Do you love your island?

[Moritz]

I'm a little sad we have 6 nos but we didn't hear from them.
Would have been interesting to read

 

[snaily]

i love it because it's the island i built up by myself and i've made lots of memories over the last year! in terms of how it looks, there are places i'm really proud of and places that i avoid because they're still ugly lol but decorating and redecorating is part of the fun of animal crossing and i'm sure future updates will bring more ways to decorate, so it's not a bad thing to have some empty space lying around!

 

[Licorice]

I love my island. I’ve never once been jealous of any island. It’s my original island and I would never reset.

 

[Bluebellie]

I love my island. While I do appreciate other towns in the dream address, I enjoy being in my own more. Sometimes I just walk around admiring. Right now my structural map is complete. I’m just decorating filler areas here and there. Every time I finish one of those areas I fall a little bit more in love with my island.

I would be devastated if I had to reset. Probably wouldn’t play anymore.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Since I flatten my island and terraformed it. ITS SO MUCH better than what it was last year. If anyone is interested of checking it out see the Dream Address on my signature.

 

[WaileaNoRei]

I love it and I like it. I’ve never reset it (cause I honestly didn’t really know that was a thing when I started). So I got what I got and it is lovely.

I rarely look at other islands on social media, but when I do it is fun, and I can appreciate and love the range in different styles and ideas, and the creativity people bring to it, but I’ve never thought ‘I wish that was my island’, or felt there was some standard I had to live up to.

I like my island best. it is mine, and I designed it to be what works for and feels comfortable to me.

 

[Halloqueen]

Yes and no.

I really like the theme I decided on for my island, all of my animal residents and player characters, and all the progress I've made in terms of cataloging, filling up the critterpedia and museum, and paying off all of my player houses and decorating them. It does "feel like home" as you said. If anything happened to the save, I'd simply stop playing the game outright. No interest whatsoever in resetting.

However, I'm not totally satisfied. If you asked me a couple months ago the answer would probably be different, but recently I've gotten the urge to move my Nook's Cranny, Able Sisters, and museum around. I've also been considering possibly undertaking massive terraforming to have all of the residents, who are on the back half of the island, all on the third tier. Having everyone on the third tier was my original plan, but the way things developed in the early days, it led to everyone being split between the second and third tiers. As such, my island is currently in a state of flux and I won't be content and comfortable until my plans are accomplished.

Additionally, to be perfectly honest, I'm not really someone particularly skilled with designing the island itself. Some islands out there are ridiculously elaborate, well thought out, and have nice paths and everything. By comparison, my island is far more natural, there's no way that I think I could make a path system look good with my current setup, and even if I did, it still wouldn't come close to comparing to other people's. I can't deny that some island layouts make me feel that mine is inadequate, but it's not that bad. I don't find it to be something worth worrying about past that initial feeling of "Wow, that island's cool and also something I could never pull off." If I'm having fun playing my own game, that's what matters.

 

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

Nope, I don't. I love my villagers and I'm ok with the layout. I don't want to mess with any more terraforming then I already have (which is very little), I want to keep in natural as possible. But I am not good at decorating and it just doesn't look good to me. It stinks, but I'm resigned to it.

 

[VelveteenCat]

No, not really. I just restarted playing after several months and everything I was very proud of back then now just seems cluttered and tacky. I still love most my villagers, so I guess that's good. Perhaps I'll redo my island, at least I'll try since I'm somewhat inspired, but I'll get another game in a couple of days which will most likely grab all of my attention.

 

[oranje]

I love my island! At first, when I didn't know what theme I wanted to go with, I was a little lukewarm to my island. But once I settled on a theme and started doing some major terraforming, my island finally started to come together and I was really into it. I love visiting dream addresses and seeing what other people come up with, but ultimately I'm proud of my unique island and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

 

[th8827]

I love how much variety there is in the scenery on my island.

 

[VanitasFan26]

Since I flatten my island and terraformed it. ITS SO MUCH better than what it was last year. If anyone is interested of checking it out see the Dream Address on my signature.

Also I would like to add on for the people who struggle to like their island. Trust me I used to hate my old island back in March 2020 so I understand that feeling but for me I learned that taking your time is something I learned and I am now more comfortable doing stuff bit by bit and not rushing through. I did a lot of that last year and thats the reason why I got exhausted from the game. I learned that there is no need to rush to do stuff so quickly. At the moment I saw people redoing their islands not because they hate it but they want a fresh start while we are waiting for updates. Can't say I blame them if they didn't get off to a good start with their old island.

Me personally I went with a mindset of "stuff that used to look good then doesn't look good now" and then I picture in my mind what can I turned this into and then the idea just comes to my head and I just make it how I see it has potential. Its always best never to compare yourself to others. I was guilty of that myself last year when I was overwhelmed by so many good islands from other people. I learned that its best to just to make what you feel works for you. Sure I have taken inspiration from others but still I made whatever was in my head. No copy or paste from other's islands. I know sometimes we are at war with ourselves when we struggle to find what makes an island so good but the moral of story is always make how you feel works for you and not worry how others do their island.

 

[JemAC]

I love my island, it's the original one I picked at the start of the game so it's come a long way since last year and has been through quite a bit of decorating and now has most of my favourite villagers, all of whom I love seeing and talking to around the island

Some areas are still a work in progress so I'm not fully satisfied with all of it and a couple of parts on the map I'd like to change (mainly moving the airport slightly) but there's nothing major that would make me want to reset it. I like how it's coming along and I'm sure over time I'll get some inspiration for the few undecorated parts and get the island to a place that I'm fully happy with but even with these slight issues I still love it how it is.

 

[Vsmith]

I love my island. I love I get to decorate my house and around the island for holidays. I love the seasons, shooting stars, and my villagers. My island feels like home and a place to relax.

 

[ForbiddenSecrets]

I love it. There are areas that need work for sure but overall I'm happy with the place I crafted.

 

[sleepydreepy]

Yes I love the finished parts of it! I have a large section in the middle/top right of my island that I've been working on, but other than that area I love what I have done with the rest of my island!

 

[azurill]

Also I would like to add on for the people who struggle to like their island. Trust me I used to hate my old island back in March 2020 so I understand that feeling but for me I learned that taking your time is something I learned and I am now more comfortable doing stuff bit by bit and not rushing through. I did a lot of that last year and thats the reason why I got exhausted from the game. I learned that there is no need to rush to do stuff so quickly. At the moment I saw people redoing their islands not because they hate it but they want a fresh start while we are waiting for updates. Can't say I blame them if they didn't get off to a good start with their old island.

Me personally I went with a mindset of "stuff that used to look good then doesn't look good now" and then I picture in my mind what can I turned this into and then the idea just comes to my head and I just make it how I see it has potential. Its always best never to compare yourself to others. I was guilty of that myself last year when I was overwhelmed by so many good islands from other people. I learned that its best to just to make what you feel works for you. Sure I have taken inspiration from others but still I made whatever was in my head. No copy or paste from other's islands. I know sometimes we are at war with ourselves when we struggle to find what makes an island so good but the moral of story is always make how you feel works for you and not worry how others do their island.

This is good advice. I have been struggling with one of my islands lately, not because I hate it. I have been comparing my first island with my second island. I have been decorating and terraforming my second island slower then my first and now like it more.

 

[Rosch]

I love my island despite being unsatisfied with some of my design decisions. If only I could build more stairs.

 

[Pyoopi]

I don't feel connected to the word 'love' but I am happy with it. I like how I designed it and all my custom designs I've created.

 

[~Kilza~]

While I wouldn't use the word "love" with my island, I do like it. I feel like it can be much better, but I don't mind what it currently is.