For a full experience, you could combine this with animalese! A library that makes animal crossing talking sounds in the browser.
https://github.com/jeff-hykin/animalese
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
Wait that is actually brilliant, great idea!
Multicomp 161 days ago [-]
I was just able to write a thank you letter to my sister for having me over to her house last night using this and having sent her that letter I leave very impressed.
I know she will enjoy it because we both have loved animal crossing since the original US version came out and we were given a copy in 2005.
Thank you for making such a delightful tool that both works with the nostalgia of those game consoles, yet has a much better UX for mobile phone use!
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
Thank you! Especially for noticing the mobile UI, I'm always the worst at those so I'm glad to see it worked out!
egypturnash 161 days ago [-]
Is dropping cr's on the floor when compressing it into a link deliberate or accidental? 'Save as image' keeps them.
This was really fun, and instantly brought me back to my island. The share message function is also super cute, but looking at the code, all the bottle messages seem to be preprogrammed in bottles.json?
I guess moderation would be a nightmare. Are the bottle messages actually stored or sent anywhere?
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And yes the messages are sent to me, no worries. Submitted messages are sent to an AWS API Gateway endpoint for rate limiting and then to me. I then manually commit the ones that are not rude and don't include identifying info/don't seem to have been submitted by mistake!
I have a couple of reasons for manually committing them rather than using a simple DynamoDB database or something. First, since I have to moderate through the messages manually anyways, it's about the same amount of effort tbh. Second, I wanted the messages to be available forever and having them committed allows for people to save them in the future should they wish to!
deadbabe 161 days ago [-]
The messages are suspiciously wholesome, I don’t think they are from other users at all.
0rangemang0 161 days ago [-]
Yeah all the messages you get are preprogrammed from a bottles.json file. At first I was pleasantly surprised at how wholesome the messages were..
viraptor 161 days ago [-]
An older version (and lots of other pixel-perfect customisable screens) is also available from the Death Generator: https://deathgenerator.com/#acww
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
Thank you for sharing that! I had originally started this project with the intention of making an editor for the "mail" from Pokémon G/S/C before I decided to focus on Animal Crossing instead. It's cool to know that I'm not the only one interested in that sort of thing, but shame that they never added the mail from that game.
kaeruct 161 days ago [-]
To be fair that's not the same at all. This one looks like the message boxes that appear during gameplay, while the submission is only about the letters you can send/receive in the game.
They complement each other nicely though.
siliconpotato 161 days ago [-]
stationary means not-moving
stationery means envelopes and letters and stuff. you can remember this as "E for envelope"
AndrewOMartin 160 days ago [-]
Funnily enough, I think this is because in Medieval times the most common state for traders and merchants was to be mobile and traveling. It was only the guys selling stuff to universities (like the medieval equivalents of ink, pens, paper, envelopes) who had such a valuable and regular customer that they could afford to set up a station[ae]ry shop!
Now I write it out sounds unbelievable, and I can't think of a reputable source, but I've been telling this story for years.
Podrod 160 days ago [-]
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catlifeonmars 161 days ago [-]
Does this make a mailed letter “nonstationary stationery”?
jagged-chisel 161 days ago [-]
Only while in transit. Otherwise, it’s stationary.
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
Oh thanks for the heads up, never knew that. Now to fix all the places I misspelled it...
echelon 161 days ago [-]
I irrationally abhor a lot of what Animal Crossing is. The aesthetic is really cute and charming, but it's the closest thing to a real work simulator I've played. It is at least partially responsible for making me aware that all game loops are essentially just busy work masquerading as dopamine and cognition sinks.
All of that said, I absolutely love what you've done here. I said all of that negative stuff in preface because what you've done is provided the missing element Nintendo is too afraid to -- other people! The fact that you're sharing these anonymous notes with other people is incredibly charming and it's what Animal Crossing desperately needed.
This looks incredibly slick too. Your design skills are top notch!
(The fact that Animal Crossing asks you to write letters to the dumbest NPC AI and gives you occasional token rewards is downright depressing. It's cookie clicker level stuff.)
IdreesInc 160 days ago [-]
Hello all! I posted this last week and didn't realize it would stay in the moderation queue for so long, so imagine my surprise when I started getting notified for so many messages today! Thanks for all of the lovely messages thrown into the sea, I've parsed through today's batch and pushed through the moderated ones. Hope you all continue to enjoy the project!
slonik 159 days ago [-]
The buzz is so well deserved – congratulations! I love it, such a fun project.
I know she will enjoy it because we both have loved animal crossing since the original US version came out and we were given a copy in 2005.
Thank you for making such a delightful tool that both works with the nostalgia of those game consoles, yet has a much better UX for mobile phone use!
https://acmail.idreesinc.com/#/share?card=Beach&start=BYUwng... vs https://bsky.app/profile/urnash.com/post/3lxmz6vpcy22g
I guess moderation would be a nightmare. Are the bottle messages actually stored or sent anywhere?
They complement each other nicely though.
stationery means envelopes and letters and stuff. you can remember this as "E for envelope"
Now I write it out sounds unbelievable, and I can't think of a reputable source, but I've been telling this story for years.
All of that said, I absolutely love what you've done here. I said all of that negative stuff in preface because what you've done is provided the missing element Nintendo is too afraid to -- other people! The fact that you're sharing these anonymous notes with other people is incredibly charming and it's what Animal Crossing desperately needed.
This looks incredibly slick too. Your design skills are top notch!
(The fact that Animal Crossing asks you to write letters to the dumbest NPC AI and gives you occasional token rewards is downright depressing. It's cookie clicker level stuff.)
https://youtu.be/8VbwWVvw-zI
In any case, thanks. I sent me sister a letter as she loves Animal Crossing