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FINALLY HAD THE OPPROTUNITY TO PLAY THE GAME

WISH I PLAYED IT BEFORE IT'S SO FRICKIN AMAZING LOOOOOOOORD

It took me like 15 minutes to play the whole game BUT I WAS ASCENDING TO HEAVEN DURING THOSE WHOLE FIFTEEN MINUTES

But before I open my mouth and let the words flow like a frickin WATERFALL spoiler warning for both this game and the main game (Our Wonderland) if you who read this comment haven't played yet :3

SO I HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY

Firstly THE MUSIC ????? SO GOOD ???? OH MY GOD ????? Like it's really the first thing I heard and I opened and I was already like : "wow. another masterpiece awating me huh." AND HOW YOU MANAGE IT TOO ? Like when it stops when it's an important moment or when Orlam starts to get annoyed, loved this as well !

Secondly THE EFFECTS WERE AMAZING IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. And how the main menu changes after each ending ????? SO SO NICE. Also really loved how the colour of the petal changes when you get ending 3 and they become WHITE. IGGY MY POOR GUY ToT

And thirdly the story and endings in general were very very nice ! Especially when you know how it is in the main game- Their relationship is so toxic BUT ALSO SO WELL WRITTEN... And then Arc 5 comes and BOOM THEY'RE MORE OR LESS "OKAY" AGAIN AND MY TEARS OF SADNESS AND PAIN BECOME TAERS OF JOY AND EMOTION.

And I love each ending ! Ending one is the "bad" one, but at least we continue to defend Iggy... (even though it results in him very probably dying afterwards but oh well...) HOWEVER THOSE MEAN WORDS AT THE END HURT. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS CARROT. THIS IS SO MEAN (do I really have anything to say about this considering how I treat my own OCs well NO but that's something else let's forget about it...). Especially as I mentioned before when you know how it ends, with Genzou apologizing AND THAT GODDAMN EMOTINAL CINEMATIC THAT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS...

Ending two is the canon one, where Orlam sadly dies... So can we consider the conversation Orlam and Genzou have in this ending canon as well ? Also I have mixed feelings about this ending... I mean yeah cool Iggy and Genzou are more or less out of danger but 1. Orlam is dead 2. Killed by Genzou which means more trauma for him 3. There are still A LOT of unpacked issues to be resolved BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT TIME LOOP I GUESS

And then ending three... I mean no one dies (yet) and Orlam doesn't seem too pissed off but... I MEAN... CAN WE REALLY HOPE... Also if you consider that you can achieve that ending by pissing Orlam off a bit but then retracting... I HAVE VERY LITTLE HOPE TO SAY THE LEAST... ESPECIALLY WHEN I SEE THOSE BLOODY WHITE PETALS ON THE MAIN MENU SCREEN... But it's cool that you can achieve this ending in several different ways !

SO YEAH... I REALLY LOVED THE GAME AND ALL THE NICE LITTLE THINGS ABOUT IT...

Also taking the opportunity to ask... Would you be interested in having your games translated in French ? By me ? And completely for free ? I mean, I have very little to no experience in programming games, but I could translate the text ! I really think your games are great and I think it could be nice to have them accessible to more people ! Of course this is just a simple proposition, I would totally understand if you don't want to !

So overall very cool and nice game (as always) I love what it adds to the main story !!!

NipoNihai1 year ago(+4)

IKR OMLLLLL CARROT DESERVES MORE REGCONITION

Carrot1 year ago(+3)

SOB HOW DID I MISS THIS COMMENT????? I feel like I haven't been able to stay on top of itch stuff lately LKDJFALSD I only just saw this while clicking back into this game to check for something hELP

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PLAYING THO??? Ahhhhh ASCENDING TO HEAVEN???? HELPPPPPP openly weeping

Thank you for all these kind words ahhhh I am overcome. I'm glad you liked the song!! It's the same artist that I also use in some of Orlam's scenes in Arc 5, so I felt it would mesh super well and kind of act like a consistent motif 🤭 And thank you for the lovely words about the effects. I tried a whole bunch of different stuff for this game despite it being so small alkdfjads (I just like to go all out or something who can say)

Lol yes ending 2 is the "canon" one, as in that's what actually happens in the version of arc 2 we see in the game. Though I do feel personally that all of these endings probably happened in various loops at some point... it's kind of my general idea that there are 100s of other loops that happen outside of the main 5 actually shown. There are already all of the optional times Iggy dies for instance, which all start new loops. And I like to think that even beyond that there are like, 100s of possible variations, some of them similar to the current loops and some of them branching off even more. It's more that these 5 are the "main foundation" that move Iggy forward, but there are still many other possibilities (and also leading to all of them dying so many more times than is shown, too aslkdjfaSD). So in my head, probably all of the endings in this game could also be possible variations that just aren't shown in the main game.

Ahhhh... I'm unsure about the translation lakdjfads only because I know what a gigantic task it is and just how many words these games are LOL (the main game is like 250k + words which is like 3 novels' worth 💦) So I would never want anyone to spend all that time working on something that I would never be able to compensate for (I also really feel strongly in general about translators not being paid enough for the work they do -- I went to school for translation lakdjfalkds). That and I always feel uneasy because I can't understand the translated text so I feel a bit nervous about not knowing how parts of the text might be interpreted but I can't tell... 😵‍💫 So I might need to think about it lkadjfad

Sob sob at any rate, I'm really happy that you enjoyed this little game!! O2A2 always gives me an opportunity to create something fun and new and think about storytelling in different ways, so I really love it for that! And that I was able to make something like this that could give different insight back into the main game. Thank you so much for all the lovely words and for all your support ahhhhh it really means so much!!!!!! 😭💕

Mel1 year ago(+1)

No problem about the translation thingie ! It was just an idea that popped like that into my head because I really love languages and find translating fun (even though I thought about the length and was like "Mel. You might want to think about that a bit more at least for the main game.") but I understand your feelings and why you want to think about it !

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