Artifex: Wikis

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Artifex is a group of users who created custom Zoo Tycoon 2 content. At the current date, they have one expansion, slated for a release by the end of 2007.

Origin

According to the Official site,
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It started with the vague idea of penguinman that designers should be able to complete basically every part of an expansion pack and essentially make their own. He and two of his friends, Koala Komander and Mikaboshi started it up, and soon after Littlemog came to help out with modeling. Littlemog's time was, unfortunately, short, but from her help we managed to make new models which was a key part of making it seem like a new expansion pack. From there, Nique was added to the group to help out with the scenery objects, foliage and a few animals and a bit later SilesianTomcat joined to help out with models and coding. The final member to join was ShenTirag who helped out with a few of the scenery objects as well.
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Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights is the first user-made exponsion by Artifex. It is set to include 20 animals, as well as new foliage and other new features, including a new menu theme, and an additional production logo. So far, 16 animals have been revealed for the game:

Small Indian Gray Mongoose

Smooth Otter

Arabian Wolf