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| image=DDCQ_Title_Screen.png
| author=[[Minecraft:Mojang Studios]]
| platform=Web
| programming language={{os|dart}} {{w|Dart (programming language)|Dart}}
| date=September 9, 2015
| size=≈ 1.8 MiB<ref group="note">Excluding music in unarchived formats</ref>
| source available=No
| notes={{notelist|style=text-align:left}}
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'''''Doki Doki Compatibility Quest: 3''''' was a browser game created to promote the release of [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.12.1 alpha]], released on September 9, 2015.<ref>{{Tweet|Bopogamel|641621079266603008|DOKI DOKI: Compatibility Quest III is LIVE!}}</ref> Done as a parody of {{w|visual novel}} games such as {{w|dating simulators}}, the game stars various anthropomorphic {{w|smartphones}}.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.siliconera.com/mojangs-doki-doki-compatibility-quest-iii-visual-novel-introduces-minecraft-pocket-edition-cross-play/|title=Mojang’s Doki Doki Compatibility Quest III Visual Novel Introduces Minecraft: Pocket Edition Cross-Play|author=Jenni Lada|website=Siliconera|date=September 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=https://vndb.org/v18301|title=Doki Doki Compatibility Quest III|website=the visual novel database}}</ref> It can be played within a blog post for the update, and as such was indirectly removed when the Mojang website became a redirect to [[Minecraft:Minecraft.net]].<ref>{{Citation|url=https://mojang.com/2015/09/windows-10-and-pe-gets-cross-play-the-nether-more/|title=Cross play on Win 10 and PE! The Nether! More!|author=Owen|website=Mojang|date=September 9, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910122308/https://mojang.com/2015/09/windows-10-and-pe-gets-cross-play-the-nether-more/}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.mojang.com/|website=Minecraft|date=May 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529162812/https://www.mojang.com/|title=Official site}}</ref>

== Gameplay ==
The game can be played entirely using a mouse, lacking any movement or mechanics beyond clicking text boxes. The only visible button during gameplay is a soundbar, enabling the player to mute the game if desired. If the player ever receives an ending, a restart button will become visible in the top-left corner. Despite lacking an icon, this functionality actually exists throughout the rest of the game, returning the player to the first screen of exposition if clicked.

== Summary ==
{{Expand section|Explain every path and context for the ending}}
The game is set at Device High, a premium high school for "the best-performing pieces of portable technology from across the country." The protagonist, Winsten, is the new {{w|Windows 10}} PC in class, having aced an entry exam, but is anxious attending a cross-platform school. They got dropped off by their parents, feeling their internal fan spinning with nervousness, pondering if anyone plays [[Minecraft:Pocket Edition|''Pocket Edition'']]. Having some spare time before class, they decide to go one of three directions: to the rooftop, the art studio, or registration.

If Winsten heads onto the roof, they will remark about their lack of experience climbing stairs, before noticing {{w|iOS}} models relaxing. Finding the place a good spot to be alone, they take a deep breath, only to be interrupted by an {{w|Android (operating system)|Android}} device named Andy, who accuses Winsten of "hogging the air." If the player reasons with them, such as apologizing or recognizing they're an Android device, Andy will be revealed as cheeky and try to give advice.

If at any point Winsten chooses not to use cross-play or refuse to associate with a character, they will become obsolete, ending the game.

== Characters ==
{{Columns-list|* [[File:Android.svg|16px|link=Computer]] [[Minecraft:Computer|Andy]]
* {{w|Batman}} (mentioned)
* {{w|Charles Burns (cartoonist)|Charles Burns}} (mentioned)
* {{EntityLink|Creeper}}
* {{w|Daniel Clowes}} (mentioned)
* [[File:Windows 10.svg|16px|link=Computer]] [[Minecraft:Computer|Dossie]]
* {{w|Joakim Pirinen}} (mentioned)
* {{w|Sugar-Conny}} (mentioned)
* [[File:iOS.svg|16px|link=Computer]] [[Minecraft:Computer|Toshie]]
* [[File:Windows 10.svg|16px|link=Computer]] [[Minecraft:Computer|Winsten]]
* {{BlockLink|Computer|Winsten's Parents}} (mentioned)|colwidth=20em}}

== Quotes ==
{{q|Your dismissive nature escalates during your time at Device High.

You graduate successfully but become close-minded, refusing to upgrade your firmware and dismissing any technology that requires you to conquer even the shallowest of learning curves.

Soon, you find yourself outdated and alone…|Bad ending text crawl}}

== Credits ==

* [[Minecraft:Aron Nieminen]] - programming
* [[Minecraft:Mattis Grahm]] (credited as Bomb Boy) - graphics
* {{w|Steven Velema|Steven "surasshu" Velema}} (credited as surasshu) - music
* [[Minecraft:Owen Jones]] (credited as Owen "bopogamel" Hill) - writing

Credits include special thanks to [[Minecraft:Markus Toivonen]] (credited as Junkboy).

== Trivia ==

* Throughout the game, several puns and inside jokes are made towards personal computer culture.
** Winsten's parents moved due to "Office work," referencing {{w|Microsoft Office}}
** In the art studio, a painting of the {{w|Windows XP}} default wallpaper {{w|Bliss (photograph)|Bliss}} can be seen.
* Despite the title, this is not a sequel to any other game.
* In the bad ending, what appears to be a {{w|Virtual Boy}} can be seen among the discarded products.
* <i lang="ja-Latn">{{w|Doki doki}}</i> (<span lang="ja">[[Minecraft:wiktionary:どきどき#Japanese|どきどき]]</span> or <span lang="ja">[[Minecraft:wiktionary:ドキドキ#Japanese|ドキドキ]]</span>) is an {{w|Japanese sound symbolism|onomatopoeic phrase}} from the {{w|Japanese language}} representing a pair of heart beats. It is a phrase commonly used in naming popular media, such as the visual novel ''{{w|Doki Doki Literature Club!}}'' which has been released in 2017, two years after ''Doki Doki Compatibility Quest: 3''.

== Gallery ==
{{Expand section|Endings}}

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
DDCQ Meet Andy.png
</gallery>

=== Backgrounds ===
<gallery>
DDCQ Device High.png|Device High
DDCQ Rooftop.png|Rooftop
DDCQ Art Studio.png|Art Studio
DDCQ Hallway.png|Hallway
DDCQ Bad Ending.png|Bad Ending
DDCQ tyending.png|Regular Ending
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* https://grzesiek11.stary.pc.pl/dokidoki/ - Playable archive of the game with working sound.
* [https://vndb.org/v18301 vndb entry]

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