VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.8.6 Public] [Caribdis]

[applepie68]

Just wondering will/does the game have rape content? I have a bit of a rape kink and I want to know since the description explicitly mentions it but yet it doesn't have a rape tag

 

[Arrenis]

I came for the porn...stayed for the story. This is amazing. Cannot wait for the story to continue

 

[Uriel ☁]

Just wondering will/does the game have rape content? I have a bit of a rape kink and I want to know since the description explicitly mentions it but yet it doesn't have a rape tag

It won't, rape is against the ToS of Patreon and would result in the ban of the game.
At most there'll be a scene where consent is somewhat dubious.

 

[applepie68]

It won't, rape is against the ToS of Patreon and would result in the ban of the game.
At most there'll be a scene where consent is somewhat dubious.

I didn't know that. Why do games ravager have a Patreon page then? Isn't most of it against TOS then?

 

[Dorfnutter]

I didn't know that. Why do games ravager have a Patreon page then? Isn't most of it against TOS then?

You must've missed what's written in the "About" section of the Ravager dev's Patreon page then...

 

[Deleted member 2691156]

It won't, rape is against the ToS of Patreon and would result in the ban of the game.
At most there'll be a scene where consent is somewhat dubious.

I'm not sure future is the right tense here

You must've missed what's written in the "About" section of the Ravager dev's Patreon page then...

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Wait. They're allowed to do that?

 

[crustlord12]

this really is a good game, only flaw is that it takes time for the dev to push out more, the anticipation in getting more can be frustrating

The new Patreon stretch goals will help with this then! Think about the turnaround time if he can hire extra help

 

[Dorfnutter]

Wait. They're allowed to do that?

What? Having a Patreon page without distributing the game there?

I dunno, maybe they see it as a sort of tip jar for the dev which is why they still let the page operate? I mean, there's still some art and stuff there. Maybe that's how he's bypassing it? /shrugs

 

[PervySageKem]

Yeah, this is absolutely ridiculous. This VN/Game gaps every other game in this website, with the possible exception of Once in a Lifetime (also Caribdis) and Ripples.

I just finished Part 3 and it's absolutely bonkers. The lenght of the content, the quality of the content, how many different girls with ACTUAL, REAL PERSONALITIES, is off the charts. The animations are amazing (I loved the gladiator fight scene), the sound design is amazing, the atmosphere is so immersive it sometimes feels like I'm Eternum.

And the story? Fuck, it's so good. I'm so immersed, I feel hollow when I reach the end of the update. This is amazing.

Can't wait to be able to consume this in its entirety, I sometimes replay Once in a Lifetime from beginning to end just because I love those characters so much. This game is the same, I can't wait for more updates!

Only little thing that I found weird: Dalia looks really... Different maybe? In the last portion of this update, I mean, since she appeared in scene on the Roman Server. Her hairstyle and face look kinda weird, not like the Dalia that I was accostumed to, so much so that I didn't even recognized her as Dalia. This is particularly noticeable during the Heist Meeting.

 

[Deleted member 2691156]

What? Having a Patreon page without distributing the game there?

I dunno, maybe they see it as a sort of tip jar for the dev which is why they still let the page operate? I mean, there's still some art and stuff there. Maybe that's how he's bypassing it? /shrugs

The fact they have a patreon page with only some of their game is obviously fine, the fact they're making advertisement for these game on patreon while saying they break patreon's rule feels like exploiting a loophole.
Though it's not like it was the first time people abused a loophole of patreon

 

[dolfe67]

I read some dev was banned from patreon because he had an uncensored version on subscribestar. How much of this is true I don't know

 

[Walter Victor]

I read some dev was banned from patreon because he had an uncensored version on subscribestar. How much of this is true I don't know

There must be more to it than that, because there are dozens of games with incest, loli, etc. on Patreon, which have the uncensored versions on SubscribeStar.

It's probably like when there is a patch and the developer idiotically refers to it in Patreon. That gets their games banned.

 

[applepie68]

You must've missed what's written in the "About" section of the Ravager dev's Patreon page then...

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I see that's quite an interesting workaround. Good to know

Yeah, this is absolutely ridiculous. This VN/Game gaps every other game in this website, with the possible exception of Once in a Lifetime (also Caribdis) and Ripples.

I just finished Part 3 and it's absolutely bonkers. The lenght of the content, the quality of the content, how many different girls with ACTUAL, REAL PERSONALITIES, is off the charts. The animations are amazing (I loved the gladiator fight scene), the sound design is amazing, the atmosphere is so immersive it sometimes feels like I'm Eternum.

And the story? Fuck, it's so good. I'm so immersed, I feel hollow when I reach the end of the update. This is amazing.

Can't wait to be able to consume this in its entirety, I sometimes replay Once in a Lifetime from beginning to end just because I love those characters so much. This game is the same, I can't wait for more updates!

Only little thing that I found weird: Dalia looks really... Different maybe? In the last portion of this update, I mean, since she appeared in scene on the Roman Server. Her hairstyle and face look kinda weird, not like the Dalia that I was accostumed to, so much so that I didn't even recognized her as Dalia. This is particularly noticeable during the Heist Meeting.

I agree, I think the reasoning is quite simple. A VN tries to sell you on the story it has to since its the only thing it has other than art. What this means is that the story or art has to be good or else you'll play something else. As art is much more time-consuming to make authors focus on the story and use a few CGs. Other games try to add mechanics to their games and as a result, they get bogged down in trying to flesh out the mechanic. Oftentimes they end up biting off more than they can chew and make the game too grindy without any hooks to keep us going. This is also why Ren'py games focus on just have story choices also fair better as they have one less distraction.

 

[Deleted member 1300963]

Hi,
Just finished the current version and loved it. I won't copy-paste my 5 star review here obviously but I prefer to put my critics here because they're small enough to be not so relevant in a review, plus this way you can counter them with your own arguments if you want to, so here are my 2 cents :

• It seems that, contrary to once in a lifetime, the heart points system is partially obscured to the player, letting him see only a rounded value rather that an exact number. I don't see the reason for that and it makes things confusing when you explore the tree of choices.
• I think some of the choices the player is given could use to be more subtle and interesting. Sometimes you're basically given the choice to either be nice or a plain dick, while you could be given more... educative decisions to make.
• the reading felt long sometimes, but that comes from someone who doesn't read much, so take with a handful of salt.
• The render engine (Honey Select), while being real-time, feels a little outdated and missing some features modern real-time engines have (subsurface scattering, global illumination, volume fog). Fortunately the materials and lighting are set up smartly to counterbalance that on the characters and not have them look any less appealing, but the environments, especially in the first Eternum city, look rather flat, with no place for the eye to sit.
• the protagonist's dick looks grey-ish and not so appealing. I've read that Honey Select was criticized for the lack of customization options for male genitals so maybe that's why, but just a more reddish color and smoother texture would make it more... juicy.

 

[pedrobece7]

Hi,
Just finished the current version and loved it. I won't repeat all my 5 star review here obviously but I prefer to put my critics here because they're small enough to be not so relevant in a review, plus this way you can counter them with your own arguments if you want to, so here are my 2 cents :

• It seems that, contrary to once in a lifetime, the heart points system is partially obscured to the player, letting him see only a rounded value rather that an exact number. I don't see the reason for that and it makes things confusing when you explore the tree of choices.
• I think some of the choices the player is given could use to be more subtle and interesting. Sometimes you're basically given the choice to either be nice or a plain dick, while you could be given more... educative decisions to make.
• the reading felt long sometimes, but that comes from someone who doesn't read much, so take with a handful of salt.
• The render engine (Honey Select), while being real-time, feels a little outdated and missing some features modern real-time engines have (subsurface scattering, global illumination, volume fog). Fortunately the materials and lighting are set up smartly to counterbalance that on the characters and not have them look any less appealing, but the environments, especially in the first Eternum city, look rather flat, with no place for the eye to sit.
• the protagonist's dick looks grey-ish and not so appealing. I've read that Honey Select was criticized for the lack of customization options for male genitals so maybe that's why, but just a more reddish color and smoother texture would make it more... juicy.

His dick changed in the last update, looks different than previously. I think in 0.3 it's looking very damn good. (I wonder -definitely not necessary- if Caribdis will remake the earlier scenes with the new dick).

 

[shiton32]

His dick changed in the last update, looks different than previously. I think in 0.3 it's looking very damn good. (I wonder -definitely not necessary- if Caribdis will remake the earlier scenes with the new dick).

bruh wtf is it real?
I never really noticed that

 

[Dorfnutter]

His dick changed in the last update, looks different than previously. I think in 0.3 it's looking very damn good. (I wonder -definitely not necessary- if Caribdis will remake the earlier scenes with the new dick).

Spoiler: Did it? Because I ain't seeing it. Maybe it's just a lighting thing?

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(Also, curse you for making me look. DX)

• The render engine (Honey Select), while being real-time, feels a little outdated and missing some features modern real-time engines have (subsurface scattering, global illumination, volume fog). Fortunately the materials and lighting are set up smartly to counterbalance that on the characters and not have them look any less appealing, but the environments, especially in the first Eternum city, look rather flat, with no place for the eye to sit.

Not that I'm excusing the dev or anything, but I feel like this is the kind of limitation that we have to live with if we want faster and more consistent updates.

I mean, compare this game to something like...I dunno, City of Broken Dreamers. That one has more amazing visuals compared to Eternum...but the updates are soooooo slow and the schedule is kind of inconsistent (it comes out when the rendering's done...can't do anything about that) that I might as well forget that it exists for a while until it updates.

 

[Tokenugget]

Not sure what the other posts about... These renders are "amazing visuals" and can't even begin to compare to "city of broken dreams" and the story is 10000000 fold better than them.

People just like to complain.. makes them feel noticed and special.

 

[Dorfnutter]

Not sure what the other posts about... These renders are "amazing visuals" and can't even begin to compare to "city of broken dreams" and the story is 10000000 fold better than them.

People just like to complain.. makes them feel noticed and special.

I feel like this is more an "Elden Ring" vs. "Demon's Souls Remake" situation. One has somewhat dated-looking visuals being carried by impressive art direction and scope (Eternum), while the other is better in terms of lighting, texture quality, and mood/atmosphere but feels limited due to its tighter scope (CoBD). One is not necessarily better than the other. They just happen to have different priorities and excel in certain areas while being deficient in others.

And there's nothing wrong with complaining so long as you're being reasonable and you're doing so out of a desire to see the work grow/improve. But then again, this is the Internet, so I understand why some supporters don't like seeing complaints because they commonly fall under the "GAME IS BAD, COMMUNITY SUCKS, KYS DEV" category.

 

[Fred689]

Only little thing that I found weird: Dalia looks really... Different maybe? In the last portion of this update, I mean, since she appeared in scene on the Roman Server. Her hairstyle and face look kinda weird, not like the Dalia that I was accostumed to, so much so that I didn't even recognized her as Dalia. This is particularly noticeable during the Heist Meeting.

Check some pages back, we've had this discussion some time ago, it seems it's the different hairstyle that does people think she's changed.