#island-designs
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@pliant hazel ty
😳 ty
Is that a craftable moon? It looks amazing, wow
yeah its 15 small star frags and 1 large
Ah okay, ty
Are you able to move your own home?
@icy rivet yep! costs 50k though
How do you do it? @jovial bramble
30k for your own, AFAIR
go to tom nook, ask for infastructure, then layout changes
I know how to move houses in general, but there is no option to do your own house @jovial bramble
it's under your house... not the town layout stuff
I know how to move houses in general, but there is no option to do your own house @jovial bramble
@icy rivet its in about my home
@sharp yoke lol really? i didn't know that. i assumed they were all the same and i forgot from when i moved my own before
oh im stupid lol sorry guys
unless it goes up as your house gets bigger... I moved mine earlier.
That makes a lot of sense now, thanks guys!
i feel like everything is gonna look so much worse on my island after cherry blossom season
I hope twitter links are okay, that way I can bundle a few pics.
Got my Zen garden pretty much finished.
https://twitter.com/Seipli/status/1248779753131085824
Wanted to get those pics before the trees turn ugly again 
This is mesmerising, it's awesome
@stiff root i love the zen garden and how you added the grooves ; _ ; so cute
Thanks :3
My only gripe is that it looks a bit flat. Wish there was a way to give it more depth haha
really missing dream towns right now so I could preserve how my town looks with the cherry blossoms forever
Anyone know what flowers go well outside a zen/bamboo garden?
Should i replace the rivers around my villagers houses, and give then yards?
@calm narwhal I feel like hyacinths or mums would fit, but that's my opinion
@fringe vessel no, i would center the land walkway though and curve the corners of the moat
@stiff scroll thanks! :)
is 3 wide paths too wide?
I feel like 3 is the perfect sizey but it gets kinda awkward with inclines and bridges
okie thanks
Thanks!
This is my map so far 🥺🥺
Thanks for some inspiration just got terraforming tools and don't know how much water to land I should have
feels too boring
I like the cleanliness, gives you plenty of furnishing potential
maybe put them on different elevations?
id say waterfalls
Rivers!
Ohh, I like all of those
i have waterfalls near my villagers
Goodness that's a lot of water
Quarantine island
Seems to he a common theme among finished islands
The maps in this game do end up looking like a lot most of the time
Are fruit tree farming useful lategame?
Ok, i finished my island, what do you guys think
but I think that makes it look better
Love the use of the hills around the island
To be honest, you don't really need bells in endgame Albeano
So pretty!
also, the stalk market invalidates other farming methods imo
How do you guys incorporate elevation into your builds
do u guys know how much terraforming on the water is considered too much.
what's your favorite part about your island? Want to hear some answers for fun. for example I have a little farmer's market that i like
no rules to terraforming but make sure you don't make lakes too big if you intend to fish in them, cause you cant reach the middle
unless its for cosmetic purposes,
my favorite part is def the entrance to my house! :3 https://twitter.com/imdylly/status/1245888477926850560
entrance to my house hehe #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch https://t.co/8zZOi2UBAF
@polar salmon my favorite part is fact that I have no ideas on what to do with my island. Endless possibilities never to be discovered
@warm cave nothings ever too much in this game. If it feels right, just go ham lol
I love the walkway! @vague vortex
true I have built many cliffs just to tear them down like do whatever and if not, you can always fix it
lol nice, my museum is off center and it bother me
Do you guys have an orchard, or not? I was thinking about it, and u dont even know why i have it
Like, i have turnip stuff for bells
I have a small orchard with just a couple of each tree, in case a friend wants me to trade them some fruit they're missing, or if I wanna craft one of the fruit items or something
I don't pick them otherwise though
I like them, it's a classic holdover from pre-turnip days, and tending it is pleasant for me... early on I had nearly 300 trees I think... I had to cut down at least 60 before I had less than 220. and when the cherry blossom event happened my money tree area was the only pink on my island. XD
just trying to get rid of annalise, hans, gala, and eunice 😭
Your villagers are so cute @woven drift 😭 I'm stuck with uglies
Island tours 😄 DM + Finished house and beach~
@woven drift how do u get rid of them?
Aaah I finally hit 5 stars!
any good house layout?
i want to cramp all my villagers into 1 box, but if i put them too closely i can't really see their front door
@glossy jewel ahh thank you!! 😭 it took so much work to kick out the ones i didn’t want though LOL
I finished getting my dreamies owo 😭 4 days of opening up tickets . Don’t buy Raymond just find him
@stuck parcel i just always ignore the ones i don’t want completely and then with time traveling eventually they ask to move
@gaunt turtle how do u 'BUY' villagers?
@gaunt turtle that’s what i’m saying!! he’s so expensive but it’s honestly not that hard to find him on the islands
I know two people that randomly found him in under 10 tickets lol
U find people who have them leaving in boxes already and u have to have a plot open and you come over drop the stuff they want and then invite the character over to your island @stuck parcel ; it took me 7 tickets for Raymond so I think everyone should just try with 70 tickets or so cause 500+ tickets for him isn’t worth it
Yeah I don’t like him cause he’s popular I just like him cause he’s grey my favorite color and has glasses :3
so basically if someone has villager moving out, u can try to invite then?
i love his eyes and glasses! and he looks a little grumpy which is adorable
Yes yes! @stuck parcel
how do u get rid of villagers!! I accidentally skipped a day or two and some weirdo moved into my village!
lmao
When you have a plot open stay in the day it’s open or else if you move forward a day the plot gets sold often by villagers your friends already kicked out
Just time travel to kick out villagers
do anyone have their house layout fairly tight together? I am looking for some inspiration. Don't want to take up more than like one and a half box
@warm cave There's a pinned guide in #693943157473280060 for moving out villagers. For further questions, please use #game-help-questions❓!
I love the vibe the lanterns give :)
@patent sky that looks lovely!!
Umm guys can someone please let me catalogue his kitchen? I literally have 0 kitchen furniture... I just need to catalogue it so then I can buy from my Nook thing, would be very helpful from you😣
I am struggling how to re-design my island, i know it won't be as impressive as others 😦
starting my island redesign, i want the upper level to be a garden/sanctuary surrounding the museum but am open to changing to shape of it. i want an area for all the villagers houses, a large area for mine and my husbands houses close to the beach front, a small orchid and an area for a park. does anyone have any suggestions for the layout?
you don't need to be as impressive as others, you just need to do what makes you happy 🙂
^^^
I absolutely hate that you can't make minute adjustments to building locations
Instead I have to move the building twice
Once to get it out of the way
yeah i hate that
Then I have to dig holes to count the spaces and figure out exactly where I want it like
worse... when you want to change the path under it... so you have to move it to put it back exactly where it is
and then a guy decides to move out... can't move it...
next day, he's packing up, can't move it...
next day he's gone... empty lot... can't move it...
next day new guy moves in... can't move it... he's unpacking...
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
looks like I've got a lot of moving to do if that's the case
I just gave up, most my stuff is still sitting on the beach
No way I'm waiting that long to do it normally, I'm starting up the time machine
I don't have a problem with doing it just to finish construction on something
I have a problem with patience
Yeah I thought the path underneath automatically changes to grass
If this is true I'll have to get rid of the zen bridge I just built today 😥😭
hmm, I haven't tried yet. but I swore I saw a house not sitting on grass recently... I'm still moving my junk to the beach so I haven't tried
not time traveling, so progress is slow... I'm already done with everything I can do today... as I am still waiting for a house to move out of my way due to the aforementioned moving villager
right now everything but the last 3 houses are sitting on beach
it's about a month to move all the houses and buildings then move them back again
I’m upset u can’t make anymore mouths to the see with terraforming
this game is slowwww
yeah not being able to move a river mouth is... annoying... wish I'd known that one ahead of time.
slow is good, sometimes. already has like 200 hours in
Anyone with a resident services really close to the airport feel like showing off their entrance?
270 hours in. This is the front of my walk way to my house (no time traveling or dupping just trading)
240 hours in.. broke down my island three times and have houses on the beach lol
@sharp yoke just fyi I tried it the other day and the house will remove the paths
I made every single housing space on my island one tile too small
Would it be too much effort/money if I tried to re-do my island layout? I really don't like my current layout.
@vocal heath moving buildings cost money thats it i think
That heavily depends on what you're trying to do. Moving a home costs 50k. Your own is 30k though
50k a move, save for your own home. inclines and bridges are the real cost to move
Charge people bells to visit ur store island to fund ur island
Started on my roads. :3
https://twitter.com/Seipli/status/1248685489109889024
Roads are coming along nicely. #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch https://t.co/O5mBxUebsp
Hey guys I'm trying to brainstorm ideas for what I should add to my island since I unlocked island designer, any ideas
invest in turnips or charge people entry fees if you get a really good turnip price
I made 8 million through turnips do far. Kinda feels like cheating
@chrome mural The highest I've seen my turnip prices (so far was like 100 bells or so) 😅
i made 20 mill last time i played with turnips
Can't really control it sadly
Just gonna have to pray
Turnips are Serious Business for some people
i'm redoing my nooks/ables/museum area and need some advice... near the resident services like a plaza or an elaborate entrance for the museum? anyone have some references or inspo?
My bells income lives off the stalk market
Can somebody send their museum entrance with waterfalls all around. Im looking for some inspiration
How many blocks does nook’s cranny take up
Anyone available to come give input on my island?
anybody wanna come check out my island
Any tips or tricks to make realistic rivers. Mine are very straight/slanted, looks weird.
if I just wanna put a house up one elevation do I really gotta move it twice TT
That’s such a great idea @woven drift
Took a bunch of pictures of the relatively completed parts of my island, if anyone wants to check 'em out! Still have a bunch I wanna do, but for the most part, I'm pretty happy with how a lot of it's turned out so far. Album: https://imgur.com/a/3tQhrQR
hi i am working on a new area its basically a 'manly chill zone' (females welcome though ofc) what do u think?
https://youtu.be/XPVUirvaRQA
@sharp arrow what time is it there
I’m omw if it isn’t closed
@heavy summit thanks for coming by
Yw
Is it closed-?
oh manisworld
sorry the concert started
no its not that
somebody is shopping or something
how are people so creative, i just wiped my island clean of all its furniture and i see all these islands and i just get completely discouraged, i have no clue how anybody can think up all these mountain locations and cool areas.
at this point, id let someone else layout my island if they are good at it
i just want an island that looks nice on map view and has room for decorations
anyone have a cute island i can tour? i want inspo! Promise i wont take anything or pick flowers lol
my island is open, some people seem to be having trouble connecting tho
how are people so creative, i just wiped my island clean of all its furniture and i see all these islands and i just get completely discouraged, i have no clue how anybody can think up all these mountain locations and cool areas.
@tawny glacier start out with one area! plan what u want in it (try a theme!) and then lay out areas where u want shops/houses. honestly u dont have to plan that much if u make sure u can access everything! look for inspo pics they r very helpful!
^ make sure to plan out your spacing properly
^ make sure to plan out your spacing properly
@wind wind yess i use tiles! they r helpful!
Ah, good. I used tiles but somehow messed my entire village up, so try not to do the same thing Tendo
i know that, i just dont even know how to do all that, i did it once and it looked like garbage. now my island is flat and i have absolutely zero clue what to do with it now, i have no idea how people come up with their upper cliff designs and rivers, im just clueless and it makes me not even want to play anymore.
tip for the tip! use the pathing for spacing if you need to, i've been doing that and it's been super helpful
It helps to think about what you want Tendo
look for maps that give you inspiration
also there is a reason why cliffs are in the back of the island and on the sides!! u can see behind them lol learned that the hard way
also realize it probably won't take a day or maybe even a week to get it to a place where you are happy, enjoy the small successes in your progress
i do look at maps to give me inspiration, but im not good at terraforming these insane rivers, and cliffs.
i legit spent 8 hours trying to draw a teddy bear head with this stupid river tool lol, and it's a messy outline but at least it's something i can work with
Dodo code is JRWML. I am opening up my island for people to come look at while I am planning my next area. Just please be aware that its still a huge WIP and not complete.
And you'll encounter failure along the way... just don't plan your village wrong, it really hurts
That river tool is unkind lol
ALLLLL i want was to have a nice curve for the bottom of the head, the ears and the little forhead line
but no i had to spend like 8 hours making a messy outline >O urg, nintendo.. YET the path tool can easily do corners
Designing and terraforming is difficult, so I'm really just doing it small-area-by-area
I had the same issue trying to make a curve and my chara kept moving around cuz stick drift and 
My residental services is like right infront of the air port and im struggling to design around it plz help ;-;
nintendo is just sitting back in their chairs laughing at us who are trying to curve something longer than 4 blocks
but this man doesn't give up so easily >O i can do it!
They supporting us in the form of wind noise from egg presents
lmfao, well at least they allowed us to make 45 degree angles or whatever it is with the river tool, it .. sorta .. can work.. with.. e nOUgH TImE .. why nintendo 
Hey
Who is a pro at animal crossing I just started and I need help picking my starter map please don’t troll
I’ll send you a pic of it in dm
You should be fine as long as you don't pick the double southern river maps, and like the location of the town hall
so i thought of just creating a huge map maze, so anyone who wants to visit buy from my ables or cranny or any visitor like saharah, celeste, they'd go thru the maze first. i wonder if my villagers will keep getting lost
@sharp arrow has a beautiful town yall should go check it out :>
thanks :3
Anyone wanna come check out my island? :(
Would anyone mind helping me work out an issue I came across while designing my island?
here or in DMs
anyone have cool layouts for pathways?
My island hit five stars today so doing tours ^^ nooks is still open, DM for code, do whatever you want just no pick flowers pls
Edit: since it's last day of blossoms and I have 99% of Sakura recipes, bring me mats and I'll craft for free
@sharp arrow how long are you gonna be open? I wanna see
gonna close down soon, come by now if you want to come
i want to visit some islands too 🙂
What bridge/incline combos are people using? I love the white plank incline but idk what bridge i'd want with it :(
Who is smart
Looking for island insparation DM ME photos!!
has anyone ever put the brachiosaurus on display outside of the museum. I have an idea where I want to put the brachiosaurus down and then put a museum at the top of stairs. was wondering if it would be able to be seen from that height.
I meant would I be able to see the head
@moop I dont want to say I'm smart lol but I'm super intrigued why you're asking
@hybrid nest I use the log staircase and wooden bridge, except for a stone bridge over waterfall
@pale needle what exactly are you asking?
happy with this shot i took today in my island's bamboo forest! 🎍
(rip cherry blossoms)
can you guys share your pool areas? i need inspo
hey guys i'm opening up my island the code is 3XLPL pls dont abuse my trust lol
@sharp arrow i will come
I've been working on a basic layout on the map layout before I start terraforming my town
@ruby vortex i know this is very late but i love your island and your imgur pics/captions are really cute in like a kitschy/homey way
and love your big sign. uncletopia is a very good island name
is this is where you share your island's idea and dodo code?
Wanted input with others for how it's structured, like what should I change?
@earnest comet yes
@sharp arrow coming!
Amazing 300+ Hours Southern Hemisphere Island here! Get ready to have your framerates drop like no tmr.
Event: Fishing Tournament
Villagers: Raymond, Judy, Marshal, Lucky, Diana, Apollo, Ankah, Merengue, Whitney and Rowan
Come hang out, fish or catch bugs. No need to offer!
Message me for FC! Looking for active and long-term potential friends only.
can anyone with this starting map let me come visit maybe? ;-;
i want to make a similar river layout on my island but don't even know where to start bc i started the game with a very different layout
@sharp arrow nooo it disconnected
oh no everybody
what a fuckign wind up just to have that happen
well im gonna set it back up
@woven drift Do you have the same river exits? You can't change how your island looks until really late in the game. The way the river exits can't be changed.
@wispy pond i do have the same river exists! i tore down like everything though because i didnt like how it looked on my island so its just a bunch of grass now and idk where to even begin to try n recreate the left side of the map (cus i rly like it ;w;)
Do you guys think I can get this center to work, or should I redesign?
Looked good on a map, but it's starting to feel sort of bland, and I can barely fit anything unique in there
Pen
I couldve picked that
😭 i really like it n im trying to recreate the left side cus i like how um natural it looks ;-;
but ive been trying for liek hours n it looks rly weird :(
Whats a funny island name
What sort of jokes do you like
Hmm like a pun
That's very animal crossing
Do you have a particular villager or name
That I can work with
Ok I'll try to think of something
Lmao
Ugh I hate my river don’t know what to do
@sharp arrow
anyone have a foresty area?
making such round curves is just sooooooooo weird with the size i had to do so i'm just going to give up on the bear face 😦 rip, oh well, time for a new plan.. while i undo all this mess lol
Anyone got any cool designs for mountainous or forest designs for maps/sections of the map?
The landscaping tools in this game remind me of minecraft
shapes are doable at a small scale, but you really need a large space to flesh out the details
yeahhhhh.... i tried, all day! lol but at least i know it just isn't going to work the way i wanted
I think I might copy xqc and name my island PepeggaLand
at least i just gotta clean it up and not try to shape it.. probably should take an hour and then take a break cause my gawd i played a lot lol
Pepeggaland
@pale needle im trying
I don’t know what to do with riverr
it is hard
ok
Driving me mad
ill wait
what do you want to do with the river
@stuck parcel yeah hugi
whats your fav about it
i think if you just wiggle the straight rivers about a bit it would look nice with the round part
I hate the circle that’s the issue
@pale needle i see
There’s nothing I can do with the middle
leave it empty?
Hi @hybrid swift my friend was talking about how she wanted her island to be called peepeepoopoo so she really likes your island name
Who’s your friend that’s very nice ;-;
I’ve seen like 10 islands called eventide and I just realized it’s a note reference
I have a big opening in my river too and i just put a little island in the middle with a tree and flowers just to look pretty
Awww but that looks natural
yeah thats kinda my look
Can I see how your rivers flow ? Like the map
i understand if not what youre looking for
I like twitch so I want my island to be named something from twtch like and emote @sharp arrow
do you know xqc
do you watch twitch
WOW HOLY
@hybrid swift
nice map
Did you dig up the rivers yourself ?
some modifications
can you place diagonal inclines?
I just spent over an hour making a single tier space on my island for my villagers + me, just to realize I dont like it lmaoooo
I just wanna know how to make rivers look more natural..
The strug
yeah until i have a better vision for plan B i am going to recreate my rivers
Same
@hybrid swift i try to do random lines and keep the width pretty constant
I flattened my map and finally made the necessary modifications to my previous modifications I didn’t like
when im modifying or adding streams
Maybe I’ll make a mountain island
And bridges connect main structures
Waterfall island baby
I got it! Give me 20 days I’ll back
Bridges can connect mountains?
2 days in a row I built an incline and 15mims after found out I want it somewhere else instead
No
I’ll have water running under it
yikes lmaooo
Sadly
That’s literally what happens tho, you place things down and you’re like well frick this could’ve went here
Sad reality, when you've put hours into something only to move all of it 1 space to the left.
Which one Juicerland, Pepeland, Pepeisland, Peepoland, Juiceland, Pepeggaland and Shnozeisland,
to name my island
Something u won't regret
so i designed my layout and was inspired by @modest mural and i think it looks nice, what do you guys think.
@wise locust someone else said that before unless it was you, iirc it was their villager houses 😦
at least you aren't undoing like 10 hours of work like i am xD
I think the most heart breaking thing is thinking you measured out your tiles correctly until you’re too deep into whatever project you’re building

Lol, rip whoever said that b4 me, that sucks
I think I finally got my river the way I want it. Thoughts?
I love how natural it looks
Make sure you have spots that work with bridges
It’s snakey
But it looks great
I like snakey
If not, do some patches of land you can hop over
what does yours look like now @ancient elbow ?
good point clutter
It'll look appealing next to rocks and stuff, rock pool
Is snakey bad?
No, that's subjective
Mines a mess rn because I’m still under construction but I got a vision
Yes, vision very important
nice, that's what matters 😄
Ok, nvm.
Moving things around day by day
that looks pretty!
Don’t know if this is the right question on here , but how many trees do people generally have in their town?
bonus points for double south river exits
like a number?
Yes
@ancient elbow Don't call urs a mess, now I look bad😫
If I knew how booty south river exits were I would’ve done the other layouts 🥺
A combination of fruits, cedars, etc
no idea
it just makes the island look so top to down heavy
except i probably have about 12 of each fruit
@wise locust I’m sure yours looks great too
your island does a good job at sorta fixing it though, a lot going on at top
It be a WIP
What do you all think about this map?
......😮
i wanna say it's safe? like it looks good, pretty symmetrical and fine
Is there a layout with the plaza centred like that?
That’s how I’m tryna be
good job on it 😄
Mines centered like that
Yep. I had to reset like 15 times but thats where mine is
Isn't there a max number of inclines?
Is there o-o
I have a quarter of my island dedicated to an outdoor Dino park lol
8 i think
I thought I read 8
Just googled it x. x
Wait what? You can't have more than eight inclines per Island?
8 inclines and 8 bridges
My beachside music stage
Welp. Good thing I asked or else I wouldnt have known till i was mid building it
My day is ruined and my Dino park just got cancelled
@radiant urchin still really cool design though! I'm sure you can tweek it
Thanks!
Rivern’t
I’m trying to figure out how to make the most out of it. With the 9 houses. I was trying to make it into the 6 medallions OoT style
Then I realized that I have an extra house and have no idea on where to go with it.
@slow tangle with it being tihs close, can u not see the front door properly?
happened to me -.-
and basically any decoration u put cannot be seen except if it;s put inbetween the houses
Hmmm I’m thinking perhaps. I should move the 9 houses and turn that circle in a triforce form
You wanna come to my town tomorrow and I’ll show you what I was going for?
kinda happened naturally
interesting!
You know what I just rolled with it and made a 90 degree river to represent me being a math major
With the little inner square too
The top left has the red, white, and blue roses that form the American flag, and it has the Statue of Liberty on the top left corner
yeah i thought my townhall placement was so weird compared to others
I made cranston a little picnic set with a bee, lady bug, and stink bug on some zen cushions since he likes bugs so much
Cranston is my favorite villager
What do you guys think, will add items onto stands
Also my hockey rink is a work in progress
Cranston is my favorite villager
@cerulean belfry my fiance and I both have him he is best boi
He’s totally slept on
Starting to think this is too cramped, but I dont have room to make the villagers yards bigger. :(
I fixed it but Im sad now 😭
thoughts ? 😭
I like the water formations. It seems very natural and wild
Okay, I'm glad the water looks ok. I'd started to worry I'm going overboard with the waterscaping rip
Nah. It looks really nice imo
I love how symmetrical your island design is, its very peaceful to look at.
and thanks!! 😄
Haha thanks. I was going for a city of water. I had more river flow, but had to delete some because apparently the bridge/incline limit is 8 each x. x
Maybe do fake bridges with fencing and designs on the ground? I've seen some that look really nice!
ok so I was cleaning my island so I can start designing with a clean slate
and clearing all rivers and cliffs took me 4 hours lmao
Nook Miles items was so poorly thought out.. I want Black streetlights not green ;/
same but i want white ones, rip
Ill look into the fake bridges thing. I might use it, but I feel it wont be the same x. x
Like, it would be a bleeding fortune to buy out 50 streetlights. And a pain having to trade dozens of people.
I have white lights! If you have the pastel teacup ride I'd love to trade a few lights for that rip
I'm stuck with a ride I dont like because of that nook miles thing too lmao. really is a silly way to encourage trading
Hi! I had a question about unlocking terraforming sorry if this isn’t the right place
It’s regarding KK coming to my island. Yesterday I achieved 3 star rating and they said they’d call kK and he’s check his schedule, but today bc it’s fishing tourney and tomorrow is Easter, an I right to assume KK won’t come till Monday?
hi this is my town at the moment, looks very terrible because i just started terraforming so i’ve been experimenting with different rivers and different house placements, idk what to do and im out of hope so im wondering if anyone could help me..? :c i want to make a very cute pretty town but first i need to make a good map. i have nooo good ideas.. please dm me..!
Anyone have some non cherry blossom / bamboo light option ideas for a more modern/urban esk
welp it took me like an hour but finally fixed my map, zzzzz tomorrow is a new day
I gotta finish my orchard tomorrow I won’t have fun with that terraforming
Is anyone here good at planning islands? I have no idea what I’m doing. LOL
I couldnt add more bridges, so i decided I could add more water by adding in lakes and stuff 😄
@subtle whale I would just start with a theme and going from there. I worked more with symmetry and the concept of a water city to get my creativity going. Once you start some major structures, the rest you can wing from there and tweak it until it looks like what you wanted
so i found a really cool detail trick idk if anyones done it but i used picked cosmos as detailing for my beach and the good part is they dont grow back on sand so theyll stay like that forever .. no clue if it hurts your town score but im pretty sure it doesnt because they count as flowers!
Thats actually pretty smart o-o
steals idea
go ahead :)
Anyone wanting to give me a tour of their island?
what do you guys do with trees you want to move while terraforming? i have tons to move (redoing my whole island) but not enough space in my pockets to keep all of them :/ it would be great to not have to relocate them temporarily but if that's all i can do i guess i'll live
trash them/find area to store
If I know my orchard is gonna be in one area, I store them somewhere else and work on that first and put them back after that terraforming area is done
Or just regrow them later
gotcha, thank you for your input :)
i’m dreading the day where i’ll have to move my buildings around since some houses are weirdly placed lol
it'll be many days unless you time travel lol
Ill have to move every single building XD. Time Travel and the Stalk market are your best friends
moving buildings are so expensive too 😭 tom nook is so greedy
Work in progress
wow how are all your villagers cats
Looks very nice so far! Also I appreciate all those cat villagers
they’re all so cute!
Where all the villager homes are i call it the cat plaza
lol
Or Paw-za
Damn this looks so good
I would really love to tour someone's beautiful island for ideas.
I had saved up 1000 tickets and I went on a hunt for him and I found him on island 164
I was kinda lucky but if you're dedicated it's possible!
I could prob pay someone 10mil
i wanna re edit the layout of my island since my house is abit wack location wise and i want to make a yard but idk how :(
ignore the unfinished zen wall
Yall got such cute islands
Can I see yall’s airport, outdoor cafe, and museum area?? 😫 I need inspiration
Does anyone want to come review our island? DM for code.
i have such shitty space management 😭 idk how to move everything to make it all full but not cluttered

Hey, does anyone remember if you pick the resident service tent/plaza location in the beginning of the game? I can’t recall! Thanks!
no
no you dont also #game-help-questions❓
You can push back the pathing below the shaped lake and build your house there w/ a backyard
Have it closer to the middle strip of water
Anyone wanna join my island to give me some tips on making my island look better like “pretty”
bro whgy cant i fucking type anywords related to 8===D
anyways i dont wanna block the view of 8===D lake
that’s a mood in the beginning i just placed them wherever and now i have to save up to move them again 😦
hi i just fnished my 'outdoor man den'. what do you guys think?
https://youtu.be/YaBmasU6DxI
How to get a second house for his own or for his friend in animal crossing
that looks so good omg
Who would like to tour an IT themed island? I ask for an outside decoration as admission, help make Derry better!
you got pietro on your island?
hi, can i visit somebodys island for some needed inspiration?🥺
Oh of course
I took a couple pictures of my lil bamboo garden area, i feel like it's finally coming along rip
Anyone wanna join my island to help give tips?
How do you get your Animal crossing map into the Happy island designer?
Is anyone placing their villagers scattered throughout the island? I have seen a lot of people have them in one area.
Mine are kind of spread out but not really at the same time
@unreal rose are you giving them their own yard?
Like do you find enough room to do so?
Some of them yes but I’m working on making more room for them
I started with mine spread out then made a little resident section for them with their own property decorations and fencing
@eager zodiac did you ever feel like their yards were cramped?
All of them have the same amount of space except one because of a previous bridge placement. I guess it could feel a little cramped but I like that it’s even for everyone
Thanks for answering. :)
rn im trying to spread my houses around more because it gives me more to work with
Anyone have any museum exterior design ideas that look nice? I’m a bit stumped at the moment on what to put there
My villagers are quite spread out. I have them in little groups though, so no one house is very far from another really.
i dont give them a ton of yard space rn but its not totally right rn
im pretty conflicted rn on placements for like nature things
Some of mine have quite small yards rip. Some are better off lol.
I try to make up for it by trying to give them plenty to do around the island lmao
@raven mountain
perfect
that's awesome
@indigo trellis @shell plume thanks for giving me some hope in this idea.
ngl i didnt give my museum a ton of room for exterior designs
@calm narwhal
That looks amazing, will definitely use it for inspiration. Thanks!
Me either rip. I don't know how people fit these massive areas around their museums and stuff lol
.
I have like a little space with some fossils up on platforms and fenced in but its very minimal
^
i think im just gonna have little podiums on the side with a few fossils on them
maybe a little excavation site like wait sehughes is doing
what*
Saw that someone wanted cafe inspiration. I opened up a waterfall cafe! 😄
thats awesome
Thank you! I feel super comfy there
Cuuute 🥺
you just gave me a great placement idea tysm
No problem!
@kind escarp you should get the we're open sign to tag with that
I actually do have the We're Open sign but I'm using it for my diner instead lol
I have a cafe sign outside of there though, the cafe is just too big for you to see it in the photo 😂
where do people find fossils? I think I’m just genuinely confused.
You can dig them up where you see the "X" on the ground
Although you can also find earth eggs with this event
okay!
I need some suggestions on what to do with my island
Do people like my soccer field it took ages
Its so adorable
I kinda hate how geometric mine looks :/
How's this
I just stripped my town down and starting anew with some roads!
Who wants to come over and be impressed! Please gimme feedback
ahhh!!! look what popped up today!
Can someone please explain why this isn’t allowed nothing I do is allowing me to place this sideways
Move it in one space
finally hit 5 stars today lol, and I think it’s too close to the cliff
The top has to go into the hill, move it forward one tile
Ohhhh
great job
Anytime someone visits they get rick rolled
lol
Amazing use of time
you gotta change your town song
to that
and now im going to be up super late trying to work that out
For people struggling to plan their map out....heres what I have been doing. I take a picture of my map and then draw on it.
nice
Come explore and share landscaping tips dm for code!
Having a hard time figuring out how I want my island. I kinda want a river but I don't know how to even add one to the set up I have in my head
Just found out that inclines and bridges are limited to 8, I'm so distraught now that my island layout idea is ruined 😦
How do I cover up rivers D:
@remote birch you need to unlock terraforming to be able to do that.
With or without the white planks on top? Or should I put a different path underneath?
yeah I thought it was the cliff one and not waterscaping. I wish there was a faster way
Ah
Explorers Welcome
My current wip my ocd couldn’t allow a non perfect river LOL
Lmao I wanted my river to be a little imperfect
I don’t know how to make it look natural and nice at the same time
You should have some clifftop rivers too though
Yann, you could start a little orchard/tree farm for money money or start flowers/garden, or make a zen area, a patio, a nice chill cute relaxation area with flowers or entertainment
This is a mess
At least your rivers look real
I’ll just say mine are man made canals I’m going for sci / future theme anyways
That’ll be sick
Another yan what is this
@trim briar should I make the 2nd layer in front of my house larger?
yeah i am trying to keep my island to look as natural as possible
This is the Yan of slowchat a different dimension
How to natural river please tell me
well I'm the CEO of n too because I got 2 of them lol @primal ginkgo
You know what ima cover up my whole river and go swirly river
Just keep the river three wide and move it in and out without making it change width
swirly would be cool
That’ll be natural but look nice and clean too
It needs to be 4 wide to have river spawns
This is my little garden area next to my house, I do prefer more natural then terraformed but let me know what you guys think
No just 3?
Mhm
fish still spawns in my river
@shell tiger super cute! I love the step stones idea so I made sure to put some in my map too haha
Ok time to cover up the whole river... that’s 4 wide covering my whole map..
@primal ginkgo ty! The hopping makes me happy everytime lol
these designs are giving me the urge to destroy my whole island and change everything
Same
At this point I’ll just admit I’m not creative
same
I feel like I could have done so much better lmao
i want to change a lot but i am too lazy lol
I wish I would have made better use of cliffs tbh
I want a sideway incline tho
👀
lol
idk what to improve
I want to make a proper entrance by my town hall is so close to my airport it’s difficult
i only terraformed so i can farm string fish but now i wanna change everything
since string fish are gone
Oof
well time to change it
🙂
@primal ginkgo Kay what should I do to give my river a more swirly but symmetrical look again
Keep the width the same as you move it
And maybe copy that one Island’s
The spiral design
Which one?
Thx love
You’re flexing on us
I got 30 crowns in my storage xD
I have one but no tiara which I am v jealous of
some people have got two houses on their island but how
second player
how
you launch the game with another profile lol...
oh
i have tiaras you can catalog
@primal ginkgo
does this look good?
Looks dood to me!
@mild dock I’d love that 
time to get the museum moving and flood it with waterfalls
bruh
Wrong chat sorry aha
Explorers welcome (shops are closed)
Jesus what is all that open land I wonder what’s there
Omg you have a whole obstacle course in the middle
I'm hella overwhelmed from trying to come up with terraforming ideas, I'm in need of island tours in-game!
Always welcome to visit mine 🙂 not all finished yet, my island is mostly natural though
has anyone done a bunny pond & has an example im having a hard time trying to make one
Bunny pond?
looks like a bunny
Lemme try
ty :)
My spawn island, don’t have terraforming yet, any ideas on how to organise my buildings?
Is horizontal ok 🤔?
The shops seem too far away, normally ppl put in front for easy access @mint stone
@primal violet r u asking me
ye
yeh thats fine
path opinion
id go the grassed on both ides
Explorers welcome (shops are closed)
Could I have the code to visit please
fang
size for player home?
5x4 or 3 lol
ty
5x4 including mailbox
@rustic flare could I visit please
@boreal bobcat is that ok
DM for code explorers welcome (shops are not open)
yeh that looks really good can i c what it looks like on the island 2 idk how to word it lol @primal violet
Hm
yes tysm for help i really appreciate it <3
Lol ok np
Bunny face
hi guys! I need some help in deciding the spacing of the houses, the plan is to move most of the houses (not final on how much) to where I'm you can see in the minimap(will post bigger version) so if you got any good ideas tell me! i love the community and eager for some creative ideas from you!
also, trying to decide on where to place museum
Used the heart pond tutorial to make this clover pond!
Awesome 😁
https://youtu.be/DCLrpml8oV4 my island
What do you guys think about the idea of different fruit tree gardens?
@earnest barn I think its amazing, I have them in my town and it makes it look really organized
Nice, I really want it be organized, but i don't how many trees i should have in each garden
does anyone have pics of stairs leading down to the secret beach? not really sure what i wanna do with it
I didnt add too much, I didnt wanna go past the 200 cause then It wont be a perfect town
I need to terraform but idk where to put my flowers
on the beaches
you can do that?
si
alright ty
is there a way to block animals from spawning on cliff sides
Anyone open to visitors? I want to look around ppls islands for inspiration (and maybe to sell my cherries)
how close can you put a house to the museum?
Any waterscaping ideas to put next to the town hall to make the fishing tourney easier?
Vi
does anyone else find that villager ai are too dumb to walk around paths / fences
anybody I can visit for ideas/inspiration?
It’s a WIP
anyone know of any light up decorations that are two units wide?
anyone still looking for island inspo? i can open up
@limpid quest can I come over too? my island is a mess and i've been stressing for weeks lmfao
sure! ill dm you the code
ty bro
np
How many villagers do you need for a 5 star island?
full
does anyone have a cute layout of villager houses?
@limpid quest I had to go to work real quick, but will be back home in an hour. Would you still be open for visitors then?
@limpid quest I had to go to work real quick, but will be back home in an hour. Would you still be open for visitors then?
@tame pilot i might nap but i can open up later
Okay, ty! I'll DM you when I get home and you can hmu when you're free
My villager layout
Ooo that looks smart tbh.
I want to do something similar @limpid quest but my map is a little off.
@keen sky i leveled the entire third layer where my houses are and then built that small portion up for stringfish
ohh. how do you make it so you can edit ponds and the river structure?
after kk comes you get the terraform tool
Dunno what to do with this space :)
Not my island, but look how cute this is 🥺
My villagers house sections are 6 wide 5 tall but honestly I'd recommend 4 tall unless you have ideas for the back of their houses cause I sure don't, then it's two lines of pavement all around
Work in progress
that looks so nice
The extra spacing in the sides is for my flower system, basically yellow flowers mean I don't really want that villager
@fast elk could i come over to take a look? 🙂
This is what my island looked like when I first picked it
Of course DM me @dry cradle
@sick fossil you could do a park with a community garden
Guys any ideas on land layout? I basically covered up a river stream that looked horrible and wanted to kick off on a clean slate.
Will be removing bridges too
I made this today since my wife and I unlock the custom paths :)
That's cute. There's so much you can do with custom paths in this game
Gj!
Thank you! It's really cool so far ^^
I'll be glad when I finish removing the custom designs I put down. I moved my rocks which is amazing but the cleanup is taking forever
Do you guys think having a maze as a section would be more frustrating or entertaining? I have a space slightly larger than 16x16 that's free and I'm thinking about making a maze out of it.
That sounds horrifying lol
How long did it take to get them to spawn there
i have some small space left in the top left corner of my map, give me ideas :p
Depends on what you already have
After covering every free stretch of grass except those 6 spaces on my island with custom design it took like 10 days
everything thats not a flower breeding garden
Gardens/orchards are probably the most common thing people use to fill empty spaces
i had the thought of making a public pool lmao
I actually had to open up another 6-10 spaces so weeds and fossils could spawn somewhere
Yes on both counts
And a public pool sounds nice, I wonder if there's like a lifeguard stand in this game
There is it's a nooks recipe
there is a lifegaurd stand
You get the lifeguard stand with like the lighthouse and stuff
I'd say go for it, then
Anyones town open? Need some inspiration for my town. c:
I think there are pool loungers too. I know there are beach towls
You can make beach towels out of custom pathing too
I organized festival boardgame in my island lol it took me a lot of time, lots of tabletop to install and buy lol
when you have a fishing tourney and your rivers are a mess...
Also @woven drift I'm down to open mine in a bit but right now I'm spamming nook miles looking for villagers
Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do behind Resident Services?
Kk np xD
@harsh plinth I'd love to come too if that's ok
I was thinking about either making it a lake with a little island or a waterfall mountain, but idk
Sure, I don't mind
@indigo quarry maybe do up a fishing picnic spot
Barely have any plants n trees
I haven't unlocked terraforming yet but I'm trying to come up with ideas for areas
Im glad i can finally terraform, couldnt stand how awful my place looked
Oh wow i love that!
Thank you
Your welcome!
I was too lazy to hybrid so I bought them from the #flower-plants-trade chat
Yea its such a hassle when other ppl has the patience to do it
Its more like weeds will grow around alot and one of your villagers plan to leave if you skip alot but I do it all the time
Been terraforming like mad, i regret making my island into hills
I just make sure i talk to them every so often
Oh
still a huge work in progress, gotta move all the facilities and houses but i'm proud of what i've done so far!
I want terraforming badly
@karmic kestrel how have you kept yourself sane?
@cerulean furnace the rivers are real cool
thank you!!
Why do I have the ugliest villager
@woven drift i have a VISIONNNN im kinda going crazy tbh
I would legit just quit, thats so much work to do. My fingers hurt looking at your map xD
yeah it's painful terraforming your entire island tbh xD
Why do I feel broke even though I have 10 mil
I gotta take breaks lmao i hope its worth it, im worried about the incline limit cause i need more so bad
@meager seal i feel rich with that haha i started terraforming once i had that amt
Same here
I have all my villagers houses spread out and it’s a huge hassle
Ok first island assessment. Let's ee what Isabelle thinks
I’m prob the youngest in the entire server
Really
Yep
I did that too and regretted it so bad that i legit put everyones houses like 2 inches next to eachother
Don’t ask
Short 30 secs of progress so far https://twitter.com/redbeanpancake/status/1249001356406296580?s=19
LOL 1 star
@meager seal don’t say that in a server. You could be reported to discord for violating TOS
Should i put my villagers together? I was thinking of spreading them out before, whats the difference?
I doubt people here care but protect your personal info regardless my dude
@karmic kestrel i did the same thing and it’s my biggest regret when it comes to laying out my island personally
how are people extending from their plaza for main street?
which block should i be taking?
The difference is that if u spread em out so far, it would be a hassle to run to each and every one of their houses to talk to them. If u put em close but some space then ur good
as in which block from the base should i place the store, able sisters etc.
I have all my islanders caged on the bottom right, its a tight little area n looks decent
@karmic kestrel I’m doing a lot of moving now Bc I decided against it. And it’s also annoying tracking everyone’s houses down
Yea I’m thinking I’m going to go in that direction it’s so much easier
Hey all I have around 150-200 hours in the game I think but I’m really struggling on the layout and how to fill these voids or what I should do. Can anyone help or give suggestions?:(
Hmmm i see okok gotta rethink my layout a bit
I also moved my house all the way in the back left corner cause Carrie kept stealing my bloody flowers 😠
@gusty briar have you tried a park area yet?
I know for my I’m in the process of making a bamboo park, and then smol amusement park later
So I could in middle but town houses and shops in the way so then idk where to move them even
What do you guys think look better; to surround the villagers houses in imperial fence or in country fence
anyone have tightly packed villager house design i can see?
Imperial imo, but without the horizontal front fences
Need help designing my island, want to move houses and fill empty spaces any help would be appreciated 🙂
K, thanks
@unkempt void make a cafe? Or some themed area etc
I’ve reached maximum boredom
anyone have any ideas on my layout? i've been terraforming for hours and i don't feel like i've gotten anywhere
@versed dome pathing
@versed dome I do terraform area by area as i build it
so if i want to build museum area, i only terraform museum area
or else u will just change it after u done terraforming whole island!
Wow how do u get such symmertical river mouths
@karmic kestrel rng lol
@stuck parcel i thought about that
i'm trying to get a basic outline before i commit to anything else
Rng?
i’m trying to figure out how to make a decent neighborhood area
@versed dome i have the same river mouths
I'm also tryna make a decent neighborhood area
but i just have no idea what to do with my rivers
right now i’m demolishing all my bridges and crap
i already moved the houses to the beach for rn
i should do that
i know what i want to do with all my shops, but idk where to put the neighborhood
maybe i'll put it west of the town plaza
any item that is natural that can block a path? I want rock to spawn there but i dont want to reply on that RNG
tree?
i need it on the edge of cliff
ah
There’s a garden rock diy
It actually erased my game...
@heady dew any regrets?
perfect, thanks @karmic kestrel
@karmic kestrel someone has all my tickets so not rlly
Why tho
@stuck parcel I can craft it if u need some help
@waxen hinge boredom and I want to make a ocarina of time themed island
That sounds cool; crossed my mind to make a botw themed one before
That game is too big
Links lmao
I’m not just doing theme tho I’m making the actual map of the game
@waxen hinge someone did that already
I got u right here,
I made a lil island and put my house on it, should I build a suspension bridge or a brown zen bridge? the suspension bridge looks more rustic and its really cute, but the zen bridge looks very nice and I have a couple of zen bridges in my town already so it would match.
@indigo trellis got a pic?
I was thinking of doing that
Suspension
Someone did it already tho and I don’t want to get compared to them @waxen hinge
@waxen hinge map looks real cool
Plus I never played links awakening and I like ocarina of time way more
Wonder if it’s any good
It’s on YouTube
ocarina of time is linear tho isn’t it
A tour of it if u want to see
I’ll show u the map I’m following
I’m gonna try to make something like this
But way smaller
Gonna be way smaller and I’m leaving out certain areas that aren’t relevant
I don’t think anyone has done this yet which is what gave me the motivation
Oh the more I go on the more I regret my island with the two bottom mouth rivers + unaligned resident services
@heady dew good luck! Looking forward to seeing the progress
Low key wished we could have multiple islands to design
Hello, I'm looking for ideas to make my place with the fountain, benches and flowers? suggest me in pv
Who here is good at mapping out the island?
Is there a place for good inspiration?
Thinking of opening my gates for a little bit. Anyone interested in coming over to check out my island and give feedback?
@delicate pasture what are you wanting inspiration for?
@delicate pasture what are you wanting inspiration for?
@calm narwhal My island/decoration
@calm narwhal im able to come round if ur gates are open :)
i restarted my island, what is the popular opinion on where the resident service building should be?
@delicate pasture like any particular area? Ex: museum entrance, park, etc.
Celin i could open mine. Im almost done with my island





