Nick RobinsonVerified account

Just tried to record a little AC: New Leaf video but didn’t get far because I spent like two hours just trying to get a perfect map layout

Perfect layout is, of course: - Short river - 1 - 2 ponds - Re-Tail near the dock - I like a private (no-ramp) beach - Lined-up houses

Lots of folks have questions about this stuff, and after two straight hours of resetting, I feel like an expert, so:

Rivers in your town layout are HUGELY variable. Some wind and form peninsulas. Some are straight shots. Some are diagonals.

A “short river” usually starts halfway on one side, turns 90 degrees once, then ends halfway on the other side, making a 1/4 landmass.

This, in and of itself, is a hard thing to guarantee. Most map layouts feature winding, long rivers that reduce total usable land.