Shari was visiting Rizzo today, and I couldn’t figure out why either of them would want to hang out with the other. 😛 Shari said that Rizzo kept grinning, as if he’s up to something! Yeah, you can’t trust that rat. 😛
When I ran into Hornsby, he looked all bundled up. But he said that Forest was the best-tasting island. He insisted that everything tastes great. Hornsby, you’re being weird again. How many times do I have to tell you to stop licking people?
Saharah was in town, and I bought a circuit-board flooring and a rice-paddy wall from her.
I made my final preparations and then posted on Twitter to see who was available. I opened my gate with a Dodo code. Samzyy, Bran, Logan, William (from Columbia), Meli, another William (from Kanto), and Max joined in. I led everyone over to the race course, where everyone put on a frog outfit. 🐸
I did not give everyone a run-through of the course, so the first run was blind. I told them the rules, which is basically just that they are free to move left or right; there are no assigned lanes. Just hop through the course, and then climb the wall at the end and turn on the shower first. Here is the video, showing two runs of the race.
William from Columbia won both times! Congrats, William!
It seems that most of them enjoyed the race, although several of them commented that it was too short. I wish I could make it bigger without sacrificing half my town to a multiplayer game that’s only going to be played occasionally, you know?
One of my dream requests, which I mentioned in a video before, is for a designated play area (perhaps on a barge) that could be used for homemade games and races, without taking up space in the town. That seems unlikely, so any future games or races I make will probably be limited to this stretch of land near Forest’s west coast. (Unless Nintendo eventually allows multiple islands per Switch, that is).
Anyway, this was my first time running the race with a full group of frogs. And I noticed some things that need to be fixed. One area (in the Frogger-like road part) had an path through the “cars” with no resistance…where frogs didn’t have to squeeze through. I ordered another throwback container, and I’m going to work on fixing that to make the race more balanced.
Before everyone unfrogged themselves, I had everyone fall into holes at the amusement park. I’ve been trying to do that for a long time, but the last few Friday Night Forests haven’t had a full house. And that’s why Wi-Fi Moments #6 didn’t start with falling into holes, like the first five episodes did. 😛
I told everyone they could shop, explore, or follow me for a tour. But William (from Kanto) left (or disconnected), Bran left, and everyone kinda scattered. 😂 So I ended up not giving a proper tour…but I’m getting to the point where I should be thinking about a video town tour sometime soon.
We talked a bit about the game update that’s coming next week. It’ll add swimming, diving, sea creatures, Pascal, a pirate version of Gulliver, and more.
Anyway, Ryan also joined in and we ran another race to show Ryan (it was just me, Ryan, and Samzyy). Samzyy won the race.
Not long after that, people started leaving…and others who already left returned. It was almost like a revolving door for a few minutes there, so I just ended the session. 😂 Thanks to all who came! I hope you enjoyed it. 🙂 I’ll be keeping the course up for a while, so we can probably do a race at every Friday Night Forest for a while…although there will not be a FNF this week.
Later on tonight, I was surprised when I caught a new fish. I thought it was Blinky! But it was just a barreleye. 🛢️👁️
And just for fun, here is Breezy’s cute froggy art she left on my bulletin board.
There may or may not an entry tomorrow. But there will be one on Saturday for the Bug-Off. Hope to see you soon! Have a toad-ally great day!