the points it copied.
Loading a saved game no longer can lead to gaining score or gold.
Chimera no longer counts as an extra type for Variety Zoo.
Card Shark and Half Day achievements now correctly check plays.
Animal Collector achievement now checks every animal in your deck, not just the winning animal.
Cherufe’s ability correctly doubles with Matching Outfit.
Cheetah/Hummingbird/Sailfish now work correctly with animals that copy abilities.
Summoned copies of animals (such as from Moth) will now properly summon after being returned to your hand.
Archaeopteryx now correctly works with Caterpillar.
Otter now has strong hinting next to animals of its color.
Animals sticking in random places should no longer be an issue.
Loch Ness Monster will now correctly leave for the day during Touring Test.
Reconnecting will no longer break Gemma’s shop ability.
Nan Infinity should now display as and count as infinity.
Animation speedup works better when higher speed settings are selected.