Making the map look nice; do you bother?

[Corrie]

I just design my island. To me it's more important my island actually looks nice compared to the map.

 

[Rosch]

At first, I was WAY too concerned with how my map looks. That's why I limited myself fro using very wide pathways. Then the Dream Island feature dropped, and just told myself, "screw it".

 

[John Wick]

I couldn't give a crap.

 

[Lullaboid]

I can't imagine worrying much about the map. There's too much to do as it is, tbh, even 700 hours in.

 

[BluebearL]

So long as my island isn't an offence to the eyes the map doesn't worry me at all. I think it is awesome when others have terraformed so that the map has specific shapes on it, that takes hard work and dedication. I have neither of those qualities when it comes to AC. AC is more of a villager and relaxing game for me so whilst I would like every aspect to be beautiful I don't see any of it happening any time too soon.

 

[visibleghost]

it low key bothers me when my map is ugly but not too much, so i don't bother decorating around it. i sort of regret not putting in game paths under my full tile custom paths, it's a city area so it looks a little off on the map because it looks like it's grass. idk. it's not a big deal but i have definitely contemplated removing everything just to redo it for my map to look more accurate.

 

[Mick]

I only care a little bit. I like the way my winding paths looks on the map, but I really only care how the island looks on my actual screen. I did at some point hide some path under bushes/trees/items to make a dotted line on the map along a custom path, I did like how that looked since it made the path visible. I might do that more at some point, could be a nice project

 

[k e r f u f f l e]

Part of my main theme is organization, so everything looked super tidy on my map by accident. Though it doesn't look the best, I don't obsess over it.

 

[Lavamaize]

Overall, I really don't care if my map looks bad as long as my island looks good. If I have the opportunity though, I will try to make the map look good as well.

 

[Sander]

An aesthetically pleasing map is the cherry on the cake to me, but I made the promise to myself to not let it affect any design choices on my island.

 

[AssassinVicz]

I honestly never look at my map. I usually just try to make sure that I can get from a to b easily, so it can look decorated but still be functional to play on. (Since I share my file with others)

But honestly I don’t see the appeal over it.

 

[tajikey]

I'm a symettrist (not a real word). It's important to me that my map look clean, organized, and symmetrical.

 

[xlisapisa]

I think having an aesthetically pleasing map would be ideal, but I don’t think I have the patience nor the commitment to see it through to the end. So currently I am letting fate decide how it looks. I am by no means anywhere near finished decorating/terraforming and I honestly don’t think I ever will be, so it will be a long while until I see the finished product of my island map.