In 2016, Wooden Ocean was released onto the internet. Since then, Leif Ian Anderson, the dev, has been working on the game for the past 9 years, now going on 10 years. I only came to know about this game a year ago due to Worm Girl analysis video - so unfortunately I didn’t get to have the early Wooden Ocean Development experience like a handful of people who have stuck around for years or have more recently came back to the game.
To commemorate today, I have commissioned a good friend of mine, @thewizardlywyrm (aka Cas), to make this artwork using watercolors.
On top of being an amazing artist, Cas is also a florist and shared the flowers they have picked for Violet’s bouquet.
Flower choices and meaning from Cas:
🪻Violet - on the nose, but 1) I had to it and 2) they're generally seen as mystical flowers with strong spiritual/otherworldly ties, so for a witch, it seemed fitting!
🪻Delphinium - (it's more commonly blue, but does have purple/lilac coloured variants) and most often resembles steadfastness, particularly in reaching goals or certain ends, which in a meta context could also resemble the average RPG player- but overall from my understanding of the story, could tie in to the protags' quest/search for answers/etc.
🪻 Forget-me-not - also a liiittle on the nose for Violet, but they symbolise love and remembrance, particularly of lost loved ones, though in this case we could probably extrapolate the past, general existential ennui and remembrance of times and lives from much, much further back
🪻 Iris - courage and hope, again coming at this a little rusty-brained, but when you suggested irises, I really wanted them in there! I'm a little biased 'cos I like working with them when we get them! Which isn't often, but they're really beautiful! They also symbolise wisdom, so for Violet in particular, maybe this could circle back around to wisdom of magic and the arcane, or maybe gaining wisdom as she goes through her journey.
🪻 Stock - I did really pick this one because it was the first, dark-purple flower that I thought of immediately! We get it in all the time and I love using it, even though it wilts a little faster, kinda like hydrangea. I did learn that it usually represents finding joy in life, despite difficulties, so perhaps there's something there! It's also just a nice purple plant! The greenery is mostly palms and ruscus, because I like using those for wrap jobs when I have 'em! They're sturdy and stay good for ages and ages out of water!
Along with this artwork, I had written the messages and printed out fanart that was sent to me from the Google Form. I would like to thank everyone that participated and I know Leif will be extremely happy receiving your gifts!
If you had sent message, I had also asked for people to pick an element with no context. Here are those results:
2nd: Acid - Arcane - Expression (2 votes each)
3rd: Fire - Philistine - Lightning (1 vote each)
Thank you to the murdas that sent fan art! I have printed these bad boys at a Walgreens and have packed them with everything else for Leif’s hands to physically hold them. A digital file was also sent to Leif of all these fanarts as well.
*This isn’t the artwork that will be sent to Leif - I has forgotten to take a picture of the watercolor artwork before I packed it due to me stressing over getting it sent along with 4th of July stuff.
Middle: by @thewizardlywyrm
Thank you once again for all you murdas for being here in the Infinite Hotel and I do hope you will continue to enjoy your stay for centuries to come.
One more public announcement!
We are finally announcement the Wooden Ocean Wiki! Even though this was a year in a making, there is still a ton of missing information we have not gotten to put up on the wiki.
We welcome murdas to make contributitions to the wiki, but please make sure it reflects from the **current patch** of the game and make pages with spoiler warnings when possible. I am one of the admins of the wiki so you do have any questions, I will answer them to the best of my abilities. You can leave questions in the Wocean Discord forum under “Wooden Ocean Wiki” OR you can leave a message for me on the Wooden Ocean Wiki directly here if you don’t have a discord.
