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Wasn't trying to insist that its a game, I do believe its more than that, but I was just trying to explain it in the way its been mostly portrayed so far. We haven't been given an explanation yet as to what Eternum really is beyond "just a game". Sure the MC's party has seen shit to say otherwise, but we still don't know whats really going on besides they thought they were just playing a game originally. I do believe technology plays a bigger role than what others have said though. Right now we have technology mixed with magic. Nova's hacks still work even if the results are difficult and limited in their use. Keep in mind she doesn't have the inside knowledge that say an investor or business partner to Ulysses might have like that guy who showed us the NPC control device. Also, even Caly speaks of a "world of machines" and a means of using "artifacts of metal and light" when she first heard of hacking thinking it was magic.

My point with Caly, was that she still has her memories/personality of being real which was a result of being "incomplete" as the MC says when she's released. I think they were trying to change/control her with the box artifact, whether you want to think of that as via technology or magic. I think its both, technology enabling magic that the user doesn't have the capacity to use on their own. As for things not matching what one would expect from an MMO type game, well the game's tagline is "more real than real". Its passed off to the general public by the devs as just a game that has incredible immersion and realism, so much so that you might not question it was a game. If general players questioned the lack of such standard things you mentioned, then no one would believe its just a game. We know better because we're seeing things from the MC's perspective. The average player wouldn't even think about it and would just play.

Your last remark about "remotely hack a secure casino computer in record time to feed it false info." is exactly what I would call modifying variables "in-game". I don't recall it ever being mentioned it was remote, she was right there staring at the computer when it happened. Every other hack we've seen Nova do has been done when outside the game except for that one.
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So more of a tragic LI then ? Well I did think that if you can only have Calypso in the Harem route ending, and there is no route for her, it would be because of one of these 2 possibility. Would be sad about it, she is in my top 3 or 4.
It is just a guess. For one because returning to her people seems to be her main goal and that might outweigh any affection for the MC she has or still might gain. Also we don't even know, if she can even reach the "real" world...or rather the home dimension of the MC and the other girls as we might have to call it now.

So as of now there doesn't seem to be a way for her to really become part of the harem.

And Imma do a completely different theory.
You have to choose at the end, either her or the Harem.
Yeah, could be as well...basically let her go to her people or go with her to her people.
 
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Hey guys, I just saw that the game got a new update and I wanted to ask how many updates there going to are until its finished. Is it just going until it reaches 1.0 ?
I don't think there's been any indication that the dev intends 1.0 to be the number of the final version. I expect there to be versions 1.1, 1.2...
 

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Edit: Added Cari response
To me the "side girls" in Eternum are similar to the ones in OIAL, so Maat, Eva and Caly are similar to Iris, Aiko and Rebecca ( and I hope for a Jasmine too), imho of course, so I think they will appear again ( and I'm all in for an harem like this, the more the merrier).:sneaky::D:D:D
 

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Is the new update out and can I transfer save files?
All you have to do is look at the OP to see that the answer is yes. As it's a RenPy game, your save should be available in the updated build without your having to do any transferring.
 

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I don't think there's been any indication that the dev intends 1.0 to be the number of the final version. I expect there to be versions 1.1, 1.2...
No, it won't go to 1.0 after 0.9, it'll go to 0.10, 0.11, 0.12, etc. Then, when Cari is ready to put out the final, it'll switch to 1.0 (at least, that's the convention being frequently used).

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To me the "side girls" in Eternum are similar to the ones in OIAL, so Maat, Eva and Caly are similar to Iris, Aiko and Rebecca ( and I hope for a Jasmine too), imho of course, so I think they will appear again ( and I'm all in for an harem like this, the more the merrier).:sneaky::D:D:D
I don't think that would make sense for Eternum. He basically upgraded what were "side girls" in OiaL to full LIs, so Nova, Luna etc. are all equal to Penny and Dalia which would be the equivalent to Judie and Lauren in OiaL. The "Others" really are just means to remind the player, that it is a Porn VN while Cari was still building up to full scenes with the LIs. Calypso will likely be a special case as discussed before.

No, it won't go to 1.0 after 0.9, it'll go to 0.10, 0.11, 0.12, etc. Then, when Cari is ready to put out the final, it'll switch to 1.0 (at least, that's the convention being frequently used).

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I mean...I argued that myself multiple times here but lets be honest: The version numbers will be whatever Cari wants them to be and when he calls it 1.2 instead of 0.12 that it will be 1.2. :ROFLMAO:

I'm still of the opinion that this is a Chekhov's gun that's waiting to fire, possibly as a climax prior to the story entering its second half.
Calypso standing in the Carter's living room could very well be the cliffhanger of 0.7 or 0.8 or so. :ROFLMAO:
 

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Eve in the harem? I can see it, though even though we don't know much about her and such... I get the feeling she might just be involved with Syndicate and could very well be trying to get close to us for reasons. Kinda just a gut feeling I have and sure there isn't evidence to prove it but, I wouldn't be surprised if my hunch here would be correct. Or perhaps she is working with Ulysses. Could be a whole Aika situation, turn her against her masters, find love and 3 kids.

Maat is basicly Jasmin, as one was saying they were hoping for a Jasmin. Miss her already to be honest. Really loved her outfit and style, and her lovely skin. Would be curious to what she could add to the Harem though in terms of skill other than awakener of passions and lewd times.

Calypso is a given for Hareming. Though, I do get the feeling we maaay end up being at odds with her at some point, with her wanting to do something and us telling her no. Just a feeling despite how friendly and close we may get, she is a powerful ally/potential rival that could turn on us potentially, despite our treatment to her.

Edit: Glossed over entirely... Note to self, less works and put everything in spoilers next time...
 
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Elhemeer

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I mean...I argued that myself multiple times here but lets be honest: The version numbers will be whatever Cari wants them to be and when he calls it 1.2 instead of 0.12 that it will be 1.2. :ROFLMAO:
You're right. That's only a convention and it's not even used by more than 60% of the games I follow, so it won't be that surprising if he doesn't follow it ... so whatever he does, we'll get what we get, and we won't know how he'll do it until the 10th update comes out.
 
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Calypso standing in the Carter's living room could very well be the cliffhanger of 0.7 or 0.8 or so. :ROFLMAO:
I was thinking more along the lines of Calypso sitting down at the Carter household's dining table and munching on Dalia's food while Orion looks at her white as a sheet. She then starts complaining to him how much the food of their world sucks, then sees Orion just staring at her, to which she then asks what's wrong as the camera switches to a slow zoom in of Orion's face still having that stupid Pikachu face look.

And then scene quickly fades to black, with Orion's final words in the dialogue box saying "What. The Fuck."

Then roll credits.


:KEK:
 
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Dylan741

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I don't think that would make sense for Eternum. He basically upgraded what were "side girls" in OiaL to full LIs, so Nova, Luna etc. are all equal to Penny and Dalia which would be the equivalent to Judie and Lauren in OiaL. The "Others" really are just means to remind the player, that it is a Porn VN while Cari was still building up to full scenes with the LIs. Calypso will likely be a special case as discussed before.
Uhm, sorry but I respectfully disagree with your opinion, Nova was never meant to be a side girls, nor Luna.
They are all part of the big cast or else they would have never appeared in that way in the game, nor Caribdos would have dedicated them so much space, importance and deepened so much their background and focused so much on their personalities.
They are integral part of the main cast with Annie,Nancy, Penny and Alex, the difference between OIAL and Eternum is that Caribdis is dedicating much more time and effort in this second work, but you can clearly distinguish between main and side LI's and these were never "upgraded", imho of course. :)
 

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I was thinking more along the lines of Calypso sitting down on the Carter household's dining table and munching on Dalia's food while Orion looks at her white as a sheet. She then starts complaining to him how much the food of their world sucks, then sees Orion just staring at her, to which she then asks what's wrong as the camera switches to a slow zoom in of Orion's face still having that stupid Pikachu face look.

And then scene quickly fades to black, with Orion's final words in the dialogue box saying "What. The Fuck."

Then roll credits.


:KEK:
Well, now we know this scene (if it was being planned) will probably be somewhere else in the house ...
 
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