what do you look for in a new map?

[carp]

i look for a very small upper part of town, very straight river, and i don't care about the number of ponds.

Spoiler: my map

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[Starlight]

i was looking for this very specific river shape, a center plaza, and town hall/retail on the upper part of town. also triangle grass and peaches/apples (i got peaches!!)
it has a couple too many ponds and rocks for me but, i'm trying to work around them



this is my map, its only about a week old but i love it

 

[wolfie1]

i was looking for this very specific river shape, a center plaza, and town hall/retail on the upper part of town. also triangle grass and peaches/apples (i got peaches!!)
it has a couple too many ponds and rocks for me but, i'm trying to work around them

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this is my map, its only about a week old but i love it

The river shape you have looks exactly like mine, but my plaza is where your town hall is, my Re-Tail is where your plaza is and my town hall is somewhat close to where your Re-Tail is. I also wish I didn't have that many ponds, but I've been able to work around it, so I'm happy with my town.

 

[Annika.]

Ocean on the right side, two beaches, river ending downside. Just like the map Starlight posted. But the small part of the beach would bother me. The big part of the river needs to be a corner of the river, and the river should not have a dead pixel on the map.

Brown train station is my favorite but not the most important thing. Town Hall is easily changed so idc.
The beach entrance should be to the bottom not to the right.
Town fruit is pear preferred, but in the end that doesn't matter either.

After that it just matters to me if I can lay down a path nicely and no rocks are in the way. My current map is the first one where I didn't have any problem while laying down my path. I have no idea where to place my caf? and I'm afraid to mess it up and then be uncomfortable with my map. >_<

This is my current map. The path aligns nicely between my house and my Re-Tail, everything works well.

 

[Licorice]

For me I have to have re-tail in the southern part of town and this beach ramp:

(not my pic)

Everything else is irrelevant. I prefer town hall and the plaza to be in the northern part up against the train tracks but it's not mandatory.

 

[Cudon]

It depends on what I'm planning to do with the town. With Neovi I looked for a big long strip of land that I could put all the 10 villagers into a village formation for an example.
Generally though I'm pretty nonspecific about the other things, although I do prefer having triangle grass, a northern re-tail, and whatever fruit I haven't used yet. Also avoid rivers and stones like the plague.

That straight river looks really nice actually, never had a fully straight one thinking about it.

 

[Skyfall]

I personally dont like a lot of ponds. I didnt pay too much attention in the beginning and my town has a lot. It makes the town feel very crowded. I like retail high up in the town so that when i do trades, its easily accessible from the train station.

But other than that, i dont care about anything else.

 

[crossinganimal]

I want my town to have a blue train station and a blue or black townhall. Oranges would be best too. I once had a perfect map but the cherries bugged me so much that I resetted again (I don't like cherries lol). I also resetted once or twice because I disliked all the starter villagers. I like straight rivers and always look for one that I didn't have before, because it would be too boring otherwise.

 

[Squidward]

I look for any fruit besides cherries. I also like it when the river is really wavy!

 

[Acnl_starfall]

i was looking for this very specific river shape, a center plaza, and town hall/retail on the upper part of town. also triangle grass and peaches/apples (i got peaches!!)
it has a couple too many ponds and rocks for me but, i'm trying to work around them

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this is my map, its only about a week old but i love it

I like things like this but I would like the plaza were your house is

 

[StrawberryCream]

usually I like the train station either centered or by the tracks, I'd prefer Re-Tail to be by the tracks but if it's not that doesn't bother me & town hall location doesn't bother me.
also, the side of the beach isn't very significant to me, either side is fine.

 

[Lucie]

In my town Dewdrop (which I was extremely picky with the map) I wanted to have either apples, cherries, or oranges as the native fruit. I also wanted the south beach ramp to be aligned with the dock and retail close by as I bug hunt as my main way to make bells. I also wanted my town plaza to be somewhere near the middle of the map and after resetting about 7-8 times I finally got all of them! I really like the map for Dewdrop (I'll add a map maybe later) With Sprite I wasn't as picky so it's a lot of river but I still think it's very spacious (which I love in towns). I'm not picky at all with grass shape because I feel that's being way too nitpicky and I'd never be satisfied if I also included that. Also, another requirement for me is that the beach must be facing west. I'm right handed and for some reason I just feel that that's the only way I can fish properly.

 

[AkaneDeath]

No skinny strips of land, south facing waterfall, river flowing east, the retail to be far from the town hall

 

[helloxcutiee]

I have to have 2 separate beaches no private beach for me. Plaza has to be in the middle, it's a must. Re-tail has to be at the top of the map. I would prefer triangle grass but my current town has squares which is my least favorite. I really hate squares.


Current town map:

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Previous town map:

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My current town map isn't actually that current. It was taken a month ago so most villagers moved out so I can replace them with my dreamies.