Did they plug a jack into their brain in that movie too? I still get disgusted thinking about that. I would never one a hole in my head just to play a game.
Eternum is really a great improvement from your previous installment. The dialouge, the pacing, the comedic timing is superior this time. I love Once In A Lifetime due to how crazy it is but this, Eternum, is no holds barred gag novelty in a great way. The way you transition the comedy is so well done that I can't help but laugh all the way through every scenes and choices. It is almost I forget that there are s*x scenes in this game but due to how your storytelling is fun, I am hooked to wacky shenanigans instead and the spicy scenes are just a bonus.
Also, dude, any plans for a cameo of OIAL in Eternum? I wanna see President Stabb or the dildo man again.
I'm new to Visual Novels. But wow, I got hooked on this. I registered an account on itch just to tell the developer and potential players what a masterpiece this is!
I think (and hope) I'm just at the beginning of the story (I'm right after the contest for the device). The music fits so perfectly; I've shazamed almost every song. The characters and the story is amazing.
What an immersion - unbelievable! I head straight to Patreon for a subscription!
I played both of your games, they are really great, but I was wondering about something, with which program did you make the character of in a life time jasmine ?
This is a masterpiece, i been playing lots of games and this is the Best in My opinion, good history, interesting characters, good graphics, good optimization, don't get repetitive and much more to Say i gonna keep waiting more uptades.
It's the best of these slg game i've ever play. Story is fantastic and cg is the icing on the cake.Music also well.I just love everything in this game except the elements of horror is a little bit much for me. Anyway,can you have more pay channel to support cause i cant open patreon website.I'd really like to support you if i could.
Well I don't think much of most of the games on here, though I know even bad games are a lot of work. Gotta say I'm pretty impressed. It's the type of game I might keep playing after I nut because I'm so engaged with the plot.
There is in particular a quality of pacing and mood that sets it apart. Very immersive, well done (though I know it's still in development)
bro I need the new update fast!!! This is game is so good and I think a new update is needed pls release it I’ll be one of the first to play it nice game !
Hi, my game happens to drop after that guy on roman server asks if i want to buy ticket for 200e. The next render is jist on a half of my screen and that the game dropps saying theres an unknown file format. Any ideas how to get around that? Thanks a lot
This Game Is Really Really good the plot is good just like your previous game and The Jokes are hilarious too and also this games graphics Are Hella awesome too really hyped for the next Update keep it up your games are Really good so keep it up Caribdis!
Hey Caribdis, I just wanted to say that I love your work and to ask when do you think the next update will be ready. Also, the walkthrough guides that you provide are a godsend. Thank you and keep up the great work.
This is one of the greatest Visual Novels I've ever read, but i think that tha main character should be the one to find and claim Hyas because lets face it, he still has no sword and no armour.
Not sure but I think you're supposed to save before the end where you see the credits if it doesn't work since you know when it ends try saving a couple minutes before the end.
Luna best girl. But I guess Nova is the best if you want a character who is likely guaranteed to be bisexual and wanna bang all the women as much as the MC does.
i love everything about this game! except maybe some sex scenes. now i dont think there is anything wrong with the animation, art or the hotness, what i hate is the sudden personality shift of the characters when they enter "sex scene mode". it feels kinda unusual you know? one minute they are talking normally, but suddenly they start fucking eachothers brain out. i'm saying this because i fucking love the writing in this game, so it bothers me that the transions from normal to sex mode is kind of unnatural. please dont take this as hate! i would love for you guys to improve upon your work! xx
Actually, I did feel similarly. The writing is solid, with the characters actually having a bit of intellectual competence, and then they sort of degenerate into the typical run of the mill porn-inscribed mono/dialogue. Nothing wrong with a bit of that, but at times it does feel like the characters’ voices no longer match the personas you built. Food for thought…but don’t let it bog down the solid work you’ve been producing.
Thank you. I feel like they can stay in character with who they are without just becoming mindless porn. I don't wanna see that happen with Luna. And see Nancy going that way. Penelope is hinted to be really raunchy and it was scary to get hit with that all at once. Annie kinda stayed on topic with who she was before and during sex. But even in OIAL near the end, it just kinda became about group sex in public. Funny stuff always happened. And I loved the cast, just j love these in Eternum. But I don't want them to act like they have a split personality anytime sex is on the table and big dick is in front of them. That's all I'm saying. And I gotta say, to be fair, if a character just always acts super sexual, so be it. I can accept that. But I don't see that in all of them. Not at all.
I'm glad someone else said it. It can be jarring when characters who seem to be not that sex focused suddenly seem to just become a horny lust-driven beast. That happens too much in tons of AVNs. And it can ruin characters. Nova seemed to just become a different person when she was tricked into that nonsense with Maat. And I'm not sold totally with Nancy's change after the advice from the Yoga guy. Sometimes it just seems like a switch is flipped and they just become, for lack of a better word, sluts. Im not into it. That's why I fear some of the scenes that may come later.
The majority of the time the writing is well-done. No lie. Comedy wise, he's unmatched on ITCH. But when it comes to the women dialogue in sex, they act like porn-stars. And I honestly can't see that as who they are. Not even Alex or Nancy. I get it, it's a hentai visual novel. But you can have sex and keep it in character. Or is Caribdis' point with them acting like that, is that that is who they really are? Are they always holding back and pretending to be someone else, but when they jump in bed, they're just thirsty for sex and nothing else? I hope that's not the case. At least not for Luna and Annie. The only person I would buy that would be Calypso, since greek gods are often times said to be into everything including hedonism.
I expected a good story. I expected good artwork. I expected good characters. Not only has this exceeded all the expectations, but is also funny as hell? Who gave you permission to be this funny?!
Jkjk, great game. Can't wait for the next chapters. Although I have to ask, what % of the game is covered by 0.3?
just finished playing the game,so far,the plot,the story is just a masterpiece,i can feel the emotion,the pressure and the action!All the characters and place is a lovely art!!I can't wait for the next update of this game,I d also love to know who is actually behind the door at the ending..Keep up the good work Caribdis!!
If the new version comes out, do i have to delete the old version of the game and download the new version or do i just download the newer version when it comes out? I'm rather new to this type of game and I can't wait for the next one!
If you play on PC, you can delete it, if you want. After you download the new version, your old saves will still be there! (Windows stores the saves in a different location)
Just throw this out there, since this is a game about a game, you could keep doing expansions on the original game just like normal games. New expansion for Eternum in the game, a new chapter of this game with totally new plots and some new characters each time, but you still get to continue the MC's story and have fun with the original characters. The world for this one really would fit that model well, given it's about a game with all sorts of sub-worlds. Do a Cyberpunk story for one, then the next expansion could be about ancient Egypt and Maat could get involved. All sorts of possibilities are opened by the game sub-worlds of Eternum, and we get to keep interacting with the characters we grow fond of and get to grow our "family" over time. I'd be super down with that type of thing. "Eternum: The Wrath of Maat" or something, heehee
I wouldn't want a DLC-ish expansion that felt like all it added was more sex scenes that didn't fit the characters in them. Like for example, if Luna only has solo romance scenes the whole game. I wouldn't buy an expansion just to dump her into a 3some randomly with Penelope. Or have an expansion where she is OOC and sudden acting like Nancy or Alex just for a "what if" story. No alternate universes either.
keep in mind that these kinda games really are more ''stories" than games, and as such, all stories need a good ending.. thats where a lot of devs go wrong, trying to milk every patreon supporter forever, never finishing the game, then they die or give up or somesuch (eg: Harem Hotel, which was luckily saved by a new dev who got hold of the source code) and the game remains unfinished .. a lot of games have gone that way, and you can feel it when playing, the repeated plotlines and re-hashed scenes make the games feel stale. some prime examples being My New Family and Dark Magic. those games become unbearable after a certain point, reading the same old lines 'day after day', the same tropes scene by scene (unless you have a particular type of unsavory "too young" fetish, which is probably why those games still have a small but loyal fanbase). the best thing Carbidis did with OIAL was the well-rounded ending, that finished exactly where the story should finish, didnt drag it out, and made a masterpiece in the process. even though we miss the characters, and was sad to see the story end, it just 'felt right when it did end. it felt wholesome.
I feel like after a while devs of these indie games see that that get 800$ a month and just decide to keep the game going, never really ending them, only constantly making more sex scenes just to lure lonely dickheads. ONce I s see a plot is headed that way and they're making the cast do stupid stuff that makes no scenes, it just becomes mindless porn and I'm not into that anymore since I turned 30. I like things being hot but I want plot.
when I finished OiAL I used a guide to make sure I didn't mess up anymore romances and kept Stabbs alive. No way I was gonna drop the ball at the last second. Hands down a very satisfying ending despite my mistakes earlier on. I swear, "don't look at a girl change and the game assumes you hate her. Don't want a teacher to divorce her husband? Too bad, you should has known he was evil." But I still don't wanna play the game all over because I have a ton of VNs I'm trying to run thru before my JRPGs come out. So maybe when I'm done with everything I'll do Eternum and OIAL over and try a perfect run.
I agree, but in this case I have faith in the dev's abilities and such. OIAL was awesome, and this one has been as well. I'm not saying to just keep going on when there's really no more story. Just pointing out that this particular setting works well for new stories with the same characters. I like new characters too, but it's nice to have a familiar group of characters you're comfortable interacting with as well. People start get attached to their favorite characters, and want to see more stories with them. This is why TV (and book series) is so popular, and why people binge watch series. That is one of my gripes about these stories end generally, they're all one-off's. I'd really like to see a series of a game where you'd have a lot of the same characters through multiple different stories. :) That's my two cents!
as far as i understand it, Runey is the new developer. he's had control for quite awhile, and i might well be wrong, but i remember reading a thread about how the game got abandoned by the original dev and someone else (runey) had gotten permission to take over and had the assets handed over to him
It's a given that it's erotica but not clear on what sex acts are on and off the table.
I would love the chance to bond and romance the heroines while avoiding some sex acts. Some of which are serious turns off for me. For example, I like Penny for the most part but if she's into bondage and rough sex, am I locked in to see that if I take an interest in her? I want to date but not do all that.
oh I figured it'd be cheating since she's with her husband when you flirt with her. Since I never finished the quest line, I wondered if you have sex with her behind the husband's back
oh its got a different name when you'r the one involved in the cheating.. ntr is when someone deliberately degrades you by making you watch them cheating in front of you and generally making you into a pathetic cuck
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The character of Dalia got blacked out during the "western rome vs eastern rome" episode. Which option did i choose wrong?
Maybe you didn't have enough relationship points with her, at that point, check out the walkthrough attached!
when do you think we will get version 0.4?
This month on Patreon and SubscribeStar
Definitive release dates soon
when i download 0.4 on windows 10 how does my data transfer from 0.3 or does it convert automatically?
Save your file you can see it and wait for update
Is Eternum inspired by the movie Ready Player One (2018) or Sword Art Online?
I took several inspirations of course, including those
Did they plug a jack into their brain in that movie too? I still get disgusted thinking about that. I would never one a hole in my head just to play a game.
Eternum is really a great improvement from your previous installment. The dialouge, the pacing, the comedic timing is superior this time. I love Once In A Lifetime due to how crazy it is but this, Eternum, is no holds barred gag novelty in a great way. The way you transition the comedy is so well done that I can't help but laugh all the way through every scenes and choices. It is almost I forget that there are s*x scenes in this game but due to how your storytelling is fun, I am hooked to wacky shenanigans instead and the spicy scenes are just a bonus.
Also, dude, any plans for a cameo of OIAL in Eternum? I wanna see President Stabb or the dildo man again.
Thank you pabyan! Glad you liked it
There will be more OIAL references yeah
Bring back Stabbs and the dildo Man.
MORE POWER TO YOU CARIBDIS, take your time to make it more top quality
I'm new to Visual Novels. But wow, I got hooked on this. I registered an account on itch just to tell the developer and potential players what a masterpiece this is!
I think (and hope) I'm just at the beginning of the story (I'm right after the contest for the device). The music fits so perfectly; I've shazamed almost every song. The characters and the story is amazing.
What an immersion - unbelievable! I head straight to Patreon for a subscription!
Thank you for supporting! 😍
And hell yeah, you're just at the beginning ^^
I played both of your games, they are really great, but I was wondering about something, with which program did you make the character of in a life time jasmine ?
I used Honey Select
Do I need to start a new game when update to 0.4 or I can just play where I left off?
You should be able to continue your saves
How can i download 0.4? Is it available only to patreons now?
I would rather prefer buying your game on steam if available. Is it?
Not yet, I'll announce the date beforehand
And unfortunately no, I can't publish it on Steam because of copyright issues
Really? Is this because of the soundtracks only, or are there more copyright things in it? I thought the soundtracks were copyright free.
They are, it's because of the software I use to create the renders
On windows RenPy games save in AppData, you could delete your game if you wanted to the save is still there.
On Linux,mac,android i have no idea
The story, graphics and everything else was amazing. Pls tell me when new version is out
This month on Patreon and SubscribeStar
New version when
storyline is awesome dude
a very exciting game, hoping for the next update to be soon. I was like waiting for over 80 days already Lol. hahaha
This is a masterpiece, i been playing lots of games and this is the Best in My opinion, good history, interesting characters, good graphics, good optimization, don't get repetitive and much more to Say i gonna keep waiting more uptades.
TYVM!
This game is perfection. Not much needs to be said. That's literally all you have to say.
Also, that little angel/devil from hololive easter egg? I love you already! Can't wait for future updates :)
Thanks!
It's the best of these slg game i've ever play. Story is fantastic and cg is the icing on the cake.Music also well.I just love everything in this game except the elements of horror is a little bit much for me. Anyway,can you have more pay channel to support cause i cant open patreon website.I'd really like to support you if i could.
You can also support the game on SubscribeStar or here.
Thanks in any case!
Just wondering if the new update arrives
How can i update the game?
I only know how to update on playstore
Keep the old apk installed and overwrite it
Well I don't think much of most of the games on here, though I know even bad games are a lot of work. Gotta say I'm pretty impressed. It's the type of game I might keep playing after I nut because I'm so engaged with the plot.
There is in particular a quality of pacing and mood that sets it apart. Very immersive, well done (though I know it's still in development)
Thank you very much!
bro I need the new update fast!!! This is game is so good and I think a new update is needed pls release it I’ll be one of the first to play it nice game !
Hi, my game happens to drop after that guy on roman server asks if i want to buy ticket for 200e. The next render is jist on a half of my screen and that the game dropps saying theres an unknown file format. Any ideas how to get around that? Thanks a lot
I've never heard of that error, what version did you download?
Just finished Once in a Lifetime and playing Eternum afterwards has been great! do you use Blender for the character design?
Great game!
I use Honey Select 1/2! :D
Your character designs are really good lol, I thought u used blender! Keep up the great work man!
Epicanthic folds for the win!
This Game Is Really Really good the plot is good just like your previous game and The Jokes are hilarious too and also this games graphics Are Hella awesome too really hyped for the next Update keep it up your games are Really good so keep it up Caribdis!
TYVM!
I like How your replying on the comments in both of your games XD
the cockblocking from the guard made me so mad istg
NOOOO THE CLIFFHANGER I WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS BEHID THE DOOR
Watch it be Chop Chop lol
Chop Chop is the best!
will you help us
gather the three weapons
find the ten gems
write your own fate
Is this a message about the update?
😶
I think there are some texts at the end of the game, but I couldn't read it because it went fast. It's weird.
Hey Caribdis, I just wanted to say that I love your work and to ask when do you think the next update will be ready. Also, the walkthrough guides that you provide are a godsend. Thank you and keep up the great work.
If all goes well, August on Patreon and Subscribestar, September here for free as always
This is one of the greatest Visual Novels I've ever read, but i think that tha main character should be the one to find and claim Hyas because lets face it, he still has no sword and no armour.
Not sure but I think you're supposed to save before the end where you see the credits if it doesn't work since you know when it ends try saving a couple minutes before the end.
Glad you liked it!
Luna best girl. But I guess Nova is the best if you want a character who is likely guaranteed to be bisexual and wanna bang all the women as much as the MC does.
There lacks some information in the game's description: what's the Average session of the game? Or, what's the length of the story (currently)?
Depends on your reading speed.
Without skipping anything, I'd say 5-8 hours
i love everything about this game! except maybe some sex scenes. now i dont think there is anything wrong with the animation, art or the hotness, what i hate is the sudden personality shift of the characters when they enter "sex scene mode". it feels kinda unusual you know? one minute they are talking normally, but suddenly they start fucking eachothers brain out. i'm saying this because i fucking love the writing in this game, so it bothers me that the transions from normal to sex mode is kind of unnatural. please dont take this as hate! i would love for you guys to improve upon your work! xx
Thank you!
Glad you like it. That is fair, I'll keep it in mind!
Actually, I did feel similarly. The writing is solid, with the characters actually having a bit of intellectual competence, and then they sort of degenerate into the typical run of the mill porn-inscribed mono/dialogue. Nothing wrong with a bit of that, but at times it does feel like the characters’ voices no longer match the personas you built. Food for thought…but don’t let it bog down the solid work you’ve been producing.
Thank you. I feel like they can stay in character with who they are without just becoming mindless porn. I don't wanna see that happen with Luna. And see Nancy going that way. Penelope is hinted to be really raunchy and it was scary to get hit with that all at once. Annie kinda stayed on topic with who she was before and during sex. But even in OIAL near the end, it just kinda became about group sex in public. Funny stuff always happened. And I loved the cast, just j love these in Eternum. But I don't want them to act like they have a split personality anytime sex is on the table and big dick is in front of them. That's all I'm saying. And I gotta say, to be fair, if a character just always acts super sexual, so be it. I can accept that. But I don't see that in all of them. Not at all.
I'm glad someone else said it. It can be jarring when characters who seem to be not that sex focused suddenly seem to just become a horny lust-driven beast. That happens too much in tons of AVNs. And it can ruin characters. Nova seemed to just become a different person when she was tricked into that nonsense with Maat. And I'm not sold totally with Nancy's change after the advice from the Yoga guy. Sometimes it just seems like a switch is flipped and they just become, for lack of a better word, sluts. Im not into it. That's why I fear some of the scenes that may come later.
well i'm trusting caribdis to look into this a bit more, because they are really good at writing!
The majority of the time the writing is well-done. No lie. Comedy wise, he's unmatched on ITCH. But when it comes to the women dialogue in sex, they act like porn-stars. And I honestly can't see that as who they are. Not even Alex or Nancy. I get it, it's a hentai visual novel. But you can have sex and keep it in character. Or is Caribdis' point with them acting like that, is that that is who they really are? Are they always holding back and pretending to be someone else, but when they jump in bed, they're just thirsty for sex and nothing else? I hope that's not the case. At least not for Luna and Annie. The only person I would buy that would be Calypso, since greek gods are often times said to be into everything including hedonism.
A great game, whether modeling or game story I have played this type of game is the best one, looking forward to the next version, come on!
Thank you so much! :D
I expected a good story. I expected good artwork. I expected good characters. Not only has this exceeded all the expectations, but is also funny as hell? Who gave you permission to be this funny?!
Jkjk, great game. Can't wait for the next chapters. Although I have to ask, what % of the game is covered by 0.3?
Thank you!
Do you mean of the total I plan to do? I have no idea, tbh
To say something... maybe 20%?
Damn, dude. If this is 20% of the game, I can't wait to see what the full 100% will be. You got a fan in me.
just finished playing the game,so far,the plot,the story is just a masterpiece,i can feel the emotion,the pressure and the action!All the characters and place is a lovely art!!I can't wait for the next update of this game,I d also love to know who is actually behind the door at the ending..Keep up the good work Caribdis!!
I'll try my best! thank you very much!
If the new version comes out, do i have to delete the old version of the game and download the new version or do i just download the newer version when it comes out? I'm rather new to this type of game and I can't wait for the next one!
Great game! Love it!
If you play on PC, you can delete it, if you want. After you download the new version, your old saves will still be there! (Windows stores the saves in a different location)
I'm playing on Android, so I don't know what to do when there's an update. When will be the next update btw?
Then keep the apk installed and overwrite it.
August on Patreon/subscribestar, September here
okay, thanks!!
Grwat game, cant wait to see more!
Just throw this out there, since this is a game about a game, you could keep doing expansions on the original game just like normal games. New expansion for Eternum in the game, a new chapter of this game with totally new plots and some new characters each time, but you still get to continue the MC's story and have fun with the original characters. The world for this one really would fit that model well, given it's about a game with all sorts of sub-worlds. Do a Cyberpunk story for one, then the next expansion could be about ancient Egypt and Maat could get involved. All sorts of possibilities are opened by the game sub-worlds of Eternum, and we get to keep interacting with the characters we grow fond of and get to grow our "family" over time. I'd be super down with that type of thing. "Eternum: The Wrath of Maat" or something, heehee
I'm for it as long as it's tasteful.
I wouldn't want a DLC-ish expansion that felt like all it added was more sex scenes that didn't fit the characters in them. Like for example, if Luna only has solo romance scenes the whole game. I wouldn't buy an expansion just to dump her into a 3some randomly with Penelope. Or have an expansion where she is OOC and sudden acting like Nancy or Alex just for a "what if" story. No alternate universes either.
The possibilities are certainly endless!
keep in mind that these kinda games really are more ''stories" than games, and as such, all stories need a good ending..
thats where a lot of devs go wrong, trying to milk every patreon supporter forever, never finishing the game, then they die or give up or somesuch (eg: Harem Hotel, which was luckily saved by a new dev who got hold of the source code) and the game remains unfinished .. a lot of games have gone that way, and you can feel it when playing, the repeated plotlines and re-hashed scenes make the games feel stale.
some prime examples being My New Family and Dark Magic. those games become unbearable after a certain point, reading the same old lines 'day after day', the same tropes scene by scene (unless you have a particular type of unsavory "too young" fetish, which is probably why those games still have a small but loyal fanbase).
the best thing Carbidis did with OIAL was the well-rounded ending, that finished exactly where the story should finish, didnt drag it out, and made a masterpiece in the process. even though we miss the characters, and was sad to see the story end, it just 'felt right when it did end. it felt wholesome.
I feel like after a while devs of these indie games see that that get 800$ a month and just decide to keep the game going, never really ending them, only constantly making more sex scenes just to lure lonely dickheads. ONce I s see a plot is headed that way and they're making the cast do stupid stuff that makes no scenes, it just becomes mindless porn and I'm not into that anymore since I turned 30. I like things being hot but I want plot.
when I finished OiAL I used a guide to make sure I didn't mess up anymore romances and kept Stabbs alive. No way I was gonna drop the ball at the last second. Hands down a very satisfying ending despite my mistakes earlier on. I swear, "don't look at a girl change and the game assumes you hate her. Don't want a teacher to divorce her husband? Too bad, you should has known he was evil." But I still don't wanna play the game all over because I have a ton of VNs I'm trying to run thru before my JRPGs come out. So maybe when I'm done with everything I'll do Eternum and OIAL over and try a perfect run.
I agree, but in this case I have faith in the dev's abilities and such. OIAL was awesome, and this one has been as well. I'm not saying to just keep going on when there's really no more story. Just pointing out that this particular setting works well for new stories with the same characters. I like new characters too, but it's nice to have a familiar group of characters you're comfortable interacting with as well. People start get attached to their favorite characters, and want to see more stories with them. This is why TV (and book series) is so popular, and why people binge watch series. That is one of my gripes about these stories end generally, they're all one-off's. I'd really like to see a series of a game where you'd have a lot of the same characters through multiple different stories. :) That's my two cents!
Wait!Hold on! What happened to Runey? I played HH and liked it well enough,but a new dev is running it!? I need context !
as far as i understand it, Runey is the new developer. he's had control for quite awhile, and i might well be wrong, but i remember reading a thread about how the game got abandoned by the original dev and someone else (runey) had gotten permission to take over and had the assets handed over to him
Huh. That's interesting.
What the exact tags on the game itself?
That's a good question.
It's a given that it's erotica but not clear on what sex acts are on and off the table.
I would love the chance to bond and romance the heroines while avoiding some sex acts. Some of which are serious turns off for me. For example, I like Penny for the most part but if she's into bondage and rough sex, am I locked in to see that if I take an interest in her? I want to date but not do all that.
pretty sure "no ntr" is the one we are all wondering about.. and given how OIAL turned out, i am confident there wont be any
What do you mean? The teacher romance angle? Never got to finish that? How did it go?
huh? teacher romance is not ntr in and of itself
oh I figured it'd be cheating since she's with her husband when you flirt with her. Since I never finished the quest line, I wondered if you have sex with her behind the husband's back
oh its got a different name when you'r the one involved in the cheating.. ntr is when someone deliberately degrades you by making you watch them cheating in front of you and generally making you into a pathetic cuck
how can i transfer a save file from playin the browser version over to the downloaded version?
You can't, browser versions are broken and unofficial, unfortunately saves can't be transferred as far as I know