this is how i plan out my islands and actually complete them!! // animal crossing new horizons
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 19. 06. 2024
- I hope that this serves as a helpful guide for planning out your island!! Obviously everyone plays the game in their own way, but this is the best way I've found for me that allows me to carry an island to completion and enjoy the whole process. It also minimizes bells spent đ Thanks for watching and I hope you have a beautiful day :)
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2:51 - Step 0 ( ͥ° ÍÊ ÍĄÂ°)
3:18 - Step 1
3:53 - Step 2
5:18 - Step 3
6:17 - Step 4
7:07 - Step 5
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Hi besties whatâs your native flower on your current island?
Roses! I always end up with roses and oranges, lol
i think itâs lillieâs iâm not sure cuz itâs been a while since i started
Mums!
Roses. Even my little one got roses.
Pansies
For me itâs
1. Plan
2.Terraform
3. Get rid of everything you just terraformed
4. Cry
for me itâs
1. think about doing it
2. start removing literally everything
3. get distracted
4. give up
5. repeat in a couple days
For me its
1. Get an idea
2. Look at the area i have to clean
3. Get overwhelmed and give up
Me: Plan, Terraform, complete.....
ALRIGHT LETS REDO EVERYTHING! Add more flowers and trees!
Is it a brag I love cleaning and terraforming and moving houses
For me its:
1.Plan
2. Let me imagine it
3. Spend hours/days building
4. Watch CZcams videos
5. Gets new theme ideas
6. Makes a mess
7. Spends thousands of bells
8. Repeat
Lol
Completing an island is honestly rly impressive to me I am forever changing mine
Same. It's so hard sticking to one
Ditto
I never complete mine I just get burnt out slap down some items and go good enough and restart lmao
Same I can NEVER get a bit of the island to stay the same and I can never pick
Same, I am always changing my island
"This game is meant to be fun, not a stressful chore." SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK
IM IN A CONSTANT STATE OF STRESS WHEN I PLAY
@@livly9555 stop playing if it's stressing you out
Well some people wanna have a rlly cute island. U can do what ever u whant on animal crossing!
I'm in stress because this is my first island and I don't wanna start over bc my happy home paradise might be deleted?
@@Kimmy_Kim_ the progress will, the actual thing wont
"So make sure you have a plan in your haed before starting"
*Me who just started putting random things on my island*
This is so funny to me because SAME đđđ
If you were going to copy my process, at least credit me đđđ
Same...
Tbh
yeah,, how the hell does one fill an island neatly
My mom started playing seriously a few weeks ago and I try to sort of "learn" from her, even if I'm the experienced player. She's having so much fun with it, while I've sort of fallen into the "I'm not happy with anything, I better flatten everything again"-mood. She made a cute little park and let me tell you, it's far from Instagram worthy, but it makes her happy! She changed it up a little, still not Instagram worthy in any way, but she's happy with it! She was so proud when she showed me and I just couldn't help but to love it. So, I'd say it really is super important to have fun with it and just not care about the finished product as long as it makes you happy. If your builds end up like something you want to put on social media, that's great! But don't feel as though your island is worth less because it doesn't look like that one perfect picture you found months ago. As Leif says: you have to do what makes you happy.
awww this made me really motivated to keep working on my island even tho itâs far from perfect đ
I deleted for second time cause I was frustrated from being overwhelmed trying to attempt a bamboo japanesw theme and failing cause I'm not an exterior decorator đ
Something I do, which I think everyone should do is looking at a deciding a style not a theme. Like how I'm going to terraform, what codes/flowers I want to use, villagers I want, etc, and then seeing what theme most closely represents that style
True
great idea!
what a good idea :)
could you help me figure out which theme i am if i list my style? :)
@@miaduff5445 of course
I wish I had researched the game before I started playing. I want to reset mine for a different layout but donât want to lose all my recipes
sameeee, my town hall is in such an awkward place it sucks :((
i just said eff it and reset mine LOL i regret it sometimes but overall iâve been a lot happier with my fresh start
@@kirbaby6665 I actually just restarted today because I didnât like the layout of my island! I do regret it a bit after losing a lot of rare things but I feel a lot happier with a fresh start!
@@filmaphobic your comment helps thank you ! i think iâll feel better with a layout iâm actually happy with too and especially as we have the new update coming will be fun to restart :))
@@kirbaby6665 I just restarted an hour ago đ„Č Iâm scared
this is a no planning household, we wing it and see what happens for better and definitely for worse đđ€
Lmao
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yes
same. I have several different experiment builds on hhp.every since i did my first 50 i havent put much into doing what the client wants
and then we don't play for month because the island is half ready xD
I can never understand how people do this honestly props to them I despise planning so much personally it destroys all of my creativity. Which means I spend like 10million constantly moving things around but ykno
It just be like that sometimes :")
My island has no planning to it at all . It's not đŻ bad but it not đŻ the best island either .
My island is clean , however I just don't know how to build on top of area. And design
So like for instance u see island where people will have like a ramp that goes to 2 level and then it be all nice and pretty and decorative . Well let's just say its going but not that well. Either lol . My island needs help. My island is shaped well but it needs more .
I canât tell you how much I need videos like this. Iâm so late to be part of the animal crossing community that I feel like my beginner island feels so mediocre compared to everyone else. And Iâm so clueless on nice looking island layouts. Like I genuinely feel like Iâm playing the game wrong.
The fun part of animal crossing is their is. There is no right or wrong way to build a island i really feel my island is just a idea of what I think life would be like if I could how I actually want to.
Especially with crafting furniture and designing the island to how I see my type of paradise which is like a forest camping vibe.
aa me too! i just started playing since mid December, im at a 4 star but nothing is how i want it to be, it's so difficult to find helpful videos... AAAAAAAAA
Iâve personally had issues any times I have tried to draw out a map. It does help me stay inspired but the issue for me is that when I have everything drawn out in a whole map, I usually have a hard time getting a good flow on my island and the scale can also be an issue.
Grids usually help me with scale, but they can be tedious since the map is so large
I think theres online island planners for public use I believe theres a 2d map version and a 3d one. You could also try the bullet point journals that just have little dots on the pages?
@@flatgoddess5629 whats the app called I need to use it pllssss
@@flatgoddess5629 yes please, what design app is it?
I completely flattened my island as soon as I got terraforming unlocked, with zero idea on what exactly I was going to do to rebuild, and now Iâm STUCK. I donât want to reset, but holy cow, I underestimated the process đ
I just flattened my island, and hadn't considered terraforming everything all at once. That's a good idea to get the full landscape figured out before you start placing houses or decorating. Thanks for the tip!
Something Iâm really struggling with is terraforming đ Iâve flattened my island and now Iâm kind of regretting my choice. I shouldâve terraformed the existing cliffs and rivers.
You can always add little spaces back đ
Okay, so I never thought about terraforming first and THEN moving buildings. That's seriously a game-changer for me! I'm excited to see what you do with Zinnia because I'm pretty sure I have the exact same map as you do right now, and I'm struggling big time!
these videos about meticulously designing an island are so foreign to me bc I just spontaneously move things around in a chaotic manner and hope it works out . but thatâs why my island is no where near as aesthetic of these CZcams islands lmao
I genuinely thought that I was strange, but it turns out we island plan on a similar way đ€Ł I've always planned and executed my layout/terraforming before moving and decorating areas! It's good to know I'm not alone in this methodology đđđŒ
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I reset on a whim and I automatically knew it was a blessing when I got a Peach Tree island. I have been trying to acquire peaches on my last island for the longest time đ I am traumatized from the green pears. Lol
perfect timing for a vid like this! i recently reset my island and ive been struggling to figure out how to plan things (esp. since i get distracted easily LOL) đ„șđ
Steps!/Timestamps
Step 1: Do you want a theme? 3:19
Step 2: Map/draw out ideas 3:54
Step 3: Terraform 5:18
Step 4: Move buildings 6:17
Step 5: decorate! 7:07
Good luck!
New to the game and new to this channel- the self care check at the beginning is BEAUTIFUL. Immediate sub!!
Aw, Peaches was so excited in the sign off!
Your self care check at the beginning was actually so nice, this is why I come back to animal crossing content on CZcams. Because overall its so wholesome and healthy and there are supportive creators like yourself that advocate for self care
I quit acnh since it was just becoming so stressful because I had no idea how to design my island and I really wanted it to be good. I recently reset my island and am looking forward to starting over even if it's daunting. These videos really help me become inspired and excited to play again
Iâve started playing 1 month ago and you made a really good point there that I forgot. âYou have time, you have to enjoy your islandâ
My process is to start with a notepad of things I want to include, buy pretty much every piece of furniture Nook's Cranny offers, then kind of mush it all together until it sort of makes sense đ Not very efficient, but very funi think.
Thank you for the video! Youâre truly an inspiration to us all!! I really needed this today. Youâre absolutely right, this game is meant to be fun, an âescapeâ, not a chore. I needed the reminder.đ
I just started a new island and these tips are sooooo helpful! I have only done one area so far for terraforming but I really need to get all the items I want to decorate so I can finish it up. â€ïž But sometimes I just like to go with the flow!
Oh my gosh, Peaches is darling. đâ€ïž I struggle with the mapping after I figure out where my buildings go. Even with a theme, I always seem to stare at my map and rack my brain with what I want to fill it with. I also tend to terraform an area at a time, since I donât have a full plan right from the start.
Thank you so much I've been struggling a lot with my island. I was always fixated on one island theme but I never was a consistent person. So I felt kind of trapped. First I've wanted to to cottagecore, then farmcore, after that I thought city core would be really awesome and all of that. And I realized a theme don't really fit my playstyle.
I agreed to only have a color pallete as a theme. I mostly use blue, black, purple and white on my island with a heavy focus on blue and it should be aestheticly pleasing in the night.
Now I got a mix of elegantcore, city core, dark and farmcore and hearing my island is still valid makes me feel way better about my island :) I think I got the feeling I wanted to convey out. I wanted my island to feel like a nostalgic dream :)
My island theme is Lilly's house. Im not even kidding, I walked into her house when she moved to my island and saw it for the first time and just fell in love with the vibe, now my island is a beautiful forrest full of hydrangeas and decorated in cool blues and whites with a hint of purple
Lily's home is literally stunning, I fell in love with it when she moved onto my islandđ„ș I love the hydrangea wallpaper and the calm vibes of her home in general-
I actually decided to be crazy, and I dug holes across and down my island and counted how many spaces it was, calculated out exactly where my RS, airport, secret beach, and river mouths were, so that I have the base of what can't be moved. I found a pixel program that allowed me to create my own graph paper and marked off those things so now I can either draw over it on a new layer, or print it out and have an analog copy. It's not so much to plan everything down to the last pixel, but more because I tend to plan out an area and then discover that I waaayy over or under estimated the space I needed for something I knew I wanted to have and then I have all this stuff to redo in my terraforming. I find than using it to plan actual dimensions of my areas helps me to have less dead space to have to deal with later, but also to have realistic ideas for what I want to do.
The addition of Happy Home Paradise is going to make designing a themed island so much easier now that we can renovate our villagers houses.
Oop thank you for the reminder I actually forgot to take my retalin!
i snorted that once. didnât do much.
I needed this video! I just got animal crossing recently and unlocked terraforming and completed my neighborhood idea which or course Im not sure I even like anymore. But I do also have Henry as a villager and love him!
I named my first island Juniper after my dog and it had no theme and I really struggled. I restarted and named it Strawberry so it will have a pink/red theme (I need to get merengue again đ©) but I found putting everything near or on the beaches, getting a map with the plaza a little farther away from the airport and starting from the back decorating and planning your way up has really helped. Thanks for the additional tips!!
your intro actually reminded me to take my meds, thank you!
Yes I do the same! Terraform and layout everything first! But I usually place the buildings as Iâm doing it cause I know theyâll stay there. Itâs so much easier to have it laid out before decorating!
This timing couldn't have been any better! I JUST started my third island and this will help a lot :)
Something that I struggle with is wondering what to connect to those cliffs. I'm unsure if I should just close it off, or turn it into a little area.
You do such a FanTabUlous job of designing and explaining things. You make questions turn to fun and looking forward to the finished work.. that I am about to start đđ Thank you again.
I've been wanting a video like this for so long, so thank you!
I recently got back into playing and this is my first video in a long time watching and I really appreciate it
I use Happy island designer to sort of plan out my terraforming. It helps me see if everything will fit. Then I do it like you. Terraform, move and decorate.
Tysm, u have rlly helped me. Now I can design my island without tearing it down half way thru, subbed đ
Thank you for the reminders at the beginning, I actually forgot to take my nighttime meds! You genuinely helped me I appreciate it â€
Your so kind! The intro persuaded me to subscribe, The new update is awesome!!
This helped me a lot! Gonna follow these steps once i get home. I started terraforming and placing custom paths before measuring space and etc and now i have uneven cliffs and etc. đ
This video is very helpful!! Also, thank you for the self care check. Itâs actually inspired me to start doing that in my videos.
i just found your videos and really appreciate you checking to make sure we have water and took our meds omg
Thanks for this guide, I've been working on a horror/spooky/Lovecraft theme for my island for a while, and struggling to get a 5 star for it.
Your animal crossing videos are my favorite!!!! đ„°đ you have the best personality and ideas
Iâm so happy to see someone with almost the exact same starter map layout as me!
Iâm actually doing a challenge, Iâm building out my island making very few changes to the terrain. Iâm still obviously doing elevation and other terraforming, but where the main rivers are and hills are being kept.
I also have the same map. How did your Island turn out?:3
You have no idea how helpful this is. I'm the sort of person who has to plan things out before I carry out the action, so there's only so much I can do when I 'go with the flow' lol
Hey Lex, I don't know if you'll see this since it's been a year since you first aired this video, but, I wanted to let you know that I just found you and I loved this video! It was so helpful to me because I was struggling to decorate my island last year and finally got bored and stopped playing until now. I've been trying to redecorate my island and again was struggling but thanks to this video, I now have a clear way to go and I'm confident I will actually finish decorating this time. Thank you so much for this. And I don't even remember what my native flower is but I never got the specialty flowers either so maybe that will be my next task after decorating! â„ïžđ
Glad I saw this. I started working on my Southern Hemisphere island because I hate it. But now Iâm struggling with changing it and Iâm hearing what little Iâve done so far. UghâŠ
Wow Tysm for the video Lex!!! This was so helpful â€ïž
Honestly I've tried this method 3 times and I'm flattening it all and starting from scratch again because it just doesn't work for me. I know what I want to do, but doing all of the terraforming first burns me out, I end up with a blank undecorated land for months on end and so I've lost that creative spark from doing nothing but terraforming.
I've found that starting on one part of the island and putting all my focus on that and then gradually making my way across the rest of the island works best for me. So some days I'll be terraforming and then other days I'll be decorating etc. It's so much nicer.
My process lately has litterally just been to vibe. I dont know how else to describe it. I've always had a general idea of what I wanted to build but was never sure where to start. So I decided to begin by following a build tutorial to create an island entrance and then adjusted and added to it with my own touches until I was happy with it and from there everything just sort of flowed together naturally.
Thank you for this great video! My island theme is Tropical core
The second I see Kiki itâs an instant like for me đđđŒ
thanks for your assistance as always! OOO and that cute little kitty you posted on twitter was so cute!
Oh this helped so much your island is beautifulâĄâĄ
I have been playing this game for over a year now and I was honestly never able to complete a single island. I want to do something really ambitious though so that's kind of my own fault.
A tip I have for all my fellow frustrated gamers: Planning ahead is nice, but it will only get you so far. Things are not going to turn out the way you wanted them to look in your head. You are going to be trying all the awesome things you planned and you will realize that half of them don't work. Use the island planner if you want to do bigger builds and want to make sure they fit on your island, but give yourself plenty of space to transition from one area to the next and walk around comfortably. Some things you just have to see in game to decide if they work or not.
Thank you
I want to start a new island so badly, it sounds so fun (especially for the upcoming update lol!) But I hate the thought of losing Eunice and ChĂšvre, two of my favorite villagers! Plus all the diy recipes Iâve learned.. Ah! itâs hard to decide lol!
I loved this vid!! Itâs so interesting seeing how people plan their maps. I also just reset my switch lite and have the same map as you. I loved the layout so much :)
You reminded me to take my meds thanks! Actually really helpful! First time watching one of your vids too lol.
Lex you just saved my lifeđtell me how Iâm sitting here watching your videos as I edit my Island and you said âdonât forget to take your medsâ and I was like :0 I NEEDED TO TAKE THEM 2 HOURS AGO
you reminded me to take my meds! I subscribed just because of that. love u girl
Okay super off topic but your intro reminded me to take my meds today and honestly tysm
3:16 Where the advice starts. In case people are in a hurry lol
Thank you i was getting annoyed đ
Iâve been struggling to come up with something Iâm happy with since I first started messing with my island (over a year ago!!!!!) and nothing seems to help :( my villagers have been living on the beaches for months nowâŠ
Iâll keep this video in mind while I give it another go, hopefully Iâll at least have some terraforming done in time for the new update ^^â
The self care check at the beginning of the video is so sweet đ„șâ€
Just your quick check in the beginning, drinking water etc deserved a like for this video! Thanks Lex!
yaaayy i was soo looking forward to this video
Why have I never thought to move the houses to the beach before redoing my residential area. Genius idea!
I rlly want to do a fairy/cute island theme đđđ§đ»ââïž I got the game when it launched but took a 2 year break after unlocking terraforming since I was so overwhelmed. My island was left a mess but this spring break I got the motivation back! I probably wonât be able to play much because of school but summer vacation is coming up, so thatâs a plus
i actually paused the vid and took my meds bc you reminded me. so thank you:)
Funny, your last step (Decorating) is kinda my first step, because that's the one with the most variables and I want to lock that down first. Once I know what items I want to have placed in a certain area (or what general selection of items) I start to form that region to fit the items, not the other way around. ^^
I do the same kinda planning with designs as you do as well for placing houses, though I use it to map out my terraforming as well. ^^
I also take my time with my island. Been playing since the game launched but my island is only 3/4 "done" and due to the update in Novmeber, I've already planned to erase about 1/4 of my island and reorganize it a bit to fit the new stuff. All of the old regions are getting a facelift as well. ^^
thank you for reminding me to take my meds! almost forgot this morning :â) đ
The way I do my Islands is usually I move all the buildings where I want them to be. Then I add paths then I add terraforming and the ultimate decoration. Itâs rly fun
Man I only just started watching your videos but youâre so sweet and hilarious
It's nice having a villager you really like. Julian recently moved in.
Clay's my Birthday twin and i love pottery and Ceramics so it fits,I keep waiting for him,either campsite or Nook Miles
So helpful, thank you! :D
I love Henry! Heâs been one of my villagers from Day 1! Heâs so sweet! Oh and I give Henry every green thing I can buy! Heâs the best!
He was my first campsite villager too!
I liked in less than 30 seconds just for the self care check. That was super awesome
I needed this video four years ago ahhhh
omg I really needed the take your meds reminder, thanks! lol (genuinely)
After almost a year of playing, on my 4th island, I am finally close to finishing an island. And "only" after 4 attempts can I say that I finally have a plan and a process!
The little frog is so cute! I had never seen that villager đ„°
Thank you I really need this video I really appreciate it
i'm so glad i found this channel because we literally have the same exact map đł
PEACHES THATS SO HYPE SOUNDS EPIC!
just wanted to say your self care check at the start was so helpful thank you!!!
Try a bunch of themes. The one that sticks to you and the one that comes easiest in regards to inspiration and decorating, stick with that one!
That is just beautifull your house on the top amazing
My plan is hilarious, I just terraform and move houses as I go. As of the moment, a lot of my houses are trapped in a small and claustrophobic space and the other buildings are just scattered randomly around.
I terraformed a little bit of the back part of my island for it to be where the houses are, and what I do to save some bells is that I just try to fill in the terraformed space as much as possible with the claustrophobic houses (and the yards I want to make for them) and then when it's all placed up there, I have a lot of space for commerce buildings and decorations for it down below lol
(So as of the moment, my island is a cluttered mess, but its a work in progress that Im pretty proud of xD)
Moving buildings on the beach is probably a really good idea. I never thought of that and now that I was given that idea, hopefully it works-