GRAND WILDLIFE ZOO
Fact Sheet · v1 · 2026

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WHAT IT IS
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Grand Wildlife Zoo is a 16-zone wildlife park master plan, presented as a
portfolio-grade cinematic showcase. The zoo is a pure concept — there is no
physical park. The website is the product.

The project exists to communicate the master plan to two audiences:
  - IP buyers — theme-park developers, hospitality investors, entertainment
    IP licensors.
  - Creators — recruiters, clients, and fellow designers and engineers
    interested in the build.

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AT A GLANCE
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  16   themed zones, ordered as a full-day visitor journey
  50+  signature species programs across mammal / bird / reptile / fish /
       invertebrate / amphibian categories
  4    interactive concept demos — map, ticket flow, animal directory,
       opening countdown
  3    visual Acts — Promise (dark/gold), Journey (painted/cartographic),
       Legacy (dark/gold)
  1    immersive web experience, designed end-to-end

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THE 16 ZONES
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  01  Entrance Plaza
  02  African Savannah
  03  Big Cat Canyon
  04  Primate Forest
  05  Tropical Rainforest
  06  Reptile & Nocturnal House
  07  Aquarium & Marine Realm
  08  Polar & Arctic Bay
  09  Asian Highlands
  10  Australian Outback
  11  Desert Trails
  12  Botanical Garden
  13  Butterfly Garden
  14  Aviary
  15  Children's Farm
  16  Conservation Center  (the in-park finale)

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DESIGN APPROACH
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The site is a film with three Acts. Pages declare their Act via a body
attribute; CSS tokens swap palette accordingly. View Transitions animate
the boundaries — a gold-rule swipe between Act I and Act II, a fade-through-
black between Act II and Act III. All motion honours prefers-reduced-motion.

Typography: Cinzel (display) · Cormorant Garamond Italic (sub-display) ·
Source Serif (body) · Inter (UI labels). Self-hosted, Latin subset.

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TECH STACK
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  Frontend   Astro 5, static-first, React islands on the 4 demo pages
  Backend    Cloudflare Workers (Hono + Zod), one file per route
  Hosting    Cloudflare Pages (frontend) and Cloudflare Workers (api)
  Storage    Cloudflare KV (D1 + R2 bindings reserved, unused in v1)
  Monorepo   pnpm workspaces, Node 22, TypeScript strict
  Tests      Vitest (Node env), Playwright for E2E

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THE THREE BRAND PILLARS
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  CONSERVE   Protect species and preserve our natural world.
  INSPIRE    Journey through extraordinary habitats.
  CONNECT    Bring people together through education and wonder.

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LINKS
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  Live site        https://grandwildlifezoo.com
  Source           https://github.com/Basthas/Grand-WildLife
  Master deck      /press/deck.pdf  (19 slides, 35 MB)
  Wordmark logo    /press/logo-wordmark.svg
  Monogram logo    /press/logo-monogram.svg

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CONTACT
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  Press            /contact/?inquiry=press
  Partnerships     /contact/?inquiry=licensing
  General          /contact

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NOTE
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Grand Wildlife Zoo is a portfolio concept. The interactive ticket flow,
animal directory, and map are designed demos; no real tickets are sold,
no real animals are kept, and the opening date is aspirational. The
website demonstrates a master-plan IP — not an operating destination.