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Using the popular Nintendo Switch video game ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ I created a science-themed island to provide an educational space people can meet virtually during the COVID-19 lockdown. This includes a scicomm square, science-themed locations with treasure hunt and a recreation of the Games4Geoscience session to coincide with EGU 2020.