New Town, New Theme, Suggestions?

[DinoTown]

Having lost my 3DS for ages and finding myself coming back to a ruined town, I'm gonna move on and start a new town with a new theme. It's not a theme I've seen commonly so I hope it's something people will be interested in. I'm gonna make a dinosaur themed town!

I already know I want to move in all 7 of the alligators since of the close relation between dinosaurs and crocodilians, but that leaves me with 3 spots left to fill and I'm not sure who to have. I'm leaning towards Lucky because he's adorable and I think fits a little better than any of the other non-alligator villagers, but that still leaves me with a couple of spots left open and I'm not sure where to go from there.

The name of the town is (currently) going to be DinoTown because I am not very creative when it comes to that sort of thing. Same with the town flag, but I generally prefer town flags that are styled like the flag of a country, with stripes and such that have colours representing things rather than a hugely obvious symbol. As for the town tune, I'm going to TRY and get something similar to the Jurassic Park theme (because it's great music) but luckily there are people on this site who are much more musically adept than I am who can likely help with that part.

Houses! One is gonna be filled with fossils and be just in general a museum. The mayor's house is gonna be just a house, I like to have at least one that is a proper house (although it's likely to be filled with mini fossils anyway). I'm not sure what furniture collection I'm leaning towards for this house though, and have no ideas for the other two houses I can put down. I'm gonna be using the museum rooms in the actual museum as well, basically just fossil overload. The mayor is also gonna be called Peggy because I like that name.

As for general outside town atmospehere, I'm out on that as well. I'm thinking something more beach-y, since I've never really done that before. I'm gonna fill up the town with lychee, durian and mango trees but I'm yet to pick what I want for the native fruit (I know it's gonna be apples, cherries or peaches, but other than that I might just go with whatever comes with a generally great map.) But other than that I'm pretty much stumped on what to include in the town, from PWPs to path style (I do make my own decent brick paths but the jury's out on whether I want a brick-style for this town).

I think that's about everything I can think of in terms of my current plans! I've got more ideas for the human villagers themselves but I'm a lot more solid in what I want from them. But I'm open to your suggestions and ideas on pretty much anything! As I said, this is not a theme I've seen often so I'm totally willing to take on board whatever you guys have to say. Got any ideas?

 

[DJStarstryker]

It's a really neat idea. I like it.

You could always get some rhinos for some of your villagers. Rhinos are the closest thing you're going to get to a triceratops.

 

[DinoTown]

It's a really neat idea. I like it.

You could always get some rhinos for some of your villagers. Rhinos are the closest thing you're going to get to a triceratops.

Oh that's a great idea, I didn't think about that! But you're right, they'll go great!

 

[buny]

i think your idea is awesome!! but i think the name isn't very good to be honest :/ i can understand cuz i struggle to find names too other than the obvious tho ;w; some suggestions i came up with:

Jurassic
Triassic
Reptilia
Historia
Archaia

feel free to use them or reject them, either way i wish you to have fun with your town and keep us updated for how it goes

 

[DinoTown]

i think your idea is awesome!! but i think the name isn't very good to be honest :/ i can understand cuz i struggle to find names too other than the obvious tho ;w; some suggestions i came up with:

Jurassic
Triassic
Reptilia
Historia
Archaia

feel free to use them or reject them, either way i wish you to have fun with your town and keep us updated for how it goes

Haha I knew my name sucked but I seriously struggled to think of anything that was halfway good that would fit within the 8 character limit, but your ideas are great! I'm really loving Archaia. Chances I'm gonna be using one of your suggestions is through the roof.

 

[Colette]

I think you need at least one Chicken in there, since some dinosaurs were likely feathered and chicken-like, haha. Definitely look out for some of the Monster Hunter items, plus the Dinomeat item from Harvey. I like the idea of a more jungle landscaped town, so I'd think the Geyser, hot springs, stone tablet, Stonehenge, log bench and other natural PWPs would work great. If you want to get a little silly, maybe even the Jungle gym PWP and the colorful tires. Oh and maybe some bamboo intersperssed around!

 

[DinoTown]

I think you need at least one Chicken in there, since some dinosaurs were likely feathered and chicken-like, haha. Definitely look out for some of the Monster Hunter items, plus the Dinomeat item from Harvey. I like the idea of a more jungle landscaped town, so I'd think the Geyser, hot springs, stone tablet, Stonehenge, log bench and other natural PWPs would work great. If you want to get a little silly, maybe even the Jungle gym PWP and the colorful tires. Oh and maybe some bamboo intersperssed around!

All those ideas sounds awesome! Thanks so much!

 

[2kimi2furious]

Name the town Nublar like the island in Jurassic Park!

 

[carackobama]

This sounds really cool! I’d love to see it if you ever decide to release a DA in the future ^^

 

[MapleSilver]

I really like your town idea, and would love to see what the completed version looks like. Your description sounds very unique.

Since you said you're stumped on PWPs, I'll offer a few suggestions. Perhaps try including the Geyser and Hot Spring PWPs. For some reason, a lot of the time when I see dinosaurs depicted, they are associated with volcanoes. We don't have any volcano PWPs so these are the next best thing.

You mentioned Jurassic Park. I don't know whether you want to emulate that place in the town itself, but if you do, try seeing what you can do with the Caution Sign and Do Not Enter Sign. Those PWPs tend to be overlooked but I could see them working very well here.

I also just had the idea to build a Drilling Rig somewhere in your town. I'm pretty sure dinosaur remains aren't actually old enough to make oil (I'm not an expert so don't quote me on that) but crude oil is made from the remains of long dead animals. At least to me, it seems kind of fitting to put an oil drill in a dinosaur town. I almost never see that PWP used, so it would make your town even more unique.

 

[LadyDestani]

I love your idea and the suggestions that others have made. It would make for a very unique town and I'd love to see it someday. Unfortunately, I don't have any new ideas for you, but I think you should go for it.

 

[DinoTown]

Wanting to post a little update!
I have officially started my new game.
I went with the name Archaia, so thank you for that suggestion, I really love it!
I'm also super lucky with my map. I wanted a west coast with a green train station and apples, cherries or peaches.
One of my map options was great, it has everything all up north near Main Street except for the plaze which is in pretty much the exact middle of the lower part of the town. Plus it was a west coast like I waned, so I chose it. Lo and behold, it has a green station AND peaches and the native fruit, so basically I got the perfect map on the first try!

 

[buny]

Wanting to post a little update!
I have officially started my new game.
I went with the name Archaia, so thank you for that suggestion, I really love it!
I'm also super lucky with my map. I wanted a west coast with a green train station and apples, cherries or peaches.
One of my map options was great, it has everything all up north near Main Street except for the plaze which is in pretty much the exact middle of the lower part of the town. Plus it was a west coast like I waned, so I chose it. Lo and behold, it has a green station AND peaches and the native fruit, so basically I got the perfect map on the first try!

that's awesome you got the map you wanted!! and i'm happy to see you chose that name, teehee what villagers did you get btw?

 

[DinoTown]

that's awesome you got the map you wanted!! and i'm happy to see you chose that name, teehee what villagers did you get btw?

It came with Naomi, Chow, Apple, Kiki and Punchy.
Unfortunately none even close to what I have planned and it's gonna be hard to say bye to Punchy because he's awesome

 

[buny]

awww those are really good villagers, but definitely not suitable for this idea x3
Actually Apple is one of my dreamies, so if she decides to move out can i have her, please? ;w;

 

[DinoTown]

awww those are really good villagers, but definitely not suitable for this idea x3
Actually Apple is one of my dreamies, so if she decides to move out can i have her, please? ;w;

I'll make a note that she's reserved for you when she goes!

 

[buny]

I'll make a note that she's reserved for you when she goes!

thank you, i really appreciate it ^^

 

[Bizhiins]

The drilling rig and geyser would be perfect for your town! Also I have a villager that would fit perfect, his name is drago and he’s a reptilian looking alligator.
Also there’s a wallpaper and flooring that would look really cool for that theme in a house, lava floor and magma wallpaper.

 

[DinoTown]

The drilling rig and geyser would be perfect for your town! Also I have a villager that would fit perfect, his name is drago and he’s a reptilian looking alligator.
Also there’s a wallpaper and flooring that would look really cool for that theme in a house, lava floor and magma wallpaper.

Oh the magma stuff probably would look good somewhere!
I've actually left Drago off my villager plans because he's meant to be a dragon rather than a dinosaur (plus I tried to make it so I have at least one of each personality and he didn't really fit)

 

[Halloqueen]

I didn't see him mentioned here, and I know it's a different era entirely, but maybe Tucker might be a good fit for another villager? He's based on a woolly mammoth and he comes with a Leopard Tee as his starting shirt, making him also seem like a representation of the stereotypical depiction of a caveman (which, again, different era but hey). As such, it seems like he would fit in alongside the others.