Hello! Firstly, I want to apologize for the long wait for our next post. I didn't really have motivation to post, but I'm here now! Today, I will be showing you how I made this really nice park area. With this, you could leave as is or expand it. Honestly, there's so much you could do with this. It certainly was relaxing to build this, as it's probably my favorite so far. Also, just an FYI, I kind of got way into making this that I forgot to take screenshots as I was making it, but it should be fine! The build isn't really difficult, so hopefully the walkthrough won't be confusing! Anyway, curious to know how I made it? Read below!
Build Information -
Before we get into HOW to recreate it, let's go over what you'll need, how much it'll cost you, the difficulty and the estimated time to complete this project...
This project is rated as "Easy"; there will be less hectivity, and the overall build isn't time consuming or stressful. It also does not use many items or much castle magic with a lot of advanced effects.
Items Needed:
Stepping Stones [x7] - 540 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Zhi Lan from the Housing Shop in Mooshu)
Purple Posies [x4] - 35 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Aubert Quickhammer from the Wizard City Housing Shop)
(Castle Magic) Magic Timer [x4] - 1,500 Gold, each (Can be bought from Babbage Basset in Marleybone)
(Castle Magic) Magic Reflector [x4] - 1,600 Gold, each (Can be bought from Babbage Basset in Marleybone)
(Castle Magic) Activate Reflector Treasure Card [x4] - 1,000 Gold, each (Can be bought from Babbage Basset in Marleybone)
(Castle Magic) Make Smaller Treasure Card (x4) - 1,000 Gold, each (Can be bought from Babbage Basset in Marleybone)
Hedge Row [x3] - 110 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Aubert Quickhammer from the Wizard City Housing Shop
Summer Tree [x2] - 875 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Zhi Lan from the Housing Shop in Mooshu)
Azteca Beetles [x2] - 10,500 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Old Man HueHue from Azteca)
Fancy Lamppost [x2] - 450 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Aubert Quickhammer from the Wizard City Housing Shop)
Cattle Fence [x2] - 5,250 Gold, each (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Old Man HueHue from Azteca)
Medium Fir Tree [x2] - 655 Gold (Can be bought from the Bazaar)
Park Bench [x1] - 325 Gold (Can be bought from the Bazaar)
Splendid Wysterian Fountain [x1] - 5,000 Gold (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Petunia Floribund from the Wysteria Housing Shop)
Optional Items (See Later):
Pet Bread Crumb [x8] - 500 Gold, per pack (Can be bought from the Crown Shop)
Dragonfly (or any insect/fairy pet) [x1] - X Gold
Tatami Floor Mat [x1] - 350 Gold (Can be bought from the Bazaar, or Zhi Lan from the Housing Shop in Mooshu)
Flat Wooden Platform [x1] - 1,750 Gold (Can be bought from the Crown Shop)
Estimated Gold Needed: 65,435 Gold (68,535+ Gold if use optional items) *item prices depend on vendor.
Total Time Spent: This project took me no more than 35-40 minutes.
The Process -
I really loved making this, as it's a cozy spot in my castle. Plus, very pretty too! With this, you could totally expand it, add more stuff, and just go crazy with it. If you wanted, you could exchange the park bench with one of the interactable benches! I didn't as I do not own but one and it is currently on another character being used. The creativity with this build is limitless.
To begin, take your Hedge Rows and align them like this. You will need to use advanced movement to get them in neat and seamless places. You can use more hedges, or even less, it all depends on your taste! But for this project, I used the three you see below.
Now, for this step, you can either place your Wysterian Fountain first, or take your Posies as seen in this example. Both items will require advanced movement, so just take your time and tackle one item at a time. For this example, rotate and place your posies around the fountain. Remember to enable relative movement (the icon under the star icon). Also, make sure that sensitivity is all the way down. Don't be afraid to reset items with the star icon if things get stuck! Keep in mind that I forgot to screenshot me creating it, so the build is already complete. I'm just showing the stages that I did it in. You can also place the fountain first, then do the hedges. Or the posies first, etc. It's up to you! I also moved the fountain back some so it's cozied up with the hedges. A lot of trial and error here!
Once you've done that, you should have something like this. You can go ahead and place your Bench if you'd like. Or, go ahead and place your Stepping Stones.
As you can see, this is how I placed the stepping stones. Feel free to take some creative liberty and place them the way you desire. Again, to get them aligned next to each other, use advanced movement! I also extended them outward, too, which you can see in later examples.
Okay, for this next segment, we will be working with the Lamppost, Medium Fir Tree, Summer Tree, and the Cattle Fences. First, place the fir trees at the end of the hedge. You will need to push them closer with advanced movement. Next, place your fence as close as you can to the fir tree, and use advanced movement to push it forward and slightly into the fir tree. You can opt out of this for personal taste, or even push it further into the tree. The fence is also slightly rotated diagonally. At the opposite end, do the same but with the Summer Tree. For the lamppost, I had to place it on the opposite side of the fence and then use advanced movement to push it onto the inside, and then adjust it to the middle of the fence.
This is optional, but I did decrease the size of the lampposts because they were slightly too big for my taste. I did this with the Magic Timer and Magic Reflector. First, place down both the timer and reflector. Click the timer and add your Activate Reflector TC. Make sure for the target to click the Reflector! Next, click the options for the timer and click "Timer Starts On", and disable "Repeat" or else the item will continuously grow smaller. Set the "On" time to 1 second, and the "Off" timer to 0. Go to your reflector and add the Make Smaller TC and select the lamppost. You will have to do this process again for the second lamp.
This is also optional, but considering the Beetles were very small when placed on the Hedge (just place them on the ground, then use advanced movement to lift them off of the ground and move them to the side and place them on the hedge; also trial and error), so I decided to make them larger. Do the same process as above for shrinking the Lamppost, however with the Make Larger TC instead!
The build is now complete! However, there is also an additional step. I added a dragonfly pet that flies around the fountain. I think it's such a cute detail, and adds a little bit of life. If you're curious on how to do this, continue reading!
Optional Step -
This part will be tricky, so just bear with me! Place down your Platform, and click the Tatami Mat. Now, use your cursor to not directly place, but hover over the platform. When you do this, you can create a kind of invisible floor. Use your scroll-wheel on your mouse to move the platform. Remember, do not place the mat just have it on your cursor like you're about to place it. This will help us place our Bread Crumbs in out of bounds areas. Now you could use advanced movement to place your crumbs in the air, but I find this a little easier and with less clicks. In the second photo, you can see how I moved it into the ground.
Once you've figured out how to move with the platform, let's get started! Move the platform towards the area where you want your bread crumbs to go. Once you've done that, you can actually "place" down the platform by right-clicking. This will make the tatami mat go away, but leave the platform! You can even exit the housing interface and it'll still be in the position you left it. If you leave your castle, it will go back to the ground where you first placed it. To move the platform again in this state, just click the tatami mat and place but don't actually put it down, and rotate it with your mouse on the platform. If you struggle with this, no worries. You can skip this entirely or look for video tutorials on YouTube.
Begin placing your bread crumbs! If you want them to go higher, you can then use advanced movement. You will have to use the platform to keep going up if you want the crumbs and pet to go/travel higher. I used my mouse with the platform on the fountain so I could go higher. It's so cool using this trick; you could create so many fun things!
As you can see here, I used advanced movement to make the second bread crumb higher. You can save some time by placing two crumbs on the platform and just use advanced movement to increase the height, instead of doing each crumb individually with the platform. Try to use as much distance as you can with the crumbs. You don't need to squish them all together. Your pet will move in line to the next crumb anyway.
When you're finished placing your crumbs, you should have something like this. It doesn't have to look like mine, though! Do any route you want!
For this next step we will be making our dragonfly actually fly! Click your first crumb, and click the icon that is shown in the first image. This will make you target the next crumb, make sure to do it in the order you want your pet to move to. Also be sure to link ALL crumbs; 1 to 2, 2 to 3, etc. Also make sure to link the last crumb back to 1 so they'll continue to cycle. Next, click the piggle with the textbox icon (make sure it's you first crumb selected). Choose your pet to link to the crumb, and head to the icon the second image shows. You want your pet to travel by walking, but if you want your pet to teleport that's fine too! For EVERY crumb, you need to select "Ignore Ground" and "Allow Branching". If you do not do this, they will stop at a certain point or not fly, as intended with this tutorial. You could also set pauses for certain crumbs, and make them dance for a bit, or other actions!
With all of that complete, your pet is now happily flying around your fountain, or whichever designation you assigned it to! So cute!
And that concludes this TWCC! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you use this project in some of your decorating. Thank you for reading, and I am super excited to continue this project. Until next time! If you'd like, you can join our Discord server to keep updated on when a new post will go live. You may also check our Twitter as we will be posting updates there too. (:
Final Product -
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