island-designs

[silver sorrel]

you can't really complete a town's theme without the ability to mess with it a bit

[visual quiver]

Yep

[granite kayak]

im gonna create a huge lake to the east of my town

[visual quiver]

Spent 72 hours straight terraforming

[granite kayak]

and it might suck but eh

[molten mist]

I feel like it's difficult to get a better rating, still at 1 star on isabelle eval and all she tells me is to get villagers

But I dont think more villagers will get me 2 stars

[visual quiver]

Just a mil flowers

[silver sorrel]

i had 1 star then it jumped to 4 in the span of a single day

all i did was add the max amount of villagers

[visual quiver]

Lol

[woven drift]

It's easy to get a three star!! Just dump out all of your furniture outside and plant at least 30 flowers and add around 6 villagers! 😄 As long as you have the campsite!

[molten mist]

how doe

[woven drift]

oh dont forget to "add" fences

[silver sorrel]

i have a lot of flowers

[woven drift]

Isabelle will tell you that the scenery "greatly improved" and I was like-- i just made the west beach a dumpster but thanks

[molten mist]

I just want KK by saturday but that evaluation from isabelle is scaring me

[plucky adder]

@visual quiver are you still helping people via dm?

[visual quiver]

Yes

[plucky adder]

Is there a line rn?

[visual quiver]

No

Also not right room found amazing app for tracking bugs fish and fossils costs 2.99

[plucky adder]

Are you busy and may I dm?

[visual quiver]

Not busy go ahead

[uneven falcon]

I forgot I had the pocket camp stuff

Might have to scour for furniture to place up there in the future. I just think trees are so space inefficient at that point

[open arch]

i’m thinking when i get terraforming, i will make a river that completes the heart shape at the top of the map, but have it open, and put my house and my partners house in the middle. thoughts?

[silver sorrel]

what are you gonna do with the empty stuff?

[open arch]

flower gardens, outdoor/beach eateries, parks, stuff like that

and maybe branch the villager houses out

[silver sorrel]

nice

[open arch]

is that a good idea? idk i feel not creative enough lol

also change the ponds to be heart shaped

[silver sorrel]

i'd say maybe spread the buildings out a little bit, just give everything some breathing room

[open arch]

yeah

[silver sorrel]

although i really shouldn't say that since my houses are all in rows close together as well

[open arch]

hahah

it’s just easier to control rn

[silver sorrel]

i feel like it'll work with my design but idk i guess i'll see

legit they're all packing in the top left corner

[open arch]

haha yeah

i’m just gonna farm right now and get the bells to terraform all this stuff

[silver sorrel]

im just kinda making a box around my island lmao

[open arch]

btw do you know if you can keep the bridges you built while terraforming?

[uneven falcon]

Opinions?

[silver sorrel]

were the poles there before?

[tropic roost]

Yep

[silver sorrel]

idk what you changed but i like it more xd

might just be the secondary angle

[uneven falcon]

Made the waterfalls linger and pocket camp flag poles

[silver sorrel]

that's what i meant by the flag poles

those are really good actually

[unique creek]

Open~ DM for DODO

[silver sorrel]

that looks really sick

i think i like the placement of the shops and the town hall it all looks like it's a single set piece

[silver sorrel]

that minimap tho

[versed socket]

How do you do all that! So crazy!

[unique creek]

just experience with new leaf and sims and cities skylines

now i remembered my design ethos were very similar to skylines

[plucky adder]

• ^* holy truck

[unique creek]

Open for an hour or so DM for DODO~

[velvet cloud]

I would love to visit your town sometime. It’s seriously on a whole other level

ohhh yess dm’ing

[silver sorrel]

lol he just warped seasons, eh sure i'll visit

[versed socket]

God i wish i could do stuff like that

[silver sorrel]

bruh i hope my town gets to look like that someday lmao

[unique creek]

not finished btw]

[inner star]

i want to compare a bunch of towns and try to come up with a good design

[unique creek]

just finished around 80% of the outskirts

[silver sorrel]

i kinda lost my patience with the waterscaping so i'm trying to make a mainly cliff-oriented town

[unique creek]

interior is a mess : /

beach is a mess

[silver sorrel]

bruh ur good lmao

[plucky adder]

Keep going till you’re content! :D you got this

[uneven falcon]

Best tip: place your villagers on the beach while you’re terraforming so they’re not in the way. You can’t change the beach 🤷🏻‍♀️

[unique creek]

my beach is a big dump like old habits back in new leaf lol

so i am using time now to clean up the dump haha

[silver sorrel]

how long did this take?

[unique creek]

the actual paving is not that bad

but 130 hours now spent 80ish hours or so

rest is just chillin

[silver sorrel]

@unique creek how detailed was your plan before you made the town?

[unique creek]

none at all haha

i just want a chill asian resort onsen vibe

[silver sorrel]

well it looks damn nice lol

i've got some good ideas now

i feel like im gonna move more towards a naturally oriented town but some of the patternwork and space optimization is super impressive

[unique creek]

i learned that from cities skylines haha

[silver sorrel]

might have to start playing that now lmao

like considering my town's main theme is going to be height and layer oriented this gave me a better idea of how to format some of my landmarks

[woven drift]

even tho i aint the best at design i feel good

[silver sorrel]

it looks really good

[plucky adder]

Despite seeing all of this I still don’t know what to do with my island. Hmmmmmmmmm........ I do have some ideas on what I can do/how to do it

[jolly prism]

@unique creek Please keep images related to map show cases. Thanks.

[unique creek]

k~

[jovial elk]

i realized i shouldn't have gotten the expensive bridges until i figured out my layout

[open arch]

@jovial elk F, i feel sorry for you

i made more log bridges so we're kinda in the same boat?

lol

[jovial elk]

ㅠㅠ 2 zen bridges rip

[twin agate]

I’m so stuck

Any suggestionsss

[plucky adder]

I realized that before I bought anything. I was about to place it then headed back. Like “BUT IDK WHAT I WANT MY ISLAND TO LOOK LIKE” yeets it back at Tom Nook

[open arch]

i just drew on top of my current design lol but what do you think? an open heart, semi off-set, and have a "love stems like veins" kinda theme?

@twin agate what are you stuck on?

[twin agate]

idk my layout at all

Can’t think of anything

[unique creek]

think about what u want first lol

[edgy kite]

Hey guys My Island is open to all my friends!! Come hangout ^^ I unlocked terraforming yesterday and I think my town starting to look decent, I have Able Sisters as well if you need.^^

.fc

[ruby smelt]

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[uneven tree]

Guys How many tiles is one quadrant of space on the map?

[plucky adder]

I think I heard the sound of money falling... e—e could be just my imagination

[open arch]

@twin agate work around the design. to me, it looks like an unfinished poke ball lmao

try making it symmetrical?

the design would look interesting imo

[twin agate]

Would you recommend removing the third layer cliff?

[uneven tree]

Do you guys know the measurement of the museum?

[open arch]

it's up to you

i personally like the different layers!

[versed socket]

Anyome wanna come decorate my town? Lol

[obtuse cosmos]

Not sure if anyone has done a 'natural path' so far like this? Figured I would share.

[woven drift]

i was thinkin about this

[formal saddle]

@Simica#7558 what mix is that ?

[obtuse cosmos]

@formal saddle light dirt and dark dirt. I may play around with adding stone path as well

Not sure if I am going to go with this. But I do like it to match the above corner peices

[shrewd junco]

Trying to build a city atm. I used a really nice set of qr codes for the street. Sidewalk is my own tile.

Not in the pic but I added the little lines in the middle of the street

[sour gale]

can we move bridge?

[obtuse cosmos]

Transition from stone incline to dirt path

[boreal solstice]

can somebody dm me i need map advice lmao

[silver sorrel]

This is kinda the idea that im going for, and im gonna add even more cliffs on the inside. It'll be like the town is in sections surrounded by natural boundaries

[hollow ember]

working on a little beachside shopping district

[silver sorrel]

Oh oops

[hollow ember]

the plaza is a bit small but hopefully it works out

next up is my residential area but idk what todo for it or where to put it

[boreal solstice]

this is my general idea but im gonna have so much empty space for who knows what lmaoo

[tidal creek]

spiders.

just an idea

[boreal solstice]

yes

one area for every tarantula i see

right behind the museum so every time blathers goes to work they have to see them

[tidal creek]

i'd say in front of the museum entrance

[boreal solstice]

true

[tidal creek]

so blathers has to overcome his fear every morning before work

yea

i wonder if i can give tarantulas as birthday presents

or if i can send them to friends

[smoky merlin]

Does anyone have a diagonal bridge that they could show me a picture of?

[tidal creek]

i think you can preview them in any angle in the game, before setting anything in stone

[fading verge]

@smoky merlin diagonal bridges are tricky to get, especially on cliffs. I’ve found u need about this much space to get it to work

(About 3 block steps on either side)

[smoky merlin]

Thanks 😄

[ivory salmon]

@obtuse cosmos yea, did that too

[compact canopy]

I want to move a house one square. Do I have to move it somewhere else first and then move it back to the old spot?

[uneven tree]

Yup

[fading verge]

@compact canopy yes you do need to move it somewhere else 😦

[uneven tree]

That’s what I had to do

100k down the drain 🤡

[compact canopy]

Oh wells :(

[inner fiber]

anyone know the exact dimensions of everything? museum, player home, villager homes, able sisters, plaza etc

[boreal solstice]

uhhh your house is like 3 wide x 2 long i think?

thats about all i know lmao

[inner fiber]

thank you @boreal solstice

manually having to terraform everything is such a hassle, wish we had something like the build mode in sims to be able to visualize everything

[fading verge]

Museum is 4 by 7. Will mess up incline strategies as inclines are 2 spaces

[obtuse cosmos]

Take a shovel and line the outside of the shops to find out

It's what I had to do for this set up x.x

It's a bit tedious though

[peak owl]

does anyone know if there's a way to stop a tree/bamboo from growing? i like the look of some of the premature trees opposed to the fully grown ones

[inner fiber]

that’s great advice thank you everyone

@fading verge you mean the inclines/stairs that you can buy right? so you need to account for 2 spaces to have room for the incline? possibly an extra just to not be too close right?

[hollow sail]

does someone want to help me with my island i’m kind of a lost cause 👉🏻👈🏻

[verbal drum]

Anyone with a southern hemisphere island?

[olive crag]

y’all got me feeling bad about my decorating skills lmao I have 0 idea of what i’m doing

[ebon gale]

Is there any way I can even out the coastal edge here?

[obtuse cosmos]

@olive crag it takes some time. Find what works for you and keep playing around! Don't give up :3

[ebon gale]

@hollow sail , what are you trying to do?

[olive crag]

ty, i’m trying but my paths look awkward :/ I like the idea of a little town but am not sure the best way to approach that with the way i’ve spread things out

[tacit scroll]

Sorry for the low quality pic, but does this seem like an okay spot for the museum? I’m kind of stuck and this seems to be the best out of the last three approaches I’ve tried

[olive crag]

I like it !

y’all are so good 🤦🏽‍♀️

[tacit scroll]

Unfortunately it’s horrendously misaligned from the incline leading up to it, so I guess I’ll have to move that

But thanks for the reassurance! I wasn’t sure if it was okay looking or not

[sterile tangle]

Anybody want to share how to lay out their fruit trees?

[tacit scroll]

I lay out mine like this:

X = tree
O = space

XOXOXOXO
OOOOOOO
OOOOOOO
OXOXOXOX

It’s very roomy, which I like cause you see all the tree trunks and stuff

[ebon gale]

I saw somewhere there’s a layout that can create perfect fruit?

[tacit scroll]

I don’t think perfect fruit are actually in ACNH yet, but I’m not sure if that’s accurate anymore

[ebon gale]

Ah

[tacit scroll]

I took a pic of the orchard I made a little while ago, I’ll get that pic real quick

[sterile tangle]

Perfect fruit what is that?

[ebon gale]

Dunno, I saw an image of it and I guess it’s just better versions?

Oh that’s clever! :O

[sterile tangle]

I am looking for a tighter layout 😦 don't have the terraform yet but half my island is covered with fruits trees. And did jot realize I will be having more villagers

[olive crag]

I think it’s 10 max villagers ?

[ebon gale]

It is

[tacit scroll]

Yeah in the other games your fruit trees has the chance of yielding a perfect fruit, and you could replant those to get perfect fruit trees that only yield perfect fruit

And they sell for more bells

[obtuse cosmos]

@sterile tangle this is mine

[sterile tangle]

Is that w3 h2

So Dango. Total height will be 10 and width 15?

[tacit scroll]

Yeah mine is definitely not very space efficient, technically you can make them all one square apart and just stagger the rows of you want maximum space efficiency

[olive crag]

ima just quit 👍🏽

jkjk but the city looks really good

[queen harness]

[sterile tangle]

I do like the height. I can see things clearly

[tacit scroll]

Holy shit @queen harness, that’s crazy

[sterile tangle]

Quick question. How did you grow them that close apart. When did it on mine before. The sapling stopped growing?

[ebon gale]

Good lord Naif 😱

[obtuse cosmos]

@sterile tangle who are you asking?

[queen harness]

@tacit scroll thanks you am not done

@ebon gale

[sterile tangle]

Dango? I think he had the 1 space apart

I like urs too Simica. It's pretty spaced out
Out of curiousty how many tress do you tend to keep per row? And how many per type

[obtuse cosmos]

I went on depending on the size of the area I had.

This particular area I did 4 on the rows

[tacit scroll]

Mine is one space apart horizontally, and two spaces apart vertically, but also staggered so they’re more like in a diagonal grid rather than a regular grid if that makes any sense

[obtuse cosmos]

Mine is
TOOOTOOOTOOOT
OOOOOOOOOOOO
OOTOOOTOOOTOOT
OOOOOOOOOOOO
TOOOTOOOTOOOT

I just had the space though

[ebon gale]

Mm, what’s the footprint of a stone bridge? 6x4?

[sterile tangle]

R u guys planning to put fencing around your plantation? That is also one things I am considering. Kind of undecided because beside the looks the fence give. It's really pointless?

I did one space apart top and bottom. And also next row off the the next grid. But the sapling stopped growing midway. I now have them 2 tiles apart top and bottom. But just takes too much space.

The one space horizontally sounds appealing just want to make sure they wield yield fruit

[obtuse cosmos]

I did for my breeding flowers area

But not the orchard

[sterile tangle]

Oh true. For flowers

[tacit scroll]

I have a little stone fence around mine with a 3 wide opening at the bottom and top, but I don’t think it’s all that necessary for an orchard

[sterile tangle]

Thank you both. Have a wonderful night ^^. Lol

I will try to use graphing paper to sketch some plans tomorrow. Thanks for the info

[tacit scroll]

It’s just that my orchard is kinda really close to the beach, so I wanted to help separate the two areas a little more

[obtuse cosmos]

The two highest on the upper part are two separate flower gardens

[sterile tangle]

I like the cluster of all the villagers

It looks neat

[tacit scroll]

Ooooo I love the paths you did

I scrolled up and saw the non minimap version

[obtuse cosmos]

My villa for my villagers xD

[tacit scroll]

Awww the playground!

That’s really cute. I might have to use that idea for some of he empty space I have

[obtuse cosmos]

Hahaha yah xD I thought it would be a cute idea

Imma probably change out the elephants for something else that the villagers will use

[tacit scroll]

I feel like at some point I’m just gonna rip apart the entire island and replan everything

[sterile tangle]

Stupid question. Later on the game. Can you have your house look like that one villagers house above. Japanese style with rock on the roof?

[obtuse cosmos]

That's pretty much what I did

[tacit scroll]

I have little areas I like but the overall layout is honestly a hot mess

[obtuse cosmos]

@sterile tangle umm can't remember tbh

I have been spending the last couple days just working on layout

[sterile tangle]

Looks cute. XD

Super cute

[obtuse cosmos]

I think the toughest one to do was the shopping district

[tacit scroll]

I kind of tried for that look on my house. You sort of can

[obtuse cosmos]

Because that is two levels and I had to account for inclines and shop spacing

[olive crag]

are there more than 2 shops?

[proper owl]

its so hard trying to think of ways to make inclines / bridges to look good ahhh

[obtuse cosmos]

First level

Second level

[tacit scroll]

honestly I have a waterfall problem. I just can’t stop adding waterfalls to places. I think they work well as backdrops to bridges

But if I zoom out it kinda looks like garbage lmao, the waterfall noises are worth it

[obtuse cosmos]

@tacit scroll

I still need to add more nature to it

[tacit scroll]

Aw man that looks nice

[obtuse cosmos]

The lower level of it

I need to add flowers n trees still

My campsite I adore

[tacit scroll]

Omg bruh

That’s it I’m redoing everything

My campsite doesn’t even look like a campsite

I just slapped some paving around it

[obtuse cosmos]

I really love designing lol

[tacit scroll]

I gotta being more nature back

[olive crag]

mine is just by itself cause idk where to put it lmao

[tacit scroll]

I chopped pretty much all my trees

[obtuse cosmos]

The camp site is actually about the only thing I planned from the moment I got it lmao

[tacit scroll]

Brrruuuhhh that are those???

[fading verge]

Ice pillars. I tt to get them specifically since no roman pillars in game 😦

[tacit scroll]

Omg having two stairs three blocks apart, did you just solve the museum asymmetry problem

That’s it I’m redoing the museum area

[ebon gale]

I wanted to make a bridge across the plateaus to a private, elevated orchard, but I can’t! 😭

Also holy crap those ice pillars are beautiful

[tacit scroll]

I kind of like my entrance but it’s once again just waterfall spam and nothing that’s actually creative

[fading verge]

Yep perfect symmetry. Took me some time figuring it out

[viral owl]

cafe wips

[woven drift]

Bro what’s the crafting recipe? Those are amazing!

Like if you had the recipe

[fading verge]

Its a large snowflake and 3 small snowflakes. DM me if u want to know more on specifics since maybe spoilers

[woven drift]

Welp I’m not in winter so I can’t craft it ;-;

[inner fiber]

@sterile tangle i made an orchard leading into my plaza so visitors could take the fruit they needed

[karmic mountain]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ac_newhorizons/comments/fs6yqs/foresty_town_progress_lmk_what_you_think/

video of my town so far !!

idk how else to show it it was too big to upload lol

[vast crystal]

omg i love it!!! @karmic mountain

i have the same foresty idea!!!

so cute :)

[karmic mountain]

aw heck yeah !!! its so peaceful and lush feeling ;-)

[vast crystal]

mhm :>

[tacit scroll]

@inner fiber that is such a good idea!!! I love visiting islands that have designated “community” areas by the entrance. Some islands also have a little drop 1/take 1 area by the entrance, and it’s just such a cute touch.

[inner fiber]

@tacit scroll thank you! i just unlocked terraforming so i’m weirdly stressed about planning the rest of my island. but i made that orchard entrance and a main street along the beach for easy access and i like the look and feel of that at least! so i’ll be keeping it

just wish it was possible to move the plaza at least

[woven drift]

Should I do like a seasonal looking design with islands dedicated to certain places, like the museum would be in a Forrest with a mini river?

[inner fiber]

that sounds pretty cute!

water designs seem so intricate and nice

[woven drift]

It’ll take a long time, wish you could pay to just wipe the island

[karmic mountain]

the process is fun tho !!

i dunno i kind of mess around until i find something i like, then work to tie the rest of the space together

[woven drift]

Not when ima grind it for like 7 hours

[karmic mountain]

yeah ive been non stop since it came out basically ahaha

ill be organizing flowers for cross pollination and before i know it, its 6am

[inner fiber]

the things that tripping me up ishaving everything lined up perfectly

tempted to draw my map on my tablet and edit it manually there so i have a semi idea of what i want to do

[woven drift]

Nancy that looks incredible

Yah

[dreamy fox]

Any interesting town entrance ideas?

[woven drift]

Depends, what exactly u looking for?

Like you have islands?

[wet cliff]

Love the forest feel!! @karmic mountain

[karmic mountain]

aw thank you !!!!! @wet cliff

[keen walrus]

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[brazen mulch]

so i'm terraforming my entire island to restart from scratch. is it best to have all the buildings placed in a corner while i plan?

[wet cliff]

That can make it easier but you don't have to

[karmic mountain]

ur gonna have to move them either way, so its rlly up to u

[wet cliff]

Could just start where you have room and move as needed

[brazen mulch]

yeah i know but thank you!

Is there any website i can use to map out everything?

[karmic mountain]

i found myself over thinking where to places houses but i rlly didnt have to end up moving much!

i think so but i didnt use it

[wet cliff]

A few in pins

[brazen mulch]

ok tysm

[karmic mountain]

my town is more go w/ the flow tho so probably requires less planning than a more developed looking town ahaha

good luck !!

post progress pics when u reach a point ur proud of :-)

[wet cliff]

I'll probably build something n then build another thing and move the whole first thing over slightly bc that's how I do lol

[karmic mountain]

ahaha yes especially bc the terraforming can be rlly picky sometimes too

especially with bridges T-T

-deletes bridge

• pays for my expensive bridge

• new bridge doesnt wanna go where old bridge was ????

[ivory salmon]

It's what I had to do for this set up x.x
@obtuse cosmos my shops are kinda similar to this

[wet cliff]

Oof yeah I'm saving up already

[obtuse cosmos]

@ivory salmon lmao no way

[normal canyon]

I just finished the game and now I’m trying to figure out how I want to design my map. It’s named ghibli island. Does anyone have any ideas ? 😦 I’m honestly going blank...

[pine crest]

If anybody is willing to come to my island to evaluate/ give tips thatd be great!! I need some criticism to bring it up to 4 and 5 stars :// Isabelle told me i need more fencing but i have over 450 fences so I’m kinda confused lmfaoo. My dodo code is: 4XMM4 :))

[normal canyon]

Found all of these cool ones but doesn’t feel very Ghibli

[ivory salmon]

@ivory salmon lmao no way
@obtuse cosmos yes, they are on second floor lol

[inner fiber]

@woven drift thank you very much! took a lot of work haha

[formal saddle]

Finished

• moving the shops and houses
• laying down base path work
  Rn I'm decorating each individual path with some simple wood planks I designed with some flowers + stones I found on twitter , will be adding on outdoor furniture after haha does it look good so far?

Still thinking of how and where to add trees and other flowers after I finish up each villager house

I'm not really into fences but are there any examples of how it can be incorporated?

[wet cliff]

Looks cute! I really like the flowers and stones
My mom put a fence around the side of her house and made it look like a sort of side yard with furniture and a tree

[lament hatch]

Does anyone know how to make water pillars like this one? I'm trying to create waterfalls in certain spots but it won't let me.

Are there at least any vids on how?

[ebon gale]

Oh wow that’s cool. Based on what I can see, it’s just going to be a lot of time and exceptionally tedious work, but the payoff here is simply marvelous.

[hasty surge]

little too foreign for my taste, but from first glimpse its pretty POG

[ebon gale]

Basically, I think they started at the lowest terrain level and dug water in a ring, then made some cliffs to go to the upper tiers and dug waterfalls off the edges

[late fjord]

It's not difficult

Just create a 3x3 square on top of a 5x5 square

cut the edges of the corners

then the waterfalls after

[cyan violet]

you could even make it prettier by make the edges diagonal

[cloud bane]

It's the upper right corner

Also by the way I'm going to update the map picture whenever I get rid of pate and replace with Julian

[gritty prairie]

Hi All, I really need advices on how to improve this "Pirate/Cove" layout, focusing on the museum part, "residential" part and Skull. Thk Any advice will be welcome

[fierce pivot]

shoot, has become After - Before lol

.

[brazen mulch]

Terraformed my entire island only to realize I don’t have anything planned out

[deft flicker]

me too 😅

[hasty surge]

Lmaaaao

Just found out about the map designer in pins

Gonna try this out rn

[hearty remnant]

Hi. Does anyone have any idea what to do with this natural hallway? Or should I just close it? I would leave the top left 1st level square and a rectangle next to the river middle right

[open copper]

@gritty prairie i think your pirate idea is really cool! the skull looks really cute lol 😅 i think it would be cool if the skull part was 'cursed' and isolated, so like lots of trees and without the bridges connected to it

i think using the sand path and burying items would also be a neat touch

[gritty prairie]

@open copper that’s a really cool advice! Adding fire and wooden thing! Cool! Now I have a lot of ideas 🙂 Do you think i have to change also the position of the skull or only change the bridges position just to have 1 or none that connect the skull( maybe with a jumping path/platforms)? Thk 🙂

[fervent hatch]

Any suggestions?

Top right is bamboo farm

I plan on making inclines to each side

[ionic mango]

I need ideasssss

[open copper]

@gritty prairie yeah fire would be neat! no i think the position of the skull is perfect, i would just prefer it having no bridges connected but that is up to you of course. i think platforms would be cool since its still natural ☺️

[candid blade]

Cranny - 7L x 4W
Vill house - 4L x 4W
Able- 5L X 3W
Musuem - 7L X 4W
My house(maxed) - 5L X 3W
Campsite - 4L X 3W
Ramps & Bridges - 2L X 4W
Thought id put the length and width of buildings

[fierce pivot]

add ramps and bridges are 2 X 4

[hearty remnant]

I need advice from veterans u.u

Should I cover the “hallway” (I’m on it)

[fierce pivot]

you could

block the beach and make an entrance there

[hearty remnant]

It was naturally there and I think it’s kinda original but I don’t know how to make good use of that space xd

[fierce pivot]

From C tile

[hearty remnant]

Wym?

[fierce pivot]

or make pillars so you can "jump" from B3 to C2

i hoped we could make cliff bridges that would be cool

[devout grotto]

should i keep using the normal stone fences or should i switch to the iron-stone fences? sos

[fierce pivot]

depends

i use stone fences for more natural zones

[hearty remnant]

I was thinking in covering but leaving the square top left on 1st level and a rectangle next to the river 1st level too. And cover the hallway and join the mountains

But I didn’t really understood the first thing u said about blocking the beach

Understand*

[devout grotto]

@fierce pivot yep i want a nature-esque vibe but i also just love how cute the iron onws look like

[hearty remnant]

@devout grotto would def use iron stone in those houses

[fierce pivot]

@hearty remnant you can block the beach at C1 with wave breakers so the only entrance to top left is that hallway

[devout grotto]

wait lemme send a couple more pics of the houses and lawns

[fierce pivot]

@devout grotto then i suggest you brick ones, also iron could be good too

[hearty remnant]

@fierce pivot but still the hallway would be difficult to decorate or make good use of space no?

[glass zenith]

Anyone have a good spaghetti recipe?

[devout grotto]

i've tried brick ones (bc i my bridges are brick)but it looks so bad unfortunately

[hearty remnant]

I would use stone @devout grotto bc it looks rustic but in the first pic u sent I would go for iron hahah

[fierce pivot]

i made a small hallway and covered with fake bushes, like a hided entrance

[hearty remnant]

Send pic? @fierce pivot

[devout grotto]

i'm so torn lmao

thanks for the input y'all

[open copper]

@hearty remnant i think it would be cute if the hallway led into like a little flowery nature area

[hearty remnant]

The first pic w the brown house I would use iron bc it looks more elegant

[open copper]

im biased and just really like nature and floral maps though

[hearty remnant]

@devout grotto but in the second pic there’s a wood house so there goes stone

[fierce pivot]

in my case i hid the secret beach

and thats where i get the " grass"

[hearty remnant]

@open copper yes haha so should I leave it@like that or move the hallway somehow . And cover the rest. I’m definitely leaving that house and square on b1 and half b2 on first level

[devout grotto]

@hearty remnant i wanted the fences to be all the same (as it's the same residental 'village') so i guess i'll just use stone fences

[hearty remnant]

Ur town map looks so good !!! @fierce pivot

[fierce pivot]

thanks~

[hearty remnant]

Also I think hallways like that work better on vertical since u can see more

[open copper]

@hearty remnant i like the hallway but im not sure about it being diagonal.. the camera doesnt really support diagonal areas that well so im unsure

[hearty remnant]

Mine would have to be horizontal mmmm

[fierce pivot]

also how i blocked the beach

[hearty remnant]

I just got terraforming today haha @open copper that’s just my raw island

[open copper]

@hearty remnant oh ic gotcha! yea like you said either vertical or horizontal hallway would be good 👌

[hearty remnant]

Hmm I think I’ll first cover it and see how it goes . Such a wide diagonal hallway like that feels like a waste of space

Thanks everyone I might post later again uwu

I think I’ll also move the montouin on the left to the back but I’ll have to move the two houses there

[open copper]

btw, how do you get overgrown weeds? because when you replant weeds you only get the little ones but i want the really leafy overgrown kind

[fierce pivot]

the weed have 3 stages

so they dont grow new patches but upgrade it

i think

[open copper]

so they just get more overgrown over time?

[ionic mango]

Can someone give me some ideas? I’m struggling

[fierce pivot]

i dont have weeds elsewhere

[hearty remnant]

I’ll break mountains in the middle @ionic mango

And grow the ones on the sides

[fierce pivot]

if new ones pop up it means there has stopped growing and you pluck them and plant new stage 1 ones

[hearty remnant]

Damn @fierce pivot map looks so good the creativity

[fierce pivot]

i have a spot for seasonal stuff too 😄 (top left) now its setted up for sakura trees

[hearty remnant]

Also, do u recomend straightening rivers? When they’re raw they’re ussually so wobelly but I don’t know if straight rivers look too unnatural or still look good

[fierce pivot]

not too much tho, if so they become canals

[fierce pivot]

like this one

[hearty remnant]

Ohh true

So how should be done

What’s a good terraformingtip

For rivers

I find it hard ajdj

[fierce pivot]

cant help much haha my island looks like venice with all those rivers

also they come from 2 sources, the to pleft and the right one

in oyur case the source is in the center and it split at bottom

[hearty remnant]

Can u move sources?

[fierce pivot]

as "source" i mean when a river starts,goes down a waterfall and then go out of the sea

[hearty remnant]

I mean a tip to terraform to straighten but@not look like a canal

Ohh

But can you make new ones? Like could I close the source pond ? And make it start elsewhere

[fierce pivot]

you can make as many source as you like, for bot popping up a river out of nowhere

[hearty remnant]

Okay thanks 🙂

: )

I hate that emoji

[fierce pivot]

also waterfalls dont connect diagonally they look like this

[hearty remnant]

Hmm interesting

This game never ends right?

Well once u have everything

[fierce pivot]

if i wanted i could change the entire island again , that would take a lot of time

as long as you dont get bored

[alpine kiln]

I have not done any time travelling, and I'm getting terraforming tomorrow as I just reached 3 stars!! I'm so excited!!

[hearty remnant]

@alpine kiln that was quick then 0.0

[shell plume]

@fiery narwhal i have that layout and i like the back mountainside

[alpine kiln]

@hearty remnant I was rather surprised too

but im so happy !

[hearty remnant]

I did 4-5 time travels . Then I did A LOT to try to get a villager out (didn’t work and wasted a day of my life)

[alpine kiln]

i didnt even try and then when i asked isabelle this morning i was shook

[hearty remnant]

But then went back to normal

And did time travel again yesterday to get turnips from last sunday

[shell plume]

right now im saving up bells in order to move some stuff

[mental rune]

Didn't time travel either and also should be getting terraforming tomorrow

[shell plume]

and nook miles to terraform the place

[hearty remnant]

And I got terraforming mmm 2 days ago

But you have to buy it

With miles

[noble abyss]

same here oliver

[hearty remnant]

So I could afford it yesterday

[noble abyss]

do you know when kk actually arrived?

[shell plume]

im slow with miles rn

[noble abyss]

arrives*

[shell plume]

when u log on next day

[alpine kiln]

i sold 40 tarantulas to flick yesterday so now im stacked @shell plume

[hearty remnant]

Miles get slow to get at one point :/

I’m happy they introduced them tho

[shell plume]

bruh i tried doing tarantula island and i got 3 elevations and had 4 tarantulas spawn in 30 mins

[hearty remnant]

It’s a new currency and it can’t get abused like bells hahah

[shell plume]

right

i would only trade in nook milentickets

bells dont make the game feel real if u trade for them

[candid blade]

I wish I had the money to move all these places... Lol

[shell plume]

nice pond xd

[candid blade]

I'm trying to have the houses line up with eachother but they're in the way

[shell plume]

oof u terraformed the entire place

[candid blade]

Yup

[fiery narwhal]

that looks like an airfield LOL

[cyan violet]

true lmao

[woven drift]

lol

[remote vine]

what makes something a pond?

can it be massive?

[graceful sky]

probably 2x2 minimum

and idk about maximum

[remote vine]

so hard not to waterfall spam

I think the novelty will wear off though

[tepid vale]

Can you reshape water lol I mean like change it’s direction or remove it as a whole?

[remote vine]

@tepid vale yes you can remove all water, only river mouths are set

[tepid vale]

How

[remote vine]

once you complete the game you unlock teraforming

[tepid vale]

Ohhhh

[cyan violet]

which version looks better?

[remote vine]

whats different?

[woven drift]

there's land behind in 2nd

[cyan violet]

top is directly at the cliff

second has one row behind

[woven drift]

uh

[remote vine]

I like second, one with extra land

[hearty dove]

I think the bottom looks better

[cyan violet]

I guess one space behind is better for design

[woven drift]

either is fine

[cyan violet]

alright thx guys

I want to create a japanese garden around it

if there is land behind I can place a fence there too

[candid blade]

@fiery narwhal lol im using the spots for perfect placing

[next egret]

Omg @candid blade you have like all of my favorite villagers I’m so jealous

[candid blade]

😭 I spent all my bells on them so I can't design my town for em

[noble abyss]

I apparently have too many trees so im doing a mass chopping... worried ill have too few trees tomorrow... @woven drift

[brazen ice]

Anyone got a Celeste

[visual quiver]

How is everyone’s islands coming along

If you need help Just ask

[woven drift]

does anyone have an island i can tour lol, i just need inspiration for my own right now cause im stuck figuring out where t hings need to go

[agile stag]

About to get designer mode tomorrow, soo many possibilities.. So many ideas.

[magic zodiac]

@woven drift in about a half hour I got two cool islands you can check out

Just DM me if interested haha

[woven drift]

oo cool for sure

[elfin gate]

how do u have 2 islands? @magic zodiac

[magic zodiac]

Mine and my boyfriend both have our own islands

[elfin gate]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i see

also does anyone know quotes isabelle says and what they corelate to for your ranking?

[open zodiac]

@agile stag what are some of your ideas? Looking to steal a few haha

[visual zodiac]

How have people designed the area surrounding their town halls? I'm just looking for ideas

[agile stag]

@open zodiac you will see most of them here or on reddit 😛

[novel pebble]

@visual zodiac I just have dirt trails leading to the market place or other trails xD

[visual zodiac]

Like as a hub?

[novel pebble]

Kinda...close enough XD

[visual zodiac]

Like, this is my layout right now. I just font know what yo do with most of it

😄

[visual quiver]

Going to modify this a little today

[tender karma]

Opinions? Didn't start terraforming yet, so this is a rough plan 😄

[visual quiver]

That looks great man

[woven drift]

What buildings can we NOT move?

[tender karma]

airport and resident thing

[elfin gate]

wait u cant move residence services

?

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[woven drift]

Thanks guys!

[clear summit]

Ooopsss lol

[elfin gate]

well i guess i dont need to move my stuff then rip

[sharp frigate]

Where should I put the final villager house? Also sorry if this is wrong channel

Also if any ideas for bridges + slopes locations that would be nice

[boreal solstice]

@sharp frigate maybe in the empty space to the left of resident services?

[sharp frigate]

I can see that! The little separated island to the left is a fruit orchard so that’s really the most open space

[boreal solstice]

wait i think we have the same island layout lmao

[graceful sky]

for sure lol

how’s the segmented housing in your opinion?

trying to decide if i want to go full Urban or do something in the middle

[boreal solstice]

it's really nice! easier to get to different houses/places bc everything isnt all over the place

this is my next plan

[graceful sky]

yeah that’s what im thinking too

oh that’s pretty dope!

how’re you using all of the free space?

[next cypress]

I think the more natural look that you have now is nicer personally

[graceful sky]

im trying to come up with creative outdoor exhibits/locations

[boreal solstice]

thats what i was thinking too like the river would be too straight?

[graceful sky]

yeah idk how i feel about the straight rivers, my brother is doing that now and it’s ~OK

it organizes everything nicely

but also doesn’t feel “real”

natural is really the right word

[boreal solstice]

thats true its super uniform and stuff. hm. well good thing i hadnt terraformed anything yet lmao

[graceful sky]

yeah im about to map mine out later too lol

who knows what’ll happen

[next cypress]

I have a mix of both on my island, like around the shops I have more straight rivers to look like canals and manmade waterways, but it goes into more natural shapes in the back of my island where the campsite and stuff is

[lavish gust]

Is it possible to terraform like this?

[regal jasper]

yes

[boreal solstice]

oo do you have a picture of your map?

[regal jasper]

but its gonna be alot of work

[lavish gust]

I just dont think i could get it so symmetrical

Olus my town hall is kinda in a shitty spot

[regal jasper]

is it in the way of the rivers

[next cypress]

It's nowhere near done yet, still deciding what to do with a lot of the empty space up on the top half but I'm getting there lol

[regal jasper]

cuz honestly id spend the time to do that if i wasnt so set on making a city island

[lavish gust]

Ye it is

[next cypress]

also moving the dang houses 1 by 1 haha

[boreal solstice]

oh thats pretty cool:)

[lavish gust]

My map rn

[regal jasper]

Yea imma end up spending the next 2 days moving my museums sadly wish i decided that from the start

[boreal solstice]

oh wow that looks pretty cool!

i like all the houses on the right

[regal jasper]

Yea I posted a couple days ago but it took alot of time for this in general

[mild nest]

Wow - amazing

[regal jasper]

And the houses are connected by a street

[boreal solstice]

any ideas for the empty space?

[pallid zenith]

As soon as your island gets rated 3 stars and the inviting K.K. conversation happens, can you remove furniture that was placed to get the rating from 2 to 3 without messing up K.K.'s visit and unlocking terraforming?

[regal jasper]

parks

or outdoor sitting areas

[alpine kiln]

I'm getting terraform tomorrow, so I'll be able to get started on my plans! Here you can see my current map vs. my planned map in the form of a sketch! Opinions?

[regal jasper]

i plan on making lil food cart areas

[boreal solstice]

@pallid zenith yeah once kk does his concert you can freely remove it

[regal jasper]

only thing u can do is get rid of the grass on the sad but that looks cso nice ;-;

sand

[next cypress]

That's cute Oliver I like it!

[alpine kiln]

thanks :))

[tropic horizon]

dude this teraforming is sooooo cool i cant even do that yet

[alpine kiln]

im getting it tomorrow so im hyyyyped

[boreal solstice]

i like how that one house has its own private island in the middle @alpine kiln

[alpine kiln]

yea I plan on giving it to a villager i really like

[pallid zenith]

@boreal solstice after the concert, or after Nook invites K.K.? his concert isn't until tomorrow for me

[alpine kiln]

like stitches maybe

[tropic horizon]

does anyone know how to move houses

[alpine kiln]

you ask tom nook

infrastructure

[tropic horizon]

ok

[boreal solstice]

ohh uhhh i would think it would be fine after nook invites kk

@pallid zenith

[pallid zenith]

thanks!

[urban sand]

wow you guys are really creative with your maps

[sonic crescent]

I'm getting terraform tomorrow, so I'll be able to get started on my plans! Here you can see my current map vs. my planned map in the form of a sketch! Opinions?
@alpine kiln i dont know if a bridge from highground to highground is possible

Yea I posted a couple days ago but it took alot of time for this in general
@regal jasper i feel like i have to change my whole town after seeing this

[green summit]

I wish my entrance was a straight line towards the town hall, my my town hall is off centered, anyway to fix that?

[sonic crescent]

I wish my entrance was a straight line towards the town hall, my my town hall is off centered, anyway to fix that?
@green summit nope :c

[green summit]

It bothers me so much

Any recommendations?

[regal jasper]

@sonic crescent bro hha thats exactly how i felt after i saw the twitter video about with the Japanese housing layout

[sonic crescent]

@regal jasper huh what is that? can u show it to me?

[woven drift]

My idea is to make the whole island water and have little islands for villagers and 3 big islands for the shops and museum, each having a different aspect of it

[regal jasper]

lmao bro it made me deprresedddd

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[sonic crescent]

oh well i will nevr be happy with my town again

[regal jasper]

like theyre mind with the layout is crazy

[green summit]

Any ideas for the entrance? I don’t like how it’s off centered I have a Japanese theme

[regal jasper]

thats how i felt but do u bro

[alpine kiln]

@sonic crescent it's not possible, so I'm gonna raise the water at that location

[regal jasper]

My original was completely different

U just gotta find something you would like to see tbh

[green summit]

@regal jasper can I get a vid from your airport to townhall for idea?

[silver sorrel]

my entrance is just two massive cliffs on either side

[woven drift]

Good idea!

small touches but i added some shell arches to this pathway

[hardy citrus]

I want those pink trees so bad 😭

[silver sorrel]

i was thinking about adding an arch as well

[alpine kiln]

aren't pink trees coming tomorrow

?

[woven drift]

@hardy citrus if youre in northern hemisphere, wait for tomorrow!

[hardy citrus]

I’m in south

[next cypress]

yeah they are from apr 1 to... 12 or 14 I think

[woven drift]

ooof

[regal jasper]

I got a very bad location for mine so i just did something basic

[hardy citrus]

Yeah 😭

[woven drift]

@regal jasper idk i kinda like it!

[alpine kiln]

oh i thought they were the entirety of april

[silver sorrel]

bruh i chopped all of my trees lmao

[next cypress]

nah only til mid april, I'm tt'd to like apr 20 or something and they've been gone a few days

[regal jasper]

Yea i had money trees but forgot to put a fence up and someone stole all of them 😂

[alpine kiln]

xD

[green summit]

@regal jasper thank you

[regal jasper]

Np 👉🏾👈🏾😳

[woven drift]

@next cypress dang thats far, i just wanted to TT a day after lol

[next cypress]

I just skip to next day when I run out of stuff to do... I play this game a looot

[pastel raven]

Have peaches, cherries and coconuts willing to share for a rainy island

[next cypress]

try #690093605821480980 , this channel is for talking about maps

[austere orbit]

anyone know the dimensions of the museum

?

[zenith flower]

My residential area, very much a work in progress though

[next cypress]

interesting angle... lol

[zenith flower]

It’s hard to get any good photos

I’ll take a quick vid

[ivory salmon]

small touches but i added some shell arches to this pathway
@woven drift how do you collect the DIY for this?

[woven drift]

@ivory salmon i got it from diy bottles

[inner star]

It is also in atm for miles

[alpine kiln]

pretty!!

[woven drift]

Awesome!

[ionic moth]

@regal jasper can u dm the qr codes to the roads in your island?

[woven drift]

I need some tips

[rich bobcat]

quality sucks, and I still have a lot to do, but any tips for my residential area are more than welcome ☺️

[languid kestrel]

Anyone know if there's a way to import your default island layout into Happy Island Designer? I tried just uploading a PNG, but no luck

Trying to design from that starting point

[next cypress]

nope. I think the images that it saves to have some metadata so it can't load from an image you made yourself

just gotta draw it yourself unfortunately

[languid kestrel]

Was afraid of that, but good to know. Thanks!

[visual quiver]

Loving your guys is maps

[woven drift]

I'm struggling deciding what to do with my cliffs

lol

[ivory salmon]

can you put wall designs outside or just in your homes?

[barren gale]

And the quest to create a New Leaf style town in New Horizons, begins.

[flint zodiac]

anyone here that has terraforming available for a little while

[barren gale]

you mean that has had it for a little while now?

[dim quail]

Oh my god, that's so beautiful 😭

[graceful sky]

wow that’s amazing

[fading anchor]

@marsh bough That looks awesome!

[ivory salmon]

Thank you! 🙇‍♀️

[graceful sky]

idek all the items i can craft so i feel like my creativity is so limited XD

[sharp stump]

@zenith flower how do you put the path “underneath” the stairs of a villagers house? Mine won’t let me 😦

[graceful sky]

need idea for outdoor venues/locations, so far ive got a park/outdoor restaurant/construction site/lake

[marsh bough]

@marsh bough That looks awesome!
@fading anchor thank you! ^^

[twilit wedge]

Looking for a southern hemisphere to go fishing. Anyone willing to let me come, I'll bring apples and cherries.

[regal jasper]

@ionic moth yea its gonna be a little since theyre hand made u might need mables place

@visual quiver i wanna see ur place the most jezzz

[jagged wind]

If anyone wants to hit me up in DMs i'll let people come see my sans lake up close

[visual quiver]

Soul sent dodo code

[woven drift]

You guys are so good at making islands lol

I'm drawing mine out atm

to get ideas

[graceful sky]

hand drawn or Island Editor ?

[woven drift]

hand drawn

[graceful sky]

nice nice

what kinda vibe are you going for?

[woven drift]

not sure yet

[graceful sky]

glgl

[graceful sky]

can you fit path under the doorway of the upgraded Nook’s?

[woven drift]

i think

[graceful sky]

sweet

can’t even get close to the door with the first upgrade XD

[ionic moth]

@regal jasper i have mables thing

[woven drift]

thinking about making a hangout area

like having a second villager

that has a cafe as their house

Like only upgrading until the main room is big enough

[warped sorrel]

Building a small graveyard with white iron garden tables, chairs, and benches and all white flowers. Which style of tombstone do you guys think looks best?

[woven drift]

I like the white and gray

they go doo with the fence

[rose wyvern]

@woven drift sorry for the ping, but how did you get the DIY recipe for the shell arches? :oo

[primal crest]

Hey guys, randon question. Does anyone know if you put a pond in the middle of a river whether or not you catch river or pond fish?

Within the pond, I mean.

[barren gale]

I had to read that 5 times over

I think a pond has to be by itself

[primal crest]

Oof, alrighty. Thank you :)

[barren gale]

np

[woven drift]

@rose wyvern lucky diy bottle

[visual quiver]

If anyone want to come my gate is open just rearranging flowers at moment

[woven drift]

I have a question

what do you guys do with the like free space in your island

I'm confused on what to do with it

[barren gale]

decorate

[woven drift]

lol

[hidden lichen]

@marsh bough so much detail holy u got the path qr?

[barren gale]

Well the game basically tells you to decorate

[uneven falcon]

Can I get some layout ideas for the top left?

[barren gale]

Maybe make a residential area

[marsh bough]

@marsh bough so much detail holy u got the path qr?
@hidden lichen yeah! the floor planks are from https://twitter.com/glitter_8/status/1242079906806161408
flowers are from https://twitter.com/mothcoffee/status/1243710485079265282
and stone path is from https://twitter.com/tobitobi_bibi/status/1244623147992678400

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[hidden lichen]

GOAT

amazing you are

[sterile tangle]

Anybody have a Qr code to something similar pattern

a that Design that blends in well

[woven drift]

been trying to figure out what to do with this place. i didn't realize what a crappy island i chose. i want to build a boardwalk below the two houses center-bottom, but i don't currently like how the houses on the center island are placed. i don't wanna put full paths up there, would make it feel crowded and kinda want a more natural feel going on... but placed on a grid like that it looks funny. the square around the heart shaped lake is a park, and fitting a house in on the east side is odd. i plan on moving the campsite somewhere eventually... any ideas?

[urban venture]

@sterile tangle lmk when you find the QR code for that sidewalk too that's gorgeous

[boreal solstice]

can i move where the water comes in from the beach?

or is it just stuck there

[woven drift]

i am so tempted to just restart right now, but i would lose my catalogue and all my clothing and designs

and it's stuck there

[boreal solstice]

riiiiip

[woven drift]

same with the river origin

[boreal solstice]

kk ty

[woven drift]

i hate animal crossing

about to go back to playing new leaf because getting to this point and wanting to restart

is heartbreaking

[visual quiver]

It’s not that bad

[next cypress]

Is there not some tweak you can do to your design? I don't feel like the river mouths are that big a problem

[visual quiver]

Yea

Look where mine is

[woven drift]

the river mouths aren't the problem tbh it's a combination of placements that are making things tough

[woven drift]

wtf

[wet cliff]

But you can change everything besides the river mouths and resident services

[visual quiver]

The River mouth on left I don’t use

[next cypress]

Lol I've seen yours posted here already a few times and only now actually noticed that you don't have two bottom river mouths XD

[woven drift]

hot take islands that are super unnatural ruin the island idea 😔

[visual quiver]

Lol

I know

[strange imp]

I'm thinking of making a town square modeled after the one from new leaf

[woven drift]

yeah i don't like em either dave

[visual quiver]

It’s will be open in like 5 mins

[woven drift]

but not my island not my problem

tru

[quartz flame]

It's kind of a pain to terraform my island coz I already placed a lot before I got terraform, I dont even know what to start with it lmao, seeing other peopls islands here seems like a lot of time to do

[visual quiver]

If you guys want to look

[woven drift]

i just wanna figure out how to make mine look less unnatural

[next cypress]

I agree but also I find it so hard to make something that looks organic-shaped, I'm just horribly uncreative so things end up being squared off

[woven drift]

i love making organic stuff but i just kept my islands terrain the same

i just adjusted a few things

[wet cliff]

Try irregular pathing

[quartz flame]

same, I'm just using my islands original terrain as well and it's been working out for me, although I want some symmetry

[wet cliff]

Like

[wet cliff]

Or do the paths wandering a bit like rivers

[rigid hemlock]

love natural look of this

wel

[worn ginkgo]

oh i love that

[rigid hemlock]

“”Natural”””

[wet cliff]

Heckin Hippeaux lol

[woven drift]

yeah chloe that's really nice

[worn ginkgo]

can villagers go across those?

[rigid hemlock]

think so?

[woven drift]

yeah my island trash

goddamnit

[rigid hemlock]

terraforming saves everything

[fleet isle]

damn didn't expect to see my screenie posted again lol

[woven drift]

no

it really doesn't

[rigid hemlock]

yea it’s a really nice one

[fleet isle]

I adore natural terraforming

[woven drift]

i terraformed till 5am last night

[wet cliff]

Heheh

[rigid hemlock]

I saved it in my folder it’s a gr8 example

[woven drift]

everything looks just as bad

[fleet isle]

aaaa tysm chloe

[woven drift]

if not worse

[visual quiver]

Lol I spent 72 and need at least 4 more to finish

[woven drift]

yeah but turning your island into a square box is easy

just time consuming

[fleet isle]

yeah it is but it doesn't feel right

[visual quiver]

Yes it’s a square box

[fleet isle]

I just like doing one acre a day

[worn ginkgo]

my island went from this to this in a day and i'm pre happy about it

[wet cliff]

Oh that's cute

[queen cosmos]

I'm so overwhelmed by terraforming, just unlocked it but no idea how/where to start!!

[indigo gale]

Can’t wait till I get terraforming, I’m really close

[teal wasp]

same

[fleet isle]

the easiest spot to start is the lil chunk of land sticking out on the side

[fleet isle]

or by the dock

[wet cliff]

I'm excited to start with a neighborhood

[indigo gale]

Whoa nice waterfall!

[visual quiver]

All 3 sides

[fleet isle]

personally I've been scattering all the houses and giving everyone yards

[indigo gale]

Oh yeah I just saw the other!

[worn ginkgo]

being able to place items outdoors

[worn ginkgo]

it's a blessing

[fleet isle]

this is billy's

[woven drift]

aaa i hate this game

[fleet isle]

I have yet to make a large waterfall

I'm trying to figure out where to build my higher up layers

[quartz flame]

I should probably start terraforming my island soon, I spent too much time decorating the interior of my house

[wet cliff]

This is my island pre-terraforming

[proper owl]

i wanted to make a nice and place bridges / inclines everywhere but then i realized i wouldn't have enough yikes

[woven drift]

yeah that's a way better default layout

i chose the worst possible starting island i think

i can't believe how dumb i am

[fleet isle]

I choose the double river down one

[worn ginkgo]

you can always make it better

[fleet isle]

that was very limiting at first but so worth it

[woven drift]

no, i can't, i've been trying

[wet cliff]

Zitz your island can be all changed, just find something you actually want it to look like

[next cypress]

Wait but Zif your island has the exact same rivers as that one, you can make it look like that if you want

[visual quiver]

But island is Aztec in design so it had to have lots of straight lines

[wet cliff]

Yeah

[quartz flame]

it's a game of patience

[woven drift]

nah i got the stupid eastward flowing river start

which went right over the private beach

genius pick right there

i figured out how to open up the beach

[worn ginkgo]

[quartz flame]

start small somewhere

[woven drift]

but now my house is placed oddly, and i can't center bridges to houses

[quartz flame]

and plan

[wet cliff]

Mine has an east river...

You can move your house

[timid kernel]

@woven drift some of the coolest designs i've seen are from those river exits. one really popular idea is making the museum top where your house is (but closer to the water front) and making that a vocal point, make really crazy dramatic stairs and other sights going down from it

[next cypress]

but you can change everything except the river openings to the beach

and the town hall location

[timid kernel]

you got a great map to work with imo, don't worry

[wet cliff]

You can move every building bro

[woven drift]

i'm aware

i've been trying to sus it out

[worn ginkgo]

can you move the plaza

[timid kernel]

no sadly, plaza stays for now

[worn ginkgo]

[wet cliff]

No that's the only thing you can't

[quartz flame]

except town hall and airport but hey you can use those as a start of your terraforming plan

[woven drift]

actually the town hall, shops, and park i've built

i do like

[timid kernel]

good

[woven drift]

heart shaped lake centerpiece

[kindred yarrow]

I started on release day, and my boyfriend started a couple days later. He wanted me to help him with his town and now his looks better than mine rip.

[woven drift]

My map before and after terraforming

gonna build a boardwalk along the front and center beach

put in some stalls, arcade machines, imperial dining tables

[smoky horizon]

I have a nice upper forest pine tree area. Was thinking of putting museum there but I don’t mind it being where it is w the rest of the public buildings.
My question though. Is.. does anyone live up in the upper forest level and enjoy their decision? Or do you regret it? I’m trying to make my town very 60s 70s laurel canyon hippie enclave vibes. So.. your experience is important haha

[woven drift]

make it feel piratey

[wet cliff]

My RS is offcenter but only 1 of 2 tiles leading up from the airport will go straight back past it XD oh well I'll figure something out

[visual quiver]

But this is one of my favorite places on island right now

[woven drift]

AT LEAST MY BRIDGES AND INCLINES ARE ALL THE CHEAPEST ONES lmao

that's a blessing

[visual quiver]

Mine all 198,000

[timid kernel]

@woven drift you know, that is really nice. at first i was a bit bothered all shops were on one side but the more i look at it, the more it makes sense and i dig it. making the clothing shop sorta be the connector between the houses / shops is nice

[vast sierra]

Making the most of my layout so far DKFKFK

[wet cliff]

I might put my house back farther later but atm it's nice to have it close to everything

[woven drift]

hey where's that online island planning tool

[wet cliff]

In pins

[woven drift]

I was gonna spread them even further but decided to spread out the homes instead

[quartz flame]

I just wish I've known that terraforming exists when I started acnh (its my first ac game), I would go ham with planning with it

[tough knot]

From this to that took me forever to make its 95% done

[wet cliff]

Never too late to start!

[timid kernel]

i think it was a good idea, i like it and it gives you some room if you needed to add more shops if they release more

[quartz flame]

I'm going for the natural look for my island, only minimal terraforming now

[worn ginkgo]

@tough knot nice island name lol

[tough knot]

kekw

[timid kernel]

@tough knot your house is a kingdom! love how you get the whole beach to yourself, made a little cliff in the backyard and stuff

you even get the pier haha

[tough knot]

mine was very minimal changes as you can see

[woven drift]

okay those island planners will take more time than actually just terraforming lmao

[wet cliff]

Haha

[next cypress]

Yeah I feel like just sketching it out and then kinda tweaking the details as you go is a better way, since it's hard to get a feel for what it looks like ingame from just looking at the map

[wet cliff]

Yeah I really need a ground look to get a feel for things

[tough knot]

i think there is a website to plan things out but idk

[sterile tangle]

@𝕯𝖆𝖉𝖉𝖞 𝕯𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘#8145

I did not realize it does not keep an ID

Sorry took a while. I found it through checking my browsing history

[quartz flame]

man adding these art foot paths makes my plan much more complicated lmao

[woven drift]

gonna try moving filbert's house down beside molly's and then my house closer to the private beach

as a start

[sharp shoal]

Not mine

But

Here's mine WIP

[worn ginkgo]

omg i love that

[woven drift]

actually i think i can get used to my house being slightly off-centered as long as i utilize the space around it well

[rigid hemlock]

such a grand museum entrance

[woven drift]

wish you could sell islands like in new leaf lmao

[sharp shoal]

Still need some rare items though

Like sarcophagus

Altar

And skulls

[gleaming plank]

;-; i need inspiration for my town i just feel like idk what im doing with it

[sharp shoal]

I just divided my island into few parts:

• science complex (kinda hard to find good stuff for it)
• mausoleum
• countryside
• town
• fishing camp
• bamboo forest

Just trying to do 1 thing at the time

[woven drift]

i got some science stuff for ya miltek

dm me and i'll get it to ya

i'm gonna have a shower first tho

[sharp shoal]

Kay

[woven drift]

okay so i think moving filbert's house definitely opened up the center island the way it needed to be opened up, and it looks really nice with four houses like that on a 'grid' while still kinda being in a natural looking place on an island...

think i'm gonna move that bridge down right before the waterfall

[sharp stump]

WIP

[woven drift]

any further suggestions?

[compact mist]

What day of gameplay do you get terraforming?

[woven drift]

what happened to your town jesus

[brisk obsidian]

This is a little fishing spot I made near my wooden dock

[woven drift]

its like if someone cropped an image

[regal jasper]

@sharp shoal brooooooooooooo thats heat

[pseudo marsh]

Wait a min, how exactly can you redo the whole island in your image ?

Landscape and stuff?

I'm mindblown, I didn't know it existed