#island-designs
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If you mean the pyramid item, maybe put it on sand? Not sure tbh
i need ideas for my entrance... my town hall is so close to my airport š
I wish I had listened to those who said leveling everything takes forever š
i need ideas for my entrance... my town hall is so close to my airport š
@lone knoll omg same itās kinda annoying
hereās a pic for reference... if anyone has any ideas iād love to hear them
i havenāt even started there yet, lmaoo iām barely working on the right side of my island
I wish I had listened to those who said leveling everything takes forever š
@keen notch iām trying to level everything out rn š
aaah I finally got it ā¤ļø
Nice
@rotund cave It took foreverrr. And then at the end of it my bridge is one space off because I didnāt pay attention š but itāll be cool when all the new cliffs are in! Worthwhile
omg i messed up in my staircase placement but when everything comes together i hope it looks well and aligned @keen notch
Iām sure Iāll ruin moving all 10 residents houses to the back š
Got a lot of my basic layout done, now thinking about paths and flower/tree placement. Anyone have ideas for these bits? I want to do a waterfall park in the red circled bit but idk if Iāll have enough room for the cliffs required
@loud pawn can I visit your island?
I need some ideas for my Island
I have fishing areas, a main street, a large residential area and waterfalls next to the museum.
HOW
I like it @dreamy compass , especially the villagers in like 2 different residential areas
thank you!

Congrats on the 5 stars 
Thanks
Im like 1-2 āļø
I'm like 3, but waiting on remaking my island before bothering
I need outside furniture I think
I'm at 3 stars and isabelle told me I could rebuy stuff I've already bought
I think i can put hay bales and get stars
Cos, I got 5* finally! Woop woop
@topaz sphinx I GOT FIVE TODAY TOO
Nice! I knew weād get there together
I woke up to it I was so happy ^_^
My town looks a bit different than the last time you saw it. We should share tours sometime, I wanna see how yours ended out also
Iām gonna open it in a few
Atm Iām trying to get rid of the disgusting fossil holes so I donāt see them anymrore
Itch-apalooza
I shoved all my trees in a corner so I donāt have to look at wasps nests again for the most part
I got a beekeeper house thing and it requires a wasp nest š¤¢
Iām never learning it ever
This is really becoming something I'm happy with
I divided the island into areas for each type of fruit
middle is native: cherry
uwu
Does anyone have any tips on how to lay out my villagers houses on my island? I want a little area where the houses are set out but Iām not too good at that sort of stuff.
Depends on how much space you want each to have
@woven drift beekeeper house? I'm interested
This is how I have my houses if hat helps
Itās not necessarily hard to spread 10 houses over the top 1/4 of your map, but if youāre looking for more space then youāll want to work in district style where youāre fitting your entire villager base within the space of ~10x30 squares
I gave mine properties
No I will not craft you ANY beekeeper houses, I hate holes I hate the nests they make me itchy I hate them Iām sorry lol @woven drift
Hereās mine, theyāre all boxed in lol
Another problem is I donāt know where to put them. Iāll send a pic of my map
Most of them are never home and most of the infrastructure in my town is in the north anyhow so meh lol
how impossible would it be to make a bear face shaped lake do u think
like a rilakkuma ~
Doesnāt matter I canāt send because I havenāt been here long enough lol
@woven drift not impossible at all but it might end up a little blocky at parts
Also depends how big you want the lake
Hey im looking for some critiques on my map hope yall dont mind
Also a bear shaped island sounds adorable
@topaz sphinx u think itās possible to do without blockiness & keeping it relatively small
like medium sized
Like... how medium sized
Also itāll be slightly blocky no matter what but it wonāt be pixel levels
any advice?
Nah no theme, just... good looking, haha
Well, maybe my theme is natural
Landscape and decoration wise
So like woodlands and such
Yeah for example, also gonna let my weeds accumulate a little after getting KK on the island
Thatās not a bad theme to have. Could make some pretty good projects with that
Really decking out the campsite for example, giving that area some polish
Hey ! Do you think it's possible to have a nice and practical island ? I haven't finished the game yet (no terraforming) and am already struggling to get my 6th villager in a nice place
I think so
Really decking out the campsite for example, giving that area some polish
@topaz sphinx Yup! that's why I left so much space there
Also you could work in some artsy angles
Put blank canvas and a stool down near a vista, maybe a wood low table or stone table with one of the writing kits the nooks sell, create one of those āinspiration zonesā
Could be a good use of your smaller third level areas where you might not have options otherwise given the space restrictions
Put up a telescope, maybe some natural log benches and a campfire
Or the cherry blossom picnic set
Add a sleeping bag or two, badda-bing badda-boom youāve got yourself a backpackers getaway
Thank you for the suggestions!
If youāre looking to go full āman of the woodsā I have a deer decoration recipe youāre welcome to @dreamy compass
It's a work in progress 
I thought I would tear down the cliff where my character is currently and put a billiard with all my villagers there
Hmm, could work
@topaz sphinx will keep it in mind, thanks a lot!
Iām heading to bed itās 6am, just dm me if yāall need me or advice and Iāll try to get to it as soon as possible
Can you place paths under bridges and inclines? If so do you have to do it before building?
Home stretch, just a little left to develop ^^ then I can finally invite people to my island haha
I like how you guys think people can tell how your town looks from the map
We can...
Ye
almost everyone ive seen here has their villagers all packed up in a little area, wheres my spread out gang at?
Layout doesnāt show individual spaces, color choice, custom paths, etc
@median nebula i just like having my villagers be easier to find
Yeah i guess its easier to have them bunched up. I just wanted a more realistic town layout with nice big customised gardens for everyone
just wondering if im alone lol
i'm prolly gonna do that for my second town (don't judge me...)
no judgement lol dw
I hate this game sometimes š there goes another 100K to move the Museum twice
I have a couple bunches but not all of my villagers are in one neighborhood, and even then the ones that are have tiered housing where no 3 are on the same tier
uhh are you trying to place a bridge?
how can no 3 be on the same tier. are you limiting yourself to 6 villagers?
Yes, there was a longer waterfall but it didn't like that either
@median nebula Within the same bunch, and there are 3 tiers. Look at my map above
oh there are 4 outside the neighbborhood i gotchu
Yeah terraforming can be a pain :/
Technically the two on the left above the 6 are in the same neighborhood, just on the third cliff tier
and across a river
true, i COMPLETELY moved every single tile of river and cliff
oof
It also makes out that it needs more room than it does
my river is in a completely new place from start to finish yeah
and my cliffs are probably about 80% different
other than entrances of course since i cant move them
The most I did was remove and replace my rivers
I donāt really get the people that flatten their entire towns. Never seen them build them back up to anything better than had they worked with what they had with some moderate to minor adjustments in terrain
How many tiles do you need between a building and bridge?
I'm not sure
instead it just makes way more work for yourself
each one needs a 1 tile buffer. so it adds up
Rip
It is honestly SO DUMB that i can put things over paths but not under
also u cant have 2 inclines close to each other.. found out the expensive way
Anyone got any villager house layout tips? I wanna make like a mini village with their houses but am not very good with that sort of stuff. Iāll post a pic of my map. Where my character is is where I want the village to go
Sorry for bad quality pic
@hot pond what I did was keep them semi evenly spread across the riverfront, with a small community in the bottom left
can i see ur map
path the roads afterwards for a more natural village
i added the extras into the blank space but i started with the riverfront thing
I love how my orchard looks at night 
@ivory salmon what lanterns are those? So pretty!!
Blossoming View Lanterns from Cherry Blossoms
Blossoming View Lanterns from Cherry Blossoms
@ivory salmon ohhh they're so pretty!! Im from the southern hemi so im missing out on all these cherry blossom diys š your lil bell orchard is adorbs tho š
Yeah I realised it was a dumb question
Finally finished flowering my map
Some parts of my Island
Iām looking for pictures of the Kotusuko table , looking for small tables to showcase fossils outside of the museum
the podium is good for that
the podium is good for that
@plain jackal do you have pics ?
no, but you could see it in the item spreadsheet. my friend has it and it displays bugs/fossils really well
Where can I find that item spreadsheets?
@woven drift You can't you need it to add the second layer of the mountain
what is going to happen if I add a second layer ?
It fixes? What else would happen
It fixes the weird thing ?
Yes, thatās why they said that. Lol
I didnāt know. No need to be unpleasant, em...
?
Iām not? Lol
Can anyone tell me the dimensions of an incline? It is 2 wide right, how long does it go?
Goes about 2-3 blocks I think
Where are your guys houses in relation to the villagers houses? I could make a house that's far up north away from a "city" area, but it feels so.... lonely
On a cliff tbh
OMG!!!! yay
Congrats!
yellow hyacinths make great corn.
Anyone wanna visit my island so I can give a tour
I have a pretty cool island to show off š
5 star is so hard š mines still only 4!
can anyone help me design my island layout. I can pay u 500k bells or smthin Im rlly bad at this and my island's half destroyed with trial and error š
does 5 star get u guys anything
or is it sorta a pat on the back thing
A gold water can and gold roses
Thatās about it, but it does feel good once you finally reach it
I already fully paid off my house loans, all I have left is decorating my house more, filling up the museum completely, finishing my NM challenges which are almost all done, and selling tarantulas
oooo thatās fun ~ i can probably wait til iām satisfied with my island to shoot for 5 stars cus i already have the gold recipes
omg the filling the museum is going to take ages for me late game when iām done with decor stuff cuz i havenāt fished or dig fossils at all...
or caught bugs... š
Does anyone save their duplicate fossils or do they sell them?
I sell them
They get me like 30+K
Factors of a 5 star island:
- Fences, you need around 80
- Furniture, A LOT
- Villagers, the more the merrier
- Flowers?
- IDK
I literally have flowers EVERYWHERE
Covers all my island literally THERES no empty spots besides the beach because furnitures and fencing
i really donāt see myself completing my island until there are bushes if we ever get them
a woodsy theme just feels so incomplete without bushes idek?
I like completing islands, love giving people tours theyāre always so amazed
This is my third island completing
i respect the flower grind tho cosmic cus flowers are legit the best best best decor
yesss Iām bout to show u how crazy it is LOL
excited hehe
do u have a fav flower
This is only 1/20 of the map LMFAO thereās so much
I have a money tree in the sea of flowers, no one can shake it so it makes me laugh when ppl try
Hey everyone!
PLEASE help me. I just unlocked terraforming and I really want to update my layout. I really donāt know what I should with it while trying to keep some of the same river structures, etc. Can someone give me some pointers?
(BTW, my town is a little bit more updated now this is an older picture lol)
Maybe donāt bunch up the houses like that into one place
One on the top left then another on a cliff maybe?
@woven drift omg those flowers
Are they organized by colour too
Do you guys suggest making paths 2 wide or 3 wide? I cant tell whatās better
I personally do 3-wide
Do you guys suggest making paths 2 wide or 3 wide? I cant tell whatās better
@glacial barn 2 Wide matches up with bridges and inclines.
or you can go crazy and do it 4 wide for maximum pathway designs
@topaz sphinx Gunnashow us your map :D?
Most of them are yeah @woven drift
i think 3 wide looks the cleanest but it unfortunately doesnāt add up nicely to other things
how do you get 1 star and etc
is it actually possible to build a waterfall on the highest point in the map? so basically if you add another plateau while you're already on the third floor? cause it says its too risky to climb up there with a ladder
cant check if its possible to get up there with a ramp rn :/
No, it will tell you you canāt climb up there or itās dangerous
Itās unfortunately not possible
ah darn it. thanks!
really wanted to have a really high where I could put my telescope but I guess the third level will have to suffice then
Can try to cheat the system and put a incline there or try to @inner stump
yea Ill try doing that tomorrow, already building something else rn^^
Tempted to restart my game.. ugh I know Iāll regret it
Can I visit someoneās island
test
I need help and tips. I feel like my island so far is so MEH
Has anyone made a sand bar path along the top of the island to run quickly across, and also have for ocean fishing across the top? Iām thinking of doing this but Iām unsure how viable it is
Does anyone have pointers on how to put villager houses together? I like having all of the houses close so I can keep track and make it look pretty at the same time
I want to reset so bad.. but all my work š
Would like to make a canyon to the private beach but the museum and the campsite are kinda in the way. Thoughts on replacing them?
@woven drift donāt worry, if you reset you can just give all of your valuables and flowers to me. Ya know, since Itās me...Your brother. Iāll take great care of them š
Thought about this, yellow would be the canyon
wish i could make a new island without deleting my current one or buying another switch and game...
Yeah maybe
Something like this
Ohh nice
I agree
I think it would look a lot nicer as a path in the pic you sent, too
Iām thinking maybe I can also just line the path to the stall with flowers
Maybe white tulips
That would look really nice, too
I would also suggest lining the edge of the hill with a pretty fence
Thatās a good idea :0
I feel like I can't progress with my town right now because I'm waiting for either cuter fences, or Leif to bring shrubs back
My map is a mess rn so I should do that as well
I just unlocked terraforming like 3 days ago so I spent like 2 days changing the cliffs and rivers slowly
anyone have a good resource for ideas (something like a magazine?) I'm so overwhelmed......
I canāt think of anything, sorry
Hello! I finished my lake and clean most stuff up, I am thinking of placement and if i should make rivers. any suggestions?
What kind of ideas?
You should probably make rivers so you can get river fish
If you put the river through the moon itād be moon river lol
@dusk cove Right now I'm trying to make an aesthetic around my current base map....but I think it's just too messy honestly...
I thought it but i am not sure what's the best point of entry and exit
I'm trying to make an outdoor street fare
Maybe right through the middle? Try drawing out different ways tho first
Do you have the teacup ride, @near ether that would look good for that
Maybe drink machines too
right now I have stalls! Btw did you all level your island and start from scratch
stalls are a really good way to fill in the gap for islands! and yes i leveled my island
I kinda liked where the cliffs were so I just added/deleted some
Not done with the third level yet tho cause I'm cough lazy
Mine looked like this before terraforming
omg that's super close to mine...
i have a huge island in the middle and no idea what to do
I changed it a lot
wow jenna thatās almost exactly the same as my starti g island!
Cool!
@low dagger maybe some cute mini lakes would look nice too :))
thats cute! The name of my village is moonstar :3
Adorable :))
Pfft I see it now
Can anyone come to my town and give me some advice on what to do with the entrance/town hall area? I'm so lost on how to incorporate the town hall to match my town..
singapore
Sure ^^
how about i connect the entry and exit and bridge them out?
@low dagger tbh I might just so the rivers seperately to not ruin the aesthetic or the adorable moon
That looks great
Like have them maybe go past or around thmoon but not touching it
Maybe have the river circle around the lake
good job!!! : D
The river placement is completely natural, Iām not sure if Iām gonna keep it
@low dagger what if the river jumped over the moon? connect the two river mouths via a loop above the moon?
Looking to explore a 5 star island! c:
Wow it's been so long yet still not finished
something vaguely like this, depending on how much you wanted to reshape your villager homes/highlands?
@boreal rune i love your layout!! and i have the exact same idea for my museum lmao do you have things leading up to it?
Yeah mostly ground spotlights and flowers
@boreal rune Wow that looks amazing.
Could you send some in game Pics?
Could someone let me visit your island with my friend?
I need help! š I want a bridge here, but it just seems way too crowded. Should I get rid of the top waterfall and push the bridge back?
I'd say try the suspension bridge with the waterfall! Because it curves down and not up, I find them best for being in front of waterfalls
Okay will do! Thanks
This is my island so far . . . i'm not sure if i like it tbh, any advice? i have no idea where else I should place the houses and stuff
This is for reference I guess
damn props to all the people who basically made their islands from scratch. i just used terraforming to accentuate my existing default layout š
What fence do you guys think looks best with the terracotta path?
@bold vale yea thats a good idea tbh, I think my island looks too unnatural
Oof that's hard. I think the simple wooden fence, country fence, bamboo lattice or lattice
nothing wrong with āunnaturalā iāve seen so many cool ideas but iām too lazy to move everything...
I have a kids pplayground with a decent amount of terracotta and I used country cause I thought it would look nice with the kiddy stuff
hereās my map!
Better?
This is my current map, I really want to move the orchard but I'm not sure where
We need bridges for cliffs!
I think that's much better Rem! Doesnt look so busy!
@languid jungle I wanted a suspension bridge across a cliff š
lmao does anyone have advice for my island XD im so lost on what to do next
im on the brink of this is dope and this is hideous
@static karma thanks! It doesn't seem too in your face now either.
Same I wish I could just pay someone bells to help me make my island good or at least help me plan it
^
Can I remove this part once I build the incline?
I'd pay millions of bells just for a nice island design
but not like theres animal crossing architects
Tbh I just need help planning
I have been busy :')
I....dont think so? I think it needs the extra space at the top and bottom
I wanna host a contest. 10 million bells for the best island map layout design
actually i cant put a bridge there anyway frick
But i cant host a contest when only 3 ppl know about it lol
i dont like inclines
some of my favorite spots on my island!
Like is there a feedback feature for Nintendo so we can all spam them that we want bridges over cliffs?
or a bike...
yea'
Favorite part of my island
Yeah more interactive items would be nice
scuba š
My food area
like after u finish the story if you could build a bike, skateboard, tiny canoe, etc thatd be so dope
but no, we get a stick to fly across water
i got 5 star this morning so idk what to do now
but my island definitely isnāt finished...
true. iām still using cardboard boxes as tables lmao
o.o
Why does no one put their villagers houses on the beach?. ;w;
wish it was bigger tho
I'm gonna put at least one villager there, same here.
not being able to terraform the beach probably doesn't help either
the only building I would put on the beach is the campsite
best villager to put on the beach is one with a shanty lookin' house
Still waiting for a physical copy in my country :(
i hate being addicted to symmetry like i create something and everything is off 1 block alignment with the rest
and my brain is like unacceptable
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
exactly
yesterday i tried to move the shop so it's aligned with tailor shop, but the cranny's automatic fencing messed up my paths i've created too..
I put a fossil outside of my museum
that looks sick Jenna! did you have to make the elevation for the cliff and then move the museum on it? š®
The cliff was already there but I terraformed it a little bit
What do you guys think is better to match red zen bridges, brick staircases or red steel staircases?
favourite part of my island so far š
@limpid dock i'd sitckwith the red steel, since the zens are red
Hmm from memory I think red steel staircases would look better but Iām not sure
@grave token so pretty!
@dusk cove itās this one
Thank you!
hmm, maybe even a natural ramp
I like the log ramp tbh
Natural ramps look good with anything tbh
@limpid dock i think it depends on the kind of theme youāre going for in that area youāre putting the ramp ^^
Hmm, steel then
does anyone have any nice japanese/nature areas they can share... need some inspo
i already looked at all the chat for the last 24 hrs
log or natural would be best imo
i only rly like the natural one tbh.. the options are lackluster imo
Though natural doesnāt mesh well with paths does it
My favorite part of my island
Still lots of work to do but the start of my museum plan
Cool!!
Could someone let me visit your island with my friend?
Does anyone have the tutorial on making the heart shaped pathway before a bridge
@dusk cove wow!! So cute!! Whereād you get your skin from btw?
@blissful basin love the fossils in the front!!
Thanks! I got it from an Etsy store
Anyone with this island layout made use of it? I hate where the plaza is
@dusk cove do you have a link?
Iāll dm you
@dusk cove TYSM!!! š
Trying to smooth out the rivers, think I like it so far
Still need to the upper part obviously
What about it?
I'm stuck with it though. ._. the damn museum is right at the beginning.
Tbh, I'm considering just restarting the entire game to get a different island layout but idk
Idk
Why don't you like that island layout?
The resident area is placed horribly
It's just painful. As soon as you step of the plane it's BAM resident. You can see nothing but it. It's ugly as hell.
It's heinous. Let me know if you find any good map layouts with it.
Hmm, interesting. So it's too close to the entrance
Im extremely far @slow dagger , I refuse to restart.
It's like 3 damn squares away @dreamy compass
Yeaaaaa
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't mine closer?
My house is decked out, I have hella miles, hella bells lol idk
At least it's infront of the airport tho
Now that I'm looking at them both idk
I do too hoona. Shit sucks.
@dim cave we should put our brains together and think of how to make it work tbh
Haha
Since it would benefit us both
Why?
Hoona, since you've actually starting to execute a plan you made on that website, I'd like to ask, is the grid exactly the same as the game's?
Oh, I like this a lot actually! Would have liked to have done that with my museum
This is the path leading to it
I like!! Mine kinda the same but a bit chaotic from the map, I wish I centered my pathway more in the middle like yours
Does anyone have a picture of a suspension bridge over two land pieces? Just cause I can't play rn
Itās meh, after the inclines and patches are added I hope a bit better. I wish I did a city with roads. I need like 2 islands
it do be looking wet doe
Does anyone have a natural incline with a path next to it? I wanna see how they look next to eachother
hmm personally I like putting a bridge close to each river mouth, makes it a lot easier when you're running along your beach fishing/clam collecting/shell collecting/etc
you might also want one up on the cliffs so you can get across without having to go all the way down and around or using vault pole
if you set up your bridges right you don't need vaulting pole at all
yeah I'd say 3 more, one on each river mouth and one on your cliff area, then you should be good to go
I'd move that top one up on the cliffs but yeah looks good
I thought the same thing when I looked at it again haha
Thank you, this really helps
Took me about a week to think through this and make it
Still haven't decorated it yet aside from the flowers
But I'm glad to finally be done
Not sure what I want to do with the bottom left section yet, it's kinda large and I'm currently not using it for anything except holding excess flowers to sell
Thinking about making it into a maze
Put my island into planner so you can see where my fences and orchard is, I have been working on the area for the houses but with them being 4x3 instead of 5x4 it threw me off, any ideas?
Anyone know the dimensions for a pond or river for fish to spawn?
@icy wren I would also like to know and if there's a terraforming faq with stuff like this. Because I also feel like fewer fish spawn if your river is only three spaces wide but I don't know if that's just me. [Edit: originally I said hq instead of faq]
I think it's 4x3 might be the smallest possible for fish to spawn in
Update on mochi 
i wanna throw my whole island away woahh i love your layout š»
so i just got the construction and paths permit, and i have no ideas for what to do in my town. any ideas ?
hey can someone send me inspo on an area near the airport? like a waiting area for trades?
everyone started with more or less the same blank slate, I recommend doing some sketching or using one of the tools in the pinned posts to play around a bit and get some ideas
shoutout to whoever had this waterfall design, i like it a lot
here's sort of what it looked like but much better
don't remember who it was
omgg that's gorgeous!!!
yeah, i wish i had saved a screencap or something
kinda looks like my entrance from the airport xd
any ideas for this bottom part? I wanna put the rest of the villagers but i also donāt know what to put near airport
@woven drift I don't have any ideas but I wanted to say what you have so far looks soo good. please share once you have filled out the empty space.
will do! tysm 
Maybe add a farm or a bigger flower garden with a few waterfalls and a fountain?
I love my little town! My gates are open if anybody would like to visit! Tips aren't necessary but are greatly appreciated:)
i also donāt know what to put near airport
IMO, two rectangular ponds flanking the path through the cliffs, then decorate those with flowers & trees
Lol I got a bunch of ideas and then realized that Iād need to move like 10 things to accommodate it
@woven drift That looks great! Maybe you could add a kind of recreational area to just hang out and have fun? It could also double as a park in a way
aw thank you! thatās a good idea!
help š
Does anyone have a natural incline with path right in front of it? Iād like to see how they look next to eachother
Iāve probably wasted millions moving things back and forth but its sort of part of it all. It helps you envision things better
I'm at the stage of the game where I buy 200,000 turnips and pray
Itāll probably get cut off sort of in front of it. I donāt have a natural incline but this is how it connects
Yeah it cuts off just like what Liz is showing with that incline
(But with natural incline of course)
I can't decide. The rougher looking river looks better on the minimap but I think the smoother river will look nicer in-game
Any ideas of what to put to the right side of the museum?)-: I need to terraform it but idk what to even put there lol
Ah that strip of grass is gonna be annoying
I guess in the end it wonāt matter cause itāll never match up
Thatās like the only part of my island complete tbh
You can kinda close it off by putting things on the sides of the incline. Itās not a huge detail imo š but I feel that
I donāt mind it
Not bad
@woven drift thatās a good idea. I havenāt added enough flowers yet(-:
That leaves the question of red steel or natural, since I have all red zen bridges
I have natural ramps near the arched stone paths, I think it fits quite well
i think the natural inclines are my fav right now
Same, I like them better than all the others
@ripe badger well if that isnāt a grand entrance idk what is
Does anyone have a guide, or list of tips about terraforming best practices? Anything that discusses how best to employ the game's unique camera perspective would be amazing
Love it
thanks! its my entrance from the airport š just slowly rebuilding everything.. never thought id have so much fun with this game
I should be able to put inclines there right? (The houses are gonna be moved before "installing" the inclines)
not sure
i think 2 close
inclines are funny.. they cant be too close to each other
might b4e a waste cuz u only get 8
what
Excuse me? 8 inclines, bridges included?
you only get 8 inclines?
Is that so? Then I'll just have one where the dirt is instead
8 bridges 8 inclines
yea
ya
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Okay good to know
on my map I have 2 inclines with a 3 space gap between them. Not sure if you can go any closer but I can confirm 3 works at least
So Iām moving my museum to the upper right but Iām not sure where to go from there, Iām really happy with my river placement and the top part of my map but if anyone has ideas on where i should move something Iām all ears!
What are villager house dimensions 4x4?
yeah
thanks
š® š® what is that wood pattern? I'm in love
I was just about to ask lol
I wanna redo my whole boardwalk in that lol
If you share it please @ me I gotta have it š
Making a map layout is giving me grey hairs
Same
a lot of what ifs
A lot of "does this even look good from a 35-degree camera angle"

im just freestyling it
not sure if this should be here but I played with some paths and did the sun 
impressive.
i think i am stressing because of fee costs.
Best way about it is to make one big turnip turnover in my opinion. That's what I did
Also, a lot of people buy nook miles tickets here for a lot of bells
anyone here able to help design my island? Im stuck rn
Yeah turnips are really the way to go. I bought 2 invs full of turnips, found someone with an island buying them for about 600ea, and it netted me nearly 5mil. Enough to do all the house moving and bridge/incline building I needed, plus nearly enough spare to finish all my house payments (only have the last payment left but my house is fully upgraded otherwise)
pm me if u can help šš¼šš¼
Does anyone have some tips on what to do with your center my town hall is on the far right so I want to know what I should put in the center of my village
you could put a pond or a river 0:
nu, I think I got them in #path-codes
does anyone have any ideas on what to do with a double south river mouths. Im stuck because i would basically have to make everything central, because the edges are too narrow to rally put anything besides like 1 villager house
or reddit.. not sure tbh
Path across the bottom of your map, just below a river that joins the two horizontally?
Kind of an example here.
I got some real buyer's remorse not restarting for a better town hall location though; it's both badly misaligned from the airport, and too goddamn close to do anything with. This was the closest I had to a decent solution
me too
I cant work with this resident services building at all
its way too close to the shoreline for me to build around it as a center point
not to mention it is completely off-center and doesnt line up with the airport at all
mine is around two tiles off from being able to connect the enterance of the airport to it
i have known pain and suffering like none before me
I honestly really dont like what i mapped out but I feel like i have no other options
My airport path cuts straight down the edge of the damn plaza. Tom nook, just take my soul at this point
idk this is what im planning on doing, circles are villager houses
i think i can work w mine eventually, ill just need to do some intensive planning to get everything to where i like it. im not impatient, i have time
would love advice or feedback on this though bc im not into how I organized the service buildings
honestly the only thing I regret about my layout is putting my house so far from the airport/everything else lol
it's actually a pain having to walk back and forth during the day
I'm stealing a layout from a reddit gif, where they packed everything into the back quarter, so you could see most of it in one place. I still have a lot of reservations though, partly because I didnt plan the space out too carefully.
anyone have a water island to showcase? looking for ideas and inspiration
I just spent an hour on HappyIslandDeisgner mapping my island perfectly
beach border is perfectly mapped
someone send help
now refresh the page
NO
using the water tool is a really good ruler btw
but when i wing it, it sometimes looks kinda good
just started making this a reality! first step: move my house
beach border is perfectly mapped
@unborn blade hahah, I did the same thing
Just a regular day on my island :)
@dreamy compass Send help
can anyone show airport entrance designs?
what happened O_O
lmao
Cj just spawned there, I've been checking on him and I think.... He's just stuck lmao
Won't let me use the construction tools to get him out either š can't talk to him today
I would say to everyone to not bother to much with resident services. it's very rare to have it centered anyway.
I'm not connecting any paths, I don't like the look of long paths leading to everything anyway so that way resident services not being centered is not an issue
So yeah no more cutesy 1 tile islands for me
@dire orchid Go to a friend or nook island, they teleport when you leave
terraforming is so tedious and slow x_x
Oh damn.... I'd been waiting for him to teleport, didn't realize I needed to leave :0 thank u
Is anyone able to join my island to help me decide how to decorate?
i need orchard ideas :(
am I the only one who likes that the airport is not directly straight to the town hall? there are different possible ideas i have in mind, mainly for receiving guests.
my guest receiving area is pretty lame
I've grown to like having the town hall be off centre, there's more flexibility since it doesn't have to be the focal point
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airport opens straight into my town but
@woven drift wow, so many residents. i'm thinking about adding an extra house to make it a dojo
i kinda like it...
I want to reset my island lowkey
But I donāt want to lose everything but I want something new so bad but I canāt think of any ideas Iām so sad
i feel that. im worried that im gonna get sick of what ive made and want to redo everything
That island map looks amazing though
Thatās my issue rn
Iām sick of what I made, but I want something new but all the work I did would be doen the drain
i only have a tiny receiving area for guests as it's just a lil bit off from my town hall. once they pass the stone entrance at the back, the town hall is directly to their right. i had a different idea in mind but it was too late for me, so maybe in the future i will update my island.
I can easily earn what I have back but itās not super easy esp bc I have some rare stuff
If I restart a bonus is I could put my island in Southern Hemisphere
that area is enough for crafting tho, and doing some trades, and i could just fence it lol
Thatās a very pretty area
my friend is somewhat like you, he keeps destroying his island
because he doesn't like his ideas lol, to the point that he wants to do a reset
it's sad tho coz i saw his island, it's really nice
omg
This is so HARD I wanna keep my stuff but I want something new Iām conflicted
I can help you
oh that's your issue š¦
i wish i could just paint my town pixel by pixel the town designer app fl*pping sucks
why don't you come to my island and I can do some safekeeping for you
i wish i could redo my entrance area to be a little bit nicer :( https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/453243517263937536/696810086508658818/image0.jpg?width=1266&height=950
@hallow spire most of it is over thousands of things and thatās back and forth travelling, I had to do it for my sister bc she reset and it was hell
but i wanted to cram 10 houses in one corner of the map so this is my bed and i will lay in it
@cold cypress if you'd consider moving the right house a bit, there would be some space for receiving
My airport leads to the museum lmao
@cold cypress ah, i put my villagers too in one area lol, like they're really close to each other
yeah, I appreciate like those large sprawling villages with perfect layouts and big waterfalls in between and huge gardens for every house but
Very neat
im kinda going for one of those like, close quarters "strewn about" looks for my houses
thanks Cosmic
Np
I have a frog residential area and a gated community for the ārich villagersā
do you have a dedicated area for an amusement park?
wish i could be creative enough to use elevation in my builds 
i've given up on giving my villagers huge lots.. they're all getting tiny ones now so i have more space
^
š¦ jailed villagers feelsbadman
How tf do ppl start over their islands do they just move everything
How much space does a villager lot take up?
Thereās too many things to do that lol
you only get 8 inclines so it's tough to use elevation
I let my friend do it I just afk while they moved stuff
@opaque horizon 4x4
i started with the villagers area and once i made that it frees up a lot of space
Whoa only 8?
yep :/
@hallow spire thank you about to move them all but wanting to plan first
i don't even have an area for an amusement park š¦ lol
i made a huge area for a garden >.<
i was thinking about moving all the villagers up to the second elevation and having a lower level park, but it'll be tough to pull that off since i only have a few inclines i can use for the area
if you don't use the tier 3 elevation all that much, you should be able to have enough inclines @wintry junco
i'm using the tier 3 elevation for my house and some wilderness paths
i'll just have to work around it.. haven't technically planted most of the ramps most things are still in planning phase rn
Map is completed, but currently redoing some areas which are just filled with flowers. lol
does a level 3 area HAVE to surronded by level 2 areas? I've seen people have water around it
yes, but you can put water right up next to a cliff so they've probably filled the level 2 areas up with water
What are the things that we cant move on the map? Airport/Resident Services/Beach/River mouth?
yes, the pier also, the bit of grass that sticks out on one side of the beach, secret beach, any of the rocks along the outside... but what you listed are the most important things anyway
could say that about everything you can't move really lol... so much design opportunity, and yet
my map so far :0
Grr how are you getting terraforming so fast, my island is still 2 stars
i planted loads of flowers, a bridge, 2 inclines and made sure i had 8 residents
ah
@sharp sky Place 100 fences, flowers, furniture and bring villagers
I'm just crossbreeding in a fence box for stars
fences are one of the criteria for a 5 star island
it took a while tho and it didn't even look very nice, also i buy a lot of stuff from the nook catalog and placed them
yeah i have 4 stars rn and to get 5 isabelle said i need fences
I almost did that but then I realised all I need was 100 fences
if you wanna visit my island and have a look dm me!
@woven drift its around 80 fences for a star
Terraforming unlocked today. Setting up a bamboo/zen area ofc and river source.
Looking for feedback on what I could change if anything
@woven drift I have max villagers, no clutter, quite a bit of flowers and trees, but not that many fences or furniture
I thought the land in the middle could act as "rapids" for realisms
th@woven drift thank you!!
epic platforming
@sharp sky You could spend alot of bells on furniture or you could place tons of fences both work for getting a star
I blew 20,000 miles on furniture that should come tomorrow
yeah i recommend the furniture from the catalog and crafting whatever you can
Criteria for stars:
- Fences (Need around 80)
- Villagers (More the merrier)
- Furniture
- Flowers
- You auto get one star (I THINK)
all of my villagers are ugly but like 3
Im kicking them all out
same i have 1 cute villager :((
other than 3
howwww
I want sherb so bad omg
i like eunice, but the rest of them are jocks i'm sick of them
bob is coming to mine tmr and he's kinda cute
i love fauna she's my baby
Erik is my fav
she waters my plants
Flora is the opposite of Fauna
but they really didn't do anything special for that
anyway I want to make my island very unique
Erik talks to bugs
I need sherb
I'm going to buy amiibo cards so I can get people I actually want
I was gonna do that then every store closed due to quarantine
beau talks to bugs too š
can I see what your shop area looks like?
Theres really nothing to show atm, its all roads
I need more items
in the shop area that is
you have 3 of my villagers lol
im curious what roads lol
I am unsure of my theme for my town area, im not crazy thinking blue and pink look passable rn? also I am not sure what to do to the right of this
I want octavian so badly
ooh thats cool
I have a farm, marketplace, and I wanna build a club/themepark
can you place dirt path on flowers that are already placed?
I got a ton of items perfect for the theme
no you have to dig them up and put the dirt and then place the flowers
awesome
@sharp sky yeah
thats good to her
oh nvm, misread that
*hear
you gotta dig them first
AHHHHHHHH
im pretty sure you can request a cleanup
Tips for using fences effectively? I donāt want my space to feel crampedā¦
fences are kinda always ugly
I built my fences around paths 2 wide, I would go for 4 wide if you want to be comfy
if someone is standing on my path I cant get through lol
I say play around with them to see what fits a theme you're going with. And check everyday for any new fence recipes
Not exterior nor interior, they have fixed themes and appearances
nookipedia is working on one
There are some compilations of images, but none complete yet.
ah i'll poke around, thanks!
does anyone have a tutorial for making moon crescent ponds? iām having such a hard time making one look nice
This category contains images related to villager homes (interior and exterior) in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
The larger it is, the smoother it is.
Here's an anti-map-showcase. Someone told me once that bridges can be built over gaps, but apparently that's not the case. RIP my life and my 6 hours terraforming and moving buildings. This is why no one does mountainous islands
ooof. That's rough
Yeah, also the incline limit is a major killer for islands with a lot of height variance
they really should make it so you can do bridges like that
at least if you run out of bridges you can put in stepping stones but there's no alternative to inclines..
Can stepping stones work at higher elevation? Seems interesting, since the lower level can still go through the openings
Believe so yeah
I dont want to spam but since no one answered last time, can I get honest opinions about the blue fencing? is it ugly? the more I add the more I second guess the theme
Blue fencing is nice
It's very modern
But I keep a blue theme blue incline/blue Bridges/blue fence
yes
It looks pretty clean
I like the blue fencing
zen fencing isn't my favorite
I don't like the blue bridge as much though for some reason
Wish they were customizable black would have looked sick
flowers
a windy river
a whole lot of em
with flowers
the fencing looks bright and cute but the bridge has a more industrial vibe that for some reason I feel like doesn't go with it, even though it's technically the same theme. Like maybe just a plain wood bridge would be nicer
Cafe, tree farm, flower farm, zen garden, amusement park
I have a plain wood bridge slightly out of frame! I will try to see how the fence looks with it ty chainchomp (its in a different themed area)
Idk I disgrace the bridge goes very well with that sort of fence!
That looks nice!! š
arterius that double waterfall is looking fancy,
Anyone has an Island I could visit for inspiration? Ć.Ć
You used 4 inclines for the museum? @queen nexus
does it? :/
Or just 2?
Yeah I did
sees dimitri
i used 4
flowers at the top of the falls would look nice
@queen nexus Can I visit your island ;)
Yeah I wanted to do something like that but then we can only have 8 total so I had to change it up š„ŗ
I love!
You could even have a Dino in the middle thatās what I did for mine the rex
Someone let me visit their island, I need inspiration "."
my issue is that the double part cuts into the island in a way that makes it look funky
Just send me a code anyone hihi
Ok
I love your pool area chaiin chomp
also let ie be known. TERRAFORMING IS ASS.
i mean because of the cliffs that i had to built for the double part lol
@next cypress Whats your dodo? c:
what can you do, i guess
Hmm Idk why you mean š I think it looks great from the photos you sent
thanks
My code is 1L38R
Opening mine up, pm if you want code. Btw turnip price atm is 202 if you wanna sell while you're here
Ahh well I think thatās enough space no? I have my home a tiny island HAHA I feel like I have my villagers more space than my own home
yeah lol
Anyone have an area specifically for their shops or a market square type deal? Trying to get a feel for what I wanna do when I move mine
It looks nice eps with the wood against the red house.
My museum is right behind. Cool idea for people who have space in the front or sides of their museum
Needs those small circle floor lights
@fading tide I posted my shops area a few minutes ago just scroll up, mine is all blue fence though
i kind of want to move some houses to the mountain area
get ready for a lengthy process if you dont tt
my date is on april 10 so....
I love that cliffside T. rex
this game drives my OCD bonkers
@warm spoke really like the little touches like the streetlamp in front of the little pond
ty!
couple more shots of my island. Open right now for anyone who wants to check it out, dm for code
hi this is my first AC game and id really love to have a well organized island, im looking for someone who could guide me into to terraforming my island and managing space, ill give you 11 star fragments if you can help me out. add me on discord if you could help me and we can discord call
chainchomp I really like your museum but I am most jealous of your villagers omg you got lucky
I got 4 packs of amiibo cards in anticipation, only got 1 I wanted!
hunterRS you should make some of those sharp corners a little softer to match the curve of the image you are replicating
if I do it looks wierd on the map, this was just a test run to see how it does
working on museum area-- any suggestions on items that could possibly light this bad boy up at night? š¦ am i doomed? :(((
working on museum area-- any suggestions on items that could possibly light this bad boy up at night? š¦ am i doomed? :(((
@quasi eagle floor lights
do floor lights actually light things above them when placed outside?
it doesnt, it just makes that beam thing :c
H68X5, who wants to visit my prison island, top right corner is wip so nothing there and top left is just my fruit harvesting area
i think im confident enough to share my island's before and after, based off wutai from ffvii! i still have a lot to do like personalize my villagers' houses but im pretty happy with it for now
@next cypress is the name of your island a reference to another game?
yea, old school runescape lol
right! I was like that sounds so familiar
Did a lot of this today. Still not figured out where exactly I'm putting the rest of my villagers, I just know it will be somewhere near the other four.
Thinking of demolishing the top incline to put it in line with the two suspension bridges.
still really love these shots š§š³
just want to have the island editor app š¦
its custom paint
can you change ocean rock formations
No...
darn
Oh, dearest shooting star. I wish for the Easter Event to just end.
ikr. so annoying fishing up water eggs, hacking out wood eggs, and stone eggs
@hot iron Im not even using my mile tickets anymore. Spider islands are dead and ressources are eggs.
yeah spider islands died when water bugs started spawning. can't even chase them off it's so annoying
im trading NMT for stack of supplies, i get more from trading than going to island getting eggs
still really love these shots š§š³
@cunning summit is that your town?
how many spaces do you guys leave for each villager?
all of mine get almost 1 acre so i don't have much room on my island...
I give them a little front yard, about 6x5 or something like that
i think im confident enough to share my island's before and after, based off wutai from ffvii! i still have a lot to do like personalize my villagers' houses but im pretty happy with it for now
@hushed bane holy shit SYMETTRY
LOL YEAH im a big stickler for symmetry! unfortunately if you look a bit closer theres some spots i couldnt make perfectly symmetrical but those are just my own personal gripes
my villagers are prisoners so i give them enough space to build jailbars around them
Can anyone post pictures of cool ideas on there islands??
is dizzy popular? please help lol
try the villager trade channels
is anyone good at island design :( i would appreciate it if someone could cone over and give me tips
it depends on what kind of map you wanna go for, more city and urban areas are squarish, nature is more roundish, and maybe u just want ur 1 island to be a series of island
lol dw
did you do a triple waterfall
i have no idea how to even do the triple waterfall stuff
someone explained it to me and i was cofused
Triple waterfalls are possible?
can i flex my pathing grind
looks nice
mad a bunch of mini game arenas
playing sekiro helps with japanese design
i about ripped my hair out trying to make a double. removed it lol
i wasn't happy with the way the cliffs looked
cute! my island is way too spacious
my prison island got makeshift watch towers
