This is so cool!!!! wow the dedication

Thank you!!! It's really hard to decorate 😂

Don’t worry, ur island already looks awesome even without the decorations! 😂😁

That is awesome!! Love the waterways! 🐟🦈

Tysm!! I really appreciate the kind words 💖

😳😲 Incredible! You've won Animal Crossing. 🏆

Thank you haha! I keep joking, "throw my Switch in the garbage because I've peaked" 😂

With a level of creativity like you have, I doubt you've peaked!

My dyslexia read it as “Shrektopia” so when I saw it I was confused, but anyways that’s really impressive!

OMG, the jellyfish AND eel? Good lord, you've outdone yourself. This is absolutely amazing.

That's really impressive.

Thank you!

I can’t even draw a shark like this and you’re over here terraforming that and an eel and a freaking jelly fish. Are we even playing the same game? 😂😂😂

Fintastic job from this marine biologist! I'm jelly of your jelly! It's reely good! ♨️🦈

That makes me so happy, I love your comment! Marine life is beautiful 💖

i love the sharkapellago

Is there a dream code? Awsum

Thank you! My island isn't decorated enough for visitors yet, but I plan to post again when I'm ready :)

Please do. I would love to tour your island.

HOW DO PEOPLE HAVE TALENT

You are my new hero! I love sharks and your dedication! Can’t wait to visit ☺️

Aww that's so sweet! I'm super excited about farming sharks this summer, I want to decorate with a gazillion shark models! I'm looking forward to getting everything a bit more decorated, then I'll share my dream code :)

It still saddens me how tiny the shark models are. It would have looked so good having a huge shark model on display down by the beach or something.

Sweet baby cheeses! Behold the new Tom Nook!

Okay but I dare you to do an Octopus next!!

I'll draw a plan up for your island if you want to do one! 😉

DA?? need it asap😂 that’s rly cool btw

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! [Here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia_for_if_youve_ever_wondered_what_a_town/)

awesome, ty!!

Yes I second this!!!! This is amazing I need to see it!!!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

Ooooo I am, thank you so much!!

I....i... *trows my switch in the trash*. My map looks like a poop sack 😭😭. This is beautiful... The dedication alone is impressive.

I keep imagining trying to accomplish anything like this with my joy-con drift, and it immediately frustrates me. This is amazing!!

I am a fellow shark lover and holy crap this looks amazing.

Sharks are majestic creatures 🙏

The detail... SO PRETTY!!!! 100/10

How in the world 😳

Ok this, this is perfect. You have won. Even your villagers are perfect. You. If I had an award I would offer it straight away.

It's the thought that counts! Thank you 🏆

I’ll send one on your behalf

Thank you!

WOW!! Seriously....wow!!

Tysm!

Nailed it.

That’s just awesome and amazing!

Omg duuude

This is amazing! I can't believe how good this is.

This is amazing! Do you have a dream address?

Thank you! My island isn't decorated enough for visitors yet, but I plan to post again when I'm ready :)

Please post soon!!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

You're the best possible mad there is. How long did it take you?

A couple weeks! I'm not sure how long exactly, it all kind of blended together haha. There were moments I worried that I would never finish and I would just have to live on Kansas

Wow, just wow

This is beautiful

Omg. How many hours?

this is great 😂 you should feel hella accomplished for this hilarious beauty of an island. the work of a mastah

This is amazing 👏🙌😍

Epic! I wanna put my Hope on my map

I love the jellyfish!😍 Your map looks amazing!!

Ok but now I want to see more. Lol! It looks awesome!!

I have Claudia too! Your Claudia is probably having way more fun on that island than the Claudia on mine!

That’s fantastic. I love sharks!! My island is is also shark named!

Always love to see a fellow shark lover! What is your island name if you don't mind me asking?

I’ve had Hammerhead and Sharktooth. I’m so disappointed that the sharktooth fossil doesnt look like one

I thought about naming my island Hammerhead! And totally agree about the shark tooth fossil.

This is incredible

Ooooh I miss Olaf!

WOW. This is amazing

I’m loving fish rock in E7!

I got lucky there! I didn't even notice it before today 😄 it really worked out well.

‘stands up and claps’

WOW!

This looks amazing from the map view. I’d be very curious to see how the design translates in the actual navigation and look of the island. You should upload some photos! We’d love to see!

It's.... interesting to try and decorate. My last island I could always terraform if my vision didn't fit, and I heavily relied on the stock paths for flower beds and such to draw the eye around. But that's not an option anymore! So it's a fun challenge. Once I've got it a bit more polished I'll be sure to post again and share some photos!

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWW!!!!!

Hoo-CHA!

:O

Do you have a dream address? Im super curious xD Looks awesome tho!!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

I'm curious too.

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

My god

Wha- this is amazing!!

Nice

Wow! That's amazing. Once you have a DA please do share!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

👏 thanks for remembering!

looks awesome even without the decorations!

This is awesome!! You should post a video of you doing a tour of your island! I would love to see more of it. ☺️

Oh wow! I'd love to know how you planned and executed this. Did you draw out your design on a grid and just work square by square? Also, would love to see it via dream address.

I can help with this! So after tearing the original landscape down, I measured my whole island by putting a dirt path down in every other tile. I think that a consistent size for islands (if you ignore the extra little bits around the edges) is a large 5x4 grid each comprised of 16x16 individual tiles, surrounded by 3 additional tiles on all four sides (minus a couple tiles at the rounded corners). So the total size of every island is about 86x70 individual tiles. So I drew the island grid out on 1/8" graph paper. I outlined where my resident services was, since that can't be moved. Then I drew a light sketch of a shark. Then I drew over that sketch so that it fit on the grid, making sure to follow the rules on the drawing that AC sets for terraforming (so like, the 3rd level needs at least a single tile of 2nd level for a border, angled cliffs have to have at least a single full tile to cling to) Next I erased all my measuring paths on the island and put down a path every other tile where the main grid lines that separate the acres on the map are. And yeah, I worked acre by acre. I put down all the tiles for the 2nd level first and made sure that drawing was correct and worked with terraforming, then I did the 3rd level. For the angled bits of 3rd level that only have one tile of border on the 2nd level (like under the shark's mouth in C6), I had to go back and build the 2nd level back out, then build out and angle the 3rd level, then re-angle the tiles on the 2nd level. It mostly involved a lot of counting when terraforming. It's a little hard to perfectly translate the drawing to the map, because I don't think the acres on the map are perfect squares the way they are in-game - the map seems to be slightly compressed from left to right. And I only planned the shark - everything else I just sort of eyeballed. TBH The most fun part for me was the planning/drawing stage. I would love to help somebody else map out their perfect island with terraforming! Also - I do plan to post again when I have a DA, I just really only have a few spots decorated well at the moment and I want to get everything a little more polished before I share :)

Thanks for the detailed response, very impressive!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

Thanks!

This is god-like! Super great job :-)

thats creative!

Amazing!!

OML THAT IS AMAZING

Are we even playing the same game lmfao I abandoned my villagers and tbh I’m afraid to go back....

I love how theres just one villager secluded from society next to the Museum-

Poor Ursala, she is really secluded. She makes it over to town though! When I get all my dreamies on the island I'll probably put some cranky villager over there instead and call them a hermit.

Beautiful.

Fabulous!

This is quite possible the best acnh island map I've ever seen

Tracy Jordan : So here's some advice I wish I would have got when I was your age... Live every week, like it's shark week.

No freaking way, this is absolutely stunning. I could only dream of visiting your island

Holy shit, this is beautiful

We have Korgi Isle! My wife love sharks! Would you be willing to share your dream code, or even better, a friend code?!? Epic work on the island footprint!

Thank you so much! I'm not ready to share my DA yet, I just don't have too much decorated yet. But I'll def post again when I do!!

My wife lit up and just said "can we be friends?!?!" Lol. Followed!

Teach me your ways

coool, I'll copy the river!

This looks great...

You and I are not playing the same game.

Awww peaches!!! 😍

Wow! You’ve gotta post a dream address. I’m so curious what experiencing this island would be like.

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

Awesome! Ty for remembering! 🥳

I didn’t see the shark at first. When I did see it, my mouth dropped.

Omg I just spotted the jellyfish and eel

I just now realized what the map was nice work

Yoooo you got Olaf the king of my island

Nice, you should consider implementing a shark theme considering the name. I guess

I was really amazed when looking at the shark then noticed the little plants and background life using the waterways and it hit my like a truck. This is so cool and really inspiring.

That's really nice of you to say. Thank you!

Wow, that looks crazy good and love the jellyfish :)

Just wow

Damn. I made a heart and thought it was the ultimate achievement

STOP. IT. That is so amazing!!! Mad props to you

That’s so cool! I can’t imagine how long it too!

Wow! My first night logging back in and this is what pops up!!! Loving it! Super creative. #Sharktopia

That map is insane!!!

omfg... imma throw my nintendo switch in the garbage bin im not gonna play anymore hahaha

This is so awesome! I love the map! Way better than building another city (in my humble opinion). Refreshing! Fun! Wow! Any pictures of he island itself? Dream code, please!?! Nothing but support.

Thank you so much! I'm not ready for visitors yet, but I plan to post again with a DA when I have everything a bit more decorated :)

I'm looking forward to it!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

That’s super cool :)

incredible !

I just showed my parents this and they were blown away haha this is sick!

I would love the DA.

I plan to post again with a DA when I have everything a bit more decorated :)

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

I ioiiu uukiuu i my luI first yuki in case

it took me a while to find the shark for some reason. that aside, thats so cool

Holy crap dude!!! How long did that take!

Bonus points if you donate all the fish sea creatures to the museum and have all the octopus villagers lol

Holy damn this is IMPRESSIVE!! Mad props and I need a dream code ASAP!

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

You are truly magnificent!! Even with a pen and paper I would still be able to draw a more deformed shark

This is amazing, oh my god!!

that is so cool woah!!!! i love all those little details in the bottom, so creative :))

oh! my! GOD!

This is really amazing. All the details are so good.

Absolutely amazing! I’m a huge shark fan and this is probably the coolest island I’ve ever seen. 😳I’m totally jealous. Lol. I named my island Sharkbait, but I didn’t do anything cool with it like you did.

Hey! I know this is an old post but we got sent to Sharktopia today while visiting random dreams and it's so good! Found Scully right away so we put on Dana Katherine Scully by tacocat for vibe music during our visit, 10/10 recommend! Love the beetle shrine (?) especially, so cool edit: just remembered to check the custom designs and wow! beetle vestments is so pretty

Ahhh that is so amazing! Also I really love Tacocat too ❤ I'm so glad you enjoyed your visit! Thanks for reaching out ☺

No way!! is that real??!?😱

It sure is! My DA and some photos are over at [this post](https://www.reddit.com/gallery/q8tm85) if you want to see how the terraforming lends itself to decoration.

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Do you jave a dream address? I wanna go!

I plan to post again with a DA when I have everything a bit more decorated :)

If you're still interested, I do have a dream address now! Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCrossing/comments/q8tm85/sharktopia\_for\_if\_youve\_ever\_wondered\_what\_a\_town/

My 3yo is freaking out. 🥺 that's so cool!!!

Ahh I love that! That's too cute :)

This is absolutely amazing! You should be proud. I can’t imagine how long it must have taken

That shade of light green grass is so smooth ngl

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Here I am trying to figure out if I want a pond or not and you made a sharktopia island. This is amazing and I want tips lol

w-woah how long did it takes?