Jeff's ACCF Blog

The July Bug-Off was held today, but I played too late in the day to participate. However, Nat was kind enough to tell me the results. Big Top was the big winner, with a 68-point jewel beetle. Congrats, big guy!

Mom sent me a somewhat gross letter in the mail. I don’t need to hear about mud in your toes, Mom.

I also received a letter from Marina, who is now over her cold. She sent me a ranch tea table to thank me for the medicine I gave her last week.

When I ran into Nana, she said she just got a jade econo-chair, and she thought I was looking for one last week! Of course I wasn’t, but she tried to say she got me mixed up with some other human. She hasn’t even met another human, so that’s not possible. 😛

At the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed “K.K. Western” for me.

After that, I did a little bug hunting. In the southwest corner of town, I spotted two goliath beetles right next to each other! That doesn’t happen too often with rare bugs!

As I continued hunting bugs, I also saw a nighttime balloon present. I shot down and found a toilet inside!

I played for over an hour, and I ended up making about 215,000 bells on the night. Even though this was my only bug hunt of the week, I’m still well on place to exceed my summer savings goal.

Anyway, I recently posted a Youtube Shorts video (one minute long) that’s a montage of many of the special characters in ACCF. I hope you’ll give it a watch:

Pascal was in town Wednesday, so I gave him a scallop. After wondering where pepper comes from (since salt comes from the ocean), he jumped into the river.

I followed him to the waterfall and watched him go over the falls.

Moments later, I spotted a new house in town. Robin’s replacement has moved in, and it’s none other than Fang the wolf! Pretty cool!

This town has actually become quite a good collection of villagers. I currently have Biskit, Marina, Fang, Big Top, Rosie, Nana, Mint, Antonio, Felicity, and Monty. Those last two may be mid, but I like everyone else. And there’s nobody that I strongly dislike. Can’t complain about this lineup!

Felicity told me she’s not into bugs in general, but she does love the cute bugs! I’m not sure which ones those would be, though.

I later had an 80-minute bug-hunting session, and I’ve since posted a gameplay video of that session. If you’d like, you can watch that on Youtube.

I played again today, and a dog without eyes met me at the top of the ramp, telling me he was waiting for to come outside!

It almost sounds a bit threatening if you don’t know Biskit. 😛

Over by the museum, Monty gave me a free pep squad shirt. I didn’t necessarily want it, but I can always sell it.

Down at the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed “K.K. Rally” for me.

Marina has been sick with a cold this week, so I gave her some medicine Wednesday and today. Get well soon, Marina!

While I didn’t specifically go on a bug hunt tonight, I did manage (somehow) to catch two tarantulas and an arapaima within 60 seconds!

And right before I wrapped up my game, Big Top asked me for a new catchphrase. I told him to say “528 bells,” which may eventually pay off.

For those who don’t know, 528 bells is a common reward for completing a favor for a villager. So stay tuned!

On Wednesday, I received Robin’s moving-out letter in the mail. She doesn’t call it a goodbye, because she’s sure we’ll meet again somewhere. And that’s probably more true than she knows, since she also lives in my Wild World town.

While nosing through Antonio’s things, I got this curious message that said “Let’s just pretend we didn’t see that…” Except that I could literally see that nothing was inside. 😛

Rosie approached me and gave me a free regal wall. She was on her way to throw it out, but she said it’s better to recycle anyway.

Later on, I held my first bug-catching session of the summer. I started shortly before 11 p.m., because I know more of the valuable bugs come out at 11:00. However, I was a bit disappointed when it suddenly started to rain right when the clock struck eleven! I wasn’t sure which of the bugs the rain would prevent from appearing.

However, I shouldn’t have worried. I was seeing a lot of scarab beetles, and a good mix of the other regular summer bugs too. But the rain also had a positive side-effect: It allowed me to catch two coelacanths!

In slightly over an hour of bug-catching (and a little fishing too), I made about 250,000 bells.

Today, Nana sent me a letter telling me that she was over her cold. She sent me an office locker to say thanks for the medicine I’ve been giving her lately.

I went over to the Roost to check out K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show, and he performed “Comrade K.K.” for me.

Monty asked me for a new catchphrase, and I wanted him to say “it’s poop.” However, the game wouldn’t let me say that. So I added an extra “o” and then it worked out just fine. 😛

While I haven’t yet recorded a bug hunting gameplay session video yet for 2025, I will be doing that soon…perhaps by next week.