VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.7.5 Public] [Caribdis]

[Elhemeer]

Such a question arose. Has anyone in the thread already done a full review of all the references and easter eggs to pop culture? With a detailed description of the moments when it happened? I see references at every turn (maybe not all of course) and the idea came up to make a big post on them.

If you browse through Dorfnutter's posts you'll get information about a lot of them. I'm sure he's got a spreadsheet attached to his cork board with a full list, though he probably hasn't shared it yet ...

 

[e6mill]

 

[Geralt From Rivia]

If you browse through Dorfnutter's posts you'll get information about a lot of them. I'm sure he's got a spreadsheet attached to his cork board with a full list, though he probably hasn't shared it yet ...

What I managed to find now is some complex theories (hello Dalli_x ). The F95's search function is terribly inconvenient. Still, I'll try to make such a post myself, especially since there are always new people in the thread who will not read all past 900 pages.

 

[Takkatakka]

well i cant say its android version coz i download pc version n run the .py launcher in joiplay

btw its this hoping ud know after seeing this
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Some people here have a far better insight than me. I honestly have no idea.

 

[Boombaru23]

Bro why are the animations so good,is Honey Select or whatever engine this is based on ,gotten this good with mods ?

 

[VaderExMachina]

Bro why are the animations so good,is Honey Select or whatever engine this is based on ,gotten this good with mods ?

Actually this is Honey Select 2, big improvement over the original,if i'm not mistaken, Caribdis's first game Once In A Lifetime used HS1.
The difference between it and Eternum is night and day.

 

[m3d10cr3]

The update didn't seem shorter to me (the detective part and the wild west server were pretty long) probably it's because I'm French so I take more time to read than an native speaker . Honestly was one of my fav update (must be because I'm a fan of western vibe in a game),Caribdis has improved again in terms of Animations, story-telling (absolutly loved the part with Calypso and the way the story was told) and humor. Then again I think everyone will have different opinion on it .

Thanks for your reply. Honestly, i have no negative review about animations (sex or non sex), it even get better than before (especially the 'the main dish'). And i must admit, story telling about Calypso's origin at Blackridge (wild west server) is actually a brand new, yet very good approach that Cari gave to us. i appreciated that. And the rest, well, i stay on my opinion. But hey, thanks again.

And no, there is more than 4 updates left : ( I bet on 15 updates in total)

Ahh, i'm glad to hear that

 

[m3d10cr3]

Personally I blame the Collector whodunit, lol. That event was essentially the first time that there was more than 2 possible outcomes and a lot of dialogue changes depending on who died throughout the rounds, so Cari likely spent a lot of significant dev time there. Add that he had to make 4 new lewd scenes - one of which is a megascene that had more animations than your standard lewd event - and I can understand why some would feel like there's less narrative meat in this update compared to, say, 0.3 or 0.4 (although I'd argue that the lore dumps and confirmations (and semi-confirmations) of certain earlier theories make up for it).

I see. It seems that this version release, Cari focused on animations, experiment on new approach of story-telling (by brought us classic story-telling style about Calypso's origin, with their classic theatrical-like animations too) and also mini game at Collector's whodunit lol. At programming side, this kind of mini games sure spent a lot of development time on it. I understand that if Cari wants to bring the narrative content like previous version releases, it would take a year for him to develop. Solid argument sir. Thank you.

It's also likely the reason why Cari is reverting back to 3 lewd scenes in 0.7 (albeit he plans to make them just as beefy as this update's Alex scene). While there's a lot of work involved in animating them and planning how they flow, no doubt having only to plan out 3 scenes will likely allow him to focus on beefing the narrative more...assuming no Collector Whodunit-style semi-freeroam event is involved again in said update...although I wouldn't say no to an Andromeda Space Station-style Ghost Ship horror freeroam in the upcoming "New World" event for 0.7, assuming that happens.

Thanks for the info!. It might be the best approach for him to prepare more balance content on next version releases. Besides, from other reply, he will give use not just 4 remaining updates, but around 15-20 in total (about 11-14 updates remaining cmiiw). And yes. i absolutely agree that Andromeda mini game has more success to bring such survival-horror theme and vibes, at least for me.

Edit: Grammar kinda failed me in that first sentence in the second paragraph...brb going to get a 5th mug of coffee or something

You caught me, lol. English is not my native nor secondary language for my country. So, yeah

 

[1tomadeira]

One month I'm not so sure about that because this is what Alex looked like after I tried to animate her yesterday

Spoiler: Can be disturbing

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Still better than what I would ever be able to do with the same tools.

 

[Dorfnutter]

Such a question arose. Has anyone in the thread already done a full review of all the references and easter eggs to pop culture? With a detailed description of the moments when it happened? I see references at every turn (maybe not all of course) and the idea came up to make a big post on them.

From what I can recall...

Yes.

And Annie's swords in Ion are the YoRHa swords from Nier: Automata.

And the Exit Portals are Nia's Chakrams from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

And the Praetorian's gun from Ion is the Sunshot from Destiny 2.

And Luna's costume in Red Herring is Triss Merigold's outfit from The Witcher 3

And the Aliens from Andromeda are the Xenomorph and Facehugger from Alien franchise.

And Luna's summons are Pyramid Head from Silent Hill and The Twins from Atomic Heart.

And the monster statue in the Collector's house is the Demogorgon from Stranger Things.

Add Clonk is actually Pascal from Nier: Automata and one of the items displayed at the Collector's house was the Portal 2 gun I suppose.

Logical explanation is that since these are modded assets that already exist in HS2, Cari just did the economical thing and repurposed said assets in his story to save time and patreon funds that he could use elsewhere (i.e. commissioning modders to make custom maps, port stuff from Daz3D to HS2, or create non-HS2 mod assets that would still be useful to the story (i.e. Nova's manga, Slide art for Caly's backstory)).

From a story/lore perspective...well, the Andromeda tapes in 0.4 mentioned that the creator/s of Alien got their idea from a dream, yes? And that one of the running theories is that Eternum is akin to or IS the Astral Plane (hence the fact why otherworldly beings and spirits and dreamers are found there), yes? Well if the latter is true, then a plausible explanation is that the assets that we see in Eternum are likely the original concepts or ideas of the stuff that we see in the real world, and that they were brought into the real world by their respective creators who dreamnt of them in a dream. So it's basically a subversion of "Ready Player One" (or, god forbid, "Fortnite") where instead of all these IP from various sources being plonked into this vast VRMMO, it's the other way around.

 

[Ungawa]

Yesyes and hopefully they ascend to the heavens after seeing such a "glorious vision" and never come back down in this thread.

 

[Ellyx]

Actually this is Honey Select 2, big improvement over the original,if i'm not mistaken, Caribdis's first game Once In A Lifetime used HS1.
The difference between it and Eternum is night and day.

Even with HS1 you can achieve very good animations, just like Jestur does with his game (Ripples) but overall HS2 is still an improvement .

Thanks for your reply. Honestly, i have no negative review about animations (sex or non sex), it even get better than before (especially the 'the main dish'). And i must admit, story telling about Calypso's origin at Blackridge (wild west server) is actually a brand new, yet very good approach that Cari gave to us. i appreciated that. And the rest, well, i stay on my opinion. But hey, thanks again.

To each their own I guess ,I will never force anyone to think like me.

Still better than what I would ever be able to do with the same tools.

Still made me laugh to see how it is easy to transform Alex into someone uglier than Ruth (from Oialt)

 

[Ungawa]

... Damn, Anna Piaget got it right through those fake tiddies...

 

[Ungawa]

Carolyn, you THIEF!!!!

How you gonna take the milk like that?!

...

Those fuggin eyes... That cat is a WOLOLO priest, I know it!

 

[Lolicon Kami]

Actually this is Honey Select 2, big improvement over the original,if i'm not mistaken, Caribdis's first game Once In A Lifetime used HS1.
The difference between it and Eternum is night and day.

When I saw OIAL, i though HOTTEST GIRLS EVER (MC was meh, but whatever).

Then Eternum came...

Honestly, I don't know how Caribdis keeps outdoing him/her self every time

 

[Lolicon Kami]

Aye I'm just new here in Eternum, I say this is one of the best game here!!! Can't wait for 0.7!

While you're waiting, you might want to check out Carbdis's older, completed get Once In a Lifetime

The storytelling is stellar, (shorter than Eternum though), and in my own opinion, the visuals are the hottest ever for the honeyselect-type games (sans eternum, of course)

 

[Ungawa]

Orion: I'll take care of Annie as if she was my sister!

Me: Yeah.... You REALLY took care of her...

 

[Ungawa]

*Elf in Cowboy hat and dress get-up*

HNNNNGGG------

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I know Alex was the sick one but when Eva had realized she'd met MC and he had to talk about how they met, this man was sweating bullets more than the butter it takes for a flapjack...

 

[Ungawa]

Dorfnutter I got a concept for you that you might just percolate on...

What if Eva has some ties to the Syndicate?

 

[Mr.Winter]

This game is probably in my Top 2 being on par with superhuman, the Fantasy aspect is definitely peak, the way he writes the story is honestly so satisfying and the mini games like the horror map (burned factory) or the "murdered" collector murder mystery. I don't know how he does it but honestly this gotta be one of the best VN on this si- no just out there in general tbh. {This scene was funny too }