In March 2020, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a hit. Stuck in lockdown, it became the go-to hangout (and coping mechanism) for anyone with a Nintendo Switch, 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 was 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
“An entire murder-mystery… designed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons”
ISLAND 3
The Bayou
“This is the most perfect Bayou-equse swamp island I have ever seen in my life in this fucking game.”
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.
