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KaptenK

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Ok, so I've decided to try to achieve the Eternal Dreamer-badge from Phineas, and I want to do some reviewing while I'm at it. So this is how it will work:

-Post your dream address here and I'll visit your town when I got time.
-I'll write what I like about your time and leave some tips if I have any.
-I'd appreciate if you also visit my town, you don't have write an essay about it but I do need some tips on what to do with the emptier areas since it is under construction. The adress is: 6700-3167-1766

I'm looking forward to visit a bunch of wonderful towns :3
 
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I'm currently working on getting this badge too. I'm at Silver since the other day. I'll visit yours when I finish doing chores in my town. :)

Mine is in the description. :)
 
Feel free to visit mine! Dream Address is in my signature. I'll visit yours, too.
 
~The dreamy town of New Bark~

First of all, your town is great! Everything from the paths to the flower arrangement looks very natural and well thought-out. Some areas are a bit empty but I'm sure you'll get to those eventually.

The New Bark Park is so cute, I love it x3 Maybe you should remove some of the paths in there and let the grass show a bit? It might be a personal preference, though. The combination of black roses and white carnations goes perfect with your town-feel. My favorite spot in the whole town was in front of Apricots house, the combination of bamboo, wisteria trellis, the path you picked and the flowers is really pretty
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Also, I saw that Zell moved in right onto your path. I'm sorry for your loss.

I love all the houses, they have a very unique cozy feel to them and are far from cliche. The New Bark Hotel is really well made and was really fun to see (especially the basement). Apricots house... She's an artist, right? I was wondering about the ovens, are they for burning clay? Anyway it's a great addition to the town. The main house is my favorite, it was really spooky and unsettling! (I love it though x3). My favorite room is the one with the field (and the screaming gyroid in the corner)
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We had a blast

If I have to give a major tip it would be MORE TREES! Mostly because I looove trees but also because I think it would go well with your natural town-feel :)

Overall, your town is great. I love it and I'd love to visit again if you update :3
 
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~The dreamy town of New Bark~

First of all, your town is great! Everything from the paths to the flower arrangement looks very natural and well thought-out. Some areas are a bit empty but I'm sure you'll get to those eventually.

The New Bark Park is so cute, I love it x3 Maybe you should remove some of the paths in there and let the grass show a bit? It might be a personal preference, though. The combination of black roses and white carnations goes perfect with your town-feel. My favorite spot in the whole town was in front of Apricots house, the combination of bamboo, wisteria trellis, the path you picked and the flowers is really pretty
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Also, I saw that Zell moved in right onto your path. I'm sorry for your loss.

I love all the houses, they have a very unique cozy feel to them and are far from cliche. The New Bark Hotel is really well made and was really fun to see (especially the basement). Apricots house... She's an artist, right? I was wondering about the ovens, are they for burning clay? Anyway it's a great addition to the town. The main house is my favorite, it was really spooky and unsettling! (I love it though x3). My favorite room is the one with the field (and the screaming gyroid in the corner)
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We had a blast

If I have to give a major tip it would be MORE TREES! Mostly because I looove trees but also because I think it would go well with your natural town-feel :)

Overall, your town is great. I love it and I'd love to visit again if you update :3
Thanks for the review! I'm glad you noticed the purple screaming gyroid, it's my favourite. I'm about to go dream of yours now!
 
I'd appreciate if you also visit my town, you don't have write an essay about it but I do need some tips on what to do with the emptier areas since it is under construction. The address is: 6700-3167-1766
All the paths leading from your town plaza flowed nice. c: All your bridge placements were flawless. In front of your home looked great too with all the bamboo & the hot spring. There was definitely a good amount of flowers & bushes to add a nice touch. I'm not good with constructive criticism, but over all it was a very cute town! Well put together.
 
~The dreamy town of Kiahnaja~

Oh, smokes, you must have worked so hard on this town o_O It's so pretty! Your paths are great. The shadowing and variety adds extra depth to the whole town! I'm usually a bit skeptic towards using paths as grass, but you pulled it off! And that it is a bit random and scattered makes it look even more natural. Although, sometimes it felt a bit disoriented at some places and I got lost xD So maybe a bit more arrangement to the paths would be nice? (just maybe, it's also fine as it is c:).
Other than that, your towns vegetation and PWPs are really neatly placed, and your town is very relaxing. It must be so calming to play in it c:

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(did I mention I liked the paths)

You obviously have put a lot of effort into the houses, so I took my time exploring them. They are really nice and add a lot to the town-feel! I love how each house have it's own theme and personality. I have a weak spot for gyroids/statues standing by things so it looks like they are doing stuff, and you have this EVERYWHERE so I fell in love with your houses instantly!

While some of the rooms seem like they (almost) only contain rare collectibles, some are really interesting and unique! I spent so much time just taking pictures in the "gyroid" house because every room instantly became my new favorite xD My favorite room ended up being the Japanese bathhouse/restaurant, because it was so pretty, creative and reminded me of my favorite anime: Uchouten Kazoku

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so very fangirl

Although, at some points I found the houses a bit crowded, but that's the only thing that really bothered me.

Thank you for letting me visit your dream town! I got so inspired, your town is really amazing! <3

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All the paths leading from your town plaza flowed nice. c: All your bridge placements were flawless. In front of your home looked great too with all the bamboo & the hot spring. There was definitely a good amount of flowers & bushes to add a nice touch. I'm not good with constructive criticism, but over all it was a very cute town! Well put together.



Aaw thank you :'3 (there's more bushes and flowers to come :D)
 
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-I'd appreciate if you also visit my town, you don't have write an essay about it but I do need some tips on what to do with the emptier areas since it is under construction. The adress is: 6700-3167-1766
I love your path, first of all. There aren't a lot of simple ones that look so pretty and neat on the edges. And wowie, the bamboo lined path to your house looks really cool. I see you have two open areas right behind your townhall; maybe put two fountains and some greenery there? As for the empty space in the upper right corner, I would probably go with pretty flower arrangements and maybe a bench or two. You could also try to make flower arrangement that spell words. I don't think I've seen that in any town yet!

Overall, really cool looking town! I can tell a lot of time and thought went into it already.

Edit: and I love your house. Everything about it.
 
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~The dreamy town of Cadbury~

It's so colorful! You have really used all kinds of flowers to make your town shine! The placement of PWPs is really good, and makes every part of the town worth to see. I love that you have made "mini-plazas" by the caf? and the town hall, it makes them pop out more and seem more like landmarks instead of random buildings c:

Although, there is a bit of a color-clash with the flower clock and the fairy tale-themed town hall imho (also with the red roses and the pink tulips nearby) so maybe a fountain or something like that would be a better choice in front of the town hall and to have the flower clock somewhere else? There are also some paths that don't lead anywhere, which might only be a problem for me xD (it will become clearer as this thread goes on how bad my sense of direction is).

The placement of the trees and the bushes were cute and was just the right amount to make the town not to seem crowded or flat, pretty much flawless c:

My favorite spot in your town was the area with the metal bench and the lighthouse, which seemed like the perfect, isolated relaxing spot in the village.

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I concentrated on the rooms in your house that seemed finished, since it didn't seem you were done with two of them:

I was filled with joy when I entered your house. OMG - it's a pirate bar. And a really well made one too! Seriously, I love it and have never seen anything like it before! It seems so realistic, the colors are great and I love how you kept it simplistic and didn't go overboard (no pun intended) on the pirate themed stuff.

The room upstairs is also very well organized; I like how you got a lot of vegetation and extra points for the cat playing the harp.

The room to the left has a really cozy feel to it! The colors are well organized and I love the fireplace (a really underrated item).

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Best. Room. Ever.

Overall: Your town is so cozy! not a single part of it is boring and I had real fun visiting it! Thank you :3

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I love your path, first of all. There aren't a lot of simple ones that look so pretty and neat on the edges. And wowie, the bamboo lined path to your house looks really cool. I see you have two open areas right behind your townhall; maybe put two fountains and some greenery there? As for the empty space in the upper right corner, I would probably go with pretty flower arrangements and maybe a bench or two. You could also try to make flower arrangement that spell words. I don't think I've seen that in any town yet!

Overall, really cool looking town! I can tell a lot of time and thought went into it already.

Edit: and I love your house. Everything about it.

Thank you :D yeah, those empty areas are a pain, thanks for the tips! I'll be experimenting a bit with them!
 
Thank you so much for the constructive feedback! Haha, I'm glad you enjoyed the pirate bar so much; I'm hoping to make the other unfinished rooms (I'm glad you realised they weren't done xD) into original projects, as well!

Omg, you're so right about the color clash between the Town Hall, Flower Clock and pink tulips.. I knew something was off about that area. I think I'm going to replace the pink tulips and possibly change the town hall's design. Thanks for that!
 
Check out my town! 4700-2677-2616. I don't have many trees because I'm remodeling and the only trees I'm keeping are in the "Lost Woods" as I like to call it by Saria's house.
 
~The dreamy town of MuteCity~

Just a heads up on this one: I have no tips whatsoever. This town was awesome and exactly in my taste and I can't come up with anything to make it better (maybe it hit so many of my soft spots that I'm totally blinded) so this will just be me going on about everything that I liked with this town. I'm sorry.

I LOVE this town! It's inspirational, calming, natural, creative, simple and beautiful. The pathways are simple, easy to follow and have a great layout and function in the town. The cedar trees, mushrooms and the flowers give a great forest-y feel to it. It's a big bonus that it is a night-dream town and it also have my favorite hourly music AND a meteor shower! It's all very magical!

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The PWPs are cleverly placed and the many lights make it look awesome at night. I have been very skeptic to the modern PWPs and upgrades before, but you really made it work, I mean really. The town hall looks stunning and doesn't disturb the natural town-feel at all. And the "Don't forget your here forever"-sign by the station made my laugh (something I say out loud every time my villagers want to move)

The houses are well designed, simple and the rooms have "functions" most of the time. There are also really funny rooms, like the "UGLY"-room wich I liked a lot :D The room with the sweets items was well put together and wasn't crowded (which is actually quite common with the sweet set). My favorite is actually the bathroom, it's not often you see a simplistic, well designed bathroom that isn't too much... random stuff xD

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Also cats.

Thank you for posting your dream address! I love your town, and I'll be visiting again in the future :'D
 
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aha thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it! There are still minor things I need to update in my town but who knows when I'll actually get around to them.

As for your town the others said it better than I can. But you could fill a lot more space in your town with extra character homes seeing as you only have one. Might take effort/bells to make them look good but it's just a thought.
 
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~The dreamy town of BlueLake~

You have great flower placement and makes the paths pop out! The paths are well thought out and easy to follow. I like the peach trees by Pancettis house are really cute. Overall though, your town has a lot of empty areas. Try using trees to make it less so, and spread out the PWPs and try to make those empty areas into landmarks and connect the path-system to them. The areas you have concentrated on are really nice, I really like the residential area that leads up to your house and the heart near the lighthouse. Also the sign and the apple orchard around the cafe, they are really cute :3

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The main house also seem a bit empty, but it seems you have good themes that you've begun working on so I'm sure it will be great :) The main room, the bathroom and the topfloor are all well put together and look really nice.
I really like the small house in the north part of the town, the interior is so pretty! You did a really god job with the colors.
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Symmetry!

Overall, your town needs some work done but it's shaping up to become a real pretty one :3

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aha thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it! There are still minor things I need to update in my town but who knows when I'll actually get around to them.

As for your town the others said it better than I can. But you could fill a lot more space in your town with extra character homes seeing as you only have one. Might take effort/bells to make them look good but it's just a thought.

Thanks for the feedback :3 I've actually been thinking about having a grumpy samurai in my town, maybe it's the right thing to do?

also, I'm way to tired to get something worth out of my brain right now, so I'll stop reviewing for today and I'll be back tomorrow! (sorry SuperSparky, I'll review your town with a rested brain first thing tomorrow!)
 
~The dreamy town of Viridian~

Your path is amazing! I love the simpistic pattern and it really fits in your town. Overall the path system flows well but at some places it's a bit confusing, but there seemed to be a plan with that. The placement of the flowers is great and the color arrangement makes every part of the town seem unique, I liked it a lot! Of course, the lack of trees is noticeable but when you get them in place the town will be even more pretty :3 My favorite area was by the town hall and the main house, it really seemed like the town's center and it was very well done :D

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As for the houses, I concentrated on the rooms that seemed finished. You really have a lot of rare sets (most of them complete from what I gathered) and the rooms themed with these sets are really well put together! I don't have much tips since it's pretty much flawless. Some sets, however, would look good combined with other sets, especially the pav? set (don't get me wrong it's one of my favorites) which looks a bit same-same by itself. I saw a thread about good things to combine it with on this forum, here's the link:http://www.belltreeforums.com/showt...e-series-items-look-good-with-the-Pave-series (personally I like to combine it with white/red items, especially from the weeding set :3)

My favorite room was the room with the sleek set and the totem poles :3 It's a nice combination that works great together

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Overall: Your town is a very cute, well organized town and it seemed like you put a lot of thought and heart into it :3 Thank you for letting me visiting!

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~The dreamy town of Startown~

WHOA, your flower placement :D It looks amazing! the color combinations are great and the whole town just flourishes! Great job! It feels like entering a jungle xD You have a good amount of trees and bamboos. I usually don't like one-by-one paths but it actually adds to the "jungle" feeling (which is good). The PWPs are great, I especially love the signs! And I love how you paid extra attention to the villagers houses and gave them specific flowers x3 Overall it's all great!

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also Bones was stalking me

I liked the main-room in the house! It had a lot of interesting stuff to look at, even if it was a bit chaotic! I didn't pay too much attention to the houses since they seemed to be a work in progress, but the sloppy set basement was great!

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You have a wonderful town, thank you for letting me visit :D

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Unfortunately, these are the only reviews I have time for today :C Feel free to leave your Dream address though and I will get back to you as soon as I can :) Also feel free to take a look at my town!
 
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