Our Wonderland

It started out with me just thinking "Oh, well, this game is free. If it's not any good, I've lost nothing." I was playing this until 3am. My heart was torn into a million pieces. Iggy and friends are as much a part of the fabric of my soul now, as my own breath. It's dark. It's malignant. It's breathtaking. It's beautiful. It's a lot like real life. I recommend you give this one a read. What do you have to lose? Only your heart.

Amazing read! The story got me hooked and combined with the beautiful CG's i genuinely couldn't put away my steam deck. At first i had my doubts about some of the characters. During the first few hours, some of them were definitely pretty unlikeable, but by the end i absolutely adored every single one of them. If there was something like a supporter pack i would def buy it, this is a VN that deserves to be supported and is absolutely worth a price.

I finished this game in the span of 2 days. ITS INCREDIBLE! Every character has so much depth, I can see myself and people I love in them. Every storyline has its lights and darks, and I honestly might go back through for some other endings. This game should be worth money, and I am incredibly in awe that it's free. I would spend $30+ on this, and I don't enjoy purchasing games. This is a work of art.

I played this VN in full as it released gradually on Itch.io. It is a truly life-changing experience that I am thrilled to experience from the start again. Being a character drama, it focuses heavily on its cast and the issues between them as they have gotten older. You somehow sympathise with them, but go on to hate them at a later moment. They are all relatable in their own ways, and that is part of why I love them all so much. Their traumas, insecurities and desires are amplified in a way that makes it easier to digest, but much more heart-wrenching. The rest of the game is absolutely wonderful too. The writing is unique, highly descriptive, and engaging. The art is unique and highly expressive. The music and SFX are carefully curated to enhance the mood and tone of each scene. I especially adore how animated the sprites and CGs are in this VN, how they bounce and shake in certain moments. There's so many cool visual effects late-game as well. Our Wonderland is one of, if not my favourite game of all time. It holds a special place in my heart. It helped me gain enough confidence to make art and start sharing it with the world. I found one of the loveliest little communities on the internet. To think me playing a random visual novel I was initially on the fence about would permanently change my life... It sounds silly but I am being genuine. If you are able to endure the intense themes, I would 1000000000000000000% recommend you to play this visual novel!!!!!!

This game is fire. It's for a certain niche for sure but for me it hit square in the nose (if thats how you say it). The main characters are all really interesting, and I resonated with most of them! I quite like their quirks, and especially the way their personalities interact. Sometimes it feels like the creator's writing quirks come out through them, which, though at first made me raise an eyebrow, later on felt more like an aspect of how the characters themselves think, like a testament to their otherness compared to their peers in life. The structure of the middle arcs can get a little slow, but whenever a little acknowledgement of the past, or a divergent event happend my interest piqued. The subtle way each of the characters start to become aware was very enticing, too. Without spoiling much, the final arc's slower pace was lovely, and very much needed. [spoiler]It's so messy, I love it. Iggy is such a mess and the way the loops start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ him up is captivating, especially when each of the love interests are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up, they are all mentally ill i live for it. I really appreciate the after-stories too, finally seeing the love interests well-adjusted (for the most part) gave me much needed closure.[/spoiler] The artstyle is so adorable, which makes all the gore scenes all the more unnerving. Personally, I went into it censored, but just the pixels was enough to make me cover my mouth, christ it goes places. (I like that!). Side note, the music choices are fire, they hit almost every time. As for my complaints, I mainly have 2... I wish the formula switched around a little more. The wonderland setting is really interesting, buuut [spoiler]by the third time they went through the eye, the collector's domain and Orlam/Gidget's armies switched up and they had an escape sequence, it got a little old. Again, really glad for act 5 for that matter. Lastly, I liked the way the tree's plot twist and the saydie doll were foreshadowed, but I wish they had a little more. By the third/fourth time Iggy noticed his bag moving in his apartment, I feel the deja vu feeling wouldve led him to actually checking inside, and for the tree, it was an interesting surprise but it did feel kinda out of left field. Maybe I missed some scattered characterization somewhere, but I wouldve liked to see some more past the initial storybook.[/spoiler] This game was just, overall so carefuly crafted and interesting. Maybe I just havent played many visual novels, but it touched on so many things and themes that I love. Bad decisions, repression and depression, hurt/comfort, that certain out there way of speaking, loops of 'monotony', and especially the whimsical, yet unnerving aesthetic. The ending hit me like a truck, and I lowkey wish the story just kept on going. I just wanted to see more of the characters all being themselves. I gotta recommend it to anyone who's interested. I'm certainly gonna be looking into more of your work!! I really hope this game gets more traction, it really deserves it. This was my first review on steam btw, sorry If I did things a little awkwardly. I just really liked it.

震撼美味。 因为不太擅长Guro系的游戏，之前在itch上刷到很多次都没怎么玩，但是后来玩了旁支作品（某吸血鬼）以后感觉还是有必要来玩一下本作。 恰逢重置版登陆Steam，没想到竟然还是免费，这波赚大了.jpg [hr][/hr] [h3]本作特色[/h3] [list] [*]Carrot老师极具个人特色的画风。 [*]量大管饱且细致的CG与音乐演出。 [*]节奏不错的线性多周目叙事。 [*]细致的人物塑造，美味的感情线描写[strike]与有意的片面叙事[/strike]。 [*]大量血浆场景。谢谢你安全模式。 [*]以及Itch上大量轻松愉快的旁支作品。 [*]我不知道，Iggy和Genzou天生一对。事实如此。 [/list] [hr][/hr] [h3]碎碎念[/h3] 本作讲述了一个相对完整的故事，探讨了一些人际关系处理的话题。尽管剧情中有些地方让人有些摸不着头脑，但是都Wonderland了管他呢！总体而言瑕不掩瑜。 本作相对于其他视觉小说的一个较大的区别在于，本作的主角团角色间20年以上的过往友谊，这一切主角都知道，但并没有全部展现在玩家眼前。在Wonderland中为了凸显矛盾与推进剧情而呈现的一些回忆具有片面的主观色彩，并不能反映人物、关系与相关事件的全貌，这一点在游玩过程中还请注意。 即便抛开场外其他以Iggy和Genzou为主角的旁支游戏，在游玩本作的过程中也不难看出，Carrot老师自己应该也比较喜欢Genzou。Iggy与Genzou在Wonderland里面每个循环都一同冒险，并且经历了多次关乎生死的危机时刻，对Genzou本人以及与主角关系的塑造是着墨最多且最为细致的部分。其他角色则由于Wonderland本身的特性以及场外叙事的缺少（仅序章与对应章节开头），配合来自主角的片面回忆，不太容易感受到他们的魅力。 [strike]但是话又说回来Iggy和Genzou真的很好吃，旁支作品也是每个都美味得不行，真想推广给全世界的同人老师。 [/strike]

This game is so peak please play it

IMMEDIATELY fell in love with the characters. If you have any nostalgia for the old gory character driven horrors of late 2000s RPGmaker stuff, you'll see a more developed and mature set of characters in something like this - think Witch's house with the character complexity more like 999. Definitely worth a shot!