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Firstly, for anyone who isn't Carrot or hasn't played Arc 3 yet, UNMARKED SPOILERS AHEAD.

...are they gone yet? Good.

Wow. I did not peg Orlam as a hedonist and suicidal but...here we are in Arc 3, also also known as the GET FUCKED, MY SO-CALLED FRIENDS, I'MMA LITERRALY EAT YOUR ASSES WITH MY REAL BEST FRIEND ORLAM arc.

...I do find the madness montage at the end darkly sweet. Orlam and Iggy become best buds, being the two people on the face of the Earth who actually understand and respect each other - like, I get the sense from their bed scene together that Iggy is the only exception to Orlam's sexcapades (unless Iggy actually wants to be) - and how Iggy goes hardcore gaming during Orlam's orgy sessions...while both are in the same room.

...and Orlam once again shows he's the only one who seems to know what's going on, as his little bathtub experiment finally lets him 'figure out' Iggy as Orlam wanted to do in Arc 2.

There there's all the peeks into his home life, how either the death of his father or Genzou's rejection of his advances were the straw which broke the camel's back and started his descent into depression and eventual depravity, and the fact he can be just as manipulative in the real world as he is in Wonderland, likely inherited from his father's own behavior, is just...

...a lot to take in.

The reveal that Wonderland amplifies any desires which aren't innocent, which would explain why Genzou and, in the first two arcs, Iggy are largely unaffected by the madness which has beset the rest of their friends, is a nice one.

Also, love how Orlam's wish falls apart the moment he meets the forest warden Bixby. Too clever by half, he forgets he can only get everything he wants if he has power - and in Bixby's domain, she has the power.

I could go on and on about all the little details I love, but then this would just be me rambling and hitting the comment length limit. :D

Also...is Gidget going to do some uninterrupted R in Arc 4? And will Genzou be the target since "fuck Genzou, that asshole" seems to be a newly-added minor theme to the story?... *gulps in terror* [insert scared emoji here]

TL;DR: Orlam's Wild Ride did not disappoint. Can't wait for Orlam's Final Form in Arc 5....

Oh, and two more things: when the final ending is reached, it would be nice to have a multiple-choice ending (with save warning, of course)...though I get the feeling the obvious choice of wishing Wonderland never existed would just cause the inciting incident to play out in a similar, though depressingly-mundane manner.

Also, since it's clearly possible to track the player's progress through the story, it would be nice to have an arc selection screen so I can replay my favorite arcs and find all the dead ends I missed. As quick as the skip function makes it, it would still be nice to just jump to an arc I've completed instead of having to start a brand-new game or remember to make saves at the beginning of arcs.

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Dang it, I called Genzou "Orlam" when asking about a possibility in Act 4. How did I get those two polar opposites mixed up?! Thank God for the edit button.

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LOL I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMMENTS. dkfjasdfas thank you as always for all of your lovely words and also for playing the game and I'm sO GLAD YOU ENJOYED THIS ARC LOL. I had quite a bit of fun with it, I admit, evidenced enough by the fact that I drew so many CGs for it lol.

The montage was such a delight to work on despite it taking forever to draw all of those detailed CGs hahaha. I really enjoyed how their relationship ended up turning out, despite how fucked up it is lol. In my head, I see it as kind of a queerplatonic thing, but of course anyone playing is also free to interpret it however they want (I love people bringing in their own views on things lol). Whether or not Iggy would ever partake in Orlam's escapades is another thing I'll leave it up to the audience to decide on in their heads LOL I see Iggy as being somewhere between sex-repulsed and sex-neutral, being fully repulsed until he's VERY comfortable with a partner. So I give people rein to explore that dynamic in their heads if they want.

The thing I love so much about these middle arcs in general is getting to show more about each character and what's made them into what they are today, while also weaving it into the present-day Wonderland story. And also how each of his friends shapes Iggy in a different way.

I'm pretty excited to get started on Arc 4 production as I feel like it'll end up pushing every single theme that's been introduced even further. We'll see though once I actually get the thing written LOL As far as Genzou goes, Iggy at least will be done being mean to him after this arc (b-b-b-but I won't be...) Even though the main focus of Arc 4 will be Gidget, I feel like 50% of my planned story beats already involve Genzou, so he will a major part of it, too, hence why it's looking like it'll be the angsty love triangle turned up to 11 arc LOL

OH THAT'S A GOOD IDEA ABOUT AN ARC SELECTION SCREEN. I have a few QoL-type ideas I want to eventually implement by the time I've completed the full game, like a gallery, etc., and that would be really cool to do, too, so that people could jump to any arc they want to replay it. I'll def look into that!

Thank you SO MUCH for your words, as always!! It always makes my day!! And really really happy you enjoyed it! 😭🙏I was a bit nervous going into it because this arc takes some TURNS LOL but I'm glad that people are still enjoying the wild ride that is this Fucked Up Game of Mine lolol