The one year challenge

1.
the first thing to do is to do is to decide whether or not there is a PWP you really want and to make sure that at least one villager of the personality that suggests it is walking around town. For the purpose of this guide I will choose the "Illuminated Clock" which is suggested by Peppy villagers. Tutu is my only Peppy so I made sure that she was walking around town before starting.

2.
this next step is optional. but I like to dig holes around my villagers to make sure that they stay in one place. this makes the process quicker because I don't have to be running all over the map looking for my villagers. I'll know exactly where I need to go each time.

3. this step is also optional. BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. at this point I empty my pockets, keeping only my tools. afterwards I fill up the rest of my inventory space with either seashells or flowers. basically: my inventory should be full of things that villagers can't ask for. by doing this I will guarantee that they will not be pinging me to ask for items.

4.
afterwards I'll put on my wetsuit and run the beach.

5.
I get in the water and stay there for at least 5 minutes. when I return to the land I walk around my villagers to see if they ping me. Since I really want a request from Tutu (the illuminated clock) I usually go to her first. But if she doesn't ping I just talk to the rest of the villagers.

6.
Sometimes though a villager will ping you for something other than a PWP. They might ask you to change their catchphrase, greeting, might come up with a new nickname for you, ask random questions, or sometimes even ask you for favors. If this happens just repeat steps 4 through 5 until you get a request. Sometimes you'll get it on the very first try. Other times it could take much longer.

7.
depending on your luck and on how long it takes for you to get a suggestion, villagers might stop pinging you all together. when this happens, select a villager you DON'T want a request from. I selected Whitney since she is Snooty and can't suggest the Illuminated Clock I want. After you've selected a villager go and talk to them and they'll tell you to take a rest. Don't take a rest. You can use this to your advantage.

8.

the very next villager that sees you after being told to take a rest will always ping you. so naturally I rush to where I had trapped Tutu and she pinged me with a PWP suggestion. she asked for the illuminated tree, not the illuminated clock. but that's fine, I decided to just keep playing. though if you get something you don't like you can always just quit without saving and try it again. up to you. personally I just keep whatever I get.

last note: villagers will SOMETIMES recommend more than one PWP a day. but it's VERY rare. so after getting one PWP suggestion its better to stop doing the diving trick. cause after that you'll most likely just be wasting your time. and then you can just try it again the next day

got the bell PWP suggestion yesterday


and also the mannequin from sable


also visited a bunch of dream towns, here is Satan visiting his girlfriend's old town (she deleted it long ago though)


Mitzi also moved out yesterday. I was able to find her a home though so I'm pretty happy with that


now for today: I got the village representative badge!


and the museum PWP which I paid for right away



also Sahara was in town and I really LOVE his wallpaper/floor selection


had the crab tour but it wasn't worth it. 20 medals in 8 minutes isn't a lot considering that I can get 16 in 2 minutes from the scavenger hunt


Monkey D Luffy requested a blue version of the paths I was previously using so I made these. I'm not the creator of the original paths though, I only made this blue version.


hybrids are looking nice!


and another PWP suggestion today (also made a tutorial on how to get more suggestions, posted it a few hours ago in this thread)


FINALLY got around to getting a flag for Hell, was trying to make it look like a "real" flag but the design is completely mine


Ive visited 50 dream towns so here is another badge haha


and I got Lolly from a cycler. doesn't satan's hairstyle look like the time traveling one? xD a little neater though

The Fishing Tourney is today, I don't care really.



My first hybrid that I did not grow by force.



I forgot all about this yesterday! I put it in my home.



I like going barefoot in the snow in New Leaf because of the footprints and it makes a much better noise when you walk than those wearing shoes IMO.



It is for everyone who is doing this challenge and restarted in January or December after the tourney.

- I got rid of Fuschia and I invited Goldie to come live in my town from someone else's town! I'm so excited.
- I got a special tree stump pattern, so hopefully a mushroom will appear soon

I also practiced on my creating skills by searching up some paths online and duplicating them from scratch.
Here are the 3 I did today

Well, first of all, Paula will be the first villager to move out! I'm hoping to get a nice uchi to replace her. If anyone here would like to adopt Paula when she moves out, feel free to tell me!

Kicks is being built! This is the second day so not much longer until it finishes building. It seems like I'm behind most of you on this. I haven't unlocked the museum 2nd floor yet either...

...And I only got the QR machine yesterday. I'm actually not sure if I'll be needing it anytime soon. I decided to go for dirt paths so I'll see how they turn out before considering anything else. As I said above, I was transferring flowers from the island today. They are for lining the to-be paths. I still don't have nearly enough to line everything. Transferring them is just so boring. I've also been chopping down trees that are in the way. But to be honest, I don't really know what I'm doing. I'm afraid that I'll choose bad routes for the paths... I've tried to do some planning but something seems off regardless of what I do.

This is a rough plan of the main path. I'll just hope it'll turn out ok. I welcome any improvements!

I also rearranged the flowers I'm trying to breed. I had problems with hybrids spawning at the beginning but now they spawn well! So happy! Can't wait to get more and more and more... It'll be nice to get more color as I now have mainly white flowers in my town.

I decided to dream of some towns to get inspiration and ideas. It was really motivating! The towns were all so beautiful. I'm looking forward to seeing how my own town will turn out in the end. Do you guys have any plans for your towns? Any themes you'd like to carry out? There are so many possibilities!