Our Wonderland: Arc 3 Out Now!

Top o’ the time zone, kidney beans! Ready to get seduced by a cannibal? I hope so, because the arc of fuckery is upon us!

In the previous arc, we explored Iggy's (relation)ship with Genzou. But in this arc, Iggy calls Orlam first, which sets off a whole chain of fun events that turns Iggy into a white-topped conduit of (A)SEXUAL RAGE™. How might this affect the sequence of delightful happenings in Wonderland? (hint: it fucks things up) (also hint: but what doesn't, am I right or am I right?) Said sequence may or may not involve some silly cannibalistic shenanigans (k-kids these days...). You will laugh! You will cry! You may or may not want to throw things at your computer screen! You will (probably) want to kill me! (but p-p-please don't). Either way, I hope you'll enjoy this lovely romp through uNpReCeDeNtEd pUrGaToRy.

No, but I've done the burn-in-HELLwork.

But before I get too excited, let's take a look at exactly what this new arc brings with it (besides the obvious, of course).

ROLL THE NEW FEATURES.

• 3 to 4 more hours of gameplay! (around 40k new words)(bringing the total up to around 138k)
• A brand-new complete story with ending!
• A WH-WHOPPING 38 NEW CGS! (not including everything in the ending sequence... which is admittedly more arbitrarily determined in this arc, but still)
• A new cinematic ending sequence! (slightly different style this time but overall contains around 30 different shots/CGs)
• 2 new ways to violently die!
• More incredibly poor choices than you can count!
• And, just in case you missed the gIaNt tExT earlier: CANNIBAL. SEDUCTION.

Stop talking about cannibalism, Carrot.

I mentioned this in an earlier devlog, but... this arc actually took on a huge mind of its own as I was writing it. And I think the rest of the game is going to continue in a similar fashion, tbh. When I first began thinking about the Game and its Story, I envisaged three middle paths that were kind of... static? Like. Truly three completely separate paths/possibilities that weren't even all that different from each other besides a few key scenes and the final endings. But as I was writing and working on this one, the characters just kinda... did their own thing, no doubt heavily influenced by Arc 2 and expanding and growing off of what I already knew about My Little Fucked-Up Babies™ and their stories. LEADING TO A BUNCH OF EXTRA UNPLANNED FUCKERY. And now my brain's been using this downtime between completion and launch of Arc 3 to start fleshing out story beats for Arc 4 (while keeping me up at night, as is the yooj)—and it's looking like it's going to be similar. Each new arc is like an expansion on the previous one with things getting pushed further and further.

FOR THAT REASON.

I'm about 80% positive that when I release Arc 4, I will remove the ability to play the arcs in any order you want.

I-it's just gotten to the point where the upward flow is not gonna work anymore if you don't play them in the right order. They're forming a really nice crescendo leading up to the final arc and also I'll lose that delightfully sensational ability to pLaY wItH yOuR eXpEcTaTiOns from one arc to the next (I do SO love playing with expectations...) So y-yeah. That'll probably happen. For right now, though, I've left it, even though I still recommend playing Arc 2 before Arc 3 (you need the feels of Arc 2 to carry over into Arc 3 so your heart can be ripped from your gaping chest and smashed with a hammer).

BTW as a Fun Preview™, here's what the, uhhhhh, g e n e r a l  o u t l i n e is currently shaping up into:

• Arc 1: Everything is fucked.
• Arc 2: Angsty love triangle.
• Arc 3: ~ CANNIBAL INTERMISSION ~
• Arc 4: Angsty love triangle (but turned up to 11)(may or may not end up containing the most fucked-up scene in the game)
• Arc 5: EVERYTHING IS SUPER FUCKED.

THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S nothin' to see here.

Anyway, though, ENOUGH RAMBLING. Lemme just yoink this handy GIF I made for the previous release:

The install for Arc 3 should be basically the same as for Arc 2.

• If you haven't played Our Wonderland before: You don't need to do anything special! Just download the game and play from the beginning, and you'll be able to start Arc 3 once you're finished with Arc 1. Do note, though, that as stated earlier, I recommend playing the arcs in order (Arc 2→Arc 3→Arc 4), which, in game, is "Call Genzou"→"Call Orlam"→"Call Gidget" on this screen (you'll be given a confirmation screen upon selecting an arc):

• If you have played Our Wonderland before and have a save file: You'll want to download the new Arc 1 + 2 + 3 version of the game, copy over the "saves" folder from your previous version of the game, and paste that into the "game" folder of the new version of the game:

Copy over the entire folder with all your save files and persistent data into the "game" folder of the new Arc 1 + 2 + 3 version of the game.

Once you do this, start up the game like normal and load the file you saved on the final "who to call" question. If you've already completed Arc 2, you should only see "Call Orlam" and "Call Gidget" available. (If you've only completed Arc 1, you'll see all three "Call Genzou," "Call Orlam," and "Call Gidget.") To start Arc 3, choose "Call Orlam."

To finish up this tl;dr launch devlog, we, of course, have the content warnings. Arc 3 once again abides by the same general content warnings as Arcs 1 and 2; HOWEVER, I'm adding an extra Arc-3-specific warning to the general warnings as even though this topic has come up in the game before, it's more pronounced in this arc, and I want to be extra careful:

• Strong adult language
• Strong graphic violence (both illustrated and textual)
• Sexual violence/assault/unwanted sexual advances
• Disturbing and potentially triggering elements
• (for Arc 3 specifically) Topics involving suicide, self-harm, and self-poisoning

And, as always, I have a more-detailed list of specific broken-down warnings for Arc 3 for anyone worried/concerned/unsure about any of the above. I've hidden it below for spoiler reasons, but all you need to do is highlight it to read it:

• Scenes of violence and torture (stabbing, eyes being pulled out, sticking fingers in open wounds, forced gagging, stomachs completely cut open)
• Unwanted sexual advances (undressing/exposing self despite the other party being uninterested and clearly uncomfortable, making sexual jokes and comments to purposefully make someone uncomfortable)
• Disturbing/potentially triggering elements (cannibalism, child abuse, bullying, teasing)
• Topics involving suicide, self-harm, and self-poisoning (harming self through self-poisoning/drinking bleach, worrying about someone committing suicide, comments about wanting to die, effects of a family member that's committed suicide)

As always, if you'd like additional information, details, screenshots, etc., of anything listed above or have any questions, please please please reach out! I don't want anyone going into the game unprepared for something that may be too much for them!!

OH YEAH ONE LAST THING.

You'll probably notice that, with this release, I've now changed OW (lol) to PWYW format. PLEASE DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED I'm honestly doing it more just for kicks and giggles and because I've been asked a few times in the past if there's any way to support. But to me this is and always will be a completely free game, so I don't actually expect anyone to donate. However, because of this change, I also needed to make a few changes in the game itself, which is the more important part of why I'm actually even bringing it up. As everyone probably knows, this game would never have been possible without a whole lot of amazing royalty-free/creative-commons assets (and a few songs that I paid for because I couldn't help it...), and while the majority of the assets are used under either public domain or attribution licenses, there were a handful that were "non-commercial." In order to change to PWYW, I had to replace these assets with ones that allowed for commercial use. This included about 12 or so sound effects and 1 song. Probably no one would even notice the replaced sound effects except for me, but those that have played Arc 2 will most likely notice the song, as it's the song from the Arc 2 ending sequence. Despite how much I tried, I was unable to find a recording of that piece that allowed for commercial use, so I needed to change it out entirely. I actually quite like the new piece though and it still fits really well and I made tweaks to the timing, etc., so it still (to me) works just as well. But I just wanted to let people know in case they ever replay that scene and suddenly wonder if they're having a fever dream because the song isn't the same LOL.

Anyway...

NOW, OFF WITH YOU. GO PLAY ARC 3. LUST AFTER A RATTAILED CANNIBAL IN A SUIT. DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW CUTE HIS ASS LOOKS AS HE'S EATING YOU. And, as always, feel free to check out my Twitter for updates, art, ridiculous shitposts, and general tomfoolery. YOU WON'T REGRET IT.

(You might regret it.)