Posted June 20, 2022 by Carrot
A jolly summer Monday to all my Wonderland besties! Hope you're staying cool and not dead as the warbling heat of the sun rises to Steak-n-Bake levels in these cruel infernal months! (I don't know if it's clear, but I don't especially like summer.) (I am an autumnal carrot.) (I wilt in the heat.)
Anyway, I'd been meaning to write up a devlog for a little while now just with like... wrap-up stuff from the Arc 3 launch, current progress updates, random scattered bits of tangential info... but I kept putting it off because I'm a Grade-A laze/procrastinator and kept telling myself I'd do it tomorrow. Well. That tomorrow is finally today! So let's get right to it!
I hope everyone enjoyed the clusterfuck delightful experience that was Arc 3! Considering I was going into the launch questioning everything about it and all the decisions I made, I was quite elated by the positive response and 300% increase in Orlam-directed lust. The ratman is such a near and dear char to me, so seeing so many people wanting to do questionable things to him showering him with love filled my little carrot heart with such j-joy and made me want to draw questionable things.
I promise I'll stop with the strikethroughs.
UMMM. Oh yes, The Game has surpassed 900 downloads! This in itself wasn't particularly eventful; HOWEVER, it does mean that we've somehow hit the home stretch towards reaching 1000?? H O W I S T H A T P O S S I B L E ? ? ? I feel like it was only yesterday that I drew the 500 downloads Celebratory Art of Beachy Frivolity, so to now be almost twice that in only a few months is literally melting the bones off my body. That also means that the new Arc 3 version of the game was downloaded almost 350 times! The call of the ratman toosh is strong ig.??? At any rate, now I need to start thinking about i d e a s for a potential grand 1000 downloads act of pageantry. Hrm... unsure atm. If you have any ideas, let me know. Otherwise, I'll probably just draw something Special™ and Cool™ ig???
Iggy, the suave debonair, as usual.
But of course we must talk about Arc 4! Is it the next arc, after all, and production is already well under way! LET'S LOOK AT SOME NUMBERS:
Sweet. But what does this actually mean from a tangible perspective? Like a third of the way through with everything I guess?? Though writing-wise, if I go by the average word count of prior arcs, I'm probably half-way / a little over halfway done. Art-wise, though, I of course have to consider the eventual ending sequence, which always takes longer to do, w e e p...
Our Wonderland, a.k.a., vicariously relive Carrot's childhood. Oh god, Arc 4 hits way too close to home again whyyyyy...
...just realized I haven't even really talked much about Arc 4 yet, have I? WELL. Obviously, the main focus of this arc is Gidget. What fucked-up stuff would happen if Iggy called Gidget before traipsing into Wonderland?! Though because of the way each arc has been building off of each other, this arc is also turning into, like, the Grand Culmination to a certain series of flashback scenes that have been popping up in each arc. And since this particular flashback revolves around all four members of The Love Square™, they all will play quite prominent roles in the arc, and lots of, hrm, questions will be answered, hearts will be twisted, grand shows of pageantry will be had, hOrRiFiC tHiNgS will be experienced... basically par for the course for this game tbh.
(Also fuckery will happen. A lot of it. In every meaning of the word. Remember how I said people would hate me after playing Arc 3? Well. They're really gonna hate me after playing Arc 4...................)
Anyway, I'm pretty excited for what's to come.
The placement of this screenshot is not significant. Not significant at all.
Some other random tidbits of info that I didn't know how else to categorize!
HEY! Did you know I love Orlam's rattail? Now you do.
Guess what! The Queer Games Bundle is running right now! It contains MORE GAMES THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A STICK AT. The Game is also included! There are two different versions—a full-price one and a PWYW one—and it's a great way to support queer devs, so go check it out!
Oh yeah it's pride month??? I drew these. That's it. Though this has me really thinking hard about merch?? Like?? Stickers or keychains or something?? WOULDN'T THOSE BE CUTE???
This seems like a Good Life Decision, yea or nay? I think it would be Good. Let me know your thoughts.
Have I mentioned that this arc is already making me weep?
How do you think it would feel? I think it would feel Good. Am open to opinions.
HrrmmmMMMMMmmmm OK I think that's everything for now. At least that I can think of. I feel like there's tons going on lately and I've actually been quite busy but there's not so much to share yet as I don't really want to give away too much teehee. Also if you couldn't tell, my mind has been plagued with Orlam lately also Orlam smangst also Orlam in various states of indecency also rattails
Anyways, as always, check out my Twitter for more frequent updates than these sparsely paced brain dumps if that's even something that remotely interests you.
And I shall leave you with some recent art of the non-questionable variety!