Hi Carrot :>
First and foremost I would like to thank you for making an incredible game!! I can’t imagine the dedication it takes to work on a project like this for such a long time and I'm blown away by the amount of effort and passion you’ve so obviously poured into it.
I found Our Wonderland only a month ago and it has absolutely ruined me in the best possible way. I adore how you write your characters and find all of them endlessly charming. I’ve gotten two of my friends into the game as well and we’ve been talking about it nonstop. Being able to try coming up with theories and character analysis together has been something that’s brought me so much joy. I feel at a loss for what to say because I can absolutely talk about this game for hours and hours as there's just so so much to delve into. I’ll try to spare you from too much rambling.
(Spoilers)
If that poor wonderland tree has any sort of consciousness (like it’s maybe implied to with its preference for wanting to only grant the more wholesome wishes of children?) I feel so bad that it has to watch all of the events of the game go down. I really do wonder how much of our main cast's actions are because of the corruption of wonderland versus their own twisted morals and desires, regardless, I’m sure they definitely all need therapy. I have so many questions about the mysterious ways in which wonderland seems to work.
The tree seems to have kept them from straying too far in their lives from their hometown? I can’t help but wonder if the reason Orlam’s suicide attempts failed is somehow connected as well. It’s interesting how wonderland or possibly something else seems to have influence even outside of the bounds of its domain with the doll, the time loop, and granting of Iggy’s wish in act one. I think my running theory is that possibly a wish from Saydie could be causing some of the story's events? I am decidedly fascinated with your worldbuilding and I can’t wait to see how things get wrapped up.
The relationships between the main cast really do feel like the heart of the game and it's so rewarding to see how interactions between them play out and how the butterfly effect can shape things inside of each arc. Your execution for revealing character information has incredible timing and I love how every time I found myself reevaluating my perception of each character at every reveal. The dialogue and humor have such a natural feel to them and I had an incredible time reading all the different dialogue strings. I love to see flawed characters portrayed so realistically.
Iggy and Genzou are so very cute together and the end of arc 2 was incredibly heartbreaking, UNFORTUNATELY and to the IMMENSE dismay of my friends, Orlam is my favorite and I adore him. Apparently I’m willing to overlook the whole cannibalism thing, hey, at least he knows how to cook? I think I just love to see theatrical and very over the top characters, his scenes and dialogue are always so entertaining and I can’t wait to see him in the next release. It feels like Iggy and Orlam really shouldn’t work so well together but somehow they do, it’s actually touching to see how domestic their couple of months were spent and I’m glad Iggy got a small break for as long as it lasted, even if Genzou didn’t ahaha (Apparently being stuck in a time loop reliving horrific deaths at the hands of monsters and your closest friends doesn’t leave much time to relax). Orlam seems so smug in Arc 4, he’s so silly, I wish I could know what he was thinking, he seems so content to sit back and eat popcorn watching the drama unfold when he's not too busy causing problems on purpose, I’m sooo ready to see how he acts now that everyone remembers everything.
So many parallels and foils and narrative goodness in this game, everything. All of it. Incredible. I wish I could read an essay just breaking it all down. If you ever decided to talk about some of the thought process behind the game after you finished I would absolutely love to hear it.
Recently I’m playing through the game again, sharing it with my girlfriend over discord sessions while I’m away for college (She loves Genzou very much and makes fun of me for liking Orlam [Which, fair.]) I’m still having just as much fun as the first time and now I get to enjoy the great entertainment of butchering Orlam’s voice again and again (He is determined to make me destroy my throat all cause I have to make him sound as pretentious as possible). Just recently we finished up arc 3 and I did some pretty non serious fanart in ms paint in commemoration which I thought I’d share.
Forgive me for how incredibly chaotic they are, They are filled with very ridiculous jokes to entertain my friends.
On the edge of my seat for Arc 5 part 2, and beyond that I can’t wait to see what you do next after finishing the main game. Whatever it will be, I am excited to find out. I hope your work on the final part goes smoothly, be sure to give yourself breaks and take care of yourself!
