An Animal Crossing: New Horizons player has recreated the iconic setting from the game Stardew Valley in their own town in a spot-on tribute to the beloved farming sim. This is the latest in a long line of Animal Crossing creations - the game gives players a large amount of freedom when it comes to decorating their town, inspiring many fan recreations of famous locations from pop culture. Since its release in 2020, the game has sold over 32 million copies and is one of the best-selling Nintendo titles to date.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a game largely about creative expression - the player is given a whole island to build from the ground up, decorating it however they'd like. The game gives the player an extensive amount of items and tools to work with, as well as the ability to utilize custom-designed patterns to customize their island even further. Selling over 15 million copies, Stardew Valley is arguably one of the most popular farming sim games of all time. The player assumes the role of a protagonist who has abandoned their corporate job to run their grandfather's farm in the small town of Stardew Valley. Stardew Valley is filled with charming characters the players can get to know and even marry, alongside the normal tasks of a farming game like tending to crops and collecting resources.
Animal Crossing player acnh_kaylee shared their homage to the farming sim on Reddit this week, giving a complete tour of their town in a video. The recreation is truly astounding in its detail and scale - the entire island has copied the layout of Stardew Valley flawlessly, with everything from businesses to bridges perfectly lined up to where they are in the game. The player not only decorated the outside portions of their island, they also recreated the interiors of several homes and town buildings. The Stardew Valley museum is complete with artifacts, the iconic Hat Mouse can be found south of town, and Elliot's beachside home looks just as it does in-game. A clever use of items perfectly recreates the player's own barn as well, with scattered Decoy Duck and Piggy Bank items that make the farm come to life. The player even made their own bus system, utilizing a Mario Warp Pipe to simulate the bus ride to the Calico Desert.
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This recreation is truly impressive, especially when considering the lengths the player had to go through to create it all. This in-depth recreation likely included hours of ordering items, moving buildings and bridges, and finding accurate custom patterns. Additionally, the video shows redesigned Animal Crossing villager homes that have been made to look like Stardew Valley buildings, which players can only do in their town after completing the Animal Crossing DLC Happy Home Paradise. The player's knowledge shines through in the extensive amount of detail and thought they've put into their design.
While the Animal Crossing creative community is filled with players making impressive builds, it's rare to see one on this large of a scale. Not only does this impressive Stardew Valley island showcase the talents of the builder, it also exemplifies all the creative possibilities Animal Crossing: New Horizons gives its players. Stunning builds like this are undoubtedly inspiring to many players, and are a large part of why the game's community is still active almost two years after it release.
Source: acnh_kaylee/Reddit