Jeff's New Horizons Blog

There was a camper in town today, and it was a person in a bunny suit! Francine, to be specific…although I’ve liked calling her Frankengaga since the City Folk days. 😛 I had no interest in inviting her to move in.

Last night’s wishes resulted in me finding three regular star fragments and one large star fragment on the beach today.

Redd was in town, and I took a chance on a dynamic painting. I also bought an old-fashioned alarm clock from Redd. (I later gave the clock to Keaton as a gift).

The island-designing bug has bitten me once again. I put in a new “secret” path that starts off just to the west of Lopez’s house (near the waterfall) and goes north back to the private beach (and today, Jolly Redd’s ship). While it isn’t completely hidden, I think it would be easy to miss if you weren’t looking for it.

Here’s another viewpoint from a higher location. It’s obviously easier to see from here.

And this is the view from the path itself, about halfway through.

I’ve had this idea in my head for a while, but one thing bothered me about it: You can’t build bridges over land (only over water). But since the path is only space wide, I am still able to jump across the gap. So it’s not really an inconvenience if you’re walking on the cliff.

If I moved the entrance over a few spaces to the right, I could plant a tree in front of it. That would make it even more hard to spot (from the lower level, at least). But I’m not sure if I’ll do that or not. It’s not like I’m hiding a buried treasure of a million bells back there. 😛 So it’s obviously not a necessity…but I may still consider it. For now, I like it how it is.

As for other changes I have in mind, I still don’t have any inclines in the western half of the island. That’s something I’d like to change, although I don’t have any idea where I’ll put them just yet. I might not do that this week…but I’m not sure. I’ll just see if I’m in a designing mood or not. 😛

There is one thing I have decided, though: I want the top cliff on the west to stay relatively unchanged. Keaton’s house will stay there, as will the many cedar trees. Perhaps I could put in some camping related items, but I want Eagle Mountain to remain as natural as possible.

Thanks for reading today’s entry! See you next time!

When I stopped over at Hornsby’s house today, Apple was also there visiting. But the weird part is that they were both standing by the door, but facing away from the door, looking to the far corner of the room. What were they staring at??

I’ve been noticing something interesting about my daily glowing spot. Very frequently, it shows up in Sudden Valley. In fact, it seems to be there nearly half the time!

I found Rizzo sitting on the chair next to Agent S’s house. So I (temporarily) dug up the flower in front of the chair, and buried a pitfall seed. I had to wait about two minutes for him to finish reading the sentence he was on, but it was worth it. He eventually got down and fell right into the pitfall. 😀

Update: I just realized that I wasted a pitfall seed there. Since he was on the chair, he would’ve had the same reaction just falling into a hole. Oops!

There was another meteor shower tonight, so I wished on several shooting stars.

Up on the cliffs, I started my island designer app. I’ve decided to recreate a landmark that’s in some old Zelda games, A Link to the Past in particular. No, it’s not a Triforce pond; it’s something more subtle that not everyone will remember: Spectacle Rock.

I know this isn’t the most exciting addition, but I’ve been struggling to figure out how to use that previously bare spot of land. And I like the Zelda reference. As a bonus trivia fact, it’s in roughly the same spot on the map as the Spectacle Rock in A Link to the Past. 😉

I destroyed two rocks to put Spectacle Rock there, but if any rocks reappear on top of Spectacle Rock, I may leave them. They could represent the eyes in the spectacles! 👀

Just to let you know, Spectacle Rock wasn’t the only layout change I have planned. More changes are coming.

I ran into Tia tonight, and she asked me to catch a violin beetle for her.

Since I have two tree stumps between my house and Nook’s Cranny, I end up seeing violin beetles pretty often. Less than four minutes later, I had the bug for her. I took it over to her, and I was shocked by my reward: Her photo!

This is my first villager photo in New Horizons, and I’m glad it’s from Tia! I put it in my house and hung it on the wall. The quote on the back is “Tea is a cup of life.” 🙂

Back outside, Louie asked me if I ever visit Apple’s house. He said she makes the best hot cider! 🍎😂

After a few minutes of fishing, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you next time! 🙂

Keaton sent me an interesting letter postcard in the mail today. Basically, he was wondering what this island will look like ten years from now. That’s an interesting question to ponder.

Last night, I wished on some shooting stars during Friday Night Forest, as did my visitors. Today, I found eight star fragments and one Gemini fragment on the beach.

And speaking of last night’s visitors, several of them left money bags from betting on the ping pong match (which is still scoreless). 😛 I asked last night if anyone wanted them, but they didn’t take them. They were just small amounts (1k bags), so I went ahead and picked them up…and used the money to stock up on party poppers. 🎉

Over by the stone arches, I found a lost item (a book) on the ground.

When I investigated it, it said “mi diario secreto,” which means “my secret diary.” I asked Lopez about it, and he said it was Keaton’s style. So I took it up to Eagle Mountain, and Keaton thanked me for returning it.

He gave me a cordless phone as my reward.

K.K. Slider was in town, and he played The K. Funk for me and Hornsby.

After catching some fish, I earned some new Nook Miles…for earning Nook Miles! Apparently I’ve finished 1,000 Nook Miles+ goals!

I really like how this game keeps track of your progress for goals. In New Leaf, you didn’t have a way to check on your badge progress (with a few exceptions), so you had no clue how close you were. I’m glad this is different…although I do miss having a single badge screen to show all of your progress on one screen. I’d love if they added something like that in the future.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back with another entry soon. I’m thinking of making some more layout changes to the island… probably not tomorrow, but perhaps in the coming week. Have a great day, and Never Stop Crossing!