Last estimate I saw was something like 12-14 updates total. We're at update 7 now, with 8 in the works. At an update about every 6 months, expect about 3-4 years, imo.
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That is very much intended and yes, MC is just being an incredibly big doofus about it, especially when he talks about it with Calypso. Essentially there are two possible explanations. One is his 100% compatibility, the other that he is one of the (or at least a potential) immortal who can access the worlds of Eternum at will. This could tie into the theory that Orion repeats events in a sort of time loop. There are hints in the dialogue at that.
There is a third explanation with temporary transits that happen to people sometimes. But those are argued to be different iirc.
Total number of updates is currently estimated between 12-14 according to the dev. So sadly not that many more.
We need Professor Dorfnutter's take on this phenomenon again.
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Thank you, brother, It makes sense, but seriously what do you mean sadly not that many?
We have to wait 4 YEARS for the endgame.
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People get attached to the story and characters, so they don't want the game to end
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6-8 years total development time for a big game seems fair to me. Not even that long to be honest.
Big mainstream video game titles made by big teams take 6+ years on occasion so I would consider this timescale as normal and not crazy long when you scale both the medium to a VN and the team to very small/solo.
And yes, maybe, perhaps, possibly, it could be that just a liiiittle bit of attachment may be involved as well
I do want to see the end and epilogue of Eternum though and am excited for whatever comes after. But there were earlier estimates of up to 20 updates and I would not have declined that possibility but it is what it is.
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I think the idea is that his brain kinda rationalizes it for a time and he thinks it might just be a dream or that he probably fell asleep with his Eternum gear on etc.
I'm not sure how far you've played, but it becomes more and more clear to him towards the end of the current content that something isn't right.
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Yeah. I'd add that making a game of this quality isn't as simple as posing a couple of models in HS2, rendering, adding some text to string pictures together and calling it good. There's a lot of work involved in creating more "cinematic" (for lack of a better word) renders, and a lot of renders in scenes. Then there's image post-production, coding etc. That's not to mention actually writing (not that easy!), asset modelling (because I think Cari commissions those, rather than doing it himself), custom graphics, sound design etc.6-8 years total development time for a big game seems fair to me. Not even that long to be honest.
Big mainstream video game titles made by big teams take 6+ years on occasion so I would consider this timescale as normal and not crazy long when you scale both the medium to a VN and the team to very small/solo.
And yes, maybe, perhaps, possibly, it could be that just a liiiittle bit of attachment may be involved as well
I do want to see the end and epilogue of Eternum though and am excited for whatever comes after. But there were earlier estimates of up to 20 updates and I would not have declined that possibility but it is what it is.
It's a lot of work for one or two people.
It's also totally worth it. I'd sooner wait for 4 or 5 Eternum-quality games than have dozens of mediocre ones. So I wait patiently (for the most part). That's just me, though.
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To illustrate my point,
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Cari posing and lighting Dalia in engine (Photoshop touch-up not included). That's a lot of work for one render...
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