Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last last night, I made a banana pattern (though I’m not totally satisfied with it), and I turned a stall into a banana stand. That’s a reference to Arrested Development (an old TV show that I love).

I worked on my obstacle course, and I realized I had a big problem. I needed fencing on the far left edge at one point, but that’s where the beach was. So I pretty much had to shift the entire course one space to the right. It was a time-consuming task, but it will allow me to make the changes I want to make. More on this later.

I earned the Cast Master achievement for catching 100 fish in a row without letting one get away. I was relieved to get it out of the way last night. Especially because there was a fish that did get away from me today! That would have ruined my streak if it had happened yesterday. 😛

In the mail, I received an annyeong tee that I ordered last night. Annyeong means hello in Korean, and Annyong is also the name of a character in Arrested Development. Technically, it’s not his name, but everyone calls him that. He would always say “annyong” (hello) when meeting someone new, so everyone thought he was stating his name.

Anyway, I got some good news from Tia today: She informed me that Hornsby is moving in! Hornsby is one of my favorites from way back many years ago in the GameCube game (in the early months of Forest). Even though I used an Amiibo card to get him in New Leaf, I’m happy to be getting him in New Horizons as well. 🙂

Label was at the plaza today, and she wanted me to wear a formal outfit. She gave me a collarless coat as an example of what she’s looking for, so I put it on and spoke to her again. And she was satisfied with that!

With Arrested Development on my mind (as I recently started re-watching the early seasons), I decided to make some dramatic changes to town: I want to have an Arrested Development themed section on my island. I moved my upper northeast waterfall to the west a bit, and it’s now horizontal instead of vertical.

I then carved out a valley: Sudden Valley. It’s obviously still a work in progress, but I have ideas to put a number of Arrested Development themed attractions here.

Here’s a look at the map, before and after. I know the new section is still pretty rough, but I will work on improving it over time.

I then went to work on my obstacle course more. The new course will have two water sections you’ll have to vault across, in addition to several climbing sections. So you will need to change tools multiple times. The new pillar-jumping area may have multiple ways you can go. 😉

I also made a new finish platform. Instead of ringing the bell to win, you’ll light up your tiki torch. This also eliminates the possibility of two players merging at the finish line, because each will have his/her own goal.

I have the layout pretty much done now, but it still needs some cosmetic changes to finish it completely. That includes some paths, fencing, and some water that will fill in some gaps between the pillars.

Just a couple of other notes from today:

• I decided to destroy the rock right in front of Nook’s Cranny. It was starting to annoy me, especially with the remodeled entrance being right there.
• Sable gave me another set of patterns to use when customizing furniture.

Hornsby moves in tomorrow, so I’ll be back with another entry then!

I received my flowery painting in the mail from “Jolly Redd’s Treasure Trawler” today. I rushed it over to the museum to donate it, and Blathers confirmed that it was a real painting. Here is its new permanent home in the museum.

At Able Sisters, Sable gave me some new patterned fabrics to use on custom furniture. I just haven’t taken a look at them yet. But while I was there, I bought this power helmet (and put it on).

Rizzo was trying to fish, but he wasn’t having any success. He admitted being ticked off by it, too. You can’t see it, but I was laughing inside my helmet. 😉

Louie taught me a new reaction, distress. It’s the one where you nervously sweat. I’m so good at it that I was able to sweat right through my helmet!

At one point, Midge was watching a bug and following it around. So I got my net out and caught it (a long locust). Midge applauded me, so I decided to give her the bug. She said she loved it! The whole thing just struck me as a cute moment. Just one of those trivial things that makes you smile. 🙂

Marcel’s former house plot was still available, and I’m honestly surprised a random villager hasn’t taken it already. But I made another trip to a mystery island, just in case I found someone good there. The island was the spiral one again–the third time I’ve been on it. Leonardo the tiger was the animal there.

I’m really not very familiar with him, but he seems pretty cool. However, I did not invite him to come to Forest. I swiped a bunch of red hyacinths and headed home.

I listened in a conversation between Rizzo and Claudia, and it was pretty amusing. Apparently Rizzo gave Claudia a yellow hyacinth, and she believed that to mean that Rizzo wants to be more than friends! 😂

Rizzo strongly denied it, but Claudia just thought he was being shy about his desires. 😀

It looks like Rizzo is stuck with Claudia now. 😂😂😂

I didn’t work on my obstacle course any today…at least not yet. I may or may not give it a try shortly after posting this entry. Have a good night, and I’ll see you all next time!

Here is my latest video:

The Nooklings’ shop has upgraded and reopened today! It went from being called Nook’s Cranny to… well… it’s still Nook’s Cranny.

Why isn’t it Nook ‘n’ Go now?? It doesn’t even have the longer hours of Nook ‘n’ Go; it’s still only open until 10 p.m. 🙁 It is bigger, though. The Nooklings now sell three larger furniture items, which sit back on a stage, basically. Two smaller items are up front. It seems like a lot of wasted space on the left side of the store.

In the cabinet, I saw that the Nooklings now sell timers. I bought one for potential online use; fish and bug-catching competitions are something we haven’t really done yet.

At the museum, the art exhibit has opened up! It’s big and empty, except for my serene painting. 😛

Up at Able Sisters, Sable gave me more patterned fabric to use on customized furniture. But I didn’t have any customizable furniture in my pockets, so I didn’t get to see the new patterns yet.

To my surprise, Redd was up on the mountain today! He invited me into his ship (help!) to take a look at some other items he had for sale. He had three paintings and one statue for sale, but he only allows me to buy one.

He also had a couple of furniture items for sale, but I was there for the art. I pretty much ruled out the scary painting being real, because it had a goofy-looking face. But of the others, I had no idea. I ended up buying the flowery painting, but I won’t know if it’s real or not until I get it in the mail tomorrow.

I found a lost item (a book) on the cliff, and Midge said it might belong to Shari. Sure enough, it was Shari’s book. She gave me a worker’s jacket to thank me for returning it.

When I visited Agent S, she was talking about some of my visitors from last night. She knew that they were jumping around with the vaulting pole! These villagers know too much! 😛

K.K. was playing outside of town hall, so I asked him for a sad song. He played K.K. Western for me and Louie. However, halfway through the performance, Shari snuck up behind K.K. to watch too.

I was relieved to see that the empty plot was still available. So I decided to purchase a Nook Miles Ticket and take a trip to a mystery island. Bea the dog was there.

I like Bea, but I didn’t invite her to move in. At least I didn’t pitfall her! 😛

When I returned to Forest, I started tearing down the finish line structure of my obstacle course. I’m going to rebuild it as far south as I can, and put a few new obstacles in between.

I definitely want a pond that racers will have to vault across. Forcing everyone to switch tools a couple times could make the races less predictable once someone gets out to a lead. If I can, I may also put in a lengthier pillar-jumping section as well. I don’t have a lot of space to work with, but I have some ideas in mind. 🙂

A couple minor notes about today:

• I attended both completion ceremonies for Nook’s Cranny and the museum art gallery.
• My fossil donations completed two dinosaurs, the megacerops and the iguanodon.

Have a great day, and I’ll see you next time! 🙂