Welcome to Domus 📺 ﹆•\ Ծ 📦

Much like Derry, it feels as though the town itself chooses what to remember… and what to forget. Important pieces of its history — such as the mysterious disappearance of a villager — have been quietly erased from collective memory. The weathered missing posters still hang around, worn and faded, yet no one asks questions anymore.

No one, except Teresa — the ranger.

Together with Blathers, in the highest part of town, she has begun investigating strange creatures, old legends, and unsettling whispers coming from the woods. Voices that lure people in, urging them to follow… leading them deeper into isolation, and eventually, madness.

Down in the lower part of town, life goes on as best it can. Small stalls, makeshift kiosks, and the town’s famous fish market — the true beating heart of Domus’ economy — keep everything afloat.

If you’re drawn to mystery wrapped in simple living, Domus might just be the place for you.

Enjoy your stay… and watch out for the whispers. 👁️🍂

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i went back to the urban island i showed you the other night and gave it a little more love. irl we’ve been waking up at 8am to drills and construction noise in our building — metal clanking, walls shaking, that unavoidable morning chaos — and somehow it started feeling… inspiring?

so i added a construction site at the end of the road 👀

it frames the edge of the map in a softer way, like the city doesn’t just stop there. like it keeps growing. like there’s always another block you haven’t explored yet. the vision is just a tiny, living slice of city life — a small park squeezed between buildings, a newsstand glowing on the corner, traffic passing by, a fish stall that smells like the harbor, another little green space hidden somewhere down the street…

It’s not perfect. sometimes it feels a bit bare because i’m not great at making custom paths, so the roads aren’t as detailed as i imagine them in my head. but i’m building it slowly, piece by piece. i hope you’ll enjoy this little pocket of noise and light. have a safe trip to new lark 👀🏠📫

Right now, I feel like it’s finally reached a point where it’s (almost) complete. So… until I magically learn how to draw on the Switch — which is highly unlikely, sadly — I’ve started building something new. A small. Tiny. Almost microscopic little city street. Just a glimpse of everyday life. The kind of ordinary moments that feel soft and real and quietly alive. At the moment, it’s only the skeleton of everything I have in my head — just the foundation of a much bigger vision. But I wanted to give you a little preview of the lower part of it. I really hope you’ll like it as much as I’m enjoying shaping it.

And… watch out for the litter! :O

It reminds me of the Church of Santa Lucia in the small town where my grandmother was born. It’s been closed for years, and yet the locals will always tell you to stop by and say hello to the Madonna. For now, the main square is still empty — I’m still figuring out how I want to shape it — but I’ve created a smaller little plaza with the classic village bar.

I’m sorry for the poor video quality and the rough cuts; I’m still getting the hang of it. Borgo Spiga welcomes you slowly, gently, and more warmly each day… 🌾🌽

In truth, it's a personal memory of mine — a small village located a few hours away from my city. For now, I've only created the upper part of this island, where Emma's house, the fields, and the church stand — just like in any proper little rural town.

We'll see if there will be updates… but for now, here are a few little glimpses ⛪🌽🌾

At first, Domus revolved around a mysterious, inaccessible shoreline where a strange kappa had recently settled. Not long after, one villager vanished — and from that day on, rumors and whispered legends began to spread among the residents of Domus, slowly turning it into a smaller, darker echo of the Appalachian Mountains.

Teresa — the ranger — moved to town hoping to protect the Domus folk from the unknown creatures lurking nearby. She isolated herself in a cabin deep in the woods… and eventually got lost, listening too closely to the whispers of the trees.

…It was all very fitting, until the hotel completely broke the mood of the story. So I decided to transform it into a fish market instead. I’ll figure out what to do with Teresa later. Anyway… I hope you’ll enjoy this adaptation. 🌲👁️‍🗨️

Every few seconds I get pulled into fixing a new corner, like the island keeps asking for my attention. For the first time, I think I’m actually satisfied with how everything is unfolding. Maybe the next post won’t just be an update — maybe it’ll be a spoiler. 👀

If you’re out there, make some noise and whatever you do… stay curious! 🌲👁️

the idea was to build an entrance that would welcome new explorers, leading them toward the village—but also make them lose their way, make them stumble over small pieces of trash, quietly asking: “are you sure you want to come in?”

I’ll admit it: I thought it would be easier. but the island keeps reminding me that it needs a more coherent language, a shared tone. a direction.

more soon. until then— stay curious, and pay attention to the whispers 🌲👁️

so Domus adapted. or maybe… it changed on its own. what’s left now is a tired little town, a bit messy, a bit off, where things don’t quite add up. very Gravity Falls–coded. 🌲

the island isn’t updated yet. if you visit now, you’ll find the old Domus— a version that no longer exists. the new one is coming. slowly. deliberately. stay tuned. and above all… stay curious 👁️🌲

(After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day… or was it Caesar? 👀 close enough, right?)

Not only did Emma get a lovely little restyling — which also means one of her new looks is now available at my hotel for Villagers, hehe — but Pisola is changing too! I’m still trying to pin down a clear style, but having so much freedom always opens up a whole ocean of ideas…

Still, I hope it’s slowly taking shape. I’d love it to feel like a city in the countryside — part farm, part hidden place, tucked away among quiet hills somewhere lost in the Marche region, where I’m from. I hope you like where this is going and, most importantly… stay curious! 🌽🌾🪵

I’m not completely sure yet, because when I was little I loved going down to the basement at my aunt’s house — she was an elementary school teacher, so she had turned it into a magical little workshop where she made all kinds of crafts with clay, paper, cardboard and crayons. I kind of wanted to recreate something like that…

But for now, since the whole house has a simpler vibe, I might just leave it as it is 🐰💭

So yeah, thinking-thinking-overthinking 🐻💭… and suddenly I decided it was time to completely revolutionize Emma’s house. I wanted it to look more like the adorable little chaos-cottages her villager friends live in.

I went for a small, cozy cabin vibe, with that very realistic touch of “I’ll just leave this here for today and move it tomorrow,” and then—two years later—the TV is still chilling on top of the wardrobe like it pays rent.

At this point it’s part of the interior design… 👀

scroll all the way to the end of the post for the little bonus…

I made a little closet doorway to separate the bedroom area, added a tiny walk-in for clothes and… maybe a few too many boxes lying around hehe..

for now I added mostly natural elements, so it feels more like a little lookout tower than a full ranger house. but since I’m a Virgo (meaning: unpredictable…), who knows what it’ll become! 🏕️🌲🌿

I hope you’ll like it and, as always… stay curious! 🌳✨