It's summer time, which means my love for Animal Crossing has been rekindled once again!! A few months ago, not long after finishing
built to make some layout changes so it would be easier to navigate and get from one end of the island to the other. Even flattening a small portion of my island overwhelmed me, and my loss of motivation and inspiration caused me to take another long hiatus from the game. It took some time, but I finally got round to making the changes I originally planned for! After not playing for 4 long months, Tansan opened its gates once again!
My first visitors were my fellow bell tree friends who have suffered through much confusion and disorientation every time they land on what seems like a completely new island
Once in a blue moon, my best friends IRL and I are able to miraculously coordinate a perfect slot of time to play ACNH together (just like making plans in real life). I haven't seen them for almost 2 years after I moved back home, and meeting up again became impossible due to the pandemic and flight restrictions. Most of them are not regular players by any means, but I'm so grateful that a game like ACNH can make us feel like we're off on one of our travels once again. To be honest, it made me kind of emotional. Maybe one day in the future we will be able to recreate one of the many classic reaction/poses in real life, like shooting sparkles out of our fingers. Anyways, please enjoy this update post of my island's changes with photos courtesy of
First things first, we head over to the Able Sisters in Tansan’s city centre to buy matching holiday outfits!
Technically it was only noon on the island… but it’s never too early to have a drink right? Tansan Pocha (탄산 포장마차) located in the marketplace has survived every update made to my island. Right next door, the mattress shop has also gotten an upgrade in size.
The size of the mattress shop might have gotten bigger, but the roofs are still quite unstable and rusty from monsoon season. That didn’t stop us from climbing on top and admiring the view! Further north past the marketplace are the stairs that lead up towards Tansan’s nature trail. To either side of the steps is a newly built seafood shack and icecream stall!
This nature trail was essentially moved from the centre of my island to the very back. I love that it now overlooks the ocean. Residents of Tansan will hike up here for a quick work out or to shoot fireworks at night. One of the entrances to the nature trail even has a small work out area, seen above in the picture with me and Peter.
Just below the little mountain is a sitting area with a fountain! We met Cyd who was out on his afternoon walk, but I don’t think he appreciated the drunken tourists.
Close by is another staircase that leads back to the city centre where the museum and town hall is located. This means that the main city, nature trail, and the shops surrounding it can be accessed in one big loop. I initially struggled to find the right place for my museum, as I felt like the building was too awkwardly large to place anywhere without obstructing a view. Turns out the best place for my museum was where I had it in my very first version of Tansan - smack in the middle on the ground floor. I wanted to make the museum building and area look more like a public library or school.
Back up on the second tier I made some major changes to the area behind the residential block E-4. A HUGE lake! I’ve always waited to do one of these builds after seeing it done many times on some of my favourite dream islands and it was my main motivation for landscaping/terraforming again. If no one checks my map before exploring the island, the impact of randomly stumbling upon this lake feels so breathtaking. Sometimes I still shock myself when I walk by it! Off in the distance you can see Tansan’s lighthouse!
Another view of the big lake and lighthouse can be seen from Dizzy’s house. The path then leads down into Tansan’s traditional folk village (“Old Town”) where Ken and Hamphrey live! This connects the more modern/rural part of Tansan to the natural and forested area. Most of my island is covered in dirt paths so I like how green this area looks in comparison to the rest. Initially I wanted to have it less accessible and hidden but it gave me a good excuse to use a back facing incline. Pictured to the right is Hamphrey’s classic noodle shack that has been around in Tansan’s earlier versions as well.
The following areas have not changed since the last version. Large terraforming projects always tempt me into tearing down more areas to redo, but I’m trying my best to resist the urge. However, I also like the idea that some areas actually managed to survive all my impulsive destruction. One example is this view point of my zen bridge and picnic blanket seen from Residential block E-6! You can see the same view point in my first version on the thread’s original post.
Here’s another view from E-6 that has been left unchanged! This rooftop overlooks my orange hyacinth field and the main entrance into the folk village.
Dizzy ventured quite far from his home on block E-4 to visit the local stationary shop, but he can’t seem to escape the boisterous tourists.
A picnic spot by the beach!
Towards the end of our visit we stopped by Freya’s laundromat. The clothes did not dry by the time they had to leave.
Finally, we ended the day back in beach town in the city centre! My friends took their final bathroom break before embarking to their own homes.
After not playing for so long, I had so much fun messing around with my old pals again on my second home. We often complain about how lacking wifi play seems, but I honestly enjoy just running around and making our own fun.
Here’s the final map of Tansan 2.5. My dream address has not been updated to the current version yet, but I plan to do so soon once I add some final touches and details. I'm also going to update this journal a lot more with some wordless entries and photo snaps just to keep more active.
Thanks for reading!