What is the worst town map?

[Licorice]

A town hall by the beach is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[Amy-chan]

A town hall by the beach is the first thing that comes to mind.

Is that even possible?

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

One really big and one really small beach drives me insane. Also rivers that dont cut the town perfectly in half.

 

[Licorice]

Is that even possible?

I've seen them fairly close.

 

[piske]

I remembered something else that I hate; when there is a strip of beach you can't get to unless you swim there ;A;

 

[Cheren]

This is such an interesting idea! I love it. Maybe keep us updated on how things progress? Good luck either way! I'd love to see what comes out of this.

Thanks! I really wasn't expecting people to be interested in something like this. It's going to be so bad you'll love it.

I've considered starting a Tumblr for my ACNL towns, I guess it wouldn't be a problem to post updates as I develop both of them. I just want people to consider that, while they can prefer their town to be a certain way, they can appreciate a well-made town with a layout they would never pick for themself. Like Amy-chan said, layouts don't matter much, it's how you decorate them.

 

[Zireael]

I just hate when rocks are in inconvenient places, especially when they're in a place where you're planning to put a path.

Yeah, this is really the only thing that irritates me. When I joined the AC community last year, I was surprised to see how selective people could be about town maps. It really opened my eyes to how many variants there are, rather surprising. I can't say I'd really be irritated by something like "lumpy cliffs" but I can see why some perfectionists would regard it as undesirable. I've never reset my town so I've always just accepted it for what it is, but looking at the criteria mentioned here in this thread, I can see specifics that would make a town a little more convenient. I have a split beach but it's never bothered me, I just use the longer stretch for fishing.

I can see why people would prefer things like Retail closer to the dock and their house nearby, but I'd personally favour aesthetic over convenience in that instance. I guess the biggest no-no for me would be the campgrounds being placed right next to a permanent PWP like the police station or campsite, that is unforgivable but also sad because we couldn't adjust that ourselves without restarting.

 

[clueleaf]

Yeah, it would be cool to see someone attempt to create the "worst" town and make it an attraction. Like make paths that look like you're walking on cow poop or something like that and litter the town with trash. Make the rooms as messy as possible. Dress the characters horribly. Thing like that.

This needs to happen ahahahaha
Someone can make a terrible town and share it with the world

 

[Butterstroke]

i've found this layout and i don't like it at all
*snip*

Geez, how does that guy even live?

 

[Cheren]

This needs to happen ahahahaha
Someone can make a terrible town and share it with the world

That's the plan.

 

[smolfriskeh]

When people have green grass patterns in the middle of their snow patterns/grass/cement/stone/beach... like why is there a perfectly shaped square of grass in that pile of snow/dirt?
When people download cool looking QR codes paths but they don't get the corners! I mean it's okay if the corner paths are on your other character and you haven't placed them yet, I completely understand! but if you aren't ever gonna put the corners there it just looks weird :c

Also when a bridge or rock is completely hidden behind a building

 

[Capeet]

Thanks! I really wasn't expecting people to be interested in something like this. It's going to be so bad you'll love it.

I've considered starting a Tumblr for my ACNL towns, I guess it wouldn't be a problem to post updates as I develop both of them. I just want people to consider that, while they can prefer their town to be a certain way, they can appreciate a well-made town with a layout they would never pick for themself. Like Amy-chan said, layouts don't matter much, it's how you decorate them.

Aw yeah, I really like that idea. I haven't seen anything similar being done before. It should be a lot of fun making that town! I'd love to try something like that too if I could consider resetting. If you end up making a tumblr, I'd love it if you could link it to me. I don't have one myself but I'd still love to pop by to see what's going on. Or if you ever make a dream address for your town!

 

[Corrie]

Town maps don't matter, it depends on how people individually decorate them. I hate pastel and pink towns, they're as cookie-cutter as towns can be.

Yeah I agree. Like, who DOESNT have a pink town nowadays? Doesnt even matter about maps cause with the same themes, they look the same.

 

[Spooky.]

Rivers that cramp the map, awful rock placement, bad town hall placement. I don't mind where re-tail and the plaza are so much, but for some reason, town hall -needs- to be in a decent spot for me.

 

[TheMisaMisa]

Super long and windy river that leaves a really thin and unusable stretch of land, more than 1 pond, too many rocks, ugly and unrealistic looking paths, pattern-less tree stumps, diagonal bridges (they make the path look super weird imo).

 

[Ninie]

Reading those posts, I think you all would hate my town. I have 6 ponds and love it. :X

I don't really like those symmetrical towns where it's only straight lines and closed paths all around the town. Sure it looks great on map but wandering there usually end up in a linear/guided visit. I like to explore a town and find unexpected features. Other stuff I dislike : perfect oranges. If only they changed the color scheme or just add gloss like the other perfect fruits. Naaah they had to shape it so it looks like an orange pear or sick butternut. (T_T And of course it's my town fruit...)

 

[Cheren]

Aw yeah, I really like that idea. I haven't seen anything similar being done before. It should be a lot of fun making that town! I'd love to try something like that too if I could consider resetting. If you end up making a tumblr, I'd love it if you could link it to me. I don't have one myself but I'd still love to pop by to see what's going on. Or if you ever make a dream address for your town!

I have two copies of the game. I bought the second one about a year ago because it was on sale for like $15, I've been thinking about what to do with it ever since lol. I can add you as a friend, and when I make the blog I'll post the link on your profile. :^)

 

[dizzy bone]

I actually love this idea! I sort of experienced this with my 2nd town tinytree - loved the fact that it was apples / red station / brown town hall so much that I overlooked the fact that my map felt sooo cramped because of the town plaza placement which was smack in the middle, so close to a small but bendy river that had awkward slivers of land on both sides. It limited my use of the larger pwps. A month into the game I felt like I was already out of pwp placement options, since I secured my 10 villagers early on and had to work around them. However, I landscaped the crap out of it and I love my map now because I tried my best to work with the awkward spaces. I also realized a small map fits my town name perfectly.

So to sum it up, in my next town the thing I'd definitely AVOID is a plaza smack in the middle of the map and close to a river. If im being picky i'd avoid a town with a lot of rocks. Id rather have 3 ponds than 20 rocks scattered everywhere.

 

[Tobiume]

the only thing I wish was different about my town was that the river wasn't so windy - 2 bridges feels like too little and 3 feels like too many.

otherwise I don't think anything makes a town all that bad.

 

[macaire]

I love your idea. Rocks are terrible. I hate them near paths and other attractions. And I hate the maps where the river goes too far up or too far down and leaves a little line of useless land there. Sadly I have that kind of map.