Eternum

I never write reviews for games but I need to put this out there. The fact that someone that is this good of a writer is doing AVN's is something that deserves applause.

Not only does Caribdis to an unbelievable job of developing the main characters of this game to make you feel a real emotional attachment to them but he also nails the side characters much like his previous work.

I maintained that Once In a Lifetime was the best AVN ever for a long time. I then recently believed that Being a DIK was an untoppable masterpiece of AVN writing.

After playing Eterum, it's clear this is the peak of this genre. There is never going to be another game with this good of sex scenes or writing for this genre of game. 

Please download this game and enjoy this level of greatness well you have the chance.

This is by far the BEST game I've ever played on this website. The jokes, the references and even animation quality and fluidness of the game is truly amazing hats off to the developer. Only thing I can nit pick is i wish the sex scenes were voiced, the females anyway not to bothered about the males 😂, non the less well done this games outstanding.

Once in a Lifetime and now Eternum, amazing work as always Caribdis! Eternum improved a lot from it's successor, Story improved and gotten a whole lot interesting with the concept of Eternum, characters feel more fleshed out and a whole lot more interesting then the cast of Once in a Lifetime and still has more chance to grow and most notably, please do more horror bits (this is just my nitpick, please focus on whats best!) for a Porn game, out of all the contents in it its where I personally feel more immersed. Cheers Caribdis!

I want to forget this game so that the wait for the next update feels shorter but i simply can't this game is a masterpiece with amazing story and characters and on top of that great taste of music but the wait is almost over and I'm sure that0.6 will be another masterpiece

hey Caribdis, if we moved the log file that has the games data into the 0.6 file before you start it, and once its out, will the data from 0.5 go over to 0.6 version and let you continue where you left off

-Thank you

Try to play it but it closes after 3 min on its own

Hey CARIBDIS ! I really love Eternum, can its story be suuuuuuper long?I think I can play with this for the next decade! Thank you for creating Eternum!

great game, i really really love the story, but is it possible for you to make a sfw version for us folks practicing no porn

Hey man I downloaded your game and you've blown me away with it it's been a while since I was so invested in a game I've pulled all nighters the storytelling is amazing I'm actually invested in the plot and characters you've definitely earned my patron sub good work mate

I have been playing the game for free and for a porn game this is extremely well made. The references are so great, and its so funny. I was also lowkey getting scared at some parts. This game has everything I just thought it was gonna be an average porn game but the story is so good and reminds me of ready player 1. I think i will soon subscribe to you on patreon or something to support the creation of this game.

The game is amazing but can someone tell me what am i suppose to do in the part when dalia is entering the lifting competition finals, after the beach scene she turns gray then im in a morge while some corpse is asking me if i want to press the button

Amazing! Can't wait for the next chapter. Knew you were one to watch after playing Once in a Lifetime. You've improved a lot since then. You have our thanks!

Hi Caribdis,

As a SubscribeStar patron, I much prefer leaving a post here than on there, not a big fan of the other interface.  Having just completed version 0.6, all I can say is outstanding! Just when I think you cannot top of the previous version, you manage to go that extra level and then some, Mind blown !!! I love how the underlying story is developing and to top it all off, the final interactions in the new apartment (avoiding spoilers here) are beyond awesome. Very happy that I am a subscriber (you are only 1 of 2 that I feel are worthy of subscribing too) and I love your work.

Cheers

My mind is ABSOLUTELY BLOWN ! I went in thinking this was just a regular porn game with an uninteresting plot and more sex than personality, and i found myself absolutely hooked ! The characters are actually interesting, and the story is just amazing. I've had bursts of laughter from some scenes and dialogues that were genuinely funny, and this might be the first time i've been THIS hooked on a game's story. I just recently finished the public release, and I sort of screamed when i (i think) Realized the truth ! At least i hope it is. This game is definetelty a 10/10  and i'll be anxiously waiting for the next public release in only 12 days !

Hey Caribdis i recently played and completed once in a lifetime and i absolutely loved to the point that i played it again to make sure i had seen every interaction absolute 10/10 experience

when i was done i  didnt think there would be more but here i am and i found eternum and i will be playing it soon 

thank you for your services and have a great day

What is the name of the song that played when Alex was sitting at the park thinking about her gran and mc

Petition to include Calypso in 'main girls' !!!!

Hey Cari! This is the best AVN I ever played, and it will be for years for sure. Really thank you for bringing this masterpiece to us all. By the way, I have a question: It's mentioned that Alex and Axel are twins, but I wonder who's elder? Cuz this matters in translation. Thank you for replying!

This game, is one of a kind. You will never see one like it. I just finished 0.6 and my mind is BLOWN, from the laughter, the soundtrack, the writing, and scenes. All the way to even the renders and how the game looks. I can see why is takes so long in between updates, this game is amazing. Keep doing what you're doing because its great.

P.S. : that ending sent chills down my spin

Dear Caribdis:

        I just want to thank you again for composing this beautiful game. Usually adult visual novel games are for satisfying our desires and easing our tensions, but you have no idea how this game and its characters have been a positive and energetic life-changer for me. Ms. Dalia Carter, in particular.

        Likee I said here months ago, I love Dalia because her humorous and sharp personality, her hard-working spirits and efforts, and her experience, resonate with me the most. It was very easy for me to substitue myself into Orion's point of view and understand what Dalia was thinking. In addition, her ability to DEEP SQUAT GOD DAMN 350 lbs with THAT 57kg killer body of hers, is truly motivating. Orion's has a toned-shape too. To be in good shape like Dalia and Orion, I've been changing my lifestyle and working-out more often, while listening to some background music employed in this game. I could say I am in a better shape than I was ever at before! Everything around me is getting better and better, and the contribution from your game, as ironic as it may sound, is one that absolutely cannot go unnoticed!

        By the way I will write a short review after 0.6's public release, in terms of the music choice (MY GOD I LOVE ragtime songs!), story, and character development. Hopefully that will help! Much love and stay awesome!

Yours sincerely

Pigrider

This game is filled with humor, nice pacing, and entertaining world building. I was looking for an escape from reality and I found gold. This game really feels like a passion project made by someone with experience. Can't wait to see it finished, really it takes place in my top 3 VN.

is there a way to transfer saves from a previous version to a newer version?

This game is LEGENDARY. Legit the best VN I've played after DDLC and certainly one of the best adult games. The story is fantastic, the characters are all so entertaining and the visual work is top-notch; porn logic still applies sometimes and I don't know how the whole harem thing will work out once the girls find out about it but that's fine. My only question is I played the entirety of 0.5 and I didn't unlock the Blurred Realities scene - I have no idea where it could've been and I must've completely missed it so if someone knows please tell me and I just might replay the whole thing again! Thx and bye bye, very excited for 0.6 :)

Without a doubt the best visual novel game I have ever played. The storyline is so enticing! Keep up the good work. Can't wait for the next update ^_^

Ive never made an account for a porn sight but i gotta how can anyone hate these characters  "clichés" no shit maybe the way they act is but their stories are amazing(heavy spoilers)

the penelope scene where she gave up her dance for her mother at a young age honestly hit close to home having a mother who struggled so much reminded me of my own  she made alot of sacrifices for my family and seeing penelope make a sacrifice for her mom even if in the big scheme of things it isn't important it was life or death to her at the time so her maturity to make what seemed to her like a big sacrifice for her mother was heartwarming  

All the characters are lovable especially the best friend I'm drawing a blank on his name but he is a hilariously written characters  and even though he comes off as a bit stupid he helps out the protagonist so much especially with the heist 

Alex's  backstory made me genuinely shed a tear the sceen with her and her grandmother was so heartwarming 

There are also alot of unironic little nuggets of wisdom dropped all through the story and as someone who took a very long time to play through everything because they have a reading disability I payed very close attention because of how long I spent on the game 

Luna is an amazing character she has a great dynamic with her father which caught me off gaurd the first time it happened heavily due to the use of sound design and music selection in this game being immaculate but their family is amazing and I loved every moment interacting with them 

My biggest gripe is literally that there isn't more I'm currently saving up for some important things in my life so I can't support the creator sadly (I would if I could. You are doing great work bigman) but literally everything has been enjoyable there are so many references and even from the first few scenes I could tell if it keeps up this quality I want to play all the way through it the darksouls esc meme at the beginning had me rolling I was so excited because I was like oh the writer is just a dude he doesn't take everything to seriously which is a huge issue when some people writer erotica because they focus on making everything important which brings the vibe down like some people who write porn script I genuinely question if it is ai another thing I love about this is IT IS NOT ONLY PORN there is a story which some called predictable and yes there were cliche tropes but it was not predictable the spin on SAOs "you die in the game you die in real life" is really interesting it isn't just anyone can die it is more of a justice system where there are few laws but they are all punishable by death if broken (from my understanding so far) also the idea of someone who actually died being stuck in the "game" is amazing  thanatos the God of the dead because that is literally what he is cathat wasn't predictable that was amazing foreshadowing  of course I don't fully understand because  there is still so much to be unraveled but please keep adding sweet backstories fun mysteries and little nuggets of wisdom because I am loving every GOD DAMN moment of this (you have got something bro and as an aspiring writer myself I can appreciate some raw talent I just hope eventually you can get on your feet enough to write a true novel without the need for erotica where you can focus your talents completely) good luck my friends and can't wait to play the next installment 

MY THOUGHTS ON ETERNUM v.0.5 (Spoiler free)

Let's start this right because I have a lot to say about this game some bad and some good. So buckle up everyone it's about to get sexy... *clears throat* I mean bumpy.

First of all; the game is good so make no mistakes there, sure they might be some stolen ideas, sure it might have reused assets and sure the graphics isn't the best out there but all that aside this is definitely a hidden gem when it comes to porn games but I do have a few gripes with it and I will go over everything in sections down below so that people that doesn't want to read the full thing can skip to what they want to know. So, without further ado:

-STORY-

Yes we are absolutely starting with the story it's like the best thing in this game I promise to ease up on the drooling part... from both ends, and say that this is indeed something ripped from 'Sword Art Online' the anime and every other popular franchise that has this kind of premise and if it wasn't for that I am so damn intelligent, I could've enjoyed the story more than I did but sadly I know where this is headed and I knew it before it even started to take action.
So yes, the story is a bit predictable but is that necessary a bad thing though?
No, of course not, it doesn't bring it down one bit. The story has it's moments of being quirky, charming, comedic, sad and serious so it has a lot of mixed flavors.
So it captivates you in a non-aggressive way. The person is leaning you into it slowly and methodically almost invisibly and it feels natural, nothing is forced upon the player (that's a good thing) so the writer is clearly familiar with writing stories and knows what he or she is doing. Natural writing is the best kind, nothing is too excessive either which you will see in 80% of the porn games to date. Of course there is a lot of *harks* "borrowed" ideas to make some events more eventful so there's definitely humor to be had and parodies to be seen but nothing feel out of place, Hell this game made me laugh out loud on more accounts than I can remember.

-CHARACTERS-

Here is where I stop being nice. As cliche as the story might be and all of it's events it comes nowhere near close the charisma and personalities with the presented characters of the game I would go as far to say that Luna might be the only one with a hint of originality to her but even that is stretching it. As so many games before have done, it starts off all sweet and nice with lollypops and sunshine but quickly turns into every character from every porn game out there.
The main character is attractive with a gigantic cock (go figure, right...) with a nice guy attitude (someone who acts like a Romeo but has nothing other than sexual thoughts about everyone in the game, it's a bit overflowing... in more ways than one) with a positive and optimistic mind, who of which everyone adores. That's not say that there isn't anything positive to say. He has humor and some of the dialogues are really well written for him and the fact that you have choices to choose from really makes it good, I guess what I'm trying to say here is that it's a bit too easy to "woo" the girl(s). Now, don't get wrong idea here the choices you have and can do DOES MATTER to some extent but given as soon as the girl(s) sees your cock they turn into the most lewdest drooling slutty whores imaginable. I get that this is a sex game and all that but would kill to add some sort of romance into at all, instead of it just being about the cock being fucking huge? I wouldn't care if the main character had normal sized cock and the characters thought that it was big because of them being virgins or because they had been with guys with smaller or something but why is having any form of romance in a sex game so taboo? Given that it's just about the cock size and not about the person and the fact that every girl(s) turns sex-crazy is such a turn off for me. Anyways let's go over the roman- sex interests in this game:

Annie; is the adorable and shy one.
Dalia; is the sporty and competitive one.
Penelope; the I-like-it-rough and snobby one.
Nancy; the motherly and experienced one.
Nova; the intelligent and energetic one.
Alex; the emo and aggressive one.
Last but certainly not least Luna; the sad and lonely one.

Of course all of them are more or less cute and some even share some traits of being shy, Luna being my personal favorite of the bunch. But again despite have all those differences to them they are still a copy & paste - yes they all have different dialogues, yes they have different animations, yes they have their own sections in the game that makes them standout a bit but it doesn't hide the fact that it's a bit annoying for them to share so many similarities to one another especially when the cock comes out or should I say in, jeez...

-GAMEPLAY-

As you would expect it's just another visual novel with some elements of Point & Click but don't get too excited, it consists of just clicking to the next room or similar action(s). I would've loved for it to be more... engaging. With how good most of the other things are and the fact that creator is making bank on this, I would've expect a little more. Maybe in further updates more action-y things will be added.

-SEX SCENES/ANIMATIONS-

Now we come to the saucy bits and something that most people wanna know about: "hOw ArE tHe sEx sCeNes", easy the tiger let's talk about animations first. You can probably guess since I mentioned animations that it is gonna have animations in the game - and that... they do! I have to admit that they are good they even added a bit of cinematography to the game which helps its case severely BUT not everything is roses and butt-plugs because the characters themselves when speaking to them aren't animated, they are just jpegs on the screen but they do have several pictures of them that they switch between so you could say they are a bit... animated? The graphics is good not the best but good definitely a passing grade that's for sure, I'd say somewhere around 6 or 7 on the scoreboard because there are a lot of reused assets (which I can fully understand) and some jagged lines here and there nothing too bad. Now for what you have been waiting for the magical, spectacular, amazing, mind-blowing... average mediocre sex scenes - yeaaah don't get your hopes up here buddy you can find better sex scenes on Rule 34 or on Pornhub if you wanted but doesn't detract from the game at all but something that does detract from the experience is that you can't choose what to do, remember what I said about this game having Point & Click elements to it? Well, they don't have that for the sex scenes instead you have to choose which scene to play and then watch it. It's bit depressing to see so many games with the same GUI and no interactivity as to choose: what you want to do with the girl, control the speed, changing camera angle, zoom-in/out etc. etc. giving the player a choice instead of turning the main character constantly to a bitch-boy, who gets constantly ordered around as long as he can get laid and that we get to see it in full glory.

YOU MUST COMPLY. How about fuck off.

-MUSIC/SFX-

Ah yes the music, it's not music to my ears. Since music is subjective and depends solely on whether people like that type of genre, I can't really say much about it other than it certainly doesn't resonate with me at all, so I did what a sane person would do and turned it off. SFX or sound effects if you don't speak game is basically nonexistent there are a few of them here and there but nothing good. Then we have that ear piercing fucking sound effect that the creator is using WAY TOO FUCKING OFTEN and doesn't realize that it's actually a damaging tone to the ear and NO I'm not kidding. That sound can quite literally give you tinnitus or worse shatter (damage) your eardrum and I wish that they would remove it from the game before a lawsuit happens.

-FINAL THOUGHTS-

This game is a hidden gem that isn't a lie - the story is rich and deep, the dialogues well-crafted for the most part, some good animations and it has some uniqueness to it especially with the humor. The only downsides are the horrible character copy & paste sex freaks, the lack of GUI options for the sex scenes and that the game doesn't have much in the way of action-y stuff. Now I know there is only so much one can do and yes I know that this is a Visual Novel but it leaves me wanting more from it and not just be like the rest which there are plenty of already.

Pros:

Story
Dialogues (for the most part)
Animated sex scenes
Character design
Choices matter (to some degree)
Humor/parodies
Uses the word 'cock' (no seriously, it's difficult to find that in these games)

Cons:

Copy & Paste characters
Buggy
No sex scene GUI choices
No real gameplay interactions

Final score: 8/10

(Also there is a bug that if you choose to kiss Annie it will lock you out from getting further with Dalia, you're welcome)

@Caribdis Are you planning on doing merch?