[HN Gopher] Show HN: A site to keep track of critters you can ca...
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       Show HN: A site to keep track of critters you can catch in Animal
       Crossing
        
       Author : sawyerjhood
       Score  : 96 points
       Date   : 2020-04-04 18:06 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (ac-catch.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (ac-catch.com)
        
       | zuhayeer wrote:
       | Fun fact: Katsuya Eguchi incepted the game as a result of his
       | move to Kyoto to work at Nintendo - because he missed his family
       | and friends from his hometown.
       | 
       | "Animal Crossing features three themes: family, friendship and
       | community. But the reason I wanted to investigate them was a
       | result of being so lonely when I arrived in Kyoto! Chiba is east
       | of Tokyo and quite a distance from Kyoto, and when I moved there
       | I left my family and friends behind. In doing so, I realised that
       | being close to them - being able to spend time with them, talk to
       | them, play with them - was such a great, important thing. I
       | wondered for a long time if there would be a way to recreate that
       | feeling, and that was the impetus behind the original Animal
       | Crossing."
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuya_Eguchi
        
         | Trasmatta wrote:
         | And now Animal Crossing is helping millions of lonely
         | quarantined people across the world cope with the current state
         | of things. It really came out at the perfect time.
        
       | 32gbsd wrote:
       | I get a blank white page. What tech is this coded in?
        
         | drusepth wrote:
         | Looks like React to me.
        
           | throwaway74859 wrote:
           | This thread is what a failed tech community looks like.
        
       | resu_nimda wrote:
       | This triggered memories of fishing for Coelacanths in the
       | original Gamecube Animal Crossing. Twas an amazing game, and
       | sounds like it still is.
        
         | eganist wrote:
         | They made it a bit easier in ACNH. Best streak I got was six in
         | a row during hard rain.
        
       | ayberk wrote:
       | Great stuff, thanks a lot!
       | 
       | May I ask where you get the data from?
        
         | krustyburger wrote:
         | There's an official strategy guide available, so I would guess
         | that was the original source.
        
           | dstaley wrote:
           | The strategy guide hasn't been published yet, so my guess is
           | this comes from someone who data mined the game.
        
       | oneVoiceOnHN wrote:
       | This should have been built into the game. Nintendo fans are so
       | forgiving of glaring flaws.
        
       | fourstar wrote:
       | This is awesome. Did you or someone else illustrate the icons?
       | They're beautiful.
        
         | sawyerjhood wrote:
         | The fish/bug pictures are straight from the game. All of the
         | other icons (hemisphere, bells, length, etc...) are made by a
         | combination of my girlfriend / myself.
        
       | bobblywobbles wrote:
       | Very well done website, thanks for hosting this!
        
       | awinder wrote:
       | Little off-topic but can anyone here compare to Stardew valley? I
       | feel like I've kinda "finished" stardew after going through the
       | core story and wondering about switching trains
        
         | oneVoiceOnHN wrote:
         | What did you think of stardew? I thought it was addicting but
         | terrible. Like an awful cellphone game.
        
         | mathgladiator wrote:
         | The big crazy difference is that Stardew Valley goes faster
         | while AC is real-time and this is... super frustrating.
        
           | eshyong wrote:
           | The two games have totally different vibes, which is fine. AC
           | is more for relaxing and unwinding, while SV is more of a
           | story-driven/objectives-based game.
        
         | eshyong wrote:
         | I've played ~20 hours of Stardew Valley and ~10 hours of Animal
         | Crossing so far, and the vibe is totally different. Animal
         | Crossing is slower paced and very relaxing, whereas Stardew
         | Valley is much more story/character driven. IMO the point of
         | Animal Crossing is personalization, and making the island your
         | own space, which I enjoy. It really helps me unwind at the end
         | of the day.
         | 
         | At some point, playing Stardew Valley felt like real work, and
         | that's sort of when I lost interest.
        
       | krustyburger wrote:
       | I'm trying to avoid looking at any outside guides for a good
       | while, so I can experience things for myself.
       | 
       | But when I eventually give in, this guide will be handy!
        
       | werber wrote:
       | Looks great on an iphone! How did you get the pics?
        
         | aendruk wrote:
         | Someone ripped the images from the game [1] and uploaded them
         | to a fan wiki [2], implicitly misrepresenting the content as CC
         | BY-SA, and then this site hotlinked them.
         | 
         | [1]: https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:150357#2
         | 
         | [2]: https://animalcrossing.fandom.com/wiki/Fish_(New_Horizons)
        
       | keithwhor wrote:
       | This is great! Thank you.
        
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