landscaping advice??

[BeekeeperAngel]

ok so I restarted my town like 2 months ago and I've barely done anything to it outside of planting fruit and working on my house. I really would like to do some sort of landscaping/organization, but the thing is, I don't know if I'd ever want to have all permanent villagers. I like getting a new villager every now and then to keep things interesting, but at the same time, having villagers move in and out could end up messing up landscaping.

so basically I was just wondering if anyone had ideas for things I could do that would look nice but still be easy to accommodate future new move-ins

probably not much but it doesn't hurt to ask lol

EDIT: I restarted my town so I no longer have a DA!

 

[windwake-me-up-inside]

Going for a very "forest" or natural look is the best when having villagers move in and out, because then all you have to do is replant flowers, bushes, and trees after they move out. It's the easiest upkeep for a town that has their villagers moving out constantly.

 

[PlasticPinkPiggy]

As the above poster said, natural or minimalistic themes are best for having constant villager move ins and out, unless you can accommodate the plot resetting every single time you obtain a new villager. I would consider making paths or laying out a route only to go to the main areas of your town such as town hall, brewsters, recycle shop, police station, plaza, etc. From there you can have flowers or trees leading to each villagers house or just leave trees and flowers scattered around. This way, you can plot reset to make sure they are off the main path but not necessarily have to plot reset to make sure they are in a specific location since that would take ages.

Do you have a DA? Maybe I could suggest more ideas if we saw what the town layout is right now.

 

[ChillyKio]

A forested/natural town would be best for this, as people have mentioned. Or you could try to move each new villager into an old villager's spot via plot resetting.

 

[BeekeeperAngel]

Do you have a DA? Maybe I could suggest more ideas if we saw what the town layout is right now.

yes I do have a DA! it's 4800-6822-3166

my town is really boring though because as I mentioned I haven't done much with it yet smh

this town no longer exists r.i.p.

 

[LinkToTheWorld]

Having none permanent villagers isn't a problem, I have changed my villagers a lot since I finished my main landscaping. Just plot reset any new villagers into the old villager spots if you don't want anything ruined that's all I do now when I get somebody new, they go in the previous residents place as there's literally nowhere else for them to go.

 

[namiieco]

Idk you can still have a very landscaped town if that's what would make you happy but you'll just have to do days of plot resetting

 

[dizzy bone]

I agree with forest towns! It's the look I'm going for right now since I'm in the same situation as you with not wanting a super permanent map. Currently I've mapped out a main 2-square width dirt path that is permanent (but flexible). For new villagers I've been plot resetting just so no one puts their houses on that main path, but anywhere else on the map is fair game (which is a huge amount of free space because my main road is quite straight forward - goes from the train station to the town hall). I'm planning on having 1-square paths leading off the main road to the villager's houses and filling the area with forrest and flowers. That way when a villager moves out and another plonks their house somewhere else, I just need to rearrange some trees and make new dirt paths.

 

[Believe]

I think the main thing youd need to do is set a basic foundation of paths. It doesn't have to be anything permanent, just something that links together your main stops/favorite villagers so you have some idea of where you shouldn't be putting down trees/public work projects. From there you can slowly expand your ideas and fill in empty areas with things that might look good. Even if you want to keep switching villagers, it'll help to plot reset occasionally just to avoid certain areas getting crushed.