Jeff's New Horizons Blog

I was surprised to see the Nooklings were selling a dead body in their shop today! Usually they just burn the bodies and dump the ashes in the ocean. 😛

Oh, sure, they may call it a rescue mannequin, but I know better. I bought it anyway, because I needed it for my catalog. And I may get hungry later.

At the plaza, I found K.K. Slider. I asked him for a random song, and he performed K.K. Groove for me and Admiral.

Up at the campsite, the robotic octopus Cephalobot was camping! He is one of the new villagers that appeared with version 2.0.

I always liked the look of him, but he looks even better in person! My town is full…and most of you may know how I don’t like forcing anyone out. However, I really wanted him, so I decided to at least check to see who he would potentially replace. As it turns out, he would have replaced Marina…so I told him no.

Part of the fun would have been to have the two octopi in town together; maybe they could even date. 😛 But I wasn’t willing to let Marina go just yet. However, there are a few villagers I would have let go…it just didn’t work out this time.

A bit later, I went out to Lottie’s Island. I checked out my restaurant, and the chef Lionel gave me a new cooking recipe! Even though it was one I already had (orange marmalade), it is pretty cool that you can get more recipes by speaking with the chef!

Over at Paradise Planning, I saw that I wasn’t forced to design a facility today (unlike yesterday). But I wanted to make the café anyway. Here’s a look at the exterior:

Inside, I used a lot of the diner furniture, customized in green/aquamarine. I also used the green retro flooring and black two-toned tile wall. I put my frog design on the diner neon clock. Thankfully, I didn’t have to design a kitchen this time.

For the name, I decided to call it the Froggy Diner. I really wanted to use froggy chairs, but they weren’t available for some reason (even though they are in my catalog). 🙁 I hired Tybalt and Bianca (two tigers) to join the staff, and we all took a celebratory photo.

Back at the office, Lottie paid me 25,000 Poki for my work. I enjoyed making the café more than I enjoyed making the restaurant yesterday.

That’s all I have for today. See you all next time, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

I headed up to Lottie’s Island to work a shift at Paradise Planning this morning. Lottie informed me that it was time to build two new facilities: a restaurant and a cafe. I decided on a restaurant first, so we headed out to the site and I customized the outside of the building.

Once I got inside, Lottie informed me that I can now used colored lighting–so I went with some purple lighting. I added two large imperial dining tables, several smaller tables, several stained-glass (ceiling) lights, a checkout counter, and a salad bar. For the wall and floor, I used a brown hallway wall and a rush tatami flooring.

I also had to design the kitchen, and I added a variety of kitchen appliances, sinks, a kitchen island, a deep fryer, and a fire extinguisher. I used a white-brick wall and restaurant-kitchen flooring in here.

If you’d like to see how it compares to the restaurant I designed in Happy Home Designer, you can see that here.

Once I was done, it was time to assign roles to the chef, apprentice, cashier, and employee positions. Here’s a look at the restaurant staff:

Lottie asked me to name the restaurant, and I decided to call it Animal Cuisine.

We went outside to take a celebratory photo for the grand opening. Bon appetit!

Back at the office, Lottie paid me 25,000 Poki for my work. She also said that she’ll treat us to dinner there sometime soon.

And back in town, Static sent me a skeleton in the mail. I’m assuming it was a threat of some sort. 😛

I found Gulliver washed up on the beach, so I dug up the five pieces of his communicator and returned them to him. He will send me a gift in the mail tomorrow. I’ll be back with another entry tomorrow, so I hope to see you then!

On Sunday, I found a large order of French fries at the campsite. It was Frita, who may make me hungry, but I didn’t place an order for her. 😉

I gathered up Wisp’s spirits for him, and he rewarded me with a wall shelf with bottles.

On Monday, Jolly Redd’s ship was in town. He didn’t have any art that I needed, but he did have this really cool standing shop sign!

There are a variety of things you can display on the sign, but I was more interested in displaying my patterns. It looks so much better than the plain wooden shop sign! I bought five of them to use in my castle.

Out on Lottie’s Island last night, the shop had a medieval building side for sale. It’s like a castle wall, but with a jail-bar window. That would make a good outer wall for a prison. I bought it, although I don’t plan on using it immediately. It’s always good to have things like this in storage (and in my catalog) just in case I end up getting another Rizzo someday. 😂

Today, Static tried to tell me that he was going to move out of town. He even asked me if his news “shocked” me. ⚡

But of course, I told him not to leave. Maybe making shocking threats is his outlet for his emotions, but I have the power to keep him grounded. 😉

Flick was in town, but I didn’t have any bugs to sell him…except for one wasp that I caught tonight (for 3,750 bells).

Believe it or not, the 2nd anniversary of New Horizons is coming up on Sunday! I won’t be having an anniversary party this year, but I will be posting my annual slideshow either Sunday or shortly after.

I’ll be back with another entry soon! I need to get back to designing more houses for Paradise Planning! The fate of my castle depends on it! 🏰