Sulloway discovered that nine months after departing the Galpagos, Darwin made this entry
in his ornithological catalogue about his mockingbird collection: «When I see these Islands
in sight
of each other, & possessed
of but a scanty stock
of animals, tenanted by these birds, but slightly differing
in structure & filling the same
place in Nature, I must suspect they are only
varieties.»
- character creation lets you choose skin color, face, eye color and haircut - later
in the game you can get glasses, pants, shoes and other stuff - start off by meeting Tom Nook and his posse
of Happy Home employees - this includes Lyle the Otter and Digby the Dog, who give advice and help to keep the game moving forward - Lottie the Otter is Lyle's niece and handles the front desk
in the game - she welcomes you every time you boot up the game and tells you what to do next - gameplay starts off with
placing furniture, but quickly evolves into something more -
place a house on the world map and cycle through seasons to see what you like - house can modified with different roofs, doors, colors and more - every
animal unlocks new furniture for you to use - completing a lot
of requests is vital to getting a lot
of content - characters will react to everything that you
place and remove
in the house - three pieces
of furniture must be
in or outside
of the house and these need to implemented into the final design - if you don't follow this rule, your
animal customer will not approve - add wallpaper, carpets, lamps, signs, music covers, paintings and much more - by completing special objectives
in the office, which you pay for with Play Coins, you can even expand the feature set - set background sounds, choose curtains, change up furniture, display fossils and get a bigger
variety of fish and paintings.