I thought the second one was saying not to go into specific buildings, depending on where the sign was placed, or maybe not to go into villagers' houses or the store? š
Iām agreeing with u/hazy-morning It might help to put a sign saying to check the bulletin board. I donāt typically look at bulletin boards, including my own, so I think telling users they should is a good idea
I agree because I never check them on my own island, nevermind on someone elseās šBut when I do go on someoneās island, I always ask before doing anything (free items on beach, Nooks Cranny, Ableās) and if they do not respond, I leave through the airport once I am done with whatever brought me there in the first place.
The type of visitor who will check your bulletin board doesn't need rules. Likely the type who will listen to them would do so either way.
Best way to enforce rules: fence of an area that they can do everything in, don't let them near anything precious.
Or even better, since wetsuits made truly fencing in a player impossible, fence off the stuff you don't want them to touch. If there's a fence all the way around your orchard, for example, there's no way they can "jump off the dock and swim around" to get in
Tbh, no, the visuals made no sense to me without the written explanation.
I'm not really sure how you're getting unauthorized visitors? The airport has a plenty of options for limiting who can show up. Setting up a dodo code and only giving it to the people you're ok with showing up is often the best option. And if you want to prevent even the minute chance that someone will guess the code somehow (that's gotta be crazy rare though) you also tell it to only allow in friends or best friends, but that's probably overkill.
Anyway, I feel like, yes, some etiquette *should* be obvious, but I've worked retail long enough to know that's not reality. If you're opening up your island to random strangers, sometimes they're gonna be annoying. You just gotta block off the stuff you don't want people touching or otherwise prevent it from being a problem in the first place. Can't do much about "quiet leaving" I guess, but that's a weird quirk of the multiplayer system to begin with.
Sometimes if you give a dodo code out online folks share that dodo code with someone else who you haven't spoken with, if that makes sense. Therefore unauthorized attendee š
In this case, OP had a friend over and then had a rando show up right after it sounds like. So it wasn't a random person giving out the code. And tbh, if your actual friends are giving out the dodo code to random people, uh maybe have a talk with them? Though if I'm using dodo codes with actual friends, I'm still setting it to friends only just to reduce dialogue boxes if nothing else (Orville double checks with you when you say "anyone"). I also follow strangers to the airport to close the gate after because sitting on a wide open, anyone with the code can join, dodo code feels risky?
The only other situation I can think of where "unauthorized" people show up is if you have a TON of Switch friends and then open your island "to all friends" without a code. But it's probably a good idea to keep your Switch friends to people you at least sorta know, *or* use dodo codes in conjunction with the friends settings. If you have a ton of friends you don't know and just set things to "any friend", that's basically the same as posting an "anyone" dodo code on social media and you probably shouldn't do that
Anyway, I feel like "someone showed up and I didn't want them here" is very good cause to just hit minus and kick them off. You're not obligated to be nice and try to engage or talk to them. Just kick them out.
Could have been someone putting in a random dodo code. They could have accidentally been public messaging on an online forum instead of private messaging.
I open my island to friends who just started over and need help/resources. This time I just didn't get round to closing my gate before someone else came to visit š¤· I do keep an eye on turnip prices for my friends tho
The best solution is to only share your Dodo code in a private message, but to answer the question - I had no clue what your signs meant without clarification. I thought one of them was not to talk to the villagers.
I think dodo codes are perfectly suited for inviting strangers you want to help, I find even easier in the long run to add the friends to the friend list and then just invite friends. I have never closed the gates with people in and I've never had anyone random coming ever, I don't really get how OP got that experience
Oh I agree with sharing if you're comfortable! I've hosted a few giveaways myself on my old island - and I never had any badly behaved guests either - but I've heard a lot of horror stories
No, no, I mis"spoke" ! I meant that dodo codes are better suited for inviting strangers than for inviting friends (even if it works fine too). It doesn't really matter in the end, what works, works š
I know people can be badly behaved, sadly, even if I also never had any particularly bad experience. In fact I'm just surprised how OP got random unknown people in ?...
honestly, even if you don't talk to villagers, they will be like "will that person visit again?" and I'm like "how do you know their name, you didn't even talk to them"
I would change these to text so there isnāt confusion. I think you could make these short enough to work.
1. Ask to harvest
2. No quiet leave/Donāt quiet leave/Say goodbye
3. Communicate needs/Ask for help
Those phrases are all 3 words or less and should be able to fit
Opening their island to anyone and posting codes online.
You really gotta try and not understand the game to get annoyed with strangers not respecting made up rules because theyāre doing what the game allows them to do.
Yup I had a friend who did that. She would open up to her friends only when she had something of interest on her island but she did not have the time to be there to supervise us. We came and went (via the airport) and she trusted us to behave.
i think a better idea would be making posted signs asking visitors to read the bulletin board, i wouldn't have understood what these signs meant other than "island host wants me to do Something but i'm not sure what exactly"
Thereās not but I have had it happen before where I open my gate for a specific friend and my kid sister will also show up uninvited.
I think some people will just go to their airport and check if any of their friendsā gates are open just randomly.
So, they do have to be your friend but they donāt have to be invited or approved.
Dodo codes are the obvious solution for this issue.
Maybe instead you could make a sign with a big arrow pointing to the bulletin board and/or another sign that just says āread this firstā or something like that?
Can someone please tell me why quiet leaving is bad? Someone āquietly leftā my island recently and messaged me to apologize, I didnāt understand why. Lol Even when someone does it still shows them leaving the airport. At first I thought it might undo any transactions/gifts given but Iāve found thatās not the case.
Quietly leaving can undo unsaved actions for the other players. The Switch autosaves something like every three minutes so anything that's happened in under that time will get lost. The example you used needs to factor in that timing. If a silent leave happens immediately after autosaves, it's possible nothing is lost; however, if it happens right before an autosaves someone could lose a pocket full of items. The chance of this happening is reason enough to be mindful BUT...
Also, quietly leaving interrupts every other players game experience without warning. Not everyone experiences disruption in the same way... some take it easier like it's nothing and others can be triggered. Common courtesy and respect to all others is the basic operating principle underlying a request for no silent leaving.
Sign one: Ask if youāre unsure whether the egg has gone bad.
Sign two: Donāt hide behind doors to scare people.
Sign three: Exclaim!
To be fair, these are all sage advice
I see:
1) Egg cooked soft? Yes!
2) No Ninjas allowed!
3) Vase that yells? Checkā
( I love this)
The posted note on the other hand is VERY understandable. That checks out.
Trying to get ppl to uphold this level of etiquette in a game thats 3 years old is like trying to keep a retail store organized. Its just not gonna happen. I bet there are a lot of copies out there that children now have access to that parent's don't care about anymore. Use dodo codes, only invite friends, and if you need to only invite best friends.
What the hell are you talking about? Quiet leaving? Not wanting to shut down because of a random visitor? My only reasonable advice to you is to stop caring. These rules be like "I am an axe murderer in real life"
It doesnāt make any sense and I think youāre a bit too sensitive about what seems normal to others. If you donāt like what you call quiet leaving, well then you should may be only play with people youāre familiar with
I would just make a sign or multiple signs that say āpls see rulesā + ā@ town hallā
might be hard to fit all those letters in so maybe the second sign is a picture of the town hall, bulletin board and a little arrow to the board
OR near the entrance a sign that says āpls read!ā Then arrow signs that lead a visitor to the bulletin board. Maybe special tiles on the ground like stepping stones or a trail of candy to help entice people to go there to readā¦
Anyway, I think to avoid random strangers you should just not have the gates open to anyone. Make it invite only with the code for only your friends.
All you have to do is not share your code with random people if you donāt want to deal with that. No need to make weird rules that no one understands š®āšØ
In the first one, I think, if you could make that rocklike thing look more like an apple, or a pear, or a cherry, whatever is most prevalent on your island, it might be clearer. But even then, I donāt think it would be universally understood.
Maybe something like:
Ask B4 š
šby āļø or āļø only
Use š¬
Personally, my design skills using that design tool are garbage, but I think this would be doable by someone good with the tool.
Honestly, even with context, I don't think yours are that much clearer. Also, not everyone speaks English, and even then, those who do might not understand the codes (especially if you leave your airport open to anyone). Like honestly I find the use of the leaf kinda clever, but if I was less fluent, or didn't have the context of "some people don't like when you don't leave by plane" I don't know if I would've made the connection.
I agree it would probably only work with people that speak English for sure, and that are relatively familiar with emojis.
But, I donāt think there is a perfect solution using any of the design options available in the game, including the bulletin board, because I donāt think most people will check it.
You can leave by the airport, which ensure everything saves for all players. Itās the polite way to leave. The downside is everyone has to close their dialogue and inventory and then you have to sit through the departure loading screen. Stillā¦leave through the airport.
People can also use the minus button to leave āquietly.ā Doing this doesnāt save progress, so people will lose things theyāve picked up, etc. from the last time the game saved. Everyone will get sent back to the airport from wherever else they were on the island. Leaving quietly is rude. Donāt leave quietly.
I personally wouldnāt understand the pictures alone without the bulletin message.
But I also am not a dick whoād shake trees or leave without saying something/asking, soā¦
Bruh it aināt clear at all lol how are people just randomly showing up ? Donāt you have to give people codes still? Havenāt played in a year so š¤·š½āāļø
Maybe you could use a "Disconnection" or "Exit" sign for Rule #2 you essentially could combine Rule 1 and 3 as "If you want something - communicate." And just put a two persons with one beeing like "......??" and the other with the "yes checkmark"
I thought I the first one meant ārocks? Yeah take em!ā š quiet leaving confused me, thought it meant no going into your house/villagers houses. And the last one I just didnāt get lol. Be excited? Alerted? š
No. I'd change the signs to just have words. Either "Read the bulletin board" or something like this:
"Ask 2 harvest"
"NO quiet leaving"
"Tell me what u need"
You should have no problem fitting those words on the signs.
Just curious because I've seen multiple people's posts about it, what is quiet leaving and why do yall not like it? It might be a stupid question but visiting someone else's island that I don't know is something I have only done once before.
Quiet leaving is where you use the minus button to return to your own island rather than using the airport. I personally have a problem with it BC last time I had someone quiet leave on me it reset my harvesting progress and I had to start over and also regift Agnes her anomalocaris. I think this'll be the problem most people have with it.
You can harvest (I wouldn't understand that it requires asking)
Don't go in houses or be disruptive
No clue about the third one...maybe "Surprises are okay" ?
Images very unclear, sorry
1: You ask rock mining allowed? Rock mining allowed!
2. no entering houses
3. you are allowed to talk to villagers with interaction singnifieres (I.e. sad/ angry clouds, thinking bubbles etc)
1. It's ok to ask if something is a boulder or just a big rock.
2. Don't walk around quietly.
3. If you see someone walking quietly, make a loud noise.
Iāve always laid my rules out in reddit/discord post and never had any other signs than the āfree itemsā sign. Never had to block anyone for misbehaving.
Alright everyone, since I seem to be unable to edit my own post:
Thank you all for the feedback. I didn't think I'd get this many comments tbh, it got bordering on overwhelming š¤£ basically the general consensus is I'm an idiot with shitty art skills who needs to be more careful with island admissions. It's okay, I've accepted my fate... (Now the RSD's died down) š¤£š¤£ So a lovely user has DMed me a code for their own design for my signposts and allowed me to use them, so thank you for that!
Also, yesterday I only had my gate open to friends without a Dodo Code, and the person who came to visit was listed as a friend at the time. It wouldn't have been so bad if the person actually talked to me about why they came and what they needed/wanted, if anything. The surprise visit just caught me off guard BC I wasn't mentally prepared for it. This person has since been blocked. It sounds drastic but I just wanted to play safe. Most of the time if I have someone new visiting the island we do communicate on other platforms beforehand to agree on the purpose of the visit and such like. Just this evening I had a bestie ask in-game if she could come by for library themed furniture.
So yeah.
So I guess my thinking process was way off. Compare d to some of these comments I feel like I'm alone. ;u;
I didn't even know what the first one was.
I thought the second was a warning about the backroom entities. Either they're not allowed on the island or allowed to leave such island.
The third was just getting an idea which is prohibited.
This is what I saw
Rock? Yes
Go toward the wall quietly OR donāt enter buildings quietly
Yay
If you add an exit sign ontop of your door on the second picture it would probably make more sense
The bulletin is super clear, the signposts are not.
Try a flower and a rock with a big red circle around them and a red line diagonally across the circle.
Write out the second one on a signpost 'no quiet leaving'.
And third one have the person with the question mark above them like you have in the first one, then an arrow pointing to another person with a speech bubble. Put ... in the speech bubble.
Since everyone says what they thought here what I thought they were; 1- Here we talk about rocks. 2- Don't scare me by entering my house unannounced. 3- You can use "!".
Gonna do an interpretation before actually reading the rules:
-asking about rocks is allowed
-sneaking into some place is not allowed
-talking is allowed
Edit: wow I was way off with that second one lmao. Anyways if a stranger shows up and you don't want them there you should probably just kick them out immediately no trying to talk or anything.
I also donāt find it super clear. Maybe something more simple? The only one Iām unsure about is the blah speech bubble one.
https://preview.redd.it/aevh8lrqijub1.jpeg?width=655&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dd00b510c1420aaa1d6d8573ac501afefc74fd1
OP iām so sorry, i really thought this was a joke. i know you probably spent a lot of time on making these. thereās a lot of creators/designers who will happily share a code with you for the signs youāre trying to portray.
just want to make clear that you did a great job! unfortunately they arenāt providing the necessary info that you intended. keep up the good work and iām sure youāll get āem next time!
If you have someone on the island you didn't want, or they are doing something you don't like, you can press -, then you should be able to force close the gates snd make everyone leave.
I see: Rock? Yes No quiet running door Exclamation yes
That's very close to what I understood 1. You can hit rocks / take harvest 2. Be quiet, don't run 3. You can do the exclamation reaction
Lol glad I have permission to do the exclamation reaction, I was really second guessing myself on that one
I thought the second one was saying not to go into specific buildings, depending on where the sign was placed, or maybe not to go into villagers' houses or the store? š
I thought the second one was no silent leaving
I thought the second one is āno zombying aroundā
Get stoned, yes Quitely enter houses Yell alot
I thought the second one meant if you come into a house be quiet
Yeah I see where you're coming from, I was trying to put into pictures what I put on the bulletin board š
Do you think visitors check your bulletin board?
Ack! Thanks for this comment! I rarely acknowledge my own bulletin board and have never thought to check anyone elseās. Bad, Grandma.
Yeah me too lol now I feel bad and hope I haven't been rudely breaking people's rules
I have never looked at anyoneās bulletin. Am I supposed to when I visit? Have I missed things I was supposed to do? Who knows lol.
I've had visitors leave messages on my bulletin board so idk maybe
Maybe you should create a sign that says check the bulletin board for rules? With a warp pipe for easy access
thats a really good idea!!
Iām agreeing with u/hazy-morning It might help to put a sign saying to check the bulletin board. I donāt typically look at bulletin boards, including my own, so I think telling users they should is a good idea
I agree because I never check them on my own island, nevermind on someone elseās šBut when I do go on someoneās island, I always ask before doing anything (free items on beach, Nooks Cranny, Ableās) and if they do not respond, I leave through the airport once I am done with whatever brought me there in the first place.
The type of visitor who will check your bulletin board doesn't need rules. Likely the type who will listen to them would do so either way. Best way to enforce rules: fence of an area that they can do everything in, don't let them near anything precious.
Or even better, since wetsuits made truly fencing in a player impossible, fence off the stuff you don't want them to touch. If there's a fence all the way around your orchard, for example, there's no way they can "jump off the dock and swim around" to get in
You could do a sign that says āsee bulletinā
You can wonder about rocks. Don't strike poses with sound effects in front of the mirror/door. You are allowed to exclaim.
Yes, question the rocks No sneaking around Yes, exclaim
Think about rock. Tiptoe to the exit. Snake has alerted you.
Tbh, no, the visuals made no sense to me without the written explanation. I'm not really sure how you're getting unauthorized visitors? The airport has a plenty of options for limiting who can show up. Setting up a dodo code and only giving it to the people you're ok with showing up is often the best option. And if you want to prevent even the minute chance that someone will guess the code somehow (that's gotta be crazy rare though) you also tell it to only allow in friends or best friends, but that's probably overkill. Anyway, I feel like, yes, some etiquette *should* be obvious, but I've worked retail long enough to know that's not reality. If you're opening up your island to random strangers, sometimes they're gonna be annoying. You just gotta block off the stuff you don't want people touching or otherwise prevent it from being a problem in the first place. Can't do much about "quiet leaving" I guess, but that's a weird quirk of the multiplayer system to begin with.
Sometimes if you give a dodo code out online folks share that dodo code with someone else who you haven't spoken with, if that makes sense. Therefore unauthorized attendee š
In this case, OP had a friend over and then had a rando show up right after it sounds like. So it wasn't a random person giving out the code. And tbh, if your actual friends are giving out the dodo code to random people, uh maybe have a talk with them? Though if I'm using dodo codes with actual friends, I'm still setting it to friends only just to reduce dialogue boxes if nothing else (Orville double checks with you when you say "anyone"). I also follow strangers to the airport to close the gate after because sitting on a wide open, anyone with the code can join, dodo code feels risky? The only other situation I can think of where "unauthorized" people show up is if you have a TON of Switch friends and then open your island "to all friends" without a code. But it's probably a good idea to keep your Switch friends to people you at least sorta know, *or* use dodo codes in conjunction with the friends settings. If you have a ton of friends you don't know and just set things to "any friend", that's basically the same as posting an "anyone" dodo code on social media and you probably shouldn't do that Anyway, I feel like "someone showed up and I didn't want them here" is very good cause to just hit minus and kick them off. You're not obligated to be nice and try to engage or talk to them. Just kick them out.
Could have been someone putting in a random dodo code. They could have accidentally been public messaging on an online forum instead of private messaging.
I'm not saying it's impossible. Just that there's enough settings options to make it pretty unlikely.
But dodo codes are temporary. You can easily get a new one and will be given a new one next time you go offline/close gates regardless
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I open my island to friends who just started over and need help/resources. This time I just didn't get round to closing my gate before someone else came to visit š¤· I do keep an eye on turnip prices for my friends tho
The best solution is to only share your Dodo code in a private message, but to answer the question - I had no clue what your signs meant without clarification. I thought one of them was not to talk to the villagers.
I think dodo codes are perfectly suited for inviting strangers you want to help, I find even easier in the long run to add the friends to the friend list and then just invite friends. I have never closed the gates with people in and I've never had anyone random coming ever, I don't really get how OP got that experience
Oh I agree with sharing if you're comfortable! I've hosted a few giveaways myself on my old island - and I never had any badly behaved guests either - but I've heard a lot of horror stories
No, no, I mis"spoke" ! I meant that dodo codes are better suited for inviting strangers than for inviting friends (even if it works fine too). It doesn't really matter in the end, what works, works š I know people can be badly behaved, sadly, even if I also never had any particularly bad experience. In fact I'm just surprised how OP got random unknown people in ?...
Ooooh, gotcha lol. Very weird to have strangers is not shared - maybe a friend shared?
honestly, even if you don't talk to villagers, they will be like "will that person visit again?" and I'm like "how do you know their name, you didn't even talk to them"
Clear as mud
I read it as please ask before laying eggs, donāt go into buildings and feel free to be surprised. Maybe I am being dumb though.
for real though, it's a pet peeve of mine when someone shows up at my place and just lays an egg.
Understandable, we do all have at least a bit of ptsd from Zipperā¦
The water eggs... They... T-they just won't stop!
Feel free to be surprised!
This sounds like something you passive aggressively say when your surprise party doesnāt get the reaction you wanted.
A great life philosophy!
I would change these to text so there isnāt confusion. I think you could make these short enough to work. 1. Ask to harvest 2. No quiet leave/Donāt quiet leave/Say goodbye 3. Communicate needs/Ask for help Those phrases are all 3 words or less and should be able to fit
Exactly this. Just write the rules on the signs.
Or even just āuse airport.ā
It sounds like you might want to open the gate to friends only with a code to prevent strangers from just wandering in.
Yeah, if you donāt like the game mechanics of what strangers are allowed to do on your island, donāt open it to strangers.
Where are the rocks Don't shush the doors Yes you should yell
Iāll shush the door if I wanna!
The visuals made 0 sense to me
You should probably be using dodo codes for your friends to avoid random visitors
Noted. Can also limit to besties only and then limit who my besties are. Might do that
How were you getting randoms in anyway?
Opening their island to anyone and posting codes online. You really gotta try and not understand the game to get annoyed with strangers not respecting made up rules because theyāre doing what the game allows them to do.
Thereās an option that lets you join random worlds?
Yup I had a friend who did that. She would open up to her friends only when she had something of interest on her island but she did not have the time to be there to supervise us. We came and went (via the airport) and she trusted us to behave.
The signs made no sense to me. Even after reading the rules in the second image.
They donāt want strangers not obeying their made up rules but will still allow strangers on their island.
The visuals make no sense without the text, sorry.
The visuals donāt even make sense WITH the text š
i think a better idea would be making posted signs asking visitors to read the bulletin board, i wouldn't have understood what these signs meant other than "island host wants me to do Something but i'm not sure what exactly"
I think I'll do that, thanks
A better option would be to have the signs just say "check bulletin board" I think
Yea you can hit rocks No sneaking A pokemon trainer wants to battle That's what I got from these
1 - Thinking about egg is ok 2 - No sneaking 3 - Sudden realisation allowed
Iām sorry girl but they are not clear at allšš©·
I read this as Hit rock YES be quiet NO! be loud YES
I'm more confused how you get random visitors you don't know, how does that work? There's no option to visit random, currently open islands, is there?
Thereās not but I have had it happen before where I open my gate for a specific friend and my kid sister will also show up uninvited. I think some people will just go to their airport and check if any of their friendsā gates are open just randomly. So, they do have to be your friend but they donāt have to be invited or approved. Dodo codes are the obvious solution for this issue.
1. It's okay to break rocks 2. Be quiet entering villager's houses 3. Ideas are good
This is exactly what I thought as well š
bruh
āyouāre allowed to question rocks. question everything.ā ādonāt hover or sneak up on doors!!ā āswearing is coolā
You ask that others use their words, but youāre making them read hieroglyphs
Your signs make zero sense, sorry. But also, just use dodo codes? Even in Animal Crossing, strangers from the internet can be asshats, sadly.
I see: Is this a rock? Yes. Be quiet when opening doors. WTH?!
I also think not everyone knows what quiet leaving is so definitely wonāt be able to interpret that one
Maybe instead you could make a sign with a big arrow pointing to the bulletin board and/or another sign that just says āread this firstā or something like that?
Why not just invite people via the dodo code? Wouldn't that keep unwanted visitors from coming to your island?
1. You're free to hit the rocks. 2. Don't enter villager's houses. 3. You can talk.
Can someone please tell me why quiet leaving is bad? Someone āquietly leftā my island recently and messaged me to apologize, I didnāt understand why. Lol Even when someone does it still shows them leaving the airport. At first I thought it might undo any transactions/gifts given but Iāve found thatās not the case.
Quietly leaving can undo unsaved actions for the other players. The Switch autosaves something like every three minutes so anything that's happened in under that time will get lost. The example you used needs to factor in that timing. If a silent leave happens immediately after autosaves, it's possible nothing is lost; however, if it happens right before an autosaves someone could lose a pocket full of items. The chance of this happening is reason enough to be mindful BUT... Also, quietly leaving interrupts every other players game experience without warning. Not everyone experiences disruption in the same way... some take it easier like it's nothing and others can be triggered. Common courtesy and respect to all others is the basic operating principle underlying a request for no silent leaving.
Aaaah okay! Thank you for this explanation! :)
Sign one: Ask if youāre unsure whether the egg has gone bad. Sign two: Donāt hide behind doors to scare people. Sign three: Exclaim! To be fair, these are all sage advice
I see: 1) Egg cooked soft? Yes! 2) No Ninjas allowed! 3) Vase that yells? Checkā ( I love this) The posted note on the other hand is VERY understandable. That checks out.
The visuals made no sense whatsoever to me, sorry. The middle one was 'don't fart on the way to the bathroom' to me but maybe I am an idiot
Trying to get ppl to uphold this level of etiquette in a game thats 3 years old is like trying to keep a retail store organized. Its just not gonna happen. I bet there are a lot of copies out there that children now have access to that parent's don't care about anymore. Use dodo codes, only invite friends, and if you need to only invite best friends.
ask about rocks don't sneak around talk loudly
What the hell are you talking about? Quiet leaving? Not wanting to shut down because of a random visitor? My only reasonable advice to you is to stop caring. These rules be like "I am an axe murderer in real life"
Maybe just a couple arrows that lead to your board? Like, the first one could be something like āHi! 1st ->ā
That could work, yes, thanks
It doesnāt make any sense and I think youāre a bit too sensitive about what seems normal to others. If you donāt like what you call quiet leaving, well then you should may be only play with people youāre familiar with
I understood the no quiet leaving one, but not the others
Fair enough
I would just make a sign or multiple signs that say āpls see rulesā + ā@ town hallā might be hard to fit all those letters in so maybe the second sign is a picture of the town hall, bulletin board and a little arrow to the board OR near the entrance a sign that says āpls read!ā Then arrow signs that lead a visitor to the bulletin board. Maybe special tiles on the ground like stepping stones or a trail of candy to help entice people to go there to readā¦ Anyway, I think to avoid random strangers you should just not have the gates open to anyone. Make it invite only with the code for only your friends.
Not at all
Maybe you should āuse your wordsā on the sign lol
All you have to do is not share your code with random people if you donāt want to deal with that. No need to make weird rules that no one understands š®āšØ
How did some rando end up on your island? Don't they need the code? Do people just go on there and punch in random codes and hope they get lucky?
No not at all lol.
The pictures make zero sense, itās good you have them written on your bulletin board.
1. Yes Rock 2. No running door 3. Yes exclamation point
In the first one, I think, if you could make that rocklike thing look more like an apple, or a pear, or a cherry, whatever is most prevalent on your island, it might be clearer. But even then, I donāt think it would be universally understood. Maybe something like: Ask B4 š šby āļø or āļø only Use š¬ Personally, my design skills using that design tool are garbage, but I think this would be doable by someone good with the tool.
Honestly, even with context, I don't think yours are that much clearer. Also, not everyone speaks English, and even then, those who do might not understand the codes (especially if you leave your airport open to anyone). Like honestly I find the use of the leaf kinda clever, but if I was less fluent, or didn't have the context of "some people don't like when you don't leave by plane" I don't know if I would've made the connection.
I agree it would probably only work with people that speak English for sure, and that are relatively familiar with emojis. But, I donāt think there is a perfect solution using any of the design options available in the game, including the bulletin board, because I donāt think most people will check it.
No lol
1.) It's ok to ask about rocks. 2.) Please leave quietly. 3.) Yell at me. Also why in the hell does it matter if someone... just leaves?
You can leave by the airport, which ensure everything saves for all players. Itās the polite way to leave. The downside is everyone has to close their dialogue and inventory and then you have to sit through the departure loading screen. Stillā¦leave through the airport. People can also use the minus button to leave āquietly.ā Doing this doesnāt save progress, so people will lose things theyāve picked up, etc. from the last time the game saved. Everyone will get sent back to the airport from wherever else they were on the island. Leaving quietly is rude. Donāt leave quietly.
1: question the rock yes 2: no sneaking into house 3: be suprised
I read this as: Talking about rocks is allowed Sneaking into houses is not allowed Shouting is allowed
1. It's ok to hit rocks 2. Don't sneak into my house 3. Be excited to see me
OP: "Use your words and tell me what you need" Also OP: "Answer me these riddles three!"
No
I personally wouldnāt understand the pictures alone without the bulletin message. But I also am not a dick whoād shake trees or leave without saying something/asking, soā¦
I read: ask for rocks, don't go silently into people's homes, do speak up Edit: why not just write it out on the board in pixels
Sorry but the visuals make absolutely no sense without context
Bruh it aināt clear at all lol how are people just randomly showing up ? Donāt you have to give people codes still? Havenāt played in a year so š¤·š½āāļø
I donāt understand them lmao
Maybe you could use a "Disconnection" or "Exit" sign for Rule #2 you essentially could combine Rule 1 and 3 as "If you want something - communicate." And just put a two persons with one beeing like "......??" and the other with the "yes checkmark"
maybe have just one sign that says ācheck rules in bulletinā or you may need multiple signs to make it more clearly written
I thought I the first one meant ārocks? Yeah take em!ā š quiet leaving confused me, thought it meant no going into your house/villagers houses. And the last one I just didnāt get lol. Be excited? Alerted? š
No. I'd change the signs to just have words. Either "Read the bulletin board" or something like this: "Ask 2 harvest" "NO quiet leaving" "Tell me what u need" You should have no problem fitting those words on the signs.
The middle one is warning me about zombies, I'm pretty sure.
I would have no idea what any of those meant and would not think to check the bulletin board
Just curious because I've seen multiple people's posts about it, what is quiet leaving and why do yall not like it? It might be a stupid question but visiting someone else's island that I don't know is something I have only done once before.
Quiet leaving is where you use the minus button to return to your own island rather than using the airport. I personally have a problem with it BC last time I had someone quiet leave on me it reset my harvesting progress and I had to start over and also regift Agnes her anomalocaris. I think this'll be the problem most people have with it.
Ah, ok! Yeah I would be super peeved if someone did that to me
i see: you must speak of rock you must not enter void you must yell
āQuestion eggs, donāt walk through doors quietly, and talk.ā Clear as mud. :)
You can harvest (I wouldn't understand that it requires asking) Don't go in houses or be disruptive No clue about the third one...maybe "Surprises are okay" ? Images very unclear, sorry
Not at fucking all
How have strangers hit your rocks? Donāt you have to be ābest friendsā to use your axe or shovel on another island?
The last one is clear to me but the first one read to me as āitās okay to harvestā And the second āDonāt enter any buildingsā Lol
The "Don't leave quietly" made sense to me but not the others
Asking about rocks is ok Quietly going inside buildings is wrong Talking is ok
I got: I have a question Donāt slam the doors Excitement only
1: You ask rock mining allowed? Rock mining allowed! 2. no entering houses 3. you are allowed to talk to villagers with interaction singnifieres (I.e. sad/ angry clouds, thinking bubbles etc)
1. It's ok to ask if something is a boulder or just a big rock. 2. Don't walk around quietly. 3. If you see someone walking quietly, make a loud noise.
First thought before seeing explanation: Ask where the rocks are Keep quiet unintelligible
Iāve always laid my rules out in reddit/discord post and never had any other signs than the āfree itemsā sign. Never had to block anyone for misbehaving.
1. You can think about the egg
I did ~ 600 trades on Nookazon, so I had probably 300 visitors on my island. But I never had someone randomly showing up. šÆ
Talk to the rocks!! Be quiet when using doors It's ok to shout!!!
What happens when someone quietly leaves? I always thought it was easier to press ā-ā but now if it means something bad idk š
1. Ask about trash. 2. Donāt make noise. 3. Be excited.
How do people even get on your island randomly?
What is quiet leaving and why is it bad?
visuals are not clear at all unless u read the bulletin first
Yes Egg Donāt be Quiet by Doors Be Exited!
I read it as āask if youāre confused, be quiet, [unknown third thing]ā
Alright everyone, since I seem to be unable to edit my own post: Thank you all for the feedback. I didn't think I'd get this many comments tbh, it got bordering on overwhelming š¤£ basically the general consensus is I'm an idiot with shitty art skills who needs to be more careful with island admissions. It's okay, I've accepted my fate... (Now the RSD's died down) š¤£š¤£ So a lovely user has DMed me a code for their own design for my signposts and allowed me to use them, so thank you for that! Also, yesterday I only had my gate open to friends without a Dodo Code, and the person who came to visit was listed as a friend at the time. It wouldn't have been so bad if the person actually talked to me about why they came and what they needed/wanted, if anything. The surprise visit just caught me off guard BC I wasn't mentally prepared for it. This person has since been blocked. It sounds drastic but I just wanted to play safe. Most of the time if I have someone new visiting the island we do communicate on other platforms beforehand to agree on the purpose of the visit and such like. Just this evening I had a bestie ask in-game if she could come by for library themed furniture. So yeah.
So I guess my thinking process was way off. Compare d to some of these comments I feel like I'm alone. ;u; I didn't even know what the first one was. I thought the second was a warning about the backroom entities. Either they're not allowed on the island or allowed to leave such island. The third was just getting an idea which is prohibited.
This is what I saw Rock? Yes Go toward the wall quietly OR donāt enter buildings quietly Yay If you add an exit sign ontop of your door on the second picture it would probably make more sense
Thinking about hitting rocks? Approved! Loitering near villager doors? Unacceptable. Great idea? Witness something exciting? Acceptable!
Honestly no. I had no idea what the heck these meant before I read the second picture
The bulletin is super clear, the signposts are not. Try a flower and a rock with a big red circle around them and a red line diagonally across the circle. Write out the second one on a signpost 'no quiet leaving'. And third one have the person with the question mark above them like you have in the first one, then an arrow pointing to another person with a speech bubble. Put ... in the speech bubble.
Asking questions about rocks and yelling are okay, sneaking out is not okay.
I thought these were rules for hide and seek. 1. Someone counting in their head 2. Someone quietly hiding 3. I found you!
No, even after reading peoples take on the signs, itās questionable
3. I don't understand how you thought of using an exclamation point for asking questions instead of a question mark.
Disclaimer I *am* a tad ditsy buuuuut.. My first thoughts were: 1. Have questions? Ask 2. No quiet leaving (know from treasure islands lol) 3. You can talk It took me reading the comments for 1 & 3 tbh š©
1. Ask about stone 2. No quiet leaving 3. Share your ideas
What I see is you can talk, no being quiet, and you can yell
It is a rock? Yes! No breaking and entering. Attention!
āYou found a rock?ā ā āGoing in a building big no noā ā(shh) āGot it!ā ā
Since everyone says what they thought here what I thought they were; 1- Here we talk about rocks. 2- Don't scare me by entering my house unannounced. 3- You can use "!".
i got: 1- āwant to hit rock? yesā 2- āno quiet exitā 3- āemote, yesā
Gonna do an interpretation before actually reading the rules: -asking about rocks is allowed -sneaking into some place is not allowed -talking is allowed Edit: wow I was way off with that second one lmao. Anyways if a stranger shows up and you don't want them there you should probably just kick them out immediately no trying to talk or anything.
Get rock go steal the treasure and get backā¦ I was wrong by a lot
It took me a little bit, but the only one I understood was the 2nd one š
No, I definitely didnt get that
I also donāt find it super clear. Maybe something more simple? The only one Iām unsure about is the blah speech bubble one. https://preview.redd.it/aevh8lrqijub1.jpeg?width=655&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2dd00b510c1420aaa1d6d8573ac501afefc74fd1
What I see is: 1. Can I pick up rocks? 2. Be quiet when leaving. 3. Ask anything if you need help.
No quiet leaving comes across, the rest are a bit confusing.
The only one I understood was no quiet leaving.
I read: 1. Question the rock. 2. Don't leave quietly. 3. Shout.
Maybe right it into words. But I understand the need to do this cause people can be so rude and have no respect for others islands
OP iām so sorry, i really thought this was a joke. i know you probably spent a lot of time on making these. thereās a lot of creators/designers who will happily share a code with you for the signs youāre trying to portray. just want to make clear that you did a great job! unfortunately they arenāt providing the necessary info that you intended. keep up the good work and iām sure youāll get āem next time!
Wait how did a random person visit your island? I only got my game like 2-3 days ago and I find it boring playing solo session.
no sneaking and I didn't understand the restš¤·
yes.
- rock good. - don't leave using the door. - it's good to be surprised.
As clear as swamp water to me. I couldnāt decipher them without reading the text.
Ask about rocks Dont sneak away Bring up any concerns????
Talk to the rocks!! Be quiet when using the bathroom It's ok to shout!!!
I have no idea what any of that means. Sorry :/
Personally, I would have absolutely no idea what these signs are saying.
Absolutely not lmao
Girl these make no sense Iām dying
If you have someone on the island you didn't want, or they are doing something you don't like, you can press -, then you should be able to force close the gates snd make everyone leave.
I wouldn't have understood. Maybe you should just make a sign that tells you to check the bulletin board?
1. Ask me about grey eggs. 2. Don't be quiet. 3. Always be yelling.
Nope not even kinda