Island building
Arranging roads, buildings, objects, ground designs, plazas, parks, residential areas, and other parts of a custom island.
Glossary
Tomodachi Life island building and Palette House glossary
Short definitions for archive and guide terms used in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream pattern pages, island build references, Palette House guides, clothing designs, exterior designs, and archive labels.
Island Building and Layout Terms
Layout
The overall placement plan for an island, such as where housing, shops, parks, roads, and seaside areas go.
Blueprint
A planning image or draft that helps recreate an island layout, building placement, road path, or ground design.
Reference image
A finished island, building, outfit, exterior, or object image used as a visual example. It may not include detailed steps.
How-to
Steps, notes, screenshots, pattern sheets, or tips that help another player recreate an island, object, outfit, or ground design.
Idea
A theme or concept used for inspiration rather than a direct pattern, such as cute, stylish, Japanese-style, or European-style island builds.
Ground and roads
Ground tiles, roads, paths, stone pavement, grass, sand, and other surface designs placed on the island.
Object
A decoration, sign, furniture-like item, building part, or other placed design used in an island scene.
Building
A shop, facility, house, cafe, park structure, or building-like design used in island layouts.
Palette House and Pattern Terms
Palette House
The in-game workshop for making original items. In Japanese it is called アイテム工房.
Pattern
A reference image or drawing guide used to recreate a design, including lines, colors, placement, or grid information.
Pattern sheet
A flat reference image organized so another player can recreate a design. It may include a grid, colors, preview, or notes.
Full grid
A reference that shows the whole editable area, making line placement, colors, and spacing easier to check.
Finished preview
An image of the design as it appears in the game. It helps check the look, but may not explain how to make it.
Partial reference
An image or note that shows only part of a design. It is not complete, but can still help with colors, shapes, or mood.
Tools
Functions or workflows used while creating designs, such as stamps, selection, fill, transparency, shadows, and repeated shapes.
Stamp tool
A tool or workflow for placing repeated shapes or motifs, often useful for clothing, ground, wallpaper, objects, and buildings.
Clothing, Paint, and Exterior Terms
Clothing design
An outfit or coordinate for a Mii, including character recreations, uniforms, dresses, T-shirts, kimono, and other styles.
Clothing paint
Drawing patterns, logos, shadows, folds, trims, and decorations on clothing.
Mii design and face paint
Face designs, makeup, face paint, and character recreations used to customize a Mii.
House exterior
The outside look of a house or building, including roofs, walls, windows, doors, signs, and decoration.
Exterior design
A design focused on the outside appearance of a house, shop, facility, or building-like object.
Wallpaper and floor
Interior wall and floor designs used inside houses or building-style scenes.
Food design
Custom food items and food-like objects used as copyable item designs or island scene details.
Treasure design
Treasure items, props, collectibles, and small object designs that can work as reference entries.
Pet design
Pet designs and pet-related references for players who want to recreate animals or pet items.
Archive Labels
Ready to use
The entry has enough pattern, blueprint, full-grid, preview, or how-to information for most players to recreate it.
Worth a look
The design is useful for layout, colors, mood, or ideas, even if it does not include a full grid or detailed steps.
Source link
A link to the original post, creator page, social post, or community page where the design came from.
Creator credit
The visible name of the creator, poster, or original account when it can be identified reliably.
Source language
The language used by the original post or main source. Translated notes may be added for easier browsing.
Image quality
A practical label for whether a blueprint, pattern, or preview is readable enough to recreate. It is not an art judgment.
Unknown
The archive does not yet have reliable information for a field such as creator name, source link, language, or image status.
Not found yet
A specific reference, such as a full grid, original post, or how-to note, has not been found yet and may be updated later.
Multilingual Term Equivalents
Palette House / アイテム工房 / 物品工坊 / atelier de création
The same in-game workshop concept across English, Japanese, Chinese, and French archive pages.
Pattern sheet / デザインシート / 图纸 / feuille de motif
A flat reference used to recreate a design.
Full grid / フルグリッド / 完整网格 / grille complète
A reference showing the complete editable grid area.
Finished preview / 完成見本 / 成品预览 / aperçu final
A finished in-game image used to check the final look.