Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 08:30 p.m. ET: I took the following picture from my smartphone (I do not have my Nintendo Switch hooked up to the Internet and I need a SD card) to show the current layout of my island.
I have this habit, since “Animal Crossing: New Leaf,” to want a town—in this case, it is an island, that is organized in terms of this being here and that being there.
I made the decision to have three levels.
The first level is for common activities. You can see, in the center of town, are the main buildings. They are next door to each other. I treated them like Main Street. Behind them is for any future development. On the west side, still the main level, are areas reserved for further development. In the north-central part of the island, on the main level, is an amusement park-type atmosphere (in terms of the game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”).
You can tell that, in the back (very north), and on the main level, I opened up the area where one finds the hidden beach. I decided I did not want it to continue to be hidden. I decided I did not want to keep using the ladder for access. And I also wanted it to open it up to make it available to the islanders—if they are interested.
In the north area, on the main level, are inclines to go up to the second level. Dividing it by west (left) and east (right), meaning you can go in either direction, and that they are literally across from each other, I have six villagers on the west side and four villagers on the east side.
The islanders on the west side (going from the southwest to the northern part before one can cross over to the east are):
Octavian,
Bonbon,
Whitney,
Erik,
Lucha and, after you cross the bridge,
Teddy. (There is a gap between Octavian and Bonbon in which I plan to adjust so Bonbon can have more yard space.)
The islanders are on the east side (after you crossed over from the west) are:
Marshal (in the back) and, moving up front,
Tom and
Molly. As you cross the east bridge to get to the islander’s house furtherest east on the map, that is where one will find
Katt.
I have two humans. Their houses are on the third level.
The second human is named
Jill (named after my Mayor in my original “New Leaf” town Applewin). She is on the west side. Next to her is the campsite.
The main human is
Candy (using my
Bell Tree Forums name minus the two numbers). She is on the third-level east side. I am using her area for developing even more private area. But, she is very accessible and neighbors my island’s original Uchi, Katt. I get the sense the two are close. And I decided to have them live next to each other—but with respectful privacy from each other. (Which is why they’re on separate levels.)
One thing that I do question myself on is this: Is this a little too much of a town within an island? Do I need more water (rivers, ponds, etc.)? Well, I get that idea because I have checked out some published videos to YouTube in which some people did some elaborate things to their islands. And then I stop myself right there. “New Horizons” came out March 20, 2020. Just barely a month ago. There is no rush. There is no need to impress. There is no need to follow what others do. All there really should be, for myself, is engaging—and, if interested, creating. So, I’m good with what I have now.
