Hi, getting an error towards the end of the game because of couch.mp4 being missing, but can't find its reference in the code or the script.rpy file. Does anyone know about this?
Honestly, I came to jack off, but this game is truly worthy of more than that. I was awestruck by the storytelling in a way that i did not ever expect from a game like this. I is hard to describe how the game pulled me in, got me laughing at the screen and made me feel compassion and attachment to the characters, almost eerily so. Its obvious that the Dev has poured in some serious effort, and more importantly, some genuine love for his project.
I wish I was in a position to spare some money for this work of art, however im not in a position to do so unfortunately. To make this masterpiece of a game available for free is admirable and the least I can do is leave my highest praise here.
Great game, good storyline but why set it in the UK? As a British person it comes off as really jarring with the Japanese school uniorms, the dodgy american style motels and gas stations rather than the dodgy Travellodges and petrol stations, the sunny beaches with the white sand rather than the needle strewn pebble beaches with cloudy skies threatening to rain any moment, the shitty road cutting through dark redwood forests rather than shitty country roads through acres of green fields. The only parts that are vaguely accurate to the UK is the village full of creepy weirdos, teen pregnancy and the knife crime near the beginning.
I'm sure it's fine if you're not British but it reeks of uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash if you are. SEXY uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash but uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash all the same.
Hey so I'm currently playing the game (spoiler) and I just got shot by Azazel in Japan and died. I'm kinda confused. Is the game not finished or did I go somewhere wrong? I saw more content in the gallery and that makes me even more confused. Can y'all help me?
umm can anyone help me about lauren i always lost her path after that massage thing... and if the points is the problem i have 9 atleast but still lost.
You need 8 or more points for that (not 9 actually) and one possible massage order is back, legs, back, lower back, legs again, ass, and pussy. That's all the conditions.
Thanks man i already figured it out after downloading the walkthrough and it was my mistake i thought my points is 9.. it was 7 lol. anyways thanks for the reply i appreciate it alot.
I followed these steps: Massage her back | Massage her legs | Massage her ass | Massage her back | Massage her lower back | Massage her legs | Massage her ass | Massage her pussy
Just finished this amazin game, and i dont have any words! It was amazing to play it game me so many emotioans and i almost cried at the end, this si more than just a game. its a masterpice! Thank you Caribdis for making this masterpice, and i hope that you'll add more to it until thenill have to check out ethernum!
I must admit I downloaded this game to jerk off and shit but I have to say that this masterpiece has such an amazing story and I enjoyed every moment of playing this game I hope to play more games like this. Outstanding 10/10
Woah, someone gave my favorite AVN a 5/10, time to do some defense. (Use paragraph breaks next time pls!)
First, if that's a 5/10 I'd like to see the AVNs that you rated better and (if possible) are completed games.
I'm no fan of the MC's actions in the early game either, he's highly manipulative. But he does get a lot better over the course of the game, that's character development, right? And if you really don't like it, you don't need to stay on Carla's and Rebecca's paths. OIALT is not like Eternum, there aren't huge exclusive segments dedicated to one love interest.
About the Yakuza thing... it was hard to watch but the whole decision had "bad idea" written all over it. I think the consequences could've been way worse for Lauren. Still, it was very dark and I'm not sad that we won't see this kind of thing ever again. You mentioned Stormside, I love that game but I never had the guts to see what the slave routes entailed, the description of it kept me at bay.
And what do you mean there's "no consent involved" at Rebecca's wedding scene? She does agree after some teasing. Overall not good enough for real life standards, but for porn standards this is more than fine.
Ok, I've read the posts and sure, you've proven your point that you're not the only one who dislikes OIALT. And if you read my post here you'll see that I partially agree with the points you made here, except for the "no consent involved" part at Rebecca's wedding. I would've liked to see you justify that one better.
I'm sorry that I caused you to interpret my first post as a "confrontation", that's not what I was going for. This is all about opinions and we both know very well that the opposing side will never change their opinion if they simply don't want to.
I just finished this game tonight, and I must say it has a great story paired with excellent adult scenes—something not every game manages to achieve. The unpredictable plot twists added depth to the experience, making it even more enjoyable to complete. As a fan of themes like incest and pregnancy, I found it particularly appealing.
However, I can't say the same about the graphics. That being said, I understand this might be your first project, and you're likely still honing your skills in that area. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the game—the story, the adult scenes, the fetishes—it all resonated with me.
The game does not have sound in the +18 scenes or is it bug? I already played eternum and I loved everything, even the very interesting story, but here the only thing that fails me is that
wanted to install, but couldn't because of "this title is hosted on an incomplete third-party website" please fix if possible so installation is possible. This applies to your other game as well, wanted to install to play but couldn't because of the same issue.
Bro I just finished this game and idk how to feel lol. Like I absolutely adored it, it made me laugh, made me feel other things lmao and it dang near made me cry at the end fr. My only issue is I feel like now that it's over I have this pit in my soul lmao. Loved the story man. Loved seeing everyone get that happy ending. And I was freaking jazzed that Mike didn't die lmao. Eternum just finished download as I'm typing this. Looking forward to it!
I really want to say something bout this game and confess a bit bout the experience ive been through bout this game. First of all, I just finish the game and shout out to the developer of this game (Caribdis)I really addicted with this and your other games (Eternum) and I'm started to think that there's nothing bad about this game at all and maybe that's because this game has a good graphic, or maybe good animation, or it can might actually because of the story was 100% keeping the path of the story that we choose was actually affecting until the end, and i dont think this is a regular game like the other Visual Novel game, they be like choosing a different choice but still made the same scene. And the fact bout me is, this is actually not my first time playing this game.....I've played this game like 2 years ago but I couldn't finish it, cuz maybe that time i wasn't understand the story or the main of the story, and it started to feels boring and i stop at one of the episode tht time(cant sure if this game actually has an episode). But after I understand and manage to not skip like I've played last time, I can finally enjoy the game. Secondly, I actually feel and maybe kinda hope this next update going to be more Amazing i hope it will be absolute cinema🙌 Oh! and i almost forgot how i actually excited about the plot twist...it was fking amazing and make sense this whole time!! I even started making a theory about each episodes or scene before actually knowing the truth, and what actually crazy is some of it turns out to be accurate as i thought it would be🔥(not much though)...and i was wrong about the main characters dad that was actually not one of the Astaroth son but it turns out to be better than i expected... (can't tell you guys though, i could've spoil anything to a beginner). And the end was a BADASS!! And for the Third, i am glad and happy that i find the missing path of the girls, it feels wrong to actually finish it with something's missing....and i actually need to rewind the game for 4+ times from the beggining or in the middle of the game and sometimes I couldn't skip even though I already save the scene (idk why actually, i already play the same scene like 4 times just so i could find the missing path but i still cant skip it😭)....for example, the Rebecca's path, i need to actually save so much scene just to figure how to get Rebecca scene....but I'm so glad that i could find the path and I'm glad to actually see her at the end of the game living with the main characters....it takes me for fckin hour though....but at the end, it actually feels like worth it...and i couldn't lie, it was very enjoyable though, and it finally feels COMPLETE! even if I need to find all the girls path for more than 6+ hour!! But yeah, I'm telling the truth, its actually worth for me just to see they live happily with the main character. Also, I feel glad and happy after solve all the riddle and the missing path. And yeah, last but not least, if you got any more games or an update, I would love to try that and i have no doubt that your fans would love it too. And a little bit more thing i could say here is tht i actually looking forward to you (shit, kinda feels unnecessary commenting this game more than i could in google play store game🙏😭)....kinda have feelings that you can make the next episode or maybe a new game even more interesting like Eternum(haven't played it for a while, I might wanna play it again too)....and that's it from me. I need to mention your both Eternum and OIALT game is a masterpiece. And fuck, i even made a scenario in my own head about both of this game(im cooked😔). And im glad that your game doesn't have any payment. I might say you're the best developer here. Thanks for both games of yours....
Use paragraph breaks please. And it's too late for you now, but I made a mod that could've saved you hours of backtracking. But great to see that you had a good time regardless!
Sorry for that, i always type with so many dots just because i dont want to use comma so much. Kinda feels awkward using it several times, my bad. And bout the mod, what do you mean by backtracking? Is it a mod that can skip any scene you want? And yeah, i do have a good time before i actually stuck for an hour in the same scene😭
With backtracking I meant you rewinding or loading old saves to patch things up because you made one or more bad decisions along the way. It's a guidance mod that gives you an early heads up when you make a mistake of this kind.
And I wasn't talking about commas, paragraph breaks are empty spaces between blocks of text to organize it and to make reading large amounts of text less daunting. This for example is a second paragraph, reading the whole text is more appealing when it's split up like this.
shit, my bad. And what da fak I didnt know that this kind of mod exist....i should've check up on you earlier🙏😭.....and is it still working if i use it for the next update? Cuz i already delete the game🙂.
Not an expert on the Chinese version but anyone that could help you will prbly need more details than that. What do you mean with the gallery "failing"? What did you do and what happened exactly?
yo! where did I go wrong for rebecca? I lost her path at the wedding. no matter how much I go back for that part I dont seem to find the solution. someone help me please.
After playing Eternum first I decided to also play once in a life time and I just finished it now so here are my thoughts. I loved this game , plot was interesting , characters are amazing and the H scenes are great also there are a lot of choices that matter and changes the endings and I value a lot when changes matter in a VN. If I had to choose , I still prefer eternum , even do it's not finished yet but both games are a masterpiece and I enjoyed once in a lifetime. VN where choices matter with interesting plot and the H scenes are the cherry on top. Thank you Caribdis for this amazing games and hope after eternum is done that you will still create a new project in the future. Love your creations and keep up the good work
Alright, just finished the game this night and I Must Say, this is the greatest VN experience I've ever had 😭
Going into the game was like all other game for me was just not expecting for the best, but ohhh how was I wrong. The story, humor, music, characters, plot, and plot twist. Every one of them is really beautifully done, the story was very intriguing to me and even though i know this is supposed to be an NSFW game, I just couldn't wait to see what happens next with their journey.
And with that said, I'm here to appreciate all that. Thank you for sharing your passion and talent with us, it has been a great experience.
feel free to wait but thats gonna be a while. youll miss nothing by doing the first chapter. id say if you stop at them going to the spoopy house your good as a demo.
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Hi, getting an error towards the end of the game because of couch.mp4 being missing, but can't find its reference in the code or the script.rpy file. Does anyone know about this?
Honestly, I came to jack off, but this game is truly worthy of more than that. I was awestruck by the storytelling in a way that i did not ever expect from a game like this. I is hard to describe how the game pulled me in, got me laughing at the screen and made me feel compassion and attachment to the characters, almost eerily so. Its obvious that the Dev has poured in some serious effort, and more importantly, some genuine love for his project.
I wish I was in a position to spare some money for this work of art, however im not in a position to do so unfortunately. To make this masterpiece of a game available for free is admirable and the least I can do is leave my highest praise here.
Great game, good storyline but why set it in the UK? As a British person it comes off as really jarring with the Japanese school uniorms, the dodgy american style motels and gas stations rather than the dodgy Travellodges and petrol stations, the sunny beaches with the white sand rather than the needle strewn pebble beaches with cloudy skies threatening to rain any moment, the shitty road cutting through dark redwood forests rather than shitty country roads through acres of green fields. The only parts that are vaguely accurate to the UK is the village full of creepy weirdos, teen pregnancy and the knife crime near the beginning.
I'm sure it's fine if you're not British but it reeks of uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash if you are. SEXY uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash but uncultured, unresearched Anglophile trash all the same.
Hey so I'm currently playing the game (spoiler) and I just got shot by Azazel in Japan and died. I'm kinda confused. Is the game not finished or did I go somewhere wrong? I saw more content in the gallery and that makes me even more confused. Can y'all help me?
Yeah you messed up somewhere, you're supposed to continue after that, just follow this walkthrough if you're stuck. https://www.mejoress.com/en/once-in-a-lifetime-walkthrough/
umm can anyone help me about lauren i always lost her path after that massage thing... and if the points is the problem i have 9 atleast but still lost.
You need 8 or more points for that (not 9 actually) and one possible massage order is back, legs, back, lower back, legs again, ass, and pussy. That's all the conditions.
Thanks man i already figured it out after downloading the walkthrough and it was my mistake i thought my points is 9.. it was 7 lol. anyways thanks for the reply i appreciate it alot.
I followed these steps:
Massage her back | Massage her legs | Massage her ass | Massage her back | Massage her lower back | Massage her legs | Massage her ass | Massage her pussy
Just finished this amazin game, and i dont have any words! It was amazing to play it game me so many emotioans and i almost cried at the end, this si more than just a game. its a masterpice! Thank you Caribdis for making this masterpice, and i hope that you'll add more to it until thenill have to check out ethernum!
*slight spoiler
no shot this game has me crying over a dude named "Stabby Mike"
Bigger spoiler: future President Stabb is the best thing that can happen to you that doesn't involve dick.
I must admit I downloaded this game to jerk off and shit but I have to say that this masterpiece has such an amazing story and I enjoyed every moment of playing this game I hope to play more games like this. Outstanding 10/10
Does anyone know the software used to do animations and poses ?
Was it StudioNeo from HS ?
Thanks
Woah, someone gave my favorite AVN a 5/10, time to do some defense. (Use paragraph breaks next time pls!)
First, if that's a 5/10 I'd like to see the AVNs that you rated better and (if possible) are completed games.
I'm no fan of the MC's actions in the early game either, he's highly manipulative. But he does get a lot better over the course of the game, that's character development, right? And if you really don't like it, you don't need to stay on Carla's and Rebecca's paths. OIALT is not like Eternum, there aren't huge exclusive segments dedicated to one love interest.
About the Yakuza thing... it was hard to watch but the whole decision had "bad idea" written all over it. I think the consequences could've been way worse for Lauren. Still, it was very dark and I'm not sad that we won't see this kind of thing ever again. You mentioned Stormside, I love that game but I never had the guts to see what the slave routes entailed, the description of it kept me at bay.
And what do you mean there's "no consent involved" at Rebecca's wedding scene? She does agree after some teasing. Overall not good enough for real life standards, but for porn standards this is more than fine.
Ok, I've read the posts and sure, you've proven your point that you're not the only one who dislikes OIALT. And if you read my post here you'll see that I partially agree with the points you made here, except for the "no consent involved" part at Rebecca's wedding. I would've liked to see you justify that one better.
I'm sorry that I caused you to interpret my first post as a "confrontation", that's not what I was going for. This is all about opinions and we both know very well that the opposing side will never change their opinion if they simply don't want to.
I just finished this game tonight, and I must say it has a great story paired with excellent adult scenes—something not every game manages to achieve. The unpredictable plot twists added depth to the experience, making it even more enjoyable to complete. As a fan of themes like incest and pregnancy, I found it particularly appealing.
However, I can't say the same about the graphics. That being said, I understand this might be your first project, and you're likely still honing your skills in that area. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the game—the story, the adult scenes, the fetishes—it all resonated with me.
Rating: 8/10
And here's my favourite line in this game.
Graphics griping? Are we taking into account how long this game has been actually finished? Find me another game this good that is complete.
I would love to see your review on Eternum.
The game does not have sound in the +18 scenes or is it bug? I already played eternum and I loved everything, even the very interesting story, but here the only thing that fails me is that
One of the Best Novels! Thank you! Donated, Game Earned its Title:)
Esse est deus.
wanted to install, but couldn't because of "this title is hosted on an incomplete third-party website" please fix if possible so installation is possible. This applies to your other game as well, wanted to install to play but couldn't because of the same issue.
Try download the game on the itch website, it will open the download website, the itch app doesn't support third-party website download.
Bro I just finished this game and idk how to feel lol. Like I absolutely adored it, it made me laugh, made me feel other things lmao and it dang near made me cry at the end fr. My only issue is I feel like now that it's over I have this pit in my soul lmao. Loved the story man. Loved seeing everyone get that happy ending. And I was freaking jazzed that Mike didn't die lmao. Eternum just finished download as I'm typing this. Looking forward to it!
I really want to say something bout this game and confess a bit bout the experience ive been through bout this game. First of all, I just finish the game and shout out to the developer of this game (Caribdis)I really addicted with this and your other games (Eternum) and I'm started to think that there's nothing bad about this game at all and maybe that's because this game has a good graphic, or maybe good animation, or it can might actually because of the story was 100% keeping the path of the story that we choose was actually affecting until the end, and i dont think this is a regular game like the other Visual Novel game, they be like choosing a different choice but still made the same scene. And the fact bout me is, this is actually not my first time playing this game.....I've played this game like 2 years ago but I couldn't finish it, cuz maybe that time i wasn't understand the story or the main of the story, and it started to feels boring and i stop at one of the episode tht time(cant sure if this game actually has an episode). But after I understand and manage to not skip like I've played last time, I can finally enjoy the game. Secondly, I actually feel and maybe kinda hope this next update going to be more Amazing i hope it will be absolute cinema🙌 Oh! and i almost forgot how i actually excited about the plot twist...it was fking amazing and make sense this whole time!! I even started making a theory about each episodes or scene before actually knowing the truth, and what actually crazy is some of it turns out to be accurate as i thought it would be🔥(not much though)...and i was wrong about the main characters dad that was actually not one of the Astaroth son but it turns out to be better than i expected... (can't tell you guys though, i could've spoil anything to a beginner). And the end was a BADASS!! And for the Third, i am glad and happy that i find the missing path of the girls, it feels wrong to actually finish it with something's missing....and i actually need to rewind the game for 4+ times from the beggining or in the middle of the game and sometimes I couldn't skip even though I already save the scene (idk why actually, i already play the same scene like 4 times just so i could find the missing path but i still cant skip it😭)....for example, the Rebecca's path, i need to actually save so much scene just to figure how to get Rebecca scene....but I'm so glad that i could find the path and I'm glad to actually see her at the end of the game living with the main characters....it takes me for fckin hour though....but at the end, it actually feels like worth it...and i couldn't lie, it was very enjoyable though, and it finally feels COMPLETE! even if I need to find all the girls path for more than 6+ hour!! But yeah, I'm telling the truth, its actually worth for me just to see they live happily with the main character. Also, I feel glad and happy after solve all the riddle and the missing path. And yeah, last but not least, if you got any more games or an update, I would love to try that and i have no doubt that your fans would love it too. And a little bit more thing i could say here is tht i actually looking forward to you (shit, kinda feels unnecessary commenting this game more than i could in google play store game🙏😭)....kinda have feelings that you can make the next episode or maybe a new game even more interesting like Eternum(haven't played it for a while, I might wanna play it again too)....and that's it from me. I need to mention your both Eternum and OIALT game is a masterpiece. And fuck, i even made a scenario in my own head about both of this game(im cooked😔). And im glad that your game doesn't have any payment. I might say you're the best developer here. Thanks for both games of yours....
Use paragraph breaks please. And it's too late for you now, but I made a mod that could've saved you hours of backtracking. But great to see that you had a good time regardless!
Sorry for that, i always type with so many dots just because i dont want to use comma so much. Kinda feels awkward using it several times, my bad. And bout the mod, what do you mean by backtracking? Is it a mod that can skip any scene you want? And yeah, i do have a good time before i actually stuck for an hour in the same scene😭
With backtracking I meant you rewinding or loading old saves to patch things up because you made one or more bad decisions along the way. It's a guidance mod that gives you an early heads up when you make a mistake of this kind.
And I wasn't talking about commas, paragraph breaks are empty spaces between blocks of text to organize it and to make reading large amounts of text less daunting. This for example is a second paragraph, reading the whole text is more appealing when it's split up like this.
shit, my bad. And what da fak I didnt know that this kind of mod exist....i should've check up on you earlier🙏😭.....and is it still working if i use it for the next update? Cuz i already delete the game🙂.
Once in a Lifetime is a complete game, there won't be any more updates.
There's a bug happening which causes the gallery to fail? Did anyone face similar problems? Or is it the Chinese version that has this problem?
Not an expert on the Chinese version but anyone that could help you will prbly need more details than that. What do you mean with the gallery "failing"? What did you do and what happened exactly?
Basically when I try to play a scene in the gallery, it just shows an error page
Can you make a screenshot of the error page? There should be a lot of text on it to give a hint on what went wrong.
Hm, did you enter the replay right after you started a new game? Because replays don't work if you didn't name the MC yet.
yo! where did I go wrong for rebecca? I lost her path at the wedding. no matter how much I go back for that part I dont seem to find the solution. someone help me please.
SPOILERS
You need 15 points with her when the vows are spoken and you need the priest on your side, which won't happen if you grabbed the grimoire.
After playing Eternum first I decided to also play once in a life time and I just finished it now so here are my thoughts.
I loved this game , plot was interesting , characters are amazing and the H scenes are great also there are a lot of choices that matter and changes the endings and I value a lot when changes matter in a VN.
If I had to choose , I still prefer eternum , even do it's not finished yet but both games are a masterpiece and I enjoyed once in a lifetime.
VN where choices matter with interesting plot and the H scenes are the cherry on top.
Thank you Caribdis for this amazing games and hope after eternum is done that you will still create a new project in the future.
Love your creations and keep up the good work
好吧 就在刚刚 我以最好的结局 和所有女孩一起完整的美好的结束了这个故事 在我内心深处的感情无法用语言表达 我只想感谢作者做出这部杰作 我的眼睛在流泪 它们不停的在流泪 我会非常想念这个游戏 剧情 人物 性格 塑造 转折 幽默 甚至配乐 每一个方面都会有意想不到的收获但是看起来又非常合理 感谢你所做的一切 我会一直支持你下去
Alright, just finished the game this night and I Must Say, this is the greatest VN experience I've ever had 😭
Going into the game was like all other game for me was just not expecting for the best, but ohhh how was I wrong. The story, humor, music, characters, plot, and plot twist. Every one of them is really beautifully done, the story was very intriguing to me and even though i know this is supposed to be an NSFW game, I just couldn't wait to see what happens next with their journey.
And with that said, I'm here to appreciate all that. Thank you for sharing your passion and talent with us, it has been a great experience.
go check their eternum game. on god its 1000x more immersive fun and hot to play.
yeah for sure, i know but i think i'll wait until it's fully released lol
feel free to wait but thats gonna be a while. youll miss nothing by doing the first chapter. id say if you stop at them going to the spoopy house your good as a demo.