Squishy: Custom Events in Animal Crossing Switch - How it could work?

Back in September I went through some event ideas I had for the next Animal Crossing game. One thing that I briefly mentioned is giving players the ability to plan their own events by using a variety of different options. I'm going to talk about my ideas today!

How it would work?
In order to start planning your event you have to go speak to Isabelle in the Town Hall to get started (if the mayor role is still present). It would cost bells to start an event. From there you would have the ability to toggle with different options such as;

• Date and Time
• Venue
• Effects
• Music
• Name of Event
• Multiplayer Compatability

Date and Time
You would be able to hold the event on any day where there isn't already an event. There should be limits to how many events you can have per month or so but other than that your free to have one anytime you want.

Venue
Like I said in previous posts, I would love events to be hosted in places other than just a main plaza. The custom events is no exception! Places I considered include;

• Beach
• Random patch of grass somewhere
• Club LOL
• The Roost
• Plaza

The venue would be where the villagers hang around during the event. There dialogue could also be different depending on the venue.

Effects
Effects are basically the little extra things that are in events to make them feel more alive. Villagers could also react to these and talk about them. I call them "effects" because they aren't all weather related and some of these didn't fit in another option. The effects available would depend on Venue, Date and Time. You could have up to 2-3 of these (otherwise it would be madness). Effects consist of;

• Fireworks
• Confetti
• Picnic Areas
• K.K Performance
• Villager "participation" - Things like wearing hats, happy emotions, little games and other cute actions
• Items given out - This would be a bit complicated to do since this feature would either be too OP or rubbish. The best I could think of is having Isabelle give out little novelty characters like balloons and tweeters

Music

For music I have three different ideas. 

1. We could choose a K.K song to play in the background. This would be the easiest option since they are already in the game anyway. However, many K.K songs don't have much variety
2. We could choose music from past Animal Crossing games. One thing I noticed when doing research on previous Animal Crossing games is the variety of music. The Gamecube game in particular has awesome soundtrack
3. We could also have music from other Nintendo titles. They could be requested by villagers or you could find the CD in a fortune cookie type item (since the Switch doesn't have Play Coins).

Name of Event

This is pretty straightforward. You choose the name of the event. There could be some default options like "Happy Birthday" or "Congratulations", but there would be an option to type something yourself.

Multiplayer Compatibility

This was a weird option but it made sense after thinking about it. Some current New Leaf events can't be played during multiplayer (April Fool's for example). While others allow other character or even encourage it. Not everyone wants someone to get distracted by fireworks while doing a quick trade. It does make surprise parties easier!

So there you have it. Those were my ideas for how custom events would work in an Animal Crossing game. I would love to hear of anyone has some other (or better) ideas. Thank you for reading and I'll see you all next time!