Animal Crossing! I LOVE YOU!
HalForumites! I'VE MISSED YOU! :3
I've been playing ACNL since last Wednesday, and I'm super addicted. I never played City Folk, but I did play on the Gamecube and DS before! I'm so hooked that I went as far as making a map of my town to plan out all my community projects in advance. Also on the map is where I"m going to be growing my fruit orchards and flower gardens, because I'm a freak and need everything to be grouped together.
Even though people already think I'm crazy, I'm going into detail about my map now because I love it!
I started with tracing paper to trace the map from my 3DS screen. I have a regular 3DS, not the XL, so this was a tiny map. I then inked it and folded it up into 1/4ths so I would have grid lines! I then drew an 8"x8" square on thick paper, drew grid lines, and began copying this image. I inked in all of the permanent fixtures on this map and then taped a piece of tracing paper over this permanent inked map (taped only above) to add in non-permanent structures that would likely stick around for a while, such as residents, bridges, lamp posts... I then taped another piece of tracing paper over the map (now taped only below) to section off my fruit and flowers! Since there are 10 fruits (+2 to grow on beaches) and 10 types of flowers, I was able to pair them all up! Now, some flowers I'll have to wait a while for, and I'm still waiting for persimmon's to show up, but there will be space for all! I even have a little block of space for a handful of normal trees and bamboo!
Because of how I taped the tracing paper to the map, I'm able to switch which sheet is over the map, and I can have up to 4 different plans showing! I love this kind of work... I was super excited working on this project! :3
But now comes the waiting game... I have hoards of fruit stored up, and I'm chopping down the fruit trees as they've been regrowing, waiting for more axes to show up so I can chop more trees, then comes aaaaallll of the replanting. Between waiting, I'm making frequent trips to the island to steal more flowers while also fishing & bug catching to make more money!
Why is this game fun, again? XD