Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Louie wanted to help out with Project K, so he gave me a garbage pail. 😛 I put it next to Marcel’s house.

Outside of town hall, I was surprised to run into Kicks. I guess I didn’t even realize he was in this game. He was selling shoes, socks, purses, and backpacks. I bought an extra-large backpack from him, and I put it on. It did not increase my pocket storage, though. 😛

I went inside of town hall to check on my town rating. Isabelle told me that Forest is now a 3-star island! ⭐⭐⭐

The best part is that K.K. Slider has taken notice of my island, and he’s going to show up tomorrow! Wow, that’s quicker than I was expecting!

I ran into Shari outside, and she taught me the “apologetic” reaction. It makes my character frown, close his eyes, and bow his head. I don’t think I’ll be adding this one to my reaction wheel.

Using the custom design app on my NookPhone, I designed a new pattern: It’s a pitfall seed. I also put it up as my new town flag. 😛

After that, I used a Nook Miles Ticket to visit another mystery island. I still have an empty house plot, so I thought I’d give it one more try to see if I found someone I liked. The island was the spiral-shaped one again, and Graham the hamster was there. He’s not bad, and I wouldn’t be upset if he was a random move-in… but he’s not someone I wanted to specifically ask to move to town either. So I didn’t invite him.

When I returned to Forest, I ran into Celeste on the beach. She gave me a recipe for a starry-sky wall, but it requires star fragments that I don’t have. The next time I have a meteor shower, I’m going to have to do lots of wishing.

At 10:00 p.m., I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Logan, Ros, Megan, Alex, Alex (yes, there were two Alexes), Jesse, and Marlie came over. I had a little something planned in the western part of town, so we grabbed some umbrellas and fluttered like leaves in the wind. 😉

Unfortunately, we all got disconnected shortly after that. I reopened, and as the 3rd person was re-joining, we got disconnected again.

So I tried again. Jesse, Ros, Patrick, Timo, Alex, Forge, and Alex joined. I had the sumo ring set up for a special 8-player round of sumo!

Forge ended up winning, and I felt good to get 3rd place. 😛 We only did one round of sumo, because even one round takes a minimum of 7 pitfall seeds! And I wanted to save a few for later…

We then had some fun running through my Bunny Day arches. Position your camera just right and it’s more entertaining than you might egg-spect.

Ros, Alex, and Jesse taught me how to spam emotions. I mean, reactions. From your wheel, press Y to see all of your reactions listed. Then press Y again to test each one. You can press it repeatedly to spam it quickly. Very helpful! Well, helpful in annoying people maybe, lol, but helpful all the same! 😀

On a couple of different occasions tonight, I managed to pitfall a couple of people. That includes Ros and Patrick here, when I pointed out where Tia was after some of my visitors said they hadn’t met her yet. 😀

There were some occasional shooting stars flying by, and I made sure to wish on a few of them.

We played some outdoor hide-and-seek, and Ros and Timo successfully stayed hidden from the two seekers for the duration of the game. Since it seemed to take too long, we tried museum tag next. But Patrick left before we started.

Alex was the seeker, and I suggested that anyone who is found retreat to the lobby. And the seeker will keep going until he finds everyone, or until a timer ran out. I was hiding behind a tree in the bug room, but it didn’t take Alex long to find me and a few others. As he was still seeking, Hayley joined in, and the timer ran out.

After a few minutes of confusion, it was suggested that everyone look for the last two remaining hiders, Ros and Jesse. I was actually the one that found Ros; she was using her hair color to blend in, down in the submarine room. Smart move!

Not far away, I also ran into Jesse!

Ros then left, and we decided to do one last round. It was suggested that we play zombie tag, where once we’re tagged, we become a zombie and also join the hunt for the remaining players. I asked who wanted to seek, and nobody volunteered, so I said I would seek and I went outside to count. Once I counted to ten, I asked someone to set a timer. They did, and then Forge announced that he was seeking? I’m not sure what that was all about, but I just went with it and became a hider…until I was found and became a zombie. 😛

After a short while, the timer went off, and I believe everyone was found…but it’s not always clear. Eight-player museum tag is honestly a bit confusing. Some were claiming they weren’t tagged, and it’s hard to keep straight who’s who, who’s hiding, who’s seeking…even though we did ultimately agree that seekers would wear hats. Personally, I’ve started to lose interest in museum tag already.

Just as I was about to end the session, Stacie joined in. I didn’t want to kick her out as soon as she got here, so I decided to stay on a bit longer. We took some group photos at a few locations around town.

Eventually, I ended the session. Thanks for coming, everyone! It was fun! 🙂 I’m going to try to get Wi-Fi Moments #3 up tomorrow, so keep an eye out for that.

At Able Sisters, Sable is finally starting to warm up to me. She even introduced herself. 😛

C.J. was in town with another fishing challenge for me. He wanted me to catch three horse mackerel sized (small) fish in a row. That was easy enough.

There didn’t seem to be a reward, but he did offer to buy my fish at a higher-than-usual price.

Since there was still an empty house plot, I used a Nook Miles Ticket to take another mystery island tour. But the animal there was definitely not someone I wanted to invite to Forest.

One day after having Gigi at my campsite, I ran into the queen of ugly frogs herself, Jambette! Yikes! I did what needed to be done: I pitfall’d her.

The island was otherwise unremarkable. I collected some red hyacinths for my town, gathered a few materials, and headed back to Forest…leaving Jambette there to die. 😛

Back in town, I thought I heard the jingling sound of shooting stars. But every time I looked up at the sky, there was nothing. I even stopped and waited for nearly ten minutes at one point. I guess this just wasn’t my day.

Sorry for the short entry today, but I may make up for it tomorrow (late tomorrow). It will be my 3rd Friday Night Forest, and it should be fun! 🙂 If all goes well, I’ll be posting Wi-Fi Moments #3 over the weekend. See you tomorrow!

My first black rose has bloomed today. 🙂

I’m glad to have it, but it dawned on me that I may not be able to turn it into a gold rose like I have in previous games. Because in earlier games, you had to water a wilted black rose with the golden watering can to make it turn gold. But in this game, flowers don’t wilt. Perhaps there’s an alternate way to make them, I’m not sure.

There was an animal camping at the campsite today, and it was Gigi the hideous frog! She said it would be fabulous to move into town. Over my dead body!

At Able Sisters, I realized that you can’t try on accessories from the floor. You can go into the dressing room to try them on, but not at the point of purchase like you could in previous games.

Agent S wanted to help out with Project K, so she gave me a DIY recipe for a raccoon figurine. I placed it in front of Nook’s Cranny. 😛

I found a lost item on the ground, and it belonged to the first person I asked about it: Tia. She thanked me and gave me a sleeved apron as my reward.

Nook’s Cranny had a plastic canister for sale today, so I bought it. I wanted to paint it red, but it couldn’t be customized. I placed it, along with some firewood, next to Rizzo’s house. Just in case there’s any wannabe arsonists around, it would be a good place to start… 🔥🔥🔥

Flick was in town tonight, so I was able sell all my bugs to him at good prices. I wish he was here every night!

Shari was sick with a cold, so I bought some medicine for her. In return, she gave me a henley shirt.

When I went up to visit Keaton, he mentioned me burying pitfalls the other day!

Tia taught me a new reaction, glee. It’s the one with the music notes that rise into the air as we…whistle? I didn’t put it into my reaction wheel as of now, but I suppose it would make a good replacement for joy.

I redeemed some Nook Miles for a ticket to a mystery island, and I ran into Queenie the ostrich there. She’s not bad, but I did not ask her to move to Forest.

I continued making small improvements to my island, and I’m pleased to see the progress in Forest. There’s a long way to go, but I’m enjoying the journey! 🙂 See you next time!