Launching in March 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons became popular as“irl” hangout during lockdown, and now has over 47 mil players worldwide. The game is basically this: you live on an island with talking animals. And you can decorate it anyway you like. With over 1500 items (and the ability to customize them with your own pixel art), a community of creators were born—squeezing every in-game possibility to create worlds unrecognizable as the original game. These are some of mine:
ISLAND 1
BodyIsland
“Weird Idea Executed Flawlessly — Animal Crossing: New Horizons Fans Left Stunned After Seeing a Human Anatomy-Themed Dream Island”
“I hate this island.”
ISLAND 2
Nook Noir
“Animal Crossing Player Creates Impressive Murder Mystery-Themed Island”
ISLAND 3
The Bayou
DISCORD SERVER
AC Code Academy
To teach others to make their own designs, I started the AC Code Academy Discord Server with tutorials, design advice, and a small community of other pixel art students.
