I feel like building up some cliffs for layout ideas and decorating around RS would go amazing in a longplay - my brain always likes to complete area per area and then smile when I walk through the finished bits to the next thing I am working on hehe.
i love the long plays! maybe building up the landscaping or a space with a Japanese garden theme! the little red bridge, glowing moss boulders, and little waterscaping, and pink flowers.
I could totally see Raymond as the nerdy manager of the Botanical Garden, who keeps up with all the paperwork and is a complete nerd with plants and stuff. Just in case you are not motivated for a villager hunt in the future ^^' To the island overall, the only thing I'm mad about is that the name Calathea is gone now, which I really liked. But I'm happy that you could make the decision of just starting over instead of being stuck with it and burnt out about it for a long time, so I'm definitely not mad that the island itself was deleted. Especially since the overall concept is still there. As for the longplay, I'd be interested in the "official entrance" part, because that sounds really cool to me and I'm excited how it will turn out already.
Yeah, initially I thought about naming it Calathea again but my friend pointed out I might associate the name with struggles already, so maybe it would be better to rename it 🥺
One of the reasons I love watching your videos is because it’s so interesting to see other people’s creative process as they try to bring ideas out of their imagination and into the world. I don’t think you need to feel bad or apologize at all, because deleting the first island is just another step toward creating something new.
Even though your original botanical garden is "gone", I have watched your videos on RUclips for a while now, even for some of my inspo recently! We are our own worst critics sometimes and we pressure ourselves too hard, too often. Your videos and islands are great! Much love
Relieved you didn’t give up the Botanical theme - Calathea was inspiring so looking forward to seeing how your new island evolves. I like the idea of a botanical/horticultural college element ( small show gardens, crop testing areas etc) Good luck with the new project :)
I audibly gasped at the name Oleander, that’s the name of my town island that I made a year ago! ❤ it’s probably a little silly, but it just made me really happy. But anyway, I totally think a fresh start is the way to go. I’ve done that so many times too, I think just about all of us have at some point or another. Sometimes it’s the only way to get out of an island block, and to be able to continue playing the game. Oh! I do also have a flag idea if you’re ok with one as well. Since the main flower for Oleander is a green mum, I know this creator who has a cute green mum flag! They have a ton of amazing flag designs, I’ve used a few of them for my own islands. MA-6596-1839-3184, if I copied that correctly. That’s all from me! Oleander is looking great so far, so I’m totally excited to see where it’ll go from here! ^-^
Sometimes you just have to clear everything and have a fresh start!! Totally get that and support the decision. But the new version is looking super cute so far :') can't wait to see how you develop it in the future!!
Not mad AT ALL! I love the idea of pops of color sporadically, maybe you could do pops of color that match the villager or building or something that helps create distinct sections? The dark green vibes overall are so nice, my concern is that it’s too much of a color wash and that might be exacerbating the burnout, so maybe working in other colors could offset that. I would love to see a butterfly exhibit too, that would be a great reason to have an explosion of color. Excited for you! 🌸
If you can’t find the inspiration there’s no point in keeping the island. That said, i’m excited to see you try again! I always love to see how people decorate around RS so maybe that next if you find the inspo.
Please don’t apologize! I totally have been where you are and have needed to start over. I’m very excited for this island! For inspiration, the botanical garden near me has a lovely duck pond with a cafe overlooking the water, an old timey ice cream shop and a bandstand for musical entertainment on warm Summer evenings.
saw that lil caution sign and am hoping so hard that you use the poison garden idea i had a while ago!! this theme is so fun for me im so excited to see how you use plants and flowers creatively
my guilty pleasure are your restarting videos, because i love the proccess of you chooding the map and everything! is that available somewhere for this restart? 🥺
Sometimes we need to start fresh to find inspiration. There’s nothing wrong with that. But also, sometimes you’re very hard on yourself and let decision paralysis consume you. I’m the SAME way. So please don’t be so hard on yourself. You give your audience so much beautiful content and inspire us all. You’re juggling multiple concepts at a time and sometimes the brain says “hey give me a little break here”. 😂 I’m looking forward to you finding inspiration for this concept again on Oleander. The entrance looks amazing.
Am i mad? Absolutely not! I did steal your name and made my own forever island called calathea and im in love with it! So thank you for the name suggestion
Lovely! Sometimes we really do need to start afresh to gain momentum again, great idea. The decorating, particularly the dirt path under the flowers is so cute. You could totally have a “solar punk” themed area somewhere, like a recycling or water harvesting plant. Lex Play toured a solar punk island recently too!
I really appreciate you putting these videos out. when I first found your channel, I was super new to the game and super excited to make a beautiful island, but I really quickly got stuck in comparison and burnout and frustration with myself that I couldn't seem to do animal crossing "right". I've yet to finish an island and am considering abandoning my current one because I'm dreading opening the game and that's not good haha, so to see this side of your creative process is really really helpful and encouraging - creativity can be a bit messy sometimes, and idk I really appreciate you not just showing a highlight reel of your beautiful completed islands with none of the struggle
Oh yes, I totally get that! But definitely like you said - even if you just see the perfect parts, there were probably also hard parts and everyone struggled! 🥺 So it’s totally ok to have a hard time with it for a while or even also completely start over if that would feel better! 🥺
Newish follower here 🙋🏻♀️ totally biased.. no attachment to old island and very much looking forward to watching this island from the beginning ❤❤ love everything you create ❤
It makes me so happy that you did what was best for you and still decided to create this idea! I absolutely love the idea and am so glad you are trying again
F's in chat. RIP Calathea. You were beautiful while you existed, still love the research area idea! So very excited for Oleander though! Decorating in front of RS would be fun, or cliff building...not sure why I just associate cliffs with longplays lol. I think a cute idea would be a little seed/flower shop, using the flower cart as well as just dropped bags of seeds and starters and such. Maybe a tool/gyroid repair shop area would be neat too!
@@sparksby Oops, I meant The Garden Wagon! And maybe the Greenhouse too. Oh, and maybe a "pick your own" area...like those farms where you just pay a flat rate for a basket and pick as many (flower/fruit) as you can.
Our local botanical garden has a butterfly house, a children’s play area, and a community vegetable garden if you need build ideas. They also do bring your pet days for both cats and dogs (not the same day of course!)
something i wish was a feature is that we could expand our island and connect islands to our main island! like we could “buy” another island addition of the same size connected to our island and we would get like 5 more villagers or something, i think this would lead to more inspiration and less resets and losing your islands! :) (so excited for your new island tho!! 🩷)
i don't have a forever island yet, but i don't think i'll ever create one with the intention of keeping it forever. i feel like one day i will just end up with an island that i don't want to leave behind
I am so happy to see updates on the Botanical Garden Island. This is such an exciting idea and has so much potential. I really fell in love with it. I dont mind you restarted. The fresh map may make it easier to be creative, especially when the old map wasn't doing it for you.
I am still super excited about this theme and am just happy it didn't die alltogether hehe - looking forward to seeing more of this island coming along in the future and crossing my fingers that inspo stays put this time ^^
I personally like the start of this island a lot more than Calathea, it seems more like your style. I can't wait to watch the longplay video on this island 💕
I just did the same thing, restarted my forever island to do the same concept but with a clean slate… I’m so excited to see more of the lovely Oleander!!
Excited to see a new botanical play through. I’m thinking this is a theme I’d be inspired to get back on the game for, so I’m looking forward to future vids too 😍
Ooh I'm so excited about the new island!! It looks so pretty already and I love the flower colours . You do whatever you need to do, I'm happy if you're happy 😁❤
The botanical garden where I live has a corner that is a mock farm. I mention it in case you aren’t sure about what to do with your small garden area you have right now.
I get that 🥺 admittedly though sometimes the „having to“ document everything with my gameplay and process can kind of hinder me and not make me play at all because then I can never just sit on the sofa and play for myself 🥺 so in this case especially since I felt so stuck I just decided to do it in the moment 🤎
I’m a chronic restarter. I’ve played new horizons since its release and I’ve never completed an island despite countless attempts. Hoping 2024 is my year 😅
How DARE you! (JK jk) Honestly I'd love to see the campsite being turned into a like little glamping moment if you were planning on including it. If not, I'd love to see take two of that shrub garden cause that was just beautiful. I hope that restarting helps you get those creative juices flowing for this island. But no pressure if it doesn't. I'm excited for every island you do ❤
I really do, don’t I? 😂 I’m so behind on video stuff 😮💨 if you wanted to I upload my streams to my second channel sparksby archive and the entire process so far is there, but will definitely make a video about it! 🥰🤎
I am sorry that your island is not the reason for this comment. But I just started interiors on my island. And I have no idea how to use the glow in the dark stickers. do know what they are used for, but not sure how to use them.
@@sparksby HAHAHAHAH it explains how indecisive you are and how you change your mind on what you want to do because you want to do everything at once or just go to the next thing rather quickly !! that made me laugh, im a libra sun and moon so i relate to you at 100%, that what makes our charms!!!
Oop omg 😂😂 I’m a Cancer sun (emotional as heck), Libra moon (always want harmony and apparently always want to do everything at once lol - very true btw) and Virgo rising (perfectionist) 😂👀
@@sparksby HAHA thats what i figured out with watching your videos haha. im watching your kalon's lets play series while working on my island at the moment and i could relate to you a lot haha as a fellow libra!
I think it’s great you deleted the old version, since it sounds like it would have been more trouble than it was worth to make it into what you wanted! The new one is looking awesome, and it sounds like you’re much happier with it 😊🌱🪴
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What longplay would you like to see next? 🤎🥲
I feel like building up some cliffs for layout ideas and decorating around RS would go amazing in a longplay - my brain always likes to complete area per area and then smile when I walk through the finished bits to the next thing I am working on hehe.
I agree with @aleragames , I feel building more areas and the elevated path will help fill in the map and hopefully keep you motivated
Anything really, loved the longplay videos 😍
i love the long plays! maybe building up the landscaping or a space with a Japanese garden theme! the little red bridge, glowing moss boulders, and little waterscaping, and pink flowers.
I could totally see Raymond as the nerdy manager of the Botanical Garden, who keeps up with all the paperwork and is a complete nerd with plants and stuff. Just in case you are not motivated for a villager hunt in the future ^^'
To the island overall, the only thing I'm mad about is that the name Calathea is gone now, which I really liked. But I'm happy that you could make the decision of just starting over instead of being stuck with it and burnt out about it for a long time, so I'm definitely not mad that the island itself was deleted. Especially since the overall concept is still there.
As for the longplay, I'd be interested in the "official entrance" part, because that sounds really cool to me and I'm excited how it will turn out already.
Yeah, initially I thought about naming it Calathea again but my friend pointed out I might associate the name with struggles already, so maybe it would be better to rename it 🥺
One of the reasons I love watching your videos is because it’s so interesting to see other people’s creative process as they try to bring ideas out of their imagination and into the world. I don’t think you need to feel bad or apologize at all, because deleting the first island is just another step toward creating something new.
Even though your original botanical garden is "gone", I have watched your videos on RUclips for a while now, even for some of my inspo recently! We are our own worst critics sometimes and we pressure ourselves too hard, too often. Your videos and islands are great! Much love
Thank you for the encouraging words 🤎
Relieved you didn’t give up the Botanical theme - Calathea was inspiring so looking forward to seeing how your new island evolves. I like the idea of a botanical/horticultural college element ( small show gardens, crop testing areas etc)
Good luck with the new project :)
I audibly gasped at the name Oleander, that’s the name of my town island that I made a year ago! ❤ it’s probably a little silly, but it just made me really happy.
But anyway, I totally think a fresh start is the way to go. I’ve done that so many times too, I think just about all of us have at some point or another. Sometimes it’s the only way to get out of an island block, and to be able to continue playing the game.
Oh! I do also have a flag idea if you’re ok with one as well. Since the main flower for Oleander is a green mum, I know this creator who has a cute green mum flag! They have a ton of amazing flag designs, I’ve used a few of them for my own islands.
MA-6596-1839-3184, if I copied that correctly.
That’s all from me! Oleander is looking great so far, so I’m totally excited to see where it’ll go from here! ^-^
Sometimes you just have to clear everything and have a fresh start!! Totally get that and support the decision. But the new version is looking super cute so far :') can't wait to see how you develop it in the future!!
Thank you! 🥰 it’s like ripping out the page you scribbled on to start fresh! 🥹
@@sparksby Of course!! And wow that's literally the perfect analogy-- love that!!
Not mad AT ALL! I love the idea of pops of color sporadically, maybe you could do pops of color that match the villager or building or something that helps create distinct sections? The dark green vibes overall are so nice, my concern is that it’s too much of a color wash and that might be exacerbating the burnout, so maybe working in other colors could offset that. I would love to see a butterfly exhibit too, that would be a great reason to have an explosion of color. Excited for you! 🌸
If you can’t find the inspiration there’s no point in keeping the island. That said, i’m excited to see you try again! I always love to see how people decorate around RS so maybe that next if you find the inspo.
A few people have said the RS, so we might try that! I'm excited! ☺
Please don’t apologize! I totally have been where you are and have needed to start over. I’m very excited for this island! For inspiration, the botanical garden near me has a lovely duck pond with a cafe overlooking the water, an old timey ice cream shop and a bandstand for musical entertainment on warm Summer evenings.
saw that lil caution sign and am hoping so hard that you use the poison garden idea i had a while ago!! this theme is so fun for me im so excited to see how you use plants and flowers creatively
my guilty pleasure are your restarting videos, because i love the proccess of you chooding the map and everything! is that available somewhere for this restart? 🥺
Not for this one I’m afraid 🥺 I have some other island adventures I still need to edit though! 👀🤭
@@sparksby my notifications are ON so i wont miss anything!! 🤩🤩
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Sometimes we need to start fresh to find inspiration. There’s nothing wrong with that.
But also, sometimes you’re very hard on yourself and let decision paralysis consume you. I’m the SAME way.
So please don’t be so hard on yourself. You give your audience so much beautiful content and inspire us all. You’re juggling multiple concepts at a time and sometimes the brain says “hey give me a little break here”. 😂
I’m looking forward to you finding inspiration for this concept again on Oleander. The entrance looks amazing.
i think this theme is probably the one that inspires me the most, so i'm looking forward to whatever content you put out for Oleander!
Am i mad? Absolutely not! I did steal your name and made my own forever island called calathea and im in love with it! So thank you for the name suggestion
Lovely! Sometimes we really do need to start afresh to gain momentum again, great idea. The decorating, particularly the dirt path under the flowers is so cute. You could totally have a “solar punk” themed area somewhere, like a recycling or water harvesting plant. Lex Play toured a solar punk island recently too!
LOVE this theme! RIP Calathea... but sometimes starting fresh is the best way to fire up your creativity again!
I really appreciate you putting these videos out. when I first found your channel, I was super new to the game and super excited to make a beautiful island, but I really quickly got stuck in comparison and burnout and frustration with myself that I couldn't seem to do animal crossing "right". I've yet to finish an island and am considering abandoning my current one because I'm dreading opening the game and that's not good haha, so to see this side of your creative process is really really helpful and encouraging - creativity can be a bit messy sometimes, and idk I really appreciate you not just showing a highlight reel of your beautiful completed islands with none of the struggle
Oh yes, I totally get that! But definitely like you said - even if you just see the perfect parts, there were probably also hard parts and everyone struggled! 🥺
So it’s totally ok to have a hard time with it for a while or even also completely start over if that would feel better! 🥺
I’m excited about this island. I love the botanical garden idea.
I'm excited to see what you come up with on your island re-do!
Newish follower here 🙋🏻♀️ totally biased.. no attachment to old island and very much looking forward to watching this island from the beginning ❤❤ love everything you create ❤
Hehe yaay! Thank you! 🥰
The way my jaw dropped when I heard that RIGHT at the beginning
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It makes me so happy that you did what was best for you and still decided to create this idea! I absolutely love the idea and am so glad you are trying again
F's in chat. RIP Calathea. You were beautiful while you existed, still love the research area idea! So very excited for Oleander though! Decorating in front of RS would be fun, or cliff building...not sure why I just associate cliffs with longplays lol. I think a cute idea would be a little seed/flower shop, using the flower cart as well as just dropped bags of seeds and starters and such. Maybe a tool/gyroid repair shop area would be neat too!
Hehe 🤭 I’ve read RS a few times I think, so maybe that’ll happen! 🥰
Which flower cart do you mean? 🥰
@@sparksby Oops, I meant The Garden Wagon! And maybe the Greenhouse too. Oh, and maybe a "pick your own" area...like those farms where you just pay a flat rate for a basket and pick as many (flower/fruit) as you can.
Our local botanical garden has a butterfly house, a children’s play area, and a community vegetable garden if you need build ideas. They also do bring your pet days for both cats and dogs (not the same day of course!)
Oh those sound amazing! I definitely see something with butterflies, definitely wrote all these down in my Notion, thank you!
something i wish was a feature is that we could expand our island and connect islands to our main island!
like we could “buy” another island addition of the same size connected to our island and we would get like 5 more villagers or something, i think this would lead to more inspiration and less resets and losing your islands! :)
(so excited for your new island tho!! 🩷)
i don't have a forever island yet, but i don't think i'll ever create one with the intention of keeping it forever. i feel like one day i will just end up with an island that i don't want to leave behind
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I am so happy to see updates on the Botanical Garden Island. This is such an exciting idea and has so much potential. I really fell in love with it. I dont mind you restarted. The fresh map may make it easier to be creative, especially when the old map wasn't doing it for you.
I am still super excited about this theme and am just happy it didn't die alltogether hehe - looking forward to seeing more of this island coming along in the future and crossing my fingers that inspo stays put this time ^^
Defintely not mad at ya! I just want you to have fun and be inspired!
Do what makes you most inspired even if that means restarting! Excited to see what’s next
I personally like the start of this island a lot more than Calathea, it seems more like your style. I can't wait to watch the longplay video on this island 💕
I just did the same thing, restarted my forever island to do the same concept but with a clean slate… I’m so excited to see more of the lovely Oleander!!
Good luck to you as well! 😍
@@sparksby thank you so much! 🥰
Excited to see a new botanical play through. I’m thinking this is a theme I’d be inspired to get back on the game for, so I’m looking forward to future vids too 😍
Ooh I'm so excited about the new island!! It looks so pretty already and I love the flower colours . You do whatever you need to do, I'm happy if you're happy 😁❤
The botanical garden where I live has a corner that is a mock farm. I mention it in case you aren’t sure about what to do with your small garden area you have right now.
I totally think that you should keep Julia for the island. I think she could have a really cute and overgrown pet store with bird cages etc.
Aw man, I was looking forward to the completion of this one lol. Best to do what you enjoy nonetheless! I chronically restart so totally understand.
Yayy! a fresh start! do your best and I hope to see more of this
I’ve managed to work on a bit more in a new long play! 🤞🏻🥹
I’m a bit sad we didn’t see the beginning of your journey with this new island. It’s always fun to watch people play from the beginning
I get that 🥺 admittedly though sometimes the „having to“ document everything with my gameplay and process can kind of hinder me and not make me play at all because then I can never just sit on the sofa and play for myself 🥺 so in this case especially since I felt so stuck I just decided to do it in the moment 🤎
loved this video Malin! keep up the good work!
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I just love this ❤ keep doing what feels good to u 😁
Sometimes you just need to start over and that's completely okay!
so excited to see more Oleander videos❤
i'm in for a longplay on oleander ;) love it ;)
I’m a chronic restarter. I’ve played new horizons since its release and I’ve never completed an island despite countless attempts. Hoping 2024 is my year 😅
How DARE you! (JK jk) Honestly I'd love to see the campsite being turned into a like little glamping moment if you were planning on including it. If not, I'd love to see take two of that shrub garden cause that was just beautiful. I hope that restarting helps you get those creative juices flowing for this island. But no pressure if it doesn't. I'm excited for every island you do ❤
I'm going to wait for the DA for this one before I get too invested lol
Longplayyyyy !!!!! Yayyyy !!! 🥳
You had me at Ozzie. Cutest boy!
"A double FLOWER, NOO!" "How dare YOU!" lol
You should try and do a massive green house :D
If your happy I'm happy❤
you have a whole damn website?? it's so well made too😭 you need to make a video about kaffchen because what is that?
I really do, don’t I? 😂 I’m so behind on video stuff 😮💨 if you wanted to I upload my streams to my second channel sparksby archive and the entire process so far is there, but will definitely make a video about it! 🥰🤎
I am sorry that your island is not the reason for this comment. But I just started interiors on my island. And I have no idea how to use the glow in the dark stickers. do know what they are used for, but not sure how to use them.
how do you get your items for your island!
do you have any libra placements in your birth chart?
also good luck on what's next, we'll watch anyway!!
I do 👀 why do you ask? 😂 does it explain my overthinking? 😬
@@sparksby HAHAHAHAH it explains how indecisive you are and how you change your mind on what you want to do because you want to do everything at once or just go to the next thing rather quickly !! that made me laugh, im a libra sun and moon so i relate to you at 100%, that what makes our charms!!!
Oop omg 😂😂 I’m a Cancer sun (emotional as heck), Libra moon (always want harmony and apparently always want to do everything at once lol - very true btw) and Virgo rising (perfectionist) 😂👀
@@sparksby HAHA thats what i figured out with watching your videos haha. im watching your kalon's lets play series while working on my island at the moment and i could relate to you a lot haha as a fellow libra!
I'm virgo rising too, so I hear you 😂 my husband is Libra and hard to make decisions and overthinks things. X
When you're blocked... No much that can be done :/
Wie ich dich kenne wird die Insel wunderschön. 🙂
Nooooooooo 😢
What should i name my character and island on ac im going to restart🥲🥲 i got inspo for the theme from your garden islands!❤❤
I think it’s great you deleted the old version, since it sounds like it would have been more trouble than it was worth to make it into what you wanted! The new one is looking awesome, and it sounds like you’re much happier with it 😊🌱🪴