Are you planning out your map before landscaping or just winging it?

[Aubrey895]

I started to just wing it, but I moved my museum then decided I didn't like it there...so decided I better plan it. Here is what I have so far as far as landscaping goes.

 

[MapleSilver]

I have a general idea of what I want but I don't like meticulously planning out entire maps. There's been occasions in past games where I had an idea for something, then upon trying to implement it I realize I don't like how it looks in-game. I think the same holds true for a map like this. I can try planning a pretty map, but once I've actually made it in-game I may feel completely different about it.

 

[foxgl0ves]

I tried to draw mine but I think I got the proportions wrong, with how long the sides of the beaches are where they meet the river exits. So I just gave that up and decided I would wing it. Slowly lol

 

[Vintage Viola]

I’ve planned out in my head how I want certain areas to look, and once I complete them I’ll stitch the rest together.

 

[meggiewes]

I am 100% winging it. All I know is that I either want to live by a waterfall or I want my museum to be by a waterfall up in the hills. I haven't decided which one yet.

 

[Romaki]

I've been winging it and just put down paths so far to see how I like it. I think I made good use of the island I got, I really don't know how I'd completely change it if I wanted to. I think I'm just gonna take like this month to get everything in place and paid off and then see if there's something I'd like to be different.

 

[Zireael]

Definitely winging it but I have some ideas, like a shopping plaza and a promenade. Right now I'm trying to plot where I'll put my wolves on the north east of the island and figuring this out is harder than I initially thought it would be. But it's a good idea to remember that as long as you have the bells, anything can be changed. So I'm just going wild until I figure it out.

 

[nightglow]

I am winging it. But I am doing it small sections at a time. I don't have the terraforming stuff yet though and I don't want to move tons of stuff just to move it again because I got an idea, change of mind, or decided it got in the way.

 

[deerteeth]

I'm winging a certain part of it because there is no concern to be had in that specific part of the map (I've known exactly what I want to do with it since the start!)

But I think I am going to remake my map in map editor so I can really decide where things should go, just as you've done!

 

[sunchild]

i planned out the basics of what and how i wanted to terraform on the island designer website, except for pathing, and lemme tell you it really helped me out a lot! visualizing what i wanted in my head wasn't enough for me and if i didn't have that template of what i wanted in the end i definitely would've felt overwhelmed

 

[tanisha23]

I've planned the terraforming, the housing locations, and the shopping district through the island designer app, but everything else I'll probably either wing it, or plan it out once I get the terraforming all done.

It really is helpful using the island designer.

 

[Paradise]

I'm so happy I came across this post because I've legit spent ALL DAY OVERWHELMED about how this is gonna happen. I have a general idea of how I want things, but it's so overwhelming that I need to move all the houses and buildings, terraform, then move them back hoping they fit in the spot I terraformed. Then paths an decorations... ugh I'm so stressed.
I'm gonna try out that island designer thing and see if I can get a better visual!