Eleven-year-old Iggy wasn’t sure what he was expecting when he dragged his friends out to the woods to attempt a strange ritual from a book he found in the dumpster at school, but his wildest imagination couldn’t have prepared him for the land of wonder and magic that awaited them at the bottom of that old willow tree.

Now, however, it’s twenty years later, and he and his friends are past the age of make-believe. The wonderland of their youth has become nothing more than a far-off dream—until one night, Bucks and her newborn daughter disappear without a trace. Soon, Iggy and his friends find themselves pulled back into that world of childish glee. Only their wishes and desires aren’t so innocent anymore, and the world has twisted itself into a land of horror and depravity that’s scarcely recognizable.

Our Wonderland is a horror-fantasy visual novel focusing on the struggles, issues, and deteriorating relationships between five childhood friends (amplified to horrific effect). I think of it a bit like an overwrought character drama that happens to include horrific and fantastical things. It contains five different arcs, each with its own ending, and your choices affect the amount of peril the protagonist experiences (hint: how many times Iggy violently dies), as well as the final ending (hint: who Iggy ends up with at the very end, because apparently in some messed-up way, this is also the world's worst dating sim).

The full game is now complete! It features:

• Five complete "paths," each with its own ending
• 20 to 25 hours of playtime (around 288k words)
• Storybook-style visuals
• 520 CGs
• Some super sweet animatic-style cutscenes
• 12 ways to violently die!
• A fun cinematic soundtrack and lots of dramatic sound effects

Our Wonderland is recommended for mature audiences only. The game includes:

• Strong adult language
• Strong graphic violence (both illustrated and textual)
• Sexual violence/assault/unwanted sexual advances
• Disturbing and potentially triggering elements

And, more specifically for each arc, these general content warnings apply:

• (Arc 3) Topics involving suicide, self-harm, and self-poisoning
  
• (Arc 4) Overarching sexual themes (extra strong)
• (Arc 4) Intense and disturbing scenes (extra strong)
• (Arc 4) Bullying and harassment, bigoted comments related to gender
• (Arc 4) Drugging
• (Arc 5) Intense action sequences with quick movements, shaking screen and sprites, flashing lights, eye strain, and simulated temporary hearing loss
• (Arc 5) Arachnophobia
• (Arc 5) Brief dialogue on eating disorder topics
• (Arc 5) Scenes revolving around childbirth and gender roles
• (Arc 5) Moments of extra strong language and sexual references
  
• (Arc 5) Disturbing violence against an infant

These are the general content warnings. For those unsure about any of the above or who want more specific content and trigger warning details, please check the lists below for more specifics about potentially triggering content (lists contain vague spoilers):

Arc 1 Detailed Content Warnings

• Scenes of violence and torture (someone is strangled/choked, someone is nearly boiled to death, someone has two of their limbs chopped off, a large rabbit has its head bashed in by a large blunt object, someone's jaw is broken after being hit repeatedly by a large blunt object)
• Violent deaths (someone is stabbed through the gut with a spear, someone is eaten by many small creatures and their intestines are shown being ripped out and it's very graphic, someone is stabbed with scissors in the gut and their intestines fall out, someone's neck is snapped, someone crashes into a window and is stabbed and killed by the glass)
• Unwanted sexual advances (someone is kissed against their will, someone is touched sexually against their will and it takes them a while to say no and push away, someone tries to initiate sexual intercourse with another person without consent (but thinking/assuming they have consent), someone continues to kiss and touch another person even while that person is visibly uncomfortable and unreciprocating)
• Disturbing/potentially triggering elements (cannibalism, bullying, teasing)
• Mentions in dialogue of suicide, child abuse, self-loathing, violence against an infant

Arc 2 Detailed Content Warnings

• Scenes of violence and torture (someone's tongue is cut off with a pair of scissors, someone's eyes are jabbed with fingers and there's blood though the eyes don't come out/the person can still see afterward, someone is electrocuted and their eyes melt in their head, generally quite a lot of blood and depictions of blood and injuries)
• Violent deaths (someone is gored with a spear in the gut, someone is slowly digested in the stomach of a large creature, someone is stabbed in the head with scissors, someone is tortured via electrocution and it's very detailed, someone's head is chopped open with an axe and their brain is visible, someone's stomach is chopped open with an axe and their intestines fall out)
• Unwanted sexual advances (someone is kissed against their will, someone is touched sexually against their will, someone begins trying to initiate sexual intercourse with another person without their consent (though it is stopped before anything can happen), someone tries to "fix" someone else through sex, i.e., threat of corrective rape (though it is stopped before anything can happen))
• Disturbing/potentially triggering elements (cannibalism, bullying, teasing)
• Mentions in dialogue of suicide and self-loathing

Arc 3 Detailed Content Warnings

• Scenes of violence and torture (someone is stabbed in the gut with a knife, someone is stabbed in the throat with a pair of scissors, someone's eye is pulled out with a pair of scissors, someone sticks their finger in their own open wound and seems to enjoy it, someone sticks their fingers down another person's throat and makes them gag, a scene briefly flashes across the scene of someone with their stomach completely cut open and their intestines are visible)
• Unwanted sexual advances (someone half-undresses/exposes themselves despite the other person being uninterested and clearly uncomfortable, someone makes sexual jokes and comments to purposefully make someone uncomfortable)
• Disturbing/potentially triggering elements (cannibalism, child abuse, bullying, teasing)
• Topics involving suicide, self-harm, and self-poisoning (the after-effects of someone harming themselves through self-poisoning/drinking bleach are shown, someone worries about the possibility of someone else committing suicide, someone comments about feeling hopeless and wanting to die, the effects of a family member that's committed suicide are touched upon, memories of insensitive comments relating to someone else's suicide)

Arc 4 Detailed Content Warnings

• Disturbing/potentially triggering elements (cannibalism; lots of thoughts about things related to marital duties, obligations to one's partner, etc.;  someone wanting to "fix" an asexual person; comments and themes surrounding body and gender dysphoria)
• Scenes of violence and torture (someone is shown to have been horrifically mutilated and tortured with their legs amputated and their eyes having been removed; someone is threatened and cut with a large knife; someone is strangled to death; someone is stabbed through their neck with scissors; someone's head is stomped in; someone is bludgeoned to death with a metal object)
• Strong sexual themes, very uncomfortable sexual situations (someone is touched or forced to touch someone in ways they're not comfortable with; sexual comments are made about someone, which makes them somewhat uncomfortable; someone is made to feel guilty and ashamed for not wanting to have sex; someone attempts to initiate sexual intercourse despite the other person being reluctant and uncomfortable (no sexual intercourse actually happens); someone is threatened with a knife in a way that has somewhat sexual overtones; there is implied off-screen sex between multiple sets of people (the sex is consensual); someone drugs someone else and attempts to have sex with them against their will, i.e., corrective rape (though no rape/sex actually happens))
• Intense and incredibly disturbing scenes with violent imagery (things already mentioned in the violence and torture section but just an extra added note that much of it is incredibly visceral and emotionally charged)
• Bullying and harassment, bigoted comments related to gender (someone is repeatedly bullied and has demeaning comments directed at them; someone is sexually harassed with their face forced into someone's (clothed) crotch; someone is made fun of for using a certain bathroom and for not looking like their assigned gender at birth; someone is yelled at for wearing underwear of the opposite gender; bigoted comments are made towards someone from a parental unit for wanting to bind their chest)
• Drugging (someone drugs someone else and attempts to have sex with them against their will, i.e., corrective rape (though no rape/sex actually happens)

Arc 5 Part 1 Detailed Content Warnings

• Strong graphic violence (someone is eaten by giant rabbits, a giant rabbit is stabbed in the neck with a screwdriver repeatedly, one rabbit eats another rabbit, someone is repeatedly stabbed through the chest with a large sharp object and the descriptions are quite graphic, someone is stabbed with many sharp objects)
• Sexual violence/assault/unwanted sexual advances (references are made in dialogue to past sexual assault attempts, someone is stabbed through the chest and sexual references are made re: the erotic factor of the act in dialogue, sexual acts are implied through dialogue to have been conducted with artificially intelligent dolls)
• Disturbing and potentially triggering elements (rabbit cannibalism, someone has transformed into a grotesque half-creature, mentions in narration of past torture and death in previous arcs, a somewhat intense scene of trying to snap someone out of a distraught daze by slapping them, an emotionally charged scene involving slapping someone to snap them out of their intrusive self-deprecating and self-damaging thoughts)
• Arachnophobia (mentions of spiders and spider webs in dialogue and narration, someone has transformed into a large half-spider-like creature, references are made to baby spiders in eggs, someone is caught in a large spider web and can't escape)
• Brief moment of eye strain (an inverted image is shown near the beginning of the arc and lasts for several minutes of narration)
• Brief dialogue on eating disorder topics (mentions in dialogue of not eating and how this has led to an "ideal figure" though done in a negative light)
• Scenes revolving around childbirth and gender roles (someone who has been transformed into a half-spider gives birth to a spider egg [not shown, but the egg is shown afterwards], dialogue about the need to create a family and have children, dialogue about the pressures of perfection, particularly on women)

Arc 5 Part 1 1/2 Detailed Content Warnings

• Strong graphic violence (action sequences include a lot of descriptive depictions of violence, including characters getting bitten, hit, kicked, knocked to the ground, limbs bitten off, bodies ripped open, etc.; someone's previous injury is exacerbated and their stiches ripped out, leading to some blood; someone's arm is completely bitten through by a rabbit; someone is implied to have cut their heart out and the remaining scar is shown, brief flashes of CGs are shown in silhouette of the act occurring; a censored room filled with flayed bodies and viscera is shown while the scene is described in detailed text and it's very intense; multiple people are held captive and repeatedly slammed to the ground, resulting in various injuries, broken jaws and noses, etc.; someone's finger is chopped off and both the finger and stump are shown multiple times in detail; someone bites off a piece of a rabbit's arm; someone uses a knife to cut open someone's chest and then yank it open further rather viscerally)
• Sexual references, sexual violence/assault/unwanted sexual advances (sexual humor, jokes, and references are made throughout, including usage of the word d*ck; references are made to a past instance of sexual harassment; mean-spirited taunts of a sexual nature about another character are made during an argument, someone has a lascivious-looking expression at times; someone presses their foot into someone else's face)
• Disturbing and potentially triggering elements (implied cannibalism, both of human and rabbit nature; implied past torture and captivity; multiple characters are held captive and threatened and taunted with a large knife; references are made to past instances of bullying)
• Intense action sequences, eye strain, and flashing movements (a fight scene against many small red beings occurs in which the creatures are constantly running quickly across the screen, whipping in and out of view, and sometimes zooming large in front of the screen, the screen flashes and shakes a number of times; a fight/chase scene in an attempt to storm a castle occurs in which multiple rabbits quickly flash across the screen many times, coupled with flashing and screen shake; a scene in a darkened room occurs in which occasional flashes of lightning brighten up the entire screen; a chase scene in a castle occurs in which many rabbits flash across the screen and the screen shakes a number of times; a scene occurs in which glitchy text and VHS-esque staticy effects are superimposed across the screen)
• Moments of extra strong adult language (an argument occurs in which there is an exorbitant number of occurrences of the word f*ck)

Finale Detailed Content Warnings

• Strong graphic violence (action sequences include descriptive depictions of violence, including characters getting bitten, hit, kicked, slashed, knocked to the ground, etc; characters emerge from action sequences boasting a lot of cuts and bruises; one character has their hand half chopped off)
• Sexual references, sexual violence/assault/unwanted sexual advances (sexual humor, jokes, and references are made throughout; references are made to erections and genitalia; apologies are made re: past sexual assault attempts)
• Disturbing and potentially triggering elements (references made to prior instances of cannibalism and torture; a character helps care for another character's severed appendage and the descriptions are rather visceral)
• Intense action sequences, eye strain, and flashing movements (a fight scene against a large creature occurs in which the creature and its limbs often move quickly across the screen, and the characters fighting it also move quickly to and fro; a short fight scene involving many large root-like objects occurs in which many roots flash across the screen and attack the characters; a short sequence involving a BG and character sprites with inverted colors occurs; a short sequence involving chroma glitch effects and static-like noise on the BG occurs; a short moment in which the sound goes muffled and a tinnitus-style sound effect plays, simulating temporary hearing loss, occurs; a few scenes include floating particle-style effects that move across the screen)
• Disturbing violence against an infant (an infant is held in captivity, implied to have been killed/bludgeoned, and has now turned into a bloated mass; the CG showing this has been hard-censored, but there are still textual descriptions that are rather visceral)

There isn't any nudity/on-screen sex/NSFW content in the game. I generally think of it like an R-rated movie (17+). HOWEVER. In Arc 4  specifically, the intensity gets amped up, particularly during the finale. I do recommend 18+ for that arc individually simply due to the intensity and overarching sexual themes. I'm also happy to provide more details if any of the aspects above have you concerned and you'd like to go in prepared! Many of the scenes in the game are supposed to be uncomfortable—but not to the point that I would want anyone to be pushed past their limits. So please reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns and I'm happy to provide more details, screenshots, etc.

This game also includes a Censored Mode! This mode spot-pixelates elements of gore (intestines, etc.) within the CGs, which may be helpful if you're interested in the game but squeamish about gore.

Credits:

Our Wonderland was developed solo along with the help of various third-party resources.

• Writing, art, design, and programming: Carrot
• Music: Obtained from DOVA Syndrome, Audiostock, Epidemic Sound, and other various royalty free sources (full details included in game)
• Sound effects: Obtained from Freesound.org (details included in game)
• Stock photos: Obtained from Unsplash, Pixabay, etc.
• Additional code: glitch effect, kinetic text, particle effect
• Alpha tester: key
• Beta testers: HiroRCK, toydrill, Aural4444, Luea, MaroonDrops, Jam