#island-designs
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@lone rover im not doing anything with them as they'll return to normal in a couple weeks sadly
aren't cherry blossoms leaving after spring though?
They leave after April 10th
ouch
yup
yeah I see not point in moving them if I am just gonna move them again
it's a good way to identify which trees are fruit and which aren't though, if you were like me and just randomly scattered them around
^^ this
now I have only fruit trees on my bottom tier and only non-fruit on my cliff tiers, so I know which ones to shake lol
why is the plaza so uneven to all my design, aaaa
So I did some more planning
@unborn blade 8 bridges max
nicole do you know if is the same limit for ramps?
@left mango yeah, 8 bridges 8 inclines
ooh I see
@sharp stump all good, I actually had an issue with map size
had to cut out 2 bridges
Stil in process guys
Wait you can have houses on the beach?
@lapis hull yeah u didn't know? lol
I didn't know either tbh lol
omg haha
any of you guys see / have cool inspiration for flower gardens? i just finished up my neighborhood part so im trying to work on that now 😮
@proper owl I'm decently proud of my flower garden/orchard if you wanna look at it
this is in a planner but this is what I currently have
all 8 flowers surronding my orchard
oh wow that looks really interesting 😮
any recommendations on fencing you're gonna use
if I can find it
hallo, new to this discord~ is this where people post design layouts / landscaping?
yes!
Ideas, plans, actually islands, anything map related really

also i have essentially 2-3 big plots of land left now so im trying to decide what big set pieces i can do
ive been experimenting with landscaping lots, its low quality but heres my fave part of my island
ive seen the restaurant done a lot so maybe i'll do that
oh wow wait that looks really good
Can you skip ahead a day to have a house built then go back a day and have it still be built?
yeah
thank you!! I've been looking for inspiration for the rest of my island, was hoping to find references here
can you put a bridge over 3 wide rivers? or does it have to be 4
mine are all over 3 wide
is it just me or are extremely neat organized and "flawless" islands really weird to see
Any tip on fixing the messy mountains?
why not move your stuff closer to eachother?
everyones so spread out its hard to walk to villager to villager etc
True but I don’t where to make some villager spots since I feel the map has so much bad used spaced
Diagonals In this game are useless
so a house needs a 4x4 area correct?
Yes
thanks]
So I placed a housing plot, then skipped ahead 1 day but I still have the plot in my inventory. Thought the house would have been built but it wasn’t even placed.
Can someone help with my island?
im completely out of ideas for my island, the bridge coming out of the airport isn't symmetrical to the town hall and it's one block off if i try to put a path leading from the airport to the town hall, i flattened my entire map and moved all my shops and houses to the side but i really dont know what to do with the entrance since it's not gonna be neat at all and it bothers me
omg i had almost the same map design
i took off the bottom hook with the heart. still struggling on mine also lol. but i moved all houses to the beach so i can work on it
see this is why i just worked with the base island i got
instead of wiping everything clean
lol i was high key considering restarting bc idk why i chose the map
im awful at thinkin about designing an entire map
Slowly but surely. Still need to work out terraforming on the northeast corner of the island.
jk i i liked the heart lmaooooo but i already put in so much work
campsite being so far away is weird to me lol
mines right next to the plaza
but nice
@ancient heron you already took out the rivers but i basically just took out the bottom hook and redid the heart somewhere else
Ok thanks for the help
@woven drift I’ll be moving the campsite, I just needed it out of the way when I got it
i havnt gotten terraforming quite yet but drew up this rough design. Is it possible with the limitations of terraforming at end game
i put my plaza and dock and aiport where thy are
idk how the water limitations work
besides cant modify beach
@uncut cedar You’ll want to make sure to have some hills as some creatures can only be caught on tier 2/3 rivers and such
yeah i didnt do the terraforming for that yet
but will do
itd be cascading top down
@indigo gale nice what star rating u at?
Any ideas on how to get 4-star rating?
Nice lol thxx
You all have such nice designs!! I can't wait for my island to not be so ugly lmao
Anyone have some good ideas for nice-looking outdoor turnip storage? Going crazy having my house filled up with them so at the moment I just have them piled up outside, thought about fencing it in but would like to snazz it up a bit and decorate it somehow
@woven drift I agree hehe
Can anybody help me make my town look cute? I need help laying things out and other things please dm
@cyan violet north west, then give your house a flashy entrance
oh then ye center is good
i cant be the only one stressed over the amount of ideas they want to do in their island fdsjsdfh
can someone help, i thought nooks and mables were 5x4 size but i hole checked ingame and nooks is 7x4 like am i doing this right?
@alpine locust im trying to grid my layout so i know exactly what is going on what sqaure
my stress is ehjahdjkshakda
like i wanna work on my villager's houses so i have a good layout on that but idk ;;
trying to decide what to do with my vertical stretch next to the beach rn ahh
yeah thats why i wanna grid mine up so i know what i can place near their homes and such like flowers/trees/decorations
Waterfall path
like i had a doodle like moblie ibispaint doodle, so now ive made a grid based off that island helper designer. resized my ingame map ...pixeled all the edges to basic squares and now trying to lay out 10 villager houses is just not working
I’m also very stressed with the map
I’m finding it the hardest thing in the game @spice wagon
Look at my horrible natural layout
I really don’t know how to fix this
i think the thing i dislike the most is the time part attached to EVERY SINGLE action, like you need a whole 2 days to destroy a ramp and then build another right? like zzzzz
yeah its so stupid, like for example i just realized that one my houses & museum is like 1 space off of where they need to be
rip
so to fix that you'd need 2 days irl and it's such a minor move.. idk why they didn't allow us to pay extra for a faster way to move stuff, oh well =/
how do we plant normal trees?
buy saplings from nooks
ahhh okay thanks 😄
... creative people... help me
with what? it helps if you have more specific questions
my best advice is just to start by copying a layout that looks cool and then go from there. Example: i copied my layout of orchards from someone, a neighborhood from someone, my hilltop house from someone, and my waterfall museum from someone LOL, but put together they all look very nice
same
Where do I find layouts
What is the best island designer? Are there any other good ones, other than the Happy Island Designer? I like that one but I don't like the scaling of the buildings and was wondering if there's a more accurate one
The animal crossing subreddit?
Anyone with a fully upgrade nook store confirm the grid size of it for me please!
Why can't I send?
@hearty remnant what I had to start with i refuse to let anyone seen my current mess
Nooooo
Ables is only 5x4 nooks is 7x4 museum is 7x4.... Homes are 4x4
THE MAP DOESN'T ADD UO
@spice wagon I feel that separate mountains are a horrible idea . I thought they were cool but ....
ooh nice eggs
@hearty remnant im doing layers at first, then making it more naturally looking when I have my placements done
Like don't get me started on path design paths have to be 2x2 homes doors are 1x1
Like map math just wants to hurt me
How can you all calmly do this, but your pictures bring me such joy uwu
My island is open to people who wanna come 🥺🥺. I’m in the NH and all my shops are open. My switch code is 2863-5965-1784 and the gates are open
woah how long are you open? 😮 would love to come visit in a bit
@pine crest loving the stepping stones
Could you do dodo code?!
I’m not doing anything today, so pretty much for a few hours! Dodo has been acting up for me which is why I’m doing friend requests :))
Thank you!
Ahh mannn : (
this is what my layout looks like so far still have to do the big left side and smaller strip on the right
I put my switch friend code right above the pics
@pine crest im abt to friend u get ready to accept
Can you raise the part of your island that sticks out?
I wanna come over
Kk
Sent
any ideas to do the big left space lol I’m outta inclines so it’ll just be bridged
The very beginning stages of my island! This is gonna be my little town center at Lunar Isle ✨
Those flowers are beautiful
Accepted
sick On my way!
I'm coming to your island to ;) @pine crest
@rigid geyser #flower-plants-trade
thanks!
@pine crest mind if i add and visit? 🙂
Go ahead!
request sent!
Accepted!
heeere i come!
Hey 10 is the max residents but he sold me a plot that makes 11. Will he sell more plots than residents allowed?
does it let you place it?
Yes plots placed, 2 are empty but it’s 11 total.
Are you including urself in the residents list?
10 villagers is the max
Yep
K
ye3
does anyone know how big a body of water needs to be to spawn fish. is 2 wide enough for rivers
@quaint mason nope you need at least 3
i have a small fish rn in a smaller part of my river though (size 2)
but its connected to a size 3 dunno if that makes a difference
So how is everyone planning out there island.. Mine doesn't look super bad.. I think.. but I', having a hard time actually planning it out without it being so cramped.
I'm still working on mine but this is how it looks. @proper lava
Still need to figure out where im placing the buildings.
Mine only uses the bottom corner of the map really lol
I'd like to split my houses in half between the town hall but I'm still unsure how I want to do it.
i wanna make my town look pretty but i’m like very bad at designing any ideas/help pleaseeee :((
Oh jeez.
Its just all crammed down there haha
levels make the island look so good
hm maybe spread out your villager houses? Put them in a different part of the island?
Looks strange to me to only use 1/4 of the map and the rest is empty, idk
It doesn't look bad in game, and I have moved my house since I took that picture but ya.
@next cypress you got any ideas for my town? the houses will move to the ends of the paths on the east and my house to the center but for the rest I got no ideas
but looking at all these islands that use like all the space look amazing.
guilty as charged of using only 1/4 of my map
but i have plans for making a big naturey arboretum and flower observation path
Hmm idk, maybe think about adding some outdoor spaces like a park, or you could move your campsite further away from town and decorate around it with like hiking trails and stuff
i still have 1/4 of my map that i dunno what to do as a set piece ahhh
i have this thing where I want to make my town as busy as possible BUT there should still be some untouched naturey areas just in case, for bugs and stuff
I already got a small japanese area around it @next cypress
@teal star #690093605821480980
@cold cypress Thats kinda what I went with. A little urbanized area but mostly un touched land.
I've since made a mountain in the middle that will be my house but the village is still there.
nice!
i didn't think very far ahead so i've spent bells to move almost every single building & villager
and im not even done yet
I feel that pain. Dropped over a mill moving everyone out, to move them back into proper place xD:
yup same... I've only got 2 more houses to move I think
at least 2.5 million for me im sure ive demolished and remade so many parts of my twon
Hey all looking for ideas on what to do with my island here is all I got so far 😦
can someone help me with where i should put my villagers please? :))
That's a lot of paths! lol
Looks like a very urbanized area
Yeah modern style
Looks neat, I like how you kept the rivers and cliffs looking very natural shaped
I used a lot of paths for like flower beds
There’s 2 big gardens there
Flower grow on the dark dirt path so
It looks good flowers
Every house has 2 spaces all around the front sides with my layout for yards.
Very nice.
I built a lot of stuff That doesn’t have an purpose like fruit market adventure forest bamboo chillout area
Power plant
Ya, I need to start doing those kind of details on my island.
One of these things is not like the other
Yeah there's so much space that you kinda have to add purpose-less areas to fill it up
all that space kills me
i'm just wondering if thye add the cafe, if it will be its own building (what i hope) or in the museum
I have a boardwalk which will have a cafe, arcade/carnival games, and market stalls. Public pool area with beach chairs and stuff. Campsite has hiking trails that lead to a pond. Etc
@cold cypress my guess is that they will add it upstairs in the muesum.. those stairs are kinda useless lol
if so its a shame, I have a really cute spot that i could have used for it
i could put the campsite there though
Could always build your own little outdoor cafe.
^ thats what im doing
I've built a little play area / fountain in the center of my town. But I need to do things like outdoor cafe / eatery and gardens and stalls etc.
lol
Nice Goufer Looks cool
Thanks. I'll open up for tours eventually when I'm comfortable with showing all of it.
Looking at my map, where should I place my bridge?
Going left.
Connecting to your other beaches without pool vault is nice for fishing / shells.
My bamboo farm
Ah thanks for the tip
Plaza can act as a path.
Better not
You can actually do a trick
And place the tree a bit lower next to the custom path
The tree top will cover that
Sleepy evening under the cherry blossom 🌸
It’s not a rug, it’s a pattern :)
I need to look into using patterns more too
I don’t get why Melinda tells me there’s too much stuff on my floor lying around
I mean like beside shells
There’s nothing else
Thinking of building a waterfall like pictured above, that goes down the neighborhood. Anyone with something similar I can get some inspo from?
More people should post their map so I can get some level ideas 🙏
Diskette I can invite u for a dodo if u want
No I mean like the highest point placement stuff
hey guys...i need some help
so i have no idea what to do with my town lmao
my "theme" is japanese sort of - bamboo, those like japanese wall things, cherry blossoms, pink flowers, etc
all i have is i want a market area in the top right
any ideas?
I'm redesigning my map atm after my first two just don't work :(
So I've been creep for a few hours looking at where people have their level placements for ideas to fix my layout
i don't have terraforming yet but once i do i will def move things around
What did you come up with @spice wagon 👀
You shouldn't rely too much on the cherry blossom trees, since they're only temporary
So am I the only one who picked the bottom right map at start?
I was gonna do 3 levels but that's just boring
i'm not, i'm just trying to help picture the aesthetic
Everyone had a different 4 maps to choose from at start
Wait so everyone didn’t have same 4?
Yeah I placed stuff randomly since you can move it later, and I sold står fragments during the boom so I'm rich to not care levels without tt
The 4 are randomized, from my experience
Oh... so mine is completely unique?
Sorta, there are only a certain number of river styles you could start with, town hall locations, airport locations, etc.
4 random i just wanted my South River exits and spend to long trying to place airport and town hall in nicer places 😭
Others might have similar layouts, but things like pier placement and native fruits are probably different
I think the game randomly chooses each feature and then presents you 4 options it came up with
But @gusty briar is giving me a idea 🥰
isn't there about 40? 50? unique layouts
:3
The patterns are technically not paths, though you can just place the pattern over the paths
No
The way your 2nd level flows just oof
Left side is a hot mess right is a outdoorsy wooded area
Oh dw if I showed my current map people would cry
I was so busy getting my rating up I just went crazy throwing things down
That’s exactly what I did now I don’t know what I want to do with my island
my island requires too much terraforming lmao
That's why I'm doing my grid idea atm so I know what square has what
Then I'll hire a garden team to help with re planting everything xD
Yeah mine is just off because idk what I do with a tiny sliver on each side
And they'll know exactly where to go if I grid it off
I LOVE cross breeding I think they cover 1/4 of my island
My entire West Side of my island is for breeding atm I've cut the villagers off from touching it
Lmao
Here’s basically what I’m thinking for when I get terraforming. Any thoughts?
i dont read i only watch pictures :p
But I need like it all to match so I had choices to make
Like I might cut off the east and keep that lower
Yours looks nice nanman
rip my msg deleted
Can't talk biology I guess
xD
So at what point do you get the terraform permit?
Ok to avoid biological... Mirrors... Lower East Side make a star and moon pond combo disconnect it from museums moat.... Hmm
Hope your island gives.. birth.. to many wonderfull villagers lol
Well I did get kabuki so maybe 🤔
I think that’s not bad idea
Any ideas what i could do there? :3
Flower garden? Fruit orchard?
Hm... maybe
anyone know the website to design a map?
pinned messages
Thoughts? Obviously there arent decorations yet but im still proud
wow, that's lovely! just wondering though..why the path changes? no hate i just am curious what you're planning with that
in a perfect world it'd be a bridge
but i don't know yet if a bridge would work there yet
i just used the stone as a placeholder
ahh i see
i think that would look great! 👍
I just got terra forming and waterscaping but I don't have many ideas. Can I get some pointers?
honestly
i'd make the rivers the star
they already look wacky so i'd just build your town around it
I think I’m about to get terraforming and I have no idea where to begin, what are some good tips for getting started?
anyone have any orchard layouts? 🙂 looking for inspiration
@silent rover Have a general plan in mind. Do you want an orderly grid-like town? Do you want a dedicated area for fruit trees and/or flowers?
Can u make a waterfall anywhere or does there have to be water there in the first place?
So u need 3 layers?
@weak cargo i'd suggest for the airport area where you start the path leading up to the stores.. make that a little more than just a straight line to it. a park, or some sort of 'welcome wagon' area and then connect from there, it'd give a bit more flavor
nice idea tho overall 🙂
any of y'all have island entrances that you're proud of? Looking for some ideas
how do you get the star furniture btw
i am thinking ideas about my 2nd island haha
thinking about turning my 2nd idea into a starrey /moderny vibe and i need those stars a lot
*island
@timid kernel good idea thanks
oh it is called the nova light just gotta grind for celeste till my switch lite arrives i guess ...
np
the sides of my island are so blocky but can't think of what to put / fit to make it less so rip
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUj0WjVUcAA_hFI?format=jpg&name=large current updated village.
@queen nexus nice
hey guys - not sure if this is the place to ask, but questions channel was no help to me haha, I'm redoing my whole island! Any suggestions on: where to start, where to place things, and what to do with the houses before I start terraforming? Or any general tips on what looks best/is most efficient?
@queen nexus i feel like the top left and bottom left are very nicely designed and has some cool design choices but the bottom right is just completely pathed down so it sorta has a weird contrast after i looked at it a bit longer
oh!! okay cool 😄
it's the paths from in game not custom ones
@mild dock you can't move the town hall, so plan that area from the beginning, move all of the buildings/houses first
gotcha, yeah i heard the custom ones can be annoying cause you can pick them up by mistake
The trick now is figuring out how to decorate
i'd also delete the rivers and cliffs so you start with a perfectly clean slate
@mild dock we need more info to give any kind of advice. My main advice is lay all cliffs/land before doing any river/waterfall work
😦 i wish they would just put a pathing QR /type of feature with the pathing tool so it just mimics whatever custom design you use while using their pre-built system
the ones in game look good anyway
yeah that's good, maybe in the future they will expand on it
this is essentially my island right now. i am working on destroying cliffs, and just finished removing my flower field after two, very long days lol
honestly i just chipped away at areas i wanted to change
no plan or anything
got inspo from mattsubola's map
now you gotta figure out the main things you want on your island Cay. Do you want the villager houses and shops to all be in one location? Figure out the space for it. Want an orchard? Figure out the space for it
There's a way to add your own art to the paths
Make four copies then add a different clear line to each one on a different edge
iirc a lot of people suggest just teraforming your entire island and level it down so you have a good base. thats why in my game i'm putting quite a bit of stuff in a small corner so i can have easier access to my island in a week or so
I saw a twitter tutorial on it
I'll see if I can send a pic of my current map (i grabbed that one online so i can use Happy Island Designer)
I'm more curious about what I should be doing with the houses/shops while I'm terraforming - should i move them all to one corner?
i deforested so much that isabelle actually told me to get more trees lmao 😢 guess i need to have more than just an orchard
if you already have a plan going into it though then maybe you don't have to level the entire island unless that is your goal
haha aw 😦
this is my current map. it’s very messy, at the moment lol
so what do you not like about this design?
it's very flat, for the most part. I want to make use of my space without just throwing furniture everywhere (like i did up until now, lol...)
second making the houses on levels, my town looks a lot cooler b/c of it haha
yeah haha those are my two favourite villagers' houses lol
do you think I should keep them all in the top left, or should I move them away from the river mouth for more space?
hahaha
bottom right hand side is giving me strong vibes of a field, like you could make it a country / mountain combo island
make the right side all country like and the left more mountain based and the middle blend it together
i want to build more hilly places but my villagers won't be able to access it and it'll be quite unfortunate haha
my town so far. i like the unorganized look
A small section of my boardwalk
@valid skiff that is reallllllly cool! love it
The first picture has some messed up patterns, I was still testing colors haha
i like the stair effect
Thank you!
have you thought about maybe elevating the bridge parts to make it look higher?
I’ve decided to go for a more natural feel. I have changed much about the map. Still a ways to go but this is my progress so far
i dig the natural theme
This is what the map looks like right ! I just need help figuring out what to put on the big bottom left and that long strip on the right any suggestions appreciated !
it's really hard to go overboard with terraforming n all that so seeing a natural town every once and a while is refreshing
@proper owl maybe a boardwalk of some sort?
The main stuff I’ve done is add some paths (zell is sitting right where I wanna add a path though...) and flesh out rivers and cliffs to give more room. I plan to make the top right 3rd level mountain bigger as well
you can move his house eventually lol
@silver sorrel holy crap, that is an amazing idea. I would need to test it
i can't really fit one into my town unfortunately, but yeah with the sand and brick/wood pattern it would look really good
yeah I just do a boardwalk ish thing on the left, or maybe sort of a nice natural scenery and have a smaller boardwalk on the right
thanks for the suggestion
👌
I’ve been doing brick stuff (path, incline, bridge)
I probably need to have an extra nature area otherwise Isabelle will never let me get 5 stars haha
help its been 30 minutes and i cant decide
I have bottom right!
@chilly spoke think about where the town hall is, cus you can't change it later
town hall is not centralized
yeah it sucks, but thankfully i chose a pretty good starting layout so it hasn't affected me too much
i had to completely alter my map lmao
cus i wanted mine to be on the left, but it was on the right
@chilly spoke I chose the bottom right one, and have liked it and learned to work around it
@valid skiff Where did u get the trees ?
Scroll up for what I’ve terraformed so far lol
@vital smelt they were a gift. Someone else had the diy and made four for me cause we bonded over vaporwave. I dont think they're purchasable, you gotta find the diy or trade for them
ahhh im just really excited for once im done decorating the island but i gotta go look for the right items haha
Anyone got any tips for massive terraforming projects
oh for the maps above i have top left
move all the houses to one side so you don't plan maps around houses you dont even want in a certain spot anyways
@valid skiff Ok thanks 
I’m trying to not make things too artificial if you know what I mean :)
and if your map doesn't have a bad layout consider working with it instead of demolishing the entire thing
@echo basalt im interested in the pathways, they look interesting
@silver sorrel dm me if you wanna visit :)
maybe a different day, im rushing to get my terraforming done so i can see zipper
cus im currently on april 14th and today is the only day to see zipper lmao
you can just TT back and it shouldn't affect anything i think
you have to sync your clock to the internet or else the event won't happen
and if i sync it tomorrow i'd miss the first day
which may be important so i'm not gonna chance it
Yeah I found the waterscaping to be really hard to use and predict what I’m gonna do
will i be able to move my villagers later on im still new
yes
oh huh i did just realize i haven't seen zipper all day
did you time travel?
i TT after i met him
when will i be able to move neighbors
im pretty sure the sync is only to start the event and after that TT is fine as long as you remain in the dates
maybe check with #690232820630945862
that's where i got the initial info
ah ok idk then
anyone know villager house dimensions off of the top of their head? (i'm going with hill housing and wanna start planning ☺️ )
4x3 i think
thank you!
Is making a row of waterfalls by the airport when u walk in a good idea or is it too much?
that comes up almost everyday, i know someone posted the complete list before.. maybe we should pin it
i forget half the time what they are too xD
sorry!! I just didn't see it anywhere and when I google I get weird, not-actual-answer answers haha
definitely not doing that as we speak
yeah, i thought for sure it would be pinned somewhere!
If y’all find it again, send it over to modmail to request it to be pinned
thanks a lot wes
i'm in a league match but after i can hunt through discord history
I'm getting pretty stressed because of my plazas placement, I dont know how to work around it any tips?
I do
could you take a photo of it? and send it to me please?
Trying to currently figure out ideas what to do with it 🤣
Yah I can in a few minutes
thank you!!
Dm if ud like to chill too just fishing for now
that's a nice looking village my guy
@cold cypress
thank you so much!
How do you landscape?
Can anyone suggest what to do with my village 😢
https://gyazo.com/0a52040bde1ce6e5424684729591a2cb?token=cda8aa525796de5a5294aec99d9e1787 Current state of my island (all flat) any way I can make the two river mouths into a cool symmetrical pattern? I am desperate and need ideas
i haven't seen anybody do like a cool 8 design with the rivers yet
With the island designer app thing on the internet, how do I change the map I chose originally? I want to design my island, but the website is only allowing a certain map to start from and it's not the one I chose
I need help with thinking about a layout for my island, honestly will take any ideas y’all got
if you can't think of anything, build something from your current island
take its features and add on to them
what are the space requirements for an incline?
Guys idk if this is the correct thread, but I’m trying to make my town really nice. But I’ve been time skipping when it comes to building bridges/inclines and that. Is that considered cheating?
no, lol
do whatever you want honestly, some people don’t like it and call it cheating but play it however you want
besides... how would anyone know
Thanks guys. I guess so 😂 I’ve been doing it since the Gamecube version. I’m an impatient little shit
Yes
@obtuse falcon bit late of a reply but once kk has his concert youll get the option to teraform and stuff :)
a more simplistic approach to the museum grand entrance
@harsh axle i dig it
I haven’t unlocked terraforming yet but what y’all think I can make from this?
What's the maximum number of inclines/bridges?
I think its 8 of each
Ty
Eventually will have this built has heigh as it can go just tryna terraform everything to make the mountains look decent
Anyone got any ideas for the shops?
This is what it currently looks like, pretty empty
anyone got any ideas how to improve this space
does anyone have a cute shop area I could look at? idk what to do
Anyone giving out island tours? If so I’d like to join! Looking for some inspiration
Anybody asking any more questions?
PLEAE help!!!! I need to Place My shop Asap, but was wondering, are we able to build a waterfall coming out of level 4 ground or only level 3 tops??
anyone got any ideas how to improve this space
@shell magnet if u want it a little less uniform in some way, inetchange the rows of grave stones to have every over in the front peek out like in the window of th oposite row if that makes sense..
You cant build waterfall from level 4 i believe since u cant stand on top
You cant build waterfall from level 4 i believe since u cant stand on top
@fading verge Yeah thats what I was thinking xc didnt know if there was a way to just cut into a cliffside from below it to have a waterfall coming out from it
Hosting an island tour of my “roman” themed island. 97YR0
is the face pond a froggy chair reference
Wait.. you can have a 4th cliff layer?
@fading verge lovely, add me! i'll dm lol i'll visit sometime
I believe the fourth layer is unwalkable
it is indeed unwalkable.
could anyone send me a screen shot of a good island layout using the design app?
using brick?
yea
Too many people ok im closing gates now haha
What's everybody's museum look like on the outside?
@woven drift what qr code path is that :0
thanks~!
there are a couple more roads too
Can someone help me figure out a good layout for my map? I need tips
Still workin on it but who likes my graveyard
Can you make inclines go down or to the side?
looks nice! maybe toss some flower pots and a teddy bear on some
that's the kind of thing you usually find at graveyards
when is the next flavian tour?
thx for the invite, really cool island!
Is it bad if your map design ugly but ur island looks decent
Gonna start telling all my friends to disable their mini maps when visiting me
That’s beautiful
how the map looks doesn't really matter imo, as long as it's not bad to the point where it goes hand in hand with the actual island looking bad
anyone have any good ideas for what to do with the little peninsula dongle that everyone has on their beaches?
or the path leading up to it
@brazen mulch
yes?
Just wanted to say it
Do u feel better now
I was thinking of putting the lighthouse on that peninsula
What do you guys think??
Nice
@young kelp lighthouse? at least that's what i want to do
What should I make my Able Sister island theme be?
to those of you with loads and loads of pathing - what do you put on them/do with them?
My outdoor concert venue
@buoyant cosmos how did you display the hats/helmets? Just dropping the item on a surface?
Yeah, I just dropped it in front of the stall
Do you know if you can set up customs mannequins?
Hmm, not too sure about that dude. Never tried it before!
@frail bobcat how?
Go to the custom designs app, go to "pro designs", choose whatever you wanna display, and tap press "display here"
How do you get an incline rotated like this
is there a limit to how many custom panels u can have? (stuff u use for tiles / paths / shirts / etc)
@brazen mulch you need to face sideways
Ok tysm!
how do I get those display stand things?
12 wood
I ain’t posting my layout on here till later cause someone said they wanted to copy it and for some reason I didn’t like that
happy with how this little area is turning out! terraforming is such a PITA though
ty! does the recipe show up randomly? or is it always there
anyone know if you can make a river on the second level and have a bridge going from a separated 3rd level?
I think bridges have to go directly over water but you can always try and see
for anyone who designed their island, did u guys completely clear the island? like flatten it and fill up all rivers?
I've seen some ppl do that
Can you terraform while having visitors on your island?
I haven't gone quite that far but I am flattening half of my cliffs
anyone have have custom tiles for a basketball court?
i recommend terraforming down from 3rd level if you plan on using it so it’s easier to correct mistakes
u can’t terraform if u have visitors
@split pine where did you get the stage?
@serene wraith my brother made some for a Raptors court I’ll see if I can get the codes
Does anyone know how big a pond has to be to spawn pond fish? I was gonna make a bunch of 4x4's but wasn't sure if that was big enough
Testing it out currently, can confirm a 4x4 w/ hard corners will spawn pond fish. Also testing if rounded corners will work.
@woven drift that sounds amazing pls @ me if u do
tiny farm <:
@woven drift ok thank you
I've tried it, bridges cant go over cliffs only rivers
I've also tested stairs can't touch in any way
two separate stairs I mean
IS there a way to place a starase/ramp leading froma a cliff to the beach!?! (theres a patch of grass on the beach) ANd is it cheaper to do a bridge or the stairs and by how much roughly??
Need to know Asap plz!) Have t place this stuff rn. and it determine where I put able sisters shop kind of )
all inclines are 2 squares wide right? none are 3?
yes
can i make a river connect to the ocean with terraforming?
:/ I feel like it will look weird if I have a river that just ends
Let it end in a lake
4 am designing grind
Can we place ramps/stairs in a nook in a cliff thats at a diagonal?? It will let me place a ladder to go up it?
@woven drift thATS beautiful 
I always start designing and then delete everything. 😦
no sadly not
I need motivation to start designing 
I like to look at the 6x7 grid or whatever that the map is and work on 1 grid at a time
it takes so much time to terraform 
I am gonna give me and the museum like 6 or 7 squares.. and my 10 villagers and shops I'm gonna make a boardwalk for the bottom row
And the middle is gonna just be random cool stuff with all of my flowers and trees used in not-so-boring ways
My museum is built into the side of a cliff and I got a huge lake in front of it and I'm hoping to put a T Rex Display in the middle of the water
Did a small test, looks like fish require a 3x3 space in order to spawn. Kinda random, but maybe this is useful to someone 😄
like a River Delta but wider whatever that is called
Maybe if you place them strategically far apart you can turbo fish with no bait just running back and forth
But I'm not an expert on spawning/despawning
It felt like with some bugs there was a hard limit to how many you could catch then the game needed a break
Anyone have a basketball court they want to showcase? would love to see ideas
^^^^ I didn't even know I wanted to see that until now
I'm trying to make an obstacle course...taking advantage of the camera not showing you that much in front of you if you run downwards. Put bales of hay and holes and it'll be like a temple run vibe
i hope to see your improved version soon @hot otter lol
@cyan onyx ahaha cheers it wont be for a while ive still gotta get terraform
omgg that's amazing
Anyone wanna join my island and give me tips on how to make my island better?
Thanks 🙂
It’s kinda tough to give specific advice. I just messaround till i like the results
@hot otter https://youtu.be/zr1mtzCkjQY
7x6 Basketball Court, play in Full screen will be easy to scan.
nothing special just thought I’d share though for the heck of it lol
Hey guys, on the Island Designer app, how can I change what map it is? I'm stuck with the one that's not my original one?
@steady arrow ooh that's adorable! can't wait to unlock the map changy thingy haha
@autumn cradle thank you! I didn’t have to do any major changes to that area so I’m glad my idea turned out ok haha
@hot otter https://youtu.be/zr1mtzCkjQY
@woven drift thank you so much, I legit follower the 76ers as well ahahah
7x6 Basketball Court, play in Full screen will be easy to scan.
Anyone mind helping me make my town Fabulous lol Just uh dm me lol
someone hop on squad, middle left (nba2k)
How many tiles do your roads occupy for those making towns? How about those that has a natural feel?
i like the squares of land to hop across on river but it scares fish 😦
makes it hard to fish in also
looks > functionality
when you have a trash map
when you have calculated a minimum of 20 days until you can be satisfied with your map because of all the building movement, destruction and new builds
Does anyone have tips or advice for making large waterfalls I just got waterscaping tool
6
Just keep going
You can make awesome two level waterfall
But you need the cliff tool
I've got the cliff tool how many lv up are you able to build?
Same as default, 3 levels of land
need help of where i should place my shop&tailor cause i absolutely have no idea where to place it + i gotta move shit ton of homes
Hi guys, I need help with the Happy Island Designer website. Why do I only have one certain island and can't change it to the one I started with?
you need to manually edit it @mortal harness
That sucks :/
@woven drift how big are your plots?
Where can I find info on how big these buildings are?
-> my house
-> villagers house
-> ables
-> shop
-> museum
@glass onyx you can ask me
or you can check the animal crossing wiki
all houses are 4x4 I think
ables is 4x4 too nooks is 4x5 and the museum is 4x5 too
Tyyyyyyy
you're welcome
Hi can I visit someones island real quick? I'm trying to get 5000 miles quick since I just made a new profile.
hOw do people do this??? imma try and attempt later 🥺🥺
pretty easy
you just create different heights and make waterfalls done
doesnt looks that good tbh
but just personal preference
hMm gonna try it ty for advice : )))
should take around 30 min
start from the bottom to the top
and then do the water as last step
does anyone know the dimensions for villager homes?
4x4
tysm
What do ya’ll think?
@wise frost it's a path i found in the path-qr section
does anyone have any cool ideas for outdoor areas? i built a restaurant and i’m out of ideas so just checking in for inspo lol
this is what i have so far, but i'm not really happy with it... i'm trying to make it a japanese style island :/
i was trying to keep the original river intact, but i think i'll have to move it
Getting there.
Do people have any advice on how to use the different styled paths and bridges?
I’m having a hard time deciding which one to use and when to use them
@uneven tree I’m using dirt paths under flowers to look like garden beds if that helps
does anyone have any ideas for like an entrance from the airport
Y’all’s Island is so pretty and then There is mine bruh
same^
Do you think too much brick?
Tbh, yea
Kk thx lol
Of if you wanna use all that brick, it seems barren
Like, populate it with items
Benches, light poles, etc
What yall thinking of this area
Yeah 4 grid pathways make it bare looking. Benches great idea
Awesome, any room for trees?
@weak wagon I love it! Do you have the code for your path there?
@olive goblet it‘s the normal Building designer App u get when u complete the K.K. concert
Oh I haven’t got the concert yet
Well the functions on this app are so awesome and life changing
This one better than before? Just a little harder to get around due to flowers.
Ye this one is great
I just got the function a few minutes ago - is there anything I can do to make this look a little better? 😦 https://i.imgur.com/yexJ6Mz.jpg
Hmm i wish there was a way to slant the ends
@mellow trout try to use the stone/brick/Wood pattern I prefer to use the dirt one for more natural areas
I'll give that a try @weak wagon, thank you!
@woven drift lovely!!
I have a question~
What are good ideas for the airport entrance? I need inspiration~
could anyone give me a nice looking layout? using brick?
@native cloud I made a cliff area in front of the entrance
I made a lovely entrance for my museum 
Should I keep the layout like this for my house?
@native cloud U could make a little Waiting station
@mellow trout hey! I haven't unlocked terraforming yet but I saw this and thought it was really cute https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/ft8as4/found_a_cute_way_of_connecting_paths_to_diagonal/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
@weak wagon that's a good idea, thanks! ^^ I'd just have to figure out how to about that.
I can show u some furniture that would fit in great
That would be nice ^^
Ohhh @clever stone , that IS cute, thank you so much! It would save me moving the bridge like I thought I would have to!
@buoyant cosmos I love how you how everything is placed on your map!! I'd say keep it
I've got so many ideas but I'm desperately waiting on paths and terraforming to put down anything permanent haha. I've made a lil archive of ideas and thought that one might be helpful in your situation :)
@weak wagon ooh, thank you! ^^ how do you get a white park clock? Mine is always black in nook miles shop
Clock*
I can order it for u
That's nice of you but I'm not home rn 😭
Holy cow
nice @woven drift
this is fucking awesome
Thank you very much! 🤍
@valid skiff can I get the QR you used for the boardwalk?
@eager warren stop
oop
I’m literally speechless
I am LITERALLY speechless
WHERE IS A MOD LMAO
what did i just watch
well that was unexpected
ya think?
Nsfw?
Yes?
I deleted it
Thank you lmaooo
Anyone got really compact towns? Need some inspiration
Show me
Nvm I think I’m thinking of it wrong my bad, I’m only using alittle over half my map
Still intersted in seeing it 😄
Rn I'm trying to cram all houses and stores into a 25-30% of the map
anybody who's terraformed a lot but has still managed to keep their island's vibe rustic and natural? i'd love to see some screenshots
I would move your house towards the campsite and stick all of your villagers houses in that entire area of the right of the museum
The bottom middle area, that's ideally where I want to put the houses
Ooooh you have a spot
Dang that’s really small
Not sure if you can fit all 10 there but hopefully!
Yep
why is everyone cramming their houses/services in a very small place? Is it to make it feel more city/town-like in that area or to free up the rest of the map?
I’d love the see here final result
For me it's to make it feel more town like
Also, I like the idea of having a sort of wilderness
Yeah the area I don’t use is for flower farming
I’m pretty much done with paths atm, I’m just looking to fill up areas with decorations
Also, my previous AC games were spread out. It was a PITA to walk everywhere 😛
damn
Oh jeez
That's really big @steady arrow
I can only function is organized maps ahhah
i love seeing all these maps with all these paths and stuff it looks like a subway system
@spiral burrow I love spacing things out hahaha
@spiral burrow I like rambling around for to spots and having breathing room
but then again, going from Clothes shop to nooks is a pain
Only problem I have now is getting the funds to move everything
Flick came to my town a couple days ago now I'm a high roller $$
@woven drift what kind of pathing did you use for your housing area?
how many rocks can u have total on ur island? i want to plan a rock area
I think it's 5
Yeah having like a "mine" would be pretty cool
is there a limit to custom design tiles / qr u can have?
@steady arrow that map layout looks good, you should be proud!!
@wise frost its a like 6 or 7 part pattern. Ill make it in a few hours and post it in the qr chat (ill tag you). I'd do it now but I'm only awake cause I had to wait for a call from my professor. If I dont force myself to get some sleep I might just go insane
@orchid imp I used dirt because I already used a few others ahhah
@woven drift your cafe is lovely ^^
@woven drift I really love the use of stalls and the pink theme here, super cute! 🌸
ty
can you move the airport with terraforming
no
and town hall?
no

@valid skiff thanks, I appreciate it.
@woven drift oh ok! I’d love to see a tour of your island 🙂 I need some inspiration
someone was asking before if we could share pics of our neighborhoods so here's mine. there are still things to be done as i only unlocked paths yesterday
i still have a couple lawns to fill with furniture and i will add more outdoor furniture around (like benches, streetlamps, plants, etc)
Your neighborhood is organized nicely ^^
anyone managed to create a good looking forest?
@native cloud ty :)
Yw ^^
is a third tier pond necessary? or is having a couple second tier okay?
didn’t like the bunny fence at first but it grew on me
Dimensions of N’s Cranny are 7x4, yeah?
Can someone give me ideas on making a cute neighborhood for my villagers? I want to have all the houses together
technically not all together, but i separated my villagers in to 2 clusters of five at the top of the map, surrounding the museum (and eventually shops)
it's nice having the extra space between them, but keeping them together at the same time, in my opinion
What are the dimensions of a villager house? Just so I don't fuck up plot planning
4x3
anyone here good with landscaping stuff
What do u search in google to find this sort of thing?
anyone looking for work
@indigo quarry i love that street pole
LF anyone who wants bells for landscaping work
How would we landscape for you lol omg
if u had terraforming
i dont think you can terraform in other towns.
Just made a little garden
Any boardwalk areas anywhere?
Looking to make first 5 rows of land half wooden flooring and place houses and shops along it
Guys is it worth it to buy these? I already have the custom one
It's a lot faster than custom designs if you're okay with the pattern. and Lol you have 46K you can spare some for paths
Does the custom one prevent growth? Or digging?
Cause those do. If I'm being picky I place a path behind buildings or cliffs I can't see just so weeds will never grow
has anyone done any cool exterior decorating for their museum? If so DM me pictures i need ideas lol
Yeah the custom ones also prevent growth and digging
If used under island designer
Oh then it's a good option for non QR code/custom people. I think those ones in the nookshop are pretty good quality, enough to make a great landscape/paths without using custom
But custom is tailor-made so yeah
that's such a good tip to put path behind houses 😄 imma steal it
Can you put path around a tree to prevent weed, but let fruit still fall on it?
Hmmmm..idk that sounds like a good use too! If you make a path that is diggable and then dig a hole and plant the tree over it
The path connects and you don't have any grass gaps
Lot of neat things to do with the paths. You can make shapes like hearts with them too
Thanks for the tips guys!! Much appreciated 🙂
does anyone know how many blocks wide and long our house is?
like our character's house
5x3 i think
@restive roost My latest idea is making other accounts to bring more humans (you can have 8) to my island, ala empty housing I can use to create my own little things, such as a diner, a movie theater, etc
Not sure...I always dig holes to measure stuff like a caveman
I think 6x4
either 4x4 or 5x4
Hi
Hi
Can someone visit to test my connection? DM please : )
How do people line things up for relocation? I wish there was a grid...
Oh dig holes eww
I need help on deciding housing and river any suggestions?
