I need YOUR ideas!

[Mayor Jack]

Hi everyone!

I am going to try my best to build a story town in ACNL.
Yes.
I know.
This is going to fail. I figured that a while ago.

Anyway, I'm going to try to make it a scary town like Aika Village or other horror towns but obviously, I won't flat out copy it. I have settled on a town name-Echo. If you have any suggestions let me know though. I am still a little torn about what will be the mayor name though. I don't want to make a gory, bloody town though. I want to make like a fantasy town. Maybe with a child missing and fortune tellers/psychics? I don't know but I need plot ideas! You can send me a link to a plot you made or just tell me on this thread or via private message. You will have be fine with me using your plot in the town if it is the one I like the most! I can also give TBT and in-game items if I like your idea. If you have any other bits and pieces that I should know please tell me. Like animal suggestions and things.

I look forward to seeing your entries!
Thanks in advance, Jack.

 

[Don't_ask_Alice]

Well if you are looking for a child stolen the first house could be her childhood home. The rooms could be in an order such as her normal room and the rest her parents going through the process of finding her and giving up hope. The character could be their mother/father saying "my baby is missing" or "have you found him/her" items like newspapers of a missing child a t.v on tissue boxes the rooms getting more disheveled as time goes on. A doll or teddy bear should be there. You could keep the same furniture in each room but custom it to look older Each time.

Each house would be them growing up and being trained by the kidnappers in some sort of evil way. First house they are unhappy maybe locked up not fed well. The rooms could explain what the kidnappers do. There's lots of items you could use that could hint at making poison or worshipping some sort of odd statue. Like a cult theme or witchcraft?


Third house Stockholm syndrome kicks in. They undergo and agree to go with whatever plans the kidnappers have. The original room they were kept in looks nicer. Better bed, food, more toys ect. They are learning whatever evil things the kidnappers do.


Last house could be whatever plans they had set in motion. You could show that they killed their patents. Maybe custom the same teddy bear in the original house with blood splatters? The final plan could be either a test to see if they would kill their parents, using their bodies for a ritual of some sort, or some sort of witchcraft potions.


The other characters could be a police man asking if they have seen a child. One of the kidnappers saying "he/she's ours" or "we have plans for him/her". The last maybe the boy/girl saying "I'm all grown up now" "they made me (or) I had to do it".

I know that's a little vague but I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for. Just a random idea i could think of. I'm typing on my phone so hopefully the format is okay to read. Let me know what you think.

 

[Mayor Jack]

Oh wow! That sounds amazing! In the first home, you said 'the rooms could be in an order such as her normal room and the rest of her parents going through the process of finding her and giving up hope.' I don't really understand what you mean by that sentence and also could you explain to me what the stockholm syndrome is? Thank you very much! Would you like any in game items or TBT for your suggestion?

 

[Don't_ask_Alice]

I see how that was confusing. I added that part before I posted it. What I meant was that once you upgrade the house all the way all the rooms are the same size. So furnish them with the exact same furniture in the same position but customize them to look older. For example add a dinner table and in the first room have three nice meals maybe a bowl of fruit. The next two still nice meals keep the fruit, third two somewhat bland meals no fruit, last no food or maybe a ramen cup with rotted turnips. Not sure if you could make that work or not. Does that make sense?

Stockholm syndrome is kinda like brainwashing. I think I'm going to just link a description because that's easier then typing it out.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome

As for the items I'm not sure what I need or want at the moment. If you have a list I could look through it or dig up my wishlist. I'm not to worried about it I just thought it would be a fun thing to help someone do. I have a pretty decent catolog myself but I need to add more to it if you need any items. You could have them for free if they are just orderables as long as you let me see your progress. I have always loved horror towns but I haven't ever had the time to make one myself.

 

[2kimi2furious]

Best of luck to you, sir. I'm working on something like this myself right now and things are going sloooooow in Ebonmoor.

 

[Mayor Jack]

@Don't_ask_Alice
Thank you for explaining that for me! I don't have a list of everything I have yet so if you are looking for a specific item please tell me and if it is reorderable I can order it. I can also give you fruit, IGB or TBT.

@2kimi2furious
I can imagine how slow and tedious making these towns must be!

 

[2kimi2furious]

@Don't_ask_Alice
Thank you for explaining that for me! I don't have a list of everything I have yet so if you are looking for a specific item please tell me and if it is reorderable I can order it. I can also give you fruit, IGB or TBT.

@2kimi2furious
I can imagine how slow and tedious making these towns must be!

Yeah, it's hard work, but it's going to be so rewarding!

 

[Mayor Jack]

Anyone? Any ideas? I've decided I am going to change the town name to Echo. I still need mayor names though! Please help me out! Any suggestions are welcome so don't be afraid to post!

 

[2kimi2furious]

I made this post a while ago, asking for everyone's likes/dislikes about horror towns. I got a few ideas from it for Ebonmoor. You might want to give it a look to see if anything sparks an idea!

 

[Charcolor]

the ideas posted here are already really good, so i don't wanna try to compete with them or anything. i just wanna say i think this sounds really cool! i love horror towns but psychological horror is underrated, a lot of people just try to make it as bloody as possible. i guess i can't blame them, they're working with a children's video game. i hope this works out! even if you don't end up fully developing it, it'll still be a worthwhile thing to devote time to, you know?

 

[FoxFeathers]

Let's see, "Old Moon"... What about werewolves/monsters in a deep and thick forest? The only lights are along the road, glowing eyes peering out from the shadows.
Men walk as monsters around their homes, the inside of their dens littered with skeletons. It all circles around the great tree, where only a glimmer of moonlight can fall... is it a sacred place? Could it possibly be the tree which cursed the forest so that all men who came to it first learned to speak with animals and then BECAME them?

 

[Mayor Jack]

That sounds like an amazing storyline but my only question is how I am going to make things such as 'Glowing eyes peering out from the shadows' and also I'm not sure if you saw the post but I think I am going to call it Echo. Thanks for the suggestion though! Would you like anything in exchange?

 

[FoxFeathers]

Signboards that have creepy glowy eyes patterned on them. It's a pwp. And nope, I just threw an idea out there.

 

[Hyrule_Crossing]

Hmm, I love the idea! Well, maybe have a bunch of weeds or trash to make the atmosphere a bit more Erie, and if your gonna have it as a dream town I highly recommend it at atleast midnight (you can tt if you want) or 3-4am as 3am is known as the witching hour and at 4 am No one is up, making it a lonely town, which would make it a bit more spooky. Also, if your able or get ?lucky? enough, Lucky would be a GREAT addition to the town, sense well, he?s a mummy and everything. Dead trees (like Akia) would also be a goood addition. Also, using patterns for graves would be a nice touch. And I think I heard in a video that was visiting the akia dram town, said ?They should have put pitfalls by the graves to make it like corpses dragging you down? so that would be pretty nice!

But, that?s just my opinion, A GAMERS OP- ok no, it?s my opinion. If you do make this horror town a reality, I would love to visit it!

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Oh wait, one more idea. Maybe an enclosed kinda path with not much room for the sense of claustraphobia, which would seem pretty neat!

 

[FoxFeathers]

Hope it helps

 

[Mayor Jack]

Any other ideas? I have decided to delay me starting work on the town so I haven't bought the game yet.

 

[AngelBunny]

ooh this sounds cool! no ideas from me unfortunately, but i would love to visit it when its done!