Your game is the best, and I'm so glad to discover your game. Eternum is a masterpiece, I just want to know that if calypso will be included in his harem in the future. Because, she's so hot and how she belittle me damn.
Hey! Too broke for Patreon Discord access rn so I just wanted to leave a comment to express how much I love your game! Keep up the awesome work and I can't wait to see how the story unfolds in the future updates! Keep at it!
(SPOILER) Hey, so i had to restart my progress and im having this issue where after you ask dalia for her password to her private server, her profile goes gray and idk what to do since theres no choice and idk what i did wrong. Pls help
Damn Caribdis. When I would meet you on the street i would pay you at least one bar full of bear, or whatever you prefer. It is insane how much love and detail is in this game. I waited long for 0.6 but it was WORTH it. I can't wait for 0.7 and even more for the finished game.
I still have full respect for everything you doing in this game and would like to announce the best 18+ Itch.io game i know. And I played a lot.
Thanks for that, it was much fun and I really liked the things added!
I donated twice with PayPal. PayPal has now banned me forever. Apparently terms of service forbids purchase of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, annuities, and pornography amongst a slew of other legal items.
My personal opinion is that paypay can rot in hell but you might consider another option when donating.
Hey there Caribdis! I have downloaded the android Full Res Version and I can't seem to load my saves from 0.5 and it says "Can't find a place to stop rolling back. Perhaps the script changed in an incompatible way?". If this is the case does that mean I have to start the game over again?
You need to run the game first. After you get a blackscreen on the loading screen, close the game. Go to the folder that you extracted and you’ll see a .rpa file there. Move that file to the game’s file which is located in documents/Ixion. Make sure to paste it on the game folder.
Potential spoilers (?) but more of just theory crafting after finishing 0.6 (Need to do my usual full game playthrough with the new update).
First off, based on the recency of updates, I'm willing to bet that we're looking at a December/January release for 0.7, which for once with these kinds of things, I'm okay with. This is worth the wait.
Now on to the theories (theory?) of how things are gonna play out.
So we all know there are the seven main girls, plus Calypso, yes, but for now I'm focusing on the seven we get profiles of. Obviously, endgame is to have a full happy harem that accepts each other and MC fully, as well as s** scenes for all of them all the way. With the number of times the MC and the girls have mentioned potential threesomes and beyond (Which I think is a similar thing that's happening to all of them with the physical changes or the water butterflys, Kredon ain't normal), Caribdis has for sure set us up for multi-girl scenes, which constitutes having slept with each one already (Or at least, the ones involved).
So far, we've obviously slept with Nancy and Alex, and Cari has set us up for Nova in 0.7 (if that One Piece sleepover ain't it, I'll eat my hat), potentially Annie and Dahlia not too far behind (Annie's whisper that next time is it and Dahlia's acceptance that she wants you to be the one in the shack). The stragglers are Penny and Luna, Luna even more than Penny, I'd say. Overall, mathwise, we're going to have to start sleeping with multiple girls per update (assuming the full game is 1.0. Honestly, most games I'd be upset with the idea of 1.0 not being full release, but Caribdis, if you want to take this all the way to 2.0, I'm here for a good time, and a long time if needed).
This all leads me to believe that 0.7 is going to have the opening resolution of the cliffhanger as Cari is want to do at this point, I could see Alex being taken away or something as part of this because her dad is... not good. We're either going to have one of the bases of El Coyote being raided (I'm going to guess we're taking Annie with us to Ion along with another girl and then I could see Luna and another girl, leaning Nova in my head, for our New World escapade, or else some of the girls and us go to one and the rest of the girls go to the other?) or else this "hunt" that has now been mentioned twice (Which I'm personally thinking won't happen until 0.8 and is going to lead into Dahlia's full scene).
Reason for one or the other is that the base raids are going to get us a third gem of doom and I think the hunt will be what wins us the fourth. Eventually we will need to face Thanatos and either defeat him or convince him to join us, which I could see at this point. Obviously we'll have Nova's scene with the One Piece watch party (Still confused how they're watching the last episode, but ah well), I could just be fantasizing (I don't exactly recall how we left off with Penny, need to play through again to remember) but I could also see a side scene/date with Penny to the feudal japanese world.
Biggest thing I think is that we need to further our Luna connection this next update. We have all of one scene and whilst they're all great, it's (personally) one of the more forgettable ones.
Less of theory now and more just me being wistful, but based on Caribdis' growth (viewed by OIAL and now Eternum) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we do get a polyamory confession scene or something? Like at some point there is very much a sit down between MC and all seven girls wherein he confesses he's seeing each of them (I can't get Nancy's reaction of "Oh, that's all you wanted to talk about? I thought it was serious." or something out of my head) and there's of course the anger then the realization that a lot of the girls like each other as well (beyond just friends. If they don't admit it, we all know they're lying). OIAL, whilst the ending slideshow is amazing, kind of just glances over it. Obviously some of the girls find out about each other and make a believable web of ones in-the-know and have different reactions, there's no full resolution or talk about it, it's just "Haha, and they all lived happily ever after, accepting each other with no issue or thought" kind of.
It would (again, personally) round out the whole "chosen family" that's occurred. All the girls have gotten closer due to MC and Cari has done a wonderful job of making sure those connections remain and grow themselves (ie Luna and Penny hanging at the mall, Penny and Nova being best buds in college, etc). Also, Nancy has apparently already accepted all of them as both MC's girlfriends as well as her own children to mother (Which I guess makes sense, Alex doesn't exactly have a loving family outside of maybe an Axel twist based on 0.6, she's already Penny and Dahlia's mom, she's acting as Annie's caretaker in Kredon, Luna lost her mom early on, leaving only Nova who, let's face it, is chaos).
To any who read this far, thank you for reading my ramble, feel free to reply with your thoughts if you too are spinning wild theories in your head along these lines?
Caribdis, if you read this (far), keep it up, I'm eagerly awaiting your next chapter, but still wish you to take the time you need to continue this masterpiece you've ensorcelled us with.
EDIT: Wow, I was tired and spelled Caribdis wrong every time.
Honestly, I had to create an account to comment and let you know that your writing is fantastic and this game is really fun to play haha. I just started with the latest update and the reference to the (SPOILER) twins from Atomic Heart is hilarious haha.
I love this game more than I've loved any game of this genre. And this is the only visual novel I'm currently following. You have a way with words my friend and I can't thank you enough for providing such entertaining, exciting and also fap-worthy content haha
man, YOU NAILED on this update. the soundtrack was fucking awesome, you outdid yourself again with Alex, and that ending? I'm speechless, can't wait for the next update
Nice update. Truly like the scene with Alex at the last part, among all those scenes with girls, it is the first. Not only that, their new hairstyles we're awesome 😎. The only thing I wonder is wonder is why is Calypso not one of the main girls? She has been interacting with the group for a long time and should have long been one of them. Anyway thank you for the update I can't wait to see 0.7!!
And you did use dirty how could you just end it there why must you torture use like this anyways in an seriousness love the game keeps up the good work and amazing story
We have already gotten 3 updates in 2023 looking at how the other updates released we will probably only get like 1 more update this year 2 if were lucky
Greetings everyone i have a question but i don't know why i can't chat on discord so im gon ask here instead. so i haven't downloaded the 0.6 yet on android and ive been wondering what's the difference on the full res one and the Normal one.
Okay, I just finished the sixth chapter, so, here my thoughts about it, following the game's events (so, warning: possible spoilers).
First of all: nice opening speech. Very inspiring. Although I kinda feel bad for him. I mean: you always set it up in an amusing way, so yeah, it's fun. But, even more with such a speech, I can't help but hope he'll finally start to become a better man (at least less vain) and then stop always dying. I don't like when somewhat good people are hopeless.
Poor Annie, now she's aware too she didn't have any badass scene. That missile shot was very frustrating. I really hope she'll soon be able to shine (well, she did in the next sequence, but it was for being smart, not for being badass, so that's not the same). Maybe the next chapter will show a flashback of her protecting Nancy while the others were on the western server?
Really cool ref to suggest “Nobody” as a nickname, especially after teasing the chapter with a western setting, and while showing a scene about guns and quickness. I mean, totally worth entering in history books. Just a bit weird that in the latter lines it appears as a non-confusing name, but I guess it's an understandable drawback of allowing people choosing their own nickname, which is of course really cool too.
(Quick thought about the previous two points: “Gnome Ann” (cf obviously https://xkcd.com/1704/ ^^) would totally be a nice feminine counterpart to “Nobody”. And, Annie being the smallest of the team, it fits your settings. So having her called this way could be a good easter egg for people who choose “Nobody” for Orion)
Nice Cluedo game. Well, I guess it's more inspired from Among Us or The Werewolves of Millers Hollow, but the murder settings in a mansion from the Rockfeller server reminds me Cluedo more. Clonk is fun. Hope to have some steampunk server in the next chapters.
It's a bit weird to learn that you can only use the artefact once in 25 days… just after we saw it being used twice on the same day. I guess duplicate several people almost at the same time count for only one use, but if so it should probably have a known limitation here too (duplicate the whole WRE army for one day would be a bit too much).
Also, still about this artifact: now that the idea has been explicitly suggested, you HAVE TO set up a scene with Orion using it to please one of the girls. Absolutely mandatory :-þ
Saw you finally added the pink pajamas in Annie's gallery like we talked earlier, but with a different haircut. Good way to mix both choices! She's definitely very cute.
About Orion's look changing: please do not make him look too muscular. Well, I guess that's a typical male fantasy, and the whole game setup is built to fulfil male fantasies, which obviously not always fit mines, but… let's just say a masculine counterpart to Micaela would be just as unattractive to me and most of the other girls I know as Micaela herself is unattractive for people other than Chang.
Axel's encounter was… surprising. I mean, I guessed something like this could happen after we saw him at the mansion, but I thought it would take way longer than that. Sounds promising. Now that we know what happened to Thanatos, I wonder if William Bardot will be the only main bad guy, or if there's still some Ganon(dorf) or Palpatine lying somewhere in Eternum.
Now, cool to see Eva again! I really like her new look, and the other girls' reactions was fun. Still hopes she'll finally join the party later: as I already said, she could be a really good addition to the team, especially if it's some kind of optional content, like for Yuffie in FF7.
The story part with Calypso was really interesting, and with very cute drawing. It almost felt a bit weird to come back to the usual rendering after that. Really promising lore, can't wait to learn more about all of this.
It felt a little weird to kill the guy, but in an unusual way: shot by Orion, he'll just have a 24h delay to log in again, while the praetorians could have excommunicated him, with all the now known consequences, so it's oddly the more merciful choice. Makes me wonder how the Trolley problem could be adapted in such settings.
At night, another duel, another occasion to use the “Nobody” nickname. Still no Cyclops, so I still think it refers to the film rather than to the Odyssey, despite the Bardot's company name. But what I said before still applies: they all use it as if it was non-confusing, which is a bit odd (but, once again, understandable).
The final sequence was cute, hot and fun at the same time, so good job here again. And then scary. A damn good cliffhanger again, you teasing devil! :D
Generally speaking, really good job on the music and sounds once again. You especially have a great taste in ambient music, I think I'll get several of the tracks you used.
Oh, and, I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with people telling that Eternum is just as good as Once in a lifetime. It's in fact way better. I found OIAL good when I played it before starting Eternum, but now that I can compare both, the oldest just can't compete with the newest. Your progression is really impressive (even more considering that OIAL was already above average).
…and I guess that's all for now, but I'll probably play again while waiting for the seventh chapter, so maybe I'll make another comment later, if there's some little details that bothers me on a second run like last time.
Okay, I now have a playlist of about two and a half hours of music from the Eternum OST to listen while I'm doing something else. Thanks a lot!
Now that I listen those music without the game's ambience, I realize that some of them reminds me OST from other games. For instance, Another Round gives me Prof. Layton vibes. Some others sound like they could fit with Nobuo Uematsu's work on Final Fantasy.
Oh, fun fact: due to a misclick, I added Lindsey Stirling's Carol of the Bells to the playlist and… I thought it fitted perfectly with the others tracks. So now I wonder how it would look if she appeared in the game, for instance if Orion invited one of the girls to see her in a concert. As her clips looks like she's visiting a distinct Eternum server each time, it could match.
More seriously, can't wait to listen what you'll put on The New World, pirate-themed things looks promising. Oh, and could we please come back to Valley of the Kings? Those Who Love is cool, but I would love some more egyptian-themed music (Eternum: come for the sexy, stay for the story, ask for more for the music :-°)
And, I wonder… could it help you if I link some ambient music released under Creative Commons (or other licences allowing to reuse it)? There's a few of those I enjoy that may sound cool in the game, but as I don't know how you work for this, I'd rather ask before spamming :-)
First of all, there's a great turn-based strategy game called Battle for Wesnoth, that is fully (so, including the music) released under free licences. Some of the musics (especially the elvish theme) may fit for med/fan servers. Sorry, I don't know any link to directly listen them from the browser, but you can download them with the game or from the github repository. Here's a summary:
Then Laei made some calm, a bit sad ambient music that could fit for nostalgic or introspective moments, like when Alex is remembering her grandma. I personally find “Petit pantin au cœur de glace” (french for “Little puppet with a heart of ice”) particularly fascinating.
Now, let's come to Dogmazic. That's the website of a french association promoting music released under Creative Commons and other free licenses. There's a lot of really good things here, so I suggest you to search the whole site, but here's some pointers:
Greg Baumont released an album called “Wood”, with various ambient music. I especially like “La sixième porte de shanaaghar” (“the sixth door of shanaaghar”, don't know what shanaaghar is supposed to be) and “The blue star”.
Dogers made an album called “Contes à la lueur d'une bougie” (“Tales by candlelight”) that can easily be used as a soundtrack for table role-playing game or for some good old RPG-maker game. My favourite here is “Un bien étrange marché” (“a very strange market”) that can fit for visiting curious places, but “Profondeurs” (“Depths”) and “Confrontation” can also work for worrying situations.
Ehma has uploaded several albums of various genres on the site. I especially like “Pizzicato”, for instance for a journey sequence, or “La porteuse d'eau” (“The water carrier”) where the intro gives me vibes of coming home after a long trip.
Well, I'll stop here for now, that's already a lot of things. But as I said, don't hesitate to search through Dogmazic, there's really a lot of gems here.
Just want to say I run it on my windows laptop and it runs like a charm. I loaded my old save from last July and the story is progressing normally. And this time, I paid for the game to support you and thank you for the blast I'm having. That Vader reference in the bunker was noticed and deeply appreciated. It felt like the "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well" meme. Thank you for all your work, I can't wait for 0.7
(SPOILER) Hey, so i had to restart my progress and im having this issue where after you ask dalia for her password to her private server, her profile goes gray and idk what to do since theres no choice and idk what i did wrong. Pls help
I had fixed the crash issue by clearing phone storage space, clearing app cache, turning off my phone completely for 5 minutes and turning it back on. No idea if it'll work for you
Ok.. Tried to download the full render android version, but when I try to decompress it( since is in .zip that is what I needed to do in my head ) it says "error (invalid entry)"
Either my memorie is shit or i nevee got her but who is this eva girl everone is talking about i followed the walk-through and dont really remember any eva, maybe its something i did a while ago.
...She's the blue-haired twintail girl in the preview pics...the one you could choose to bang in the Cyberpunk server if you chose to wander around after your talk with Chop-Chop.
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Been waiting on this for months 😭😭😭 i love your games bro 😭🙏
Your game is the best, and I'm so glad to discover your game. Eternum is a masterpiece, I just want to know that if calypso will be included in his harem in the future. Because, she's so hot and how she belittle me damn.
She's be part of it
Oh, thanks for the answer can't wait
i have to say that i really love the latest update it seemed really long and i loved every minute of it.
Hey! Too broke for Patreon Discord access rn so I just wanted to leave a comment to express how much I love your game! Keep up the awesome work and I can't wait to see how the story unfolds in the future updates! Keep at it!
P.S. I choose tails btw ;)
Yeee fellow tails gang. I wonder if we get to do something with her in the future ;)
(SPOILER) Hey, so i had to restart my progress and im having this issue where after you ask dalia for her password to her private server, her profile goes gray and idk what to do since theres no choice and idk what i did wrong. Pls help
follow the walkthrough. It is very likely that you made the wrong choice somewhere
Just finished 0.6
Damn Caribdis. When I would meet you on the street i would pay you at least one bar full of bear, or whatever you prefer.
It is insane how much love and detail is in this game. I waited long for 0.6 but it was WORTH it. I can't wait for 0.7 and even more for the finished game.
I still have full respect for everything you doing in this game and would like to announce the best 18+ Itch.io game i know. And I played a lot.
Thanks for that, it was much fun and I really liked the things added!
Thank you so much :D
Naaaa.. thank you!
I love what you made possible with Alex btw.
Thanks. And please never leave this game unfinished.
I donated twice with PayPal. PayPal has now banned me forever. Apparently terms of service forbids purchase of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, annuities, and pornography amongst a slew of other legal items.
My personal opinion is that paypay can rot in hell but you might consider another option when donating.
Wow that's... something
But thank you so much for donating in any case! :)
same. looking for desicion, no luck till now
I can't seem to get it to run properly either. I hit ignore on the fault screen now images aren't loading.
U have to move rpa file into document, u can read the instructions in your downloaded zip folder
Did that. I had to create the folder. Oh... Copy... Hmm also wrong folder. Anyway, yup... Fixed it! Thanks!
Hey, got the same issue and I don’t understand how to fix it. Can’t seem to create the new folder. Please how did you actually do it?
You need to run the game first. After you get a blackscreen on the loading screen, close the game. Go to the folder that you extracted and you’ll see a .rpa file there. Move that file to the game’s file which is located in documents/Ixion. Make sure to paste it on the game folder.
Potential spoilers (?) but more of just theory crafting after finishing 0.6 (Need to do my usual full game playthrough with the new update).
First off, based on the recency of updates, I'm willing to bet that we're looking at a December/January release for 0.7, which for once with these kinds of things, I'm okay with. This is worth the wait.
Now on to the theories (theory?) of how things are gonna play out.
So we all know there are the seven main girls, plus Calypso, yes, but for now I'm focusing on the seven we get profiles of. Obviously, endgame is to have a full happy harem that accepts each other and MC fully, as well as s** scenes for all of them all the way. With the number of times the MC and the girls have mentioned potential threesomes and beyond (Which I think is a similar thing that's happening to all of them with the physical changes or the water butterflys, Kredon ain't normal), Caribdis has for sure set us up for multi-girl scenes, which constitutes having slept with each one already (Or at least, the ones involved).
So far, we've obviously slept with Nancy and Alex, and Cari has set us up for Nova in 0.7 (if that One Piece sleepover ain't it, I'll eat my hat), potentially Annie and Dahlia not too far behind (Annie's whisper that next time is it and Dahlia's acceptance that she wants you to be the one in the shack). The stragglers are Penny and Luna, Luna even more than Penny, I'd say. Overall, mathwise, we're going to have to start sleeping with multiple girls per update (assuming the full game is 1.0. Honestly, most games I'd be upset with the idea of 1.0 not being full release, but Caribdis, if you want to take this all the way to 2.0, I'm here for a good time, and a long time if needed).
This all leads me to believe that 0.7 is going to have the opening resolution of the cliffhanger as Cari is want to do at this point, I could see Alex being taken away or something as part of this because her dad is... not good. We're either going to have one of the bases of El Coyote being raided (I'm going to guess we're taking Annie with us to Ion along with another girl and then I could see Luna and another girl, leaning Nova in my head, for our New World escapade, or else some of the girls and us go to one and the rest of the girls go to the other?) or else this "hunt" that has now been mentioned twice (Which I'm personally thinking won't happen until 0.8 and is going to lead into Dahlia's full scene).
Reason for one or the other is that the base raids are going to get us a third gem of doom and I think the hunt will be what wins us the fourth. Eventually we will need to face Thanatos and either defeat him or convince him to join us, which I could see at this point.
Obviously we'll have Nova's scene with the One Piece watch party (Still confused how they're watching the last episode, but ah well), I could just be fantasizing (I don't exactly recall how we left off with Penny, need to play through again to remember) but I could also see a side scene/date with Penny to the feudal japanese world.
Biggest thing I think is that we need to further our Luna connection this next update. We have all of one scene and whilst they're all great, it's (personally) one of the more forgettable ones.
Less of theory now and more just me being wistful, but based on Caribdis' growth (viewed by OIAL and now Eternum) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we do get a polyamory confession scene or something? Like at some point there is very much a sit down between MC and all seven girls wherein he confesses he's seeing each of them (I can't get Nancy's reaction of "Oh, that's all you wanted to talk about? I thought it was serious." or something out of my head) and there's of course the anger then the realization that a lot of the girls like each other as well (beyond just friends. If they don't admit it, we all know they're lying). OIAL, whilst the ending slideshow is amazing, kind of just glances over it. Obviously some of the girls find out about each other and make a believable web of ones in-the-know and have different reactions, there's no full resolution or talk about it, it's just "Haha, and they all lived happily ever after, accepting each other with no issue or thought" kind of.
It would (again, personally) round out the whole "chosen family" that's occurred. All the girls have gotten closer due to MC and Cari has done a wonderful job of making sure those connections remain and grow themselves (ie Luna and Penny hanging at the mall, Penny and Nova being best buds in college, etc). Also, Nancy has apparently already accepted all of them as both MC's girlfriends as well as her own children to mother (Which I guess makes sense, Alex doesn't exactly have a loving family outside of maybe an Axel twist based on 0.6, she's already Penny and Dahlia's mom, she's acting as Annie's caretaker in Kredon, Luna lost her mom early on, leaving only Nova who, let's face it, is chaos).
To any who read this far, thank you for reading my ramble, feel free to reply with your thoughts if you too are spinning wild theories in your head along these lines?
Caribdis, if you read this (far), keep it up, I'm eagerly awaiting your next chapter, but still wish you to take the time you need to continue this masterpiece you've ensorcelled us with.
EDIT: Wow, I was tired and spelled Caribdis wrong every time.
Thank you Zephyr, I will!
How can I use the save file of version 0.5 in 0.6? I don't remember how I continued to play with your save file 0.4 out of 0.5 before?
Honestly, I had to create an account to comment and let you know that your writing is fantastic and this game is really fun to play haha. I just started with the latest update and the reference to the (SPOILER) twins from Atomic Heart is hilarious haha.
I love this game more than I've loved any game of this genre. And this is the only visual novel I'm currently following. You have a way with words my friend and I can't thank you enough for providing such entertaining, exciting and also fap-worthy content haha
Thank you!
man, YOU NAILED on this update. the soundtrack was fucking awesome, you outdid yourself again with Alex, and that ending? I'm speechless, can't wait for the next update
Thank you so much!
Nice update. Truly like the scene with Alex at the last part, among all those scenes with girls, it is the first. Not only that, their new hairstyles we're awesome 😎. The only thing I wonder is wonder is why is Calypso not one of the main girls? She has been interacting with the group for a long time and should have long been one of them. Anyway thank you for the update I can't wait to see 0.7!!
She's part of the group and will have more scenes, no worries
Maybe the game should end with choosing a real person(i mean in the game's reality world). Calypso is not real (or was real but not now).
Dude!!! That last Alex part was osmm!!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
when next update???????????
Never thought I would say this but you actually make me like reading it's that crazy
Now I don't have a reason to say up all night I need a reason to not go to sleeeep
Question why is I forgot her name but that elf girl why is she not on the list for characters you can be with so is one of the best ones
She's part of the group and will have more scenes, no worries
And you did use dirty how could you just end it there why must you torture use like this anyways in an seriousness love the game keeps up the good work and amazing story
We have already gotten 3 updates in 2023 looking at how the other updates released we will probably only get like 1 more update this year 2 if were lucky
"Wait, what...? Comms duty?"
You know, while this is still an AV, you sure did your fucking research.
-t. Field Radio Operator, USMC.
Love your shit dude, keep it up.
I try to play the new update but once i click update it just tells me the package is invalid
i just... ummm... holy hells... that ending... i need to know more... CARIBDIS I NEED TO KNOW MORE!!!!! THIS STORY IS GETTING SOOOOO GOOD MAN!!!!
Greetings ummmm i need some help,
I dont know how to unlock the scene magnetic sandstorm and still waters.
same, right after the colloseum where I ask for the pass for her secret server, her profile goes gray
Greetings everyone i have a question but i don't know why i can't chat on discord so im gon ask here instead. so i haven't downloaded the 0.6 yet on android and ive been wondering what's the difference on the full res one and the Normal one.
TYSM.
tried downloading it, not sure how it works, if you know how please let me know
Okay, I just finished the sixth chapter, so, here my thoughts about it, following the game's events (so, warning: possible spoilers).
First of all: nice opening speech. Very inspiring. Although I kinda feel bad for him. I mean: you always set it up in an amusing way, so yeah, it's fun. But, even more with such a speech, I can't help but hope he'll finally start to become a better man (at least less vain) and then stop always dying. I don't like when somewhat good people are hopeless.
Poor Annie, now she's aware too she didn't have any badass scene. That missile shot was very frustrating. I really hope she'll soon be able to shine (well, she did in the next sequence, but it was for being smart, not for being badass, so that's not the same). Maybe the next chapter will show a flashback of her protecting Nancy while the others were on the western server?
Really cool ref to suggest “Nobody” as a nickname, especially after teasing the chapter with a western setting, and while showing a scene about guns and quickness. I mean, totally worth entering in history books. Just a bit weird that in the latter lines it appears as a non-confusing name, but I guess it's an understandable drawback of allowing people choosing their own nickname, which is of course really cool too.
(Quick thought about the previous two points: “Gnome Ann” (cf obviously https://xkcd.com/1704/ ^^) would totally be a nice feminine counterpart to “Nobody”. And, Annie being the smallest of the team, it fits your settings. So having her called this way could be a good easter egg for people who choose “Nobody” for Orion)
Nice Cluedo game. Well, I guess it's more inspired from Among Us or The Werewolves of Millers Hollow, but the murder settings in a mansion from the Rockfeller server reminds me Cluedo more. Clonk is fun. Hope to have some steampunk server in the next chapters.
It's a bit weird to learn that you can only use the artefact once in 25 days… just after we saw it being used twice on the same day. I guess duplicate several people almost at the same time count for only one use, but if so it should probably have a known limitation here too (duplicate the whole WRE army for one day would be a bit too much).
Also, still about this artifact: now that the idea has been explicitly suggested, you HAVE TO set up a scene with Orion using it to please one of the girls. Absolutely mandatory :-þ
Saw you finally added the pink pajamas in Annie's gallery like we talked earlier, but with a different haircut. Good way to mix both choices! She's definitely very cute.
About Orion's look changing: please do not make him look too muscular. Well, I guess that's a typical male fantasy, and the whole game setup is built to fulfil male fantasies, which obviously not always fit mines, but… let's just say a masculine counterpart to Micaela would be just as unattractive to me and most of the other girls I know as Micaela herself is unattractive for people other than Chang.
Axel's encounter was… surprising. I mean, I guessed something like this could happen after we saw him at the mansion, but I thought it would take way longer than that. Sounds promising. Now that we know what happened to Thanatos, I wonder if William Bardot will be the only main bad guy, or if there's still some Ganon(dorf) or Palpatine lying somewhere in Eternum.
Now, cool to see Eva again! I really like her new look, and the other girls' reactions was fun. Still hopes she'll finally join the party later: as I already said, she could be a really good addition to the team, especially if it's some kind of optional content, like for Yuffie in FF7.
The story part with Calypso was really interesting, and with very cute drawing. It almost felt a bit weird to come back to the usual rendering after that. Really promising lore, can't wait to learn more about all of this.
It felt a little weird to kill the guy, but in an unusual way: shot by Orion, he'll just have a 24h delay to log in again, while the praetorians could have excommunicated him, with all the now known consequences, so it's oddly the more merciful choice. Makes me wonder how the Trolley problem could be adapted in such settings.
At night, another duel, another occasion to use the “Nobody” nickname. Still no Cyclops, so I still think it refers to the film rather than to the Odyssey, despite the Bardot's company name. But what I said before still applies: they all use it as if it was non-confusing, which is a bit odd (but, once again, understandable).
The final sequence was cute, hot and fun at the same time, so good job here again. And then scary. A damn good cliffhanger again, you teasing devil! :D
Generally speaking, really good job on the music and sounds once again. You especially have a great taste in ambient music, I think I'll get several of the tracks you used.
Oh, and, I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with people telling that Eternum is just as good as Once in a lifetime. It's in fact way better. I found OIAL good when I played it before starting Eternum, but now that I can compare both, the oldest just can't compete with the newest. Your progression is really impressive (even more considering that OIAL was already above average).
…and I guess that's all for now, but I'll probably play again while waiting for the seventh chapter, so maybe I'll make another comment later, if there's some little details that bothers me on a second run like last time.
Thank you for such a great review!
Okay, I now have a playlist of about two and a half hours of music from the Eternum OST to listen while I'm doing something else. Thanks a lot!
Now that I listen those music without the game's ambience, I realize that some of them reminds me OST from other games. For instance, Another Round gives me Prof. Layton vibes. Some others sound like they could fit with Nobuo Uematsu's work on Final Fantasy.
Oh, fun fact: due to a misclick, I added Lindsey Stirling's Carol of the Bells to the playlist and… I thought it fitted perfectly with the others tracks. So now I wonder how it would look if she appeared in the game, for instance if Orion invited one of the girls to see her in a concert. As her clips looks like she's visiting a distinct Eternum server each time, it could match.
More seriously, can't wait to listen what you'll put on The New World, pirate-themed things looks promising. Oh, and could we please come back to Valley of the Kings? Those Who Love is cool, but I would love some more egyptian-themed music (Eternum: come for the sexy, stay for the story, ask for more for the music :-°)
And, I wonder… could it help you if I link some ambient music released under Creative Commons (or other licences allowing to reuse it)? There's a few of those I enjoy that may sound cool in the game, but as I don't know how you work for this, I'd rather ask before spamming :-)
Of course, feel free to link them ^^
Let's go, then !
First of all, there's a great turn-based strategy game called Battle for Wesnoth, that is fully (so, including the music) released under free licences. Some of the musics (especially the elvish theme) may fit for med/fan servers. Sorry, I don't know any link to directly listen them from the browser, but you can download them with the game or from the github repository. Here's a summary:
https://wiki.wesnoth.org/Available_Music
Then Laei made some calm, a bit sad ambient music that could fit for nostalgic or introspective moments, like when Alex is remembering her grandma. I personally find “Petit pantin au cœur de glace” (french for “Little puppet with a heart of ice”) particularly fascinating.
https://laei.bandcamp.com/album/eponyme-i-a-soundtrack-for-my-life
Now, let's come to Dogmazic. That's the website of a french association promoting music released under Creative Commons and other free licenses. There's a lot of really good things here, so I suggest you to search the whole site, but here's some pointers:
Greg Baumont released an album called “Wood”, with various ambient music. I especially like “La sixième porte de shanaaghar” (“the sixth door of shanaaghar”, don't know what shanaaghar is supposed to be) and “The blue star”.
https://play.dogmazic.net/albums.php?action=show&album=670
Dogers made an album called “Contes à la lueur d'une bougie” (“Tales by candlelight”) that can easily be used as a soundtrack for table role-playing game or for some good old RPG-maker game. My favourite here is “Un bien étrange marché” (“a very strange market”) that can fit for visiting curious places, but “Profondeurs” (“Depths”) and “Confrontation” can also work for worrying situations.
https://play.dogmazic.net/albums.php?action=show&album=8997
Ehma has uploaded several albums of various genres on the site. I especially like “Pizzicato”, for instance for a journey sequence, or “La porteuse d'eau” (“The water carrier”) where the intro gives me vibes of coming home after a long trip.
https://play.dogmazic.net/albums.php?action=show&album=441
If you're looking for tropical, jungle themes, maybe Philippe Mangold's work can do the job too, with tracks like “amazonia”.
https://play.dogmazic.net/albums.php?action=show&album=1946
Well, I'll stop here for now, that's already a lot of things. But as I said, don't hesitate to search through Dogmazic, there's really a lot of gems here.
Hope some of this will help!
Oh, those are really nice sources, thank you!
Hi, playing on android, finished 0.5, if i install 0.6 will it update the apk and save my progress or will i have to start again?
Just want to say I run it on my windows laptop and it runs like a charm. I loaded my old save from last July and the story is progressing normally.
And this time, I paid for the game to support you and thank you for the blast I'm having.
That Vader reference in the bunker was noticed and deeply appreciated. It felt like the "Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well" meme.
Thank you for all your work, I can't wait for 0.7
Thank you for your support! <3
This is one of the best visual novels I've ever played and is by far my favorite.
Yo i skiped evas whole story and didnt realize it is there a way to see all of it before i restart the whole story
(SPOILER) Hey, so i had to restart my progress and im having this issue where after you ask dalia for her password to her private server, her profile goes gray and idk what to do since theres no choice and idk what i did wrong. Pls help
Thank you so much for making an amazing story I'm so ready for 0.7 I truly appreciate the work you put in to this Caribdis!
My pleasure!
Hello!caribdis,I really like Penny and Alex, and I really hope there will be more of their plot
There seems to be a crash problem, I am unable to open the app anymore :(
After playing to a certain point and saving, and when I tried to reopen the app the next day, I cant and it keeps crashing
yeah same's happening to me. I'm tryna redownload and reinstall the apk, but i dunno if it's gonna work
Fixed by uninstalling and then reinstalling it. It now launches and still had my saved progress.
really? how come it kept your progress after uninstalling it? did you back it up somewhere?
I had fixed the crash issue by clearing phone storage space, clearing app cache, turning off my phone completely for 5 minutes and turning it back on. No idea if it'll work for you
Ok.. Tried to download the full render android version, but when I try to decompress it( since is in .zip that is what I needed to do in my head ) it says "error (invalid entry)"
Si guess I'll stick with the normal version?
Or there is a fix? Just to know
Ty
Try to unzip it with different app, i had some problems with it too. (Es explorer didn't work, solid explorer worked fine)
Either my memorie is shit or i nevee got her but who is this eva girl everone is talking about i followed the walk-through and dont really remember any eva, maybe its something i did a while ago.
...She's the blue-haired twintail girl in the preview pics...the one you could choose to bang in the Cyberpunk server if you chose to wander around after your talk with Chop-Chop.
i skipped her because it said it would hurt dalia
*edit* Nvm, I found a fix. All I had to do was reinstall it completely and no more errors! Still amazing
0.6 works fine until I get to the point where you're in *spoilers btw*
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A murder mystery scenario with nova and Annie. It crashes after seeing a briefcase and I can't start up the app anymore :(
0.6's absolute great, it just keep getting better and better, thanks Cari!
*SPOILERS*
Hope you can let my girl Luna shine in the next update, I would love to see more of her. (Maybe Luna in pirate outfit? *wink wink*)
There will be a lot of content with her :)
Damn! Now I am even more excited than I was! Can't wait to see her shine in the upcoming updates! 😄
andriod update downloads fine but when attempting to load game from save point game crashes
how can open the Daring Challenge with Nova
and Still Waters with Dalia
0.5 android version didn't work for me, but 0.6 is working good, no issues yet. Excited to finally try it out, I've been waited for months ;)
(I've had problems with zip btw, es explorer says its corrupted and unable to open, but solid explorer did unzip it just fine)