Animal Crossing Letter Generator
Creative
letter and card design
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How HN took it
11 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Polished, charming design and pixel-accurate look
From 4 comments
Your designs are so god damn beautiful. Thanks a lot for this.
pmkary on HNI 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…
echelon on HNthe style is nice... my sister will absolutely love it.
leo0808 on HNSuch a fun project! ACNH's font is so pleasing to look at. Also, thanks for linking to the source code.
rucury on HN
Fun to use, good mobile UI
From 2 comments
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…
Multicomp on HNThis 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…
0rangemang0 on HN
Fun idea of sharing anonymous notes with other people
From 1 comment
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…
echelon on HN
Objections
Bottle messages appear preprogrammed rather than from users
From 3 comments
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…
0rangemang0 on HNThe messages are suspiciously wholesome, I don’t think they are from other users at all.
deadbabe on HNYeah all the messages you get are preprogrammed from a bottles.json file. At first I was pleasantly surprised at how wholesome the messages were..
0rangemang0 on HN
Special characters are dropped when compressing a letter into a link
From 1 comment
Is dropping cr's on the floor when compressing it into a link deliberate or accidental? 'Save as image' keeps them.…
egypturnash on HN
Requests
Add synthesized animal voice sounds via the animalese library
From 1 comment
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
jeff-hykin on HN
Questions
Are bottle messages stored or sent anywhere?
From 1 comment
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…
0rangemang0 on HN
Alternatives named
Death Generator Animal Crossing screen generator
From 1 comment
An older version (and lots of other pixel-perfect customisable screens) is also available from the Death Generator: https://deathgenerator.com/#acww
viraptor on HN