Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Shari was visiting Rizzo today, and I couldn’t figure out why either of them would want to hang out with the other. 😛 Shari said that Rizzo kept grinning, as if he’s up to something! Yeah, you can’t trust that rat. 😛

When I ran into Hornsby, he looked all bundled up. But he said that Forest was the best-tasting island. He insisted that everything tastes great. Hornsby, you’re being weird again. How many times do I have to tell you to stop licking people?

Saharah was in town, and I bought a circuit-board flooring and a rice-paddy wall from her.

I made my final preparations and then posted on Twitter to see who was available. I opened my gate with a Dodo code. Samzyy, Bran, Logan, William (from Columbia), Meli, another William (from Kanto), and Max joined in. I led everyone over to the race course, where everyone put on a frog outfit. 🐸

I did not give everyone a run-through of the course, so the first run was blind. I told them the rules, which is basically just that they are free to move left or right; there are no assigned lanes. Just hop through the course, and then climb the wall at the end and turn on the shower first. Here is the video, showing two runs of the race.

William from Columbia won both times! Congrats, William!

It seems that most of them enjoyed the race, although several of them commented that it was too short. I wish I could make it bigger without sacrificing half my town to a multiplayer game that’s only going to be played occasionally, you know?

One of my dream requests, which I mentioned in a video before, is for a designated play area (perhaps on a barge) that could be used for homemade games and races, without taking up space in the town. That seems unlikely, so any future games or races I make will probably be limited to this stretch of land near Forest’s west coast. (Unless Nintendo eventually allows multiple islands per Switch, that is).

Anyway, this was my first time running the race with a full group of frogs. And I noticed some things that need to be fixed. One area (in the Frogger-like road part) had an path through the “cars” with no resistance…where frogs didn’t have to squeeze through. I ordered another throwback container, and I’m going to work on fixing that to make the race more balanced.

Before everyone unfrogged themselves, I had everyone fall into holes at the amusement park. I’ve been trying to do that for a long time, but the last few Friday Night Forests haven’t had a full house. And that’s why Wi-Fi Moments #6 didn’t start with falling into holes, like the first five episodes did. 😛

I told everyone they could shop, explore, or follow me for a tour. But William (from Kanto) left (or disconnected), Bran left, and everyone kinda scattered. 😂 So I ended up not giving a proper tour…but I’m getting to the point where I should be thinking about a video town tour sometime soon.

We talked a bit about the game update that’s coming next week. It’ll add swimming, diving, sea creatures, Pascal, a pirate version of Gulliver, and more.

Anyway, Ryan also joined in and we ran another race to show Ryan (it was just me, Ryan, and Samzyy). Samzyy won the race.

Not long after that, people started leaving…and others who already left returned. It was almost like a revolving door for a few minutes there, so I just ended the session. 😂 Thanks to all who came! I hope you enjoyed it. 🙂 I’ll be keeping the course up for a while, so we can probably do a race at every Friday Night Forest for a while…although there will not be a FNF this week.

Later on tonight, I was surprised when I caught a new fish. I thought it was Blinky! But it was just a barreleye. 🛢️👁️

And just for fun, here is Breezy’s cute froggy art she left on my bulletin board.

There may or may not an entry tomorrow. But there will be one on Saturday for the Bug-Off. Hope to see you soon! Have a toad-ally great day!

Able Sisters had this cow skull (hat) for sale today. I was amused that they felt the need to point out it was an imitation cow skull. I used my tailors ticket to buy it.

Hornsby taught me the D.I.Y. recipe for a windflower fan, and it’s really cool. Literally. 🙂 I made a couple of them (using flowers from near Rizzo’s house) and later put them in my house.

Leif was in town, and he was selling mum flowers. I haven’t had any mums before, so I bought one of each color. I know I have at least one recipe that uses them, so it’ll be good to have some around.

After placing orders for more items I need for my race, I was informed that I’ve now placed 100 orders through Nook Shopping! As a reward, I got the Nook Shopping app on my NookPhone! I can now place orders from anywhere; I don’t have to go into town hall to do it.

Unfortunately, the upgrade did not include an increase in the daily limit. I still can’t order more than five items per day. The app is a nice thing to have, although it isn’t a huge deal, since town hall is open 24/7 anyway. It saves a trip there, though.

Breezy came over for a visit tonight. I just don’t want to post any screenshots, because her outfit would ruin the surprise of my race’s theme. 😛 She helped me get some of the items I needed for the race, so I gave her a sneak peek of the course. She also drew a really cute picture for the bulletin board.

Today’s glowing spot was again in Sudden Valley. I’m not going to keep providing updates about it every day though, but at this point, I do think it’s appearing there more than half the time.

With a new blue pansy bud popping up today, I now have enough of them to go around the edge of my fountain. I previously had yellow hyacinths here before, but I started switching over after I found several blue pansies popping up elsewhere in town. Even though I love the hyacinths in general, blue pansies are also among my favorite flowers in the game.

I then spent way too long trying to find a drone beetle for Shari. Once I did finally track one down, Shari only gave me a fishing vest as my reward.

If you’re interested in my video episodes, check out my latest one, #24:

I’ll be back with more tomorrow, hopefully with pics and a video of my race! See you then! 🙂

As of Monday morning, my house has been remodeled with a new exterior. I like it! I’m just starting to get tired of all the rain lately! 😛

When I visited Hornsby, he gave me some pixel shades for free. He said they would match my skull tee. Not bad.

I put some red hyacinths around my diner neon sign, and I like how it looks. I know I probably overuse the red hyacinths around town, but I can’t help it. 😛

Kicks was in town selling shoes, socks, and bags, and I bought a random item just to be nice. Some of my villagers also mentioned Kicks, with Keaton saying that shoes don’t go with his look. Those would need to be some big, wide, ugly shoes to cover his big bird feet!

About My Upcoming Race

My race is just about finished…except for a few items I’m waiting to arrive via Nook Shopping. This could still change, but I’m tentatively planning on having the race at some point on Thursday in the late afternoon (Eastern U.S. time), unless it’s raining in my town. I may end up changing it to Friday, but Thursday is the goal right now…

People who are already on my friend roster will have the first chance to join in. I will post on Twitter, and ask which of my friends are interested and available at the time, and then I’ll DM the Dodo Code.

If anyone does not have Twitter, but is a regular visitor to my Friday Night Forests (or visited me regularly in CF or NL), please let me know where you would like to be contacted with a Dodo code (if I don’t get enough responses from Twitter alone). If I still am unable to get a full town, I will post the Dodo code publicly on Twitter.

We may run the race twice (and perhaps pose for a group photo at the end). After that, there will be some time for shopping or visiting. But doing the race first will be my priority, so don’t go wandering off until it’s completed. If you are not willing to be a good sport and participate with the race, please do not come. If all goes well, I will be posting a video of the race, perhaps later that same day.

The race will be themed, and I will ask that you wear a certain outfit. The outfit will be provided, but I ask that you return it after the race. The race itself is simple and short, but it should be entertaining. 🙂

Have a great day, and I hope to see you all again soon! 🙂