VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.8.0] [Caribdis]

[rudy007]

Since she's a weapon, maybe taking down the final boss will be reminiscent of the end of The Fifth Element...

Spoiler: ...only...

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She's a weapon indeed. A deadly one. For every man with weak heart. For now...
Hell, all girls in Eternum are potential weapons.

 

[Dorfnutter]

I finished current story and...

Spoiler: Spoiler questions for those who finished the game

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To your first point, one of the current theories is that most server NPCs are former players who may have been excommunicated and have been brainwashed into thinking they are NPCs thanks to the control chip. Jury's still out however if NPCs such as Idriel and Calypso are part of said group or are AI or something else entirely.

To your second point, that's one of the theories, yes (and there's some evidence in the game to suggest that it is such). The other being that it's all sci-fi advanced tech and shit. We won't really know until later updates confirm any of said theories.

 

[ChipLecsap]

She's a weapon indeed. A deadly one. For every man with weak heart. For now...
Hell, all girls in Eternum are potential weapons.

Indeed

 

[ChadFast]

To your second point, that's one of the theories, yes (and there's some evidence in the game to suggest that it is such). The other being that it's all sci-fi advanced tech and shit. We won't really know until later updates confirm any of said theories.

I just finished it a couple of weeks ago, but wow what a story. I agree that we won't know if there are parallel worlds or if it will just be a server thing (doubtful) until future updates, but I'm pretty sure everyone probably agrees that yes, this is definitely a "multiple universes" type thing and that the MC will probably be the only one to figure it out.

 

[Dylan741]

Replaying the game is really cool to see how good MC is Orion. In a lot of AVN the MC is just a potato with a big dick, with zero personality and passive as fuck, things just happen to him, yadda yadda and sex scene. But Caribdis is really good making characters that feel alive, like real people, and Orion is not an exception. One simple example is the chill out moment in the park some days after the Calypso situation: Orion is chilling in the park and Dalia appears because she and Alex are going to the pool. Dalia comments that she prefer a low impact exercise because she is worried about his back before the competition, and the next texts are:

Orion: The competition is next Thursday, right?
Dalia: Yep! Thursday at 05:00 PM, at Kredon's gym
Orion: Nice. I'll be there.
Dalia: Are you participating?
Orion: Well, maybe, but I'll probably make a fool out of myself. I'm mostly going to cheer you on. I'm allowed to do that, right?
Dalia: *Chuckles* You sure are!
Yvier: I'll be your loudest fan, I promise!

In just one minute Orion is proving that he listen her problems, that he cares about her, ask for consent (he doesn't try to impose himself) and promise to be here, because if is important to Dalia is important to him.

In other games this interaction is just a two option text to win points to fuck the girl, but in Eternum is just Orion being a good friend because he really cares about Dalia, and yes he wants to pound her like the horny teenager he is, but for him is most important support her because he believes in her, because he loves her, and I really like a MC like that.

Edit:

Spoiler: man, this scene make my laugh every fucking time. Alex is the best:

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Couldn't agree more.... I even dub Orion now, because the dialogues were so well written that I started to read them out loud and then I finished playing his role and the game is even more fun this way....
And of course the best dialogue was...

Playing his part was too funny....

P.S. It's also good to improve my pronunciation, I thanks our Goddess for this too.....

 

[ArDZer]

Couldn't agree more.... I even dub Orion now, because the dialogues were so well written that I started to read them out loud and then I finished playing his role and the game is even more fun this way....
And of course the best dialogue was...
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Playing his part was too funny....

P.S. It's also good to improve my pronunciation, I thanks our Goddess for this too.....

Makes me wonder if Cari's next project might have voice acting on it (that first scene with Nova would've been interesting with voices included, especially in conveying how the protagonist was terrified of her).

 

[Dylan741]

Makes me wonder if Cari's next project might have voice acting on it (that first scene with Nova would've been interesting with voices included, especially in conveying how the protagonist was terrified of her).

Yeah it would be interesting but I think it could be a double edge sword at the same time.
I mean, I think ( it's a supposition of mine so don't take my words as absolute) we all have choosen the voice we like more for all the characters, and maybe many wouldn't like the choice by Caribdis to add them in Eternum at this point ( for me listening to a voice different from Andrea Libman for Nova would be a trauma, honestly... ).
But maybe for the next games it would be a great addition.

 

[chicho1958]

Couldn't agree more.... I even dub Orion now, because the dialogues were so well written that I started to read them out loud and then I finished playing his role and the game is even more fun this way....
And of course the best dialogue was...
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Playing his part was too funny....

P.S. It's also good to improve my pronunciation, I thanks our Goddess for this too.....

And don't forget the bazoka when in the contest at the school party, while mc yapping she blew the fck out those 2 lol. It's a hell of a game. And father/daughter prank on mc, game does have a few rofl moments.

 

[Dylan741]

And don't forget the bazoka when in the contest at the school party, while mc yapping she blew the fck out those 2 lol. It's a hell of a game. And father/daughter prank on mc, game does have a few rofl moments.

Oh yes that was glorious!
And I must admit that Orion wasn't the only one that needed to remove bricks from his pants in that scene.....

 

[ArDZer]

Oh yes that was glorious!
And I must admit that Orion wasn't the only one that needed to remove bricks from his pants in that scene.....
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The same could be said when the protagonist goes to the ruins of the Fink house to get Anne's picture (the little girl at the Red Herring). Poor young lad was screaming at the top of his lungs before Luna opened the door.

 

[Ellyx]

The same could be said when the protagonist goes to the ruins of the Fink house to get Anne's picture (the little girl at the Red Herring). Poor young lad was screaming at the top of his lungs before Luna opened the door.

Poor Annie too.....

 

[Dylan741]

The same could be said when the protagonist goes to the ruins of the Fink house to get Anne's picture (the little girl at the Red Herring). Poor young lad was screaming at the top of his lungs before Luna opened the door.

Oooh yeah that was epic, playing scaredy "cat" Orion was too fun and scary at the same time!!!
P.S. Luckily I live alone, if I still were with my parents I wonder what my mother would have thought of me, I already think my neighbors suspects I'm not exactly a "sane" person......

 

[ArDZer]

Poor Annie too.....

Her experience at the Andromeda server would've been quite the work to give voice to. From feeling dreamy about her date (and her not too successful attempt at rapping), tearing up at the movie theatre, having a sexy time, and then being plunged into a horror sequence with aliens that had her cornered in fear before she was rescued.

 

[Son of Durin]

Instead of quoting everyone, my perspective on voice acting in VNs:

Don't add it to an established VN. Most people have already given a voice to the various characters and adding in voices later, especially if the voices don't jibe with the voices inside the player's head (no, not THOSE voices, the character voices), it can take away from the experience. A VN I got into a few months back added voices late in the game and I had to mute them - they just didn't work for me and they didn't seem to fit the characters - the landlady/mom voice used was much younger than the roommate/sister voice, so it just took away from the whole experience.

If a Dev is going to voice a VN (other than vocalizations during lewd scenes, and even those can be really bad if not done properly), then it really should be from the beginning - that way the voice is the voice and the player expectations won't be as negatively impacted. There may still be a perceived mismatch between the character on the screen and the voice emitting, but it won't be because the player established a voice over the course of several updates and was now being given a new voice for a familiar character.

 

[Son of Durin]

Oooh yeah that was epic, playing scaredy "cat" Orion was too fun and scary at the same time!!!
P.S. Luckily I live alone, if I still were with my parents I wonder what my mother would have thought of me, I already think my neighbors suspects I'm not exactly a "sane" person......

Have you ever been accused of being sane? I don't think anyone here has EVER made that accusation of you.

 

[Ellyx]

Her experience at the Andromeda server would've been quite the work to give voice to. From feeling dreamy about her date (and her not too successful attempt at rapping), tearing up at the movie theatre, having a sexy time, and then being plunged into a horror sequence with aliens that had her cornered in fear before she was rescued.

Hey at least this time she had a sexy time before the Horror and not after . Poor girl is as useful during the horror scenes as Jerry was throughout his eternum's adventure.

 

[Son of Durin]

Poor girl is as useful during the horror scenes as Jerry was throughout his eternum's adventure.

Don't go dissin' Annie.

She was on a server where she didn't have her arms and had no expectation of needing them, not that they would have helped against xenomorphs. Put her in her element, or allow her to be otherwise prepared, and she'll kick ass - Jerry's included, every day of the week.

 

[Dorfnutter]

Poor girl is as useful during the horror scenes as Jerry was throughout his eternum's adventure.

...Least her survival rate's higher than the few seconds of Jerry's existence before he gets killed for running his mouth.

 

[dolfe67]

Instead of quoting everyone, my perspective on voice acting in VNs:

Don't add it to an established VN. Most people have already given a voice to the various characters and adding in voices later, especially if the voices don't jibe with the voices inside the player's head (no, not THOSE voices, the character voices), it can take away from the experience. A VN I got into a few months back added voices late in the game and I had to mute them - they just didn't work for me and they didn't seem to fit the characters - the landlady/mom voice used was much younger than the roommate/sister voice, so it just took away from the whole experience.

If a Dev is going to voice a VN (other than vocalizations during lewd scenes, and even those can be really bad if not done properly), then it really should be from the beginning - that way the voice is the voice and the player expectations won't be as negatively impacted. There may still be a perceived mismatch between the character on the screen and the voice emitting, but it won't be because the player established a voice over the course of several updates and was now being given a new voice for a familiar character.

You can still mute the voices, no drawback for the players. For the dev though, not sure if it's worth budgeting it.

 

[Son of Durin]

...Least her survival rate's higher than the few seconds of Jerry's existence before he gets killed for running his mouth.

Agreed. And, I see you've changed again. How often should we expect a DorfMorph, and if you let me know in advance, I can update your string board.