Issue 1 – Spring Edition

A Tree Frog’s Garden Sanctuary

Tucked into the hillside where the cliffs meet wildflower meadows sits the treehouse of Dilbert Florp, Feylight’s postman. He’s a romantic—the kind who notices every bloom, every new vine climbing the trellis, even the fresh bougainvillea flowers that weren’t there yesterday.

The Treehouse:
Nestled beside a winding stream sits Dilbert’s two-story moss-covered treehouse. Walk up the overgrown garden path and you’re met with wildflowers that refuse to be tamed—pinks, purples, whites sprinkled with bright orange plumes. Sunflowers tower over the smaller blooms competing for space. The flowers spill across the path and up the hillside like they own the place. They do.

The front porch is shaded by a giant banana leaf roof—Dilbert’s choice. A simple wooden bench sits in the clearing, the kind of spot where he sips morning tea before his postal route or watches sunset light shift through the canopy after a long day of deliveries. The stream flows past. The ancient rock formations frame everything—unmovable, unbothered by the cozy cottage that’s grown up around them.

The landscaping is overgrown. Intentionally. This isn’t neglect—this is a frog who likes getting lost in beauty. Layers of ferns, tall grasses, and flowering plants create pockets of color and shadow. The garden doesn’t ask permission to grow. It just does. And Dilbert lets it.

Cozy. Wild. Exactly what Feylight is.

This is what living on the island looks like when you stop fighting nature and start inviting it in.

Behind the Build

Tools: Unreal Engine 5
Time Spent: Prolly longer than it should have (but experimenting is important, and fun!)

Built from modular assets with an obsession for detail. Adjusted tree canopy foliage, moved deck platforms around until they felt natural—treehouses shouldn’t look perfect (says the perfectionist). As one of the first Kith homes I created, it still catches my eye. It’s a work in progress, but its trajectory is Dilbert-approved.

Landscape sculpting those rock formations to sit naturally in the hillside took time. Worth it. The water materials? Them’s fighting words, but I think I’m winning. The foliage system is great, but placing single clusters manually is so satisfying. Click, click… click click click. Erase. Click. Tall grasses here, ferns there, flowers scattered to look random (but actually very calculated).

Layered vegetation types until it felt full—pinks, purples, whites, yellows swimming in green. Density on 10. The goal: overgrown but inviting, not creepy. Like nature reclaiming space, but gently.

Hardest Part: Knowing when to freakin STOP!

Favorite Detail: The banana leaf roof on Dilbert’s porch. I flipped that shit every which way until it worked. Still works, as of now.

What I Learned: Experimentation is key. Building a home on Feylight for all the many beings demands it.

Next issue: Catching up with town grocer Yarbo Blackstone to hear about the seasonal produce Feylight has to offer this month.

Stay Weird. 🍄

— Lona