Not sure about all of y'all but I'm already planning ways to Terraform my island!
This feature is by far my favorite so far, I just hope it's as exciting as it appears to be.

Me & my Sister have already been discussing the ways we can change our island through Terraforming, How about y'all?

my friend and his bf share a switch so I told him they should make a river that runs straight through the middle of the town so they each get a side

I've been thinking about what I want to do, but there are so many possibilities that I don't even know where to begin! I think I'll need a good few months with the game before I start seriously planning. I've been thinking about potential weird layouts I might be able to get away with though, like making an excessive number of waterfalls, or bridging together a bunch of tiny islands. I'll need to know the limits of the game before I start doing anything like that though

I'm not thinking about this at all, since it looks somewhat likely that it won't be available for quite a while.

By the time we unlock Terraforming, we'll have a basic town layout already. Me & my family will share an island for now so development on our Island will be faster than a single person playing.

One idea to Terraform my island is make a double waterfall (Just think of stairs).

Remember 707: Anticipation is half the fun!

If the giant egg returns, Koholint.

Kidding. Sort of. I'm not naming my island Koholint, but I did float the idea of sticking a giant egg at the highest point just for fun when they showed you can place furniture outside.

If the Master Sword returns, definitely a lost woods-esque area tucked away somewhere.

No real plans yet, just fun little ideas. Like Chiyoko, will definitely explore and push things to find the limits!

I'm not sure really. In general I'm not very good at planning or organizing the layout of my town.

Honestly in some ways the ability to place furniture outside is scaring me because the inside of my house in New Leaf is more like a glorified storage facility than a home.

I'm hoping that they new ease of use features they introduce will encourage me to take a more proactive approach to laying out my town....and make it actually feel like a town.

Yeah, not everyone is into decorating. The New Horizons guide book would probably be a very helpful thing to get.

My plan is to terraform my island to have the entire town in the center of the map, and then have a giant waterfall surround it.  Like if there was a town at the center of Niagara falls

I definitely want to try a more organised approach for New Horizons though.

My house in New Leaf is a mess and the town itself just has flowers scattered haphazardly. It's kinda annoying to look at...

I like the idea of placing fences and paths, I guess I could use some of the official videos for inspiration.

i thought it was really weird how water just started gushing out of nowhere.. like, i guess sometimes a underground spring can start a stream, but it just didn't look natural. I'm planning on not changing anything lol

Mr_Zora_Decu
That sounds soo cool!

Only thing I could think of was possibly having my home on a "hill", or raised platform of earth. Otherwise the example given in the direct, for the new waterfall area was really cute.

I’m excited by the fact that you can make single tile width rivers (and jump across them!!) so I know I’ll be incorporating some lil streams scattered about!! I think I want to stick with my usual brand of a foresty style town, and I love the idea of having tiny ponds and creeks twisting and turning through the trees and undergrowth

LOTS of waterfalls and those little rivers you can jump across surrounded by lots of lush trees!!

I have too many ideas!!!!! I kinda feel like I have to have at least one waterfall area and I'll probably limit the ponds to 2 or 3. Auughhh!!! Who knows! I haven't even come up with a name for my island!

currently wondering if there's anything stopping us from doing a checkerboard pattern with water and land I feel like there's a game idea in there somewhere since you can hop over the small rivers

I want a crazy-waterlogged island with tiny pathways and impossible navigation. Because I'm crazy, IDK. I hope they don't limit the expansion of our rivers.

I plan on winging it. I have a group of people I'll visit and possibly gain inspiration from.

I can't wait to use the layout of my Wild World town and, using the terraforming tools, create a "HD Special Edition" version of my town layout from WW. It will be a burst of nostalgia and something to constantly work towards.

^ That's a really cool idea!

I'm not too sure what I'm going to do at the moment. I would like to see some inspiration first on Youtube/Tumblr and see how it goes from there.

The only thing I have set on doing is putting the Museum right by a wall and putting two little waterfalls on either side of the building! I want to show case the museum as much as possible with nature and parks

You know the upper level in New Leaf where all the shops are? I might create something like that in new horizons. Put the museum, the shops, & maybe a house or 2 on top of a cliff. Make it look like a small City.

Divide up the island into little slices using rivers to trap villagers and people without vaulting poles

From my concept of how a town could have been from my Crossing to the New Life series, I'll be condensing the lake to be smaller in size (rather than it being a full 2x2 acres) unless we can have walkways along with bridges, in which case I might just keep it the same size. That will reduce the amount of space available elswhere, but that shouldn't be much of a problem.

I really want to put my house up on a tall hill with waterfalls on each side! That way it'll look super grand and expensive!

After a few days of consideration I would like to create a heart-shaped pond or lake, with one waterfall on each side of the island. I am thinking of having a heart-themed island.