VN Ren'Py Eternum [v0.9.4] [Caribdis]

[SEXATRON ULTRA]

Story wise, Nancy is my favorite girl.
The non gamer MILF, who randomly becomes Empress at the end of her first day playing, proves to be a great leader, conquer the rival empire in a few days, then starts to expense her own empire among the other servers.
She deserve her own game where we could follow her in the conquest of the Eternum universes!
I also love how she still remain a mother, quitting the game to make diner, understanding when adult player need also to quit for some familial reason.
And of course, she is sexy AF

Let's do not forget to mention Maximo. He started all this and supported her the whole time. Man of duty.

 

[Filipis]

Let's do not forget to mention Maximo. He started all this and supported her the whole time. Man of duty.

If Eternum were not a harem game, I’d happily let Maximo have Nancy - and he’d probably still decline.

 

[danb35]

If Eternum were not a harem game, I’d happily let Maximo have Nancy - and he’d probably still decline.

Doesn't Maximo have a family IRL, though? I recall that was his beef with the old emperor; he wanted to "clock out" early for some family event and the emperor didn't allow it.

 

[Padorublad3]

Dunno what your life was like as a teen, but if I told my parents I wanted $3,500 for a video game they would have laughed in my face...for weeks on end. And probably forbid me from spending my own money on it until I was 18, so even if I got a job and saved they wouldn't actually let me buy it.

Well,we are talking about 2035,not sure inflation would hit that hard,but it's still probably not that much compared to current times

We do see some teens playing though, but by and large it's adults with some kind of disposable income to spend on a fairly expensive hobby.

Then,what stops adults from letting teens play when they are not playing themselves. IIRC,eternum doesn't link to exact person

 

[maxthruster]

Well,we are talking about 2035,not sure inflation would hit that hard,but it's still probably not that much compared to current times

Exactly how much do you expect the value of the dollar to drop in the next ten years?

Then,what stops adults from letting teens play when they are not playing themselves. IIRC,eternum doesn't link to exact person

Except that it does. Each neural implant only works on a single person and, importantly, is linked directly to your brain. Not something you can just swap with another person.

 

[e6mill]

Then,what stops adults from letting teens play when they are not playing themselves. IIRC,eternum doesn't link to exact person

Your body is supposedly exactly duplicated. I believe at one point it's mentioned that if you're an amputee IRL, traveling to Eternum will not restore your limb, nor cure blindness or anything...

 

[Dorfnutter]

Exactly how much do you expect the value of the dollar to drop in the next ten years?

Hard to kinda gauge this shit using IRL metrics when America had Stabby Mike instead of Trump as President in the Cariverse timeline and supposedly was so good to the economy that gas prices were and still is at an all time low even during the 2030s (as seen in the gas station back in 0.5 and confirmed legit by Cari himself).

 

[danb35]

nor cure blindness

Blindness is specifically addressed in the Collector's House, and you're right. Though apparently the body isn't exactly duplicated; hair grows faster in Eternum than IRL; you can work out and bulk up in Eternum and not have that carry over (except for MC, of course), etc.

 

[Padorublad3]

Except that it does. Each neural implant only works on a single person and, importantly, is linked directly to your brain. Not something you can just swap with another person.

Your body is supposedly exactly duplicated. I believe at one point it's mentioned that if you're an amputee IRL, traveling to Eternum will not restore your limb, nor cure blindness or anything...

Oh,I will need to replay that part. My thought was based on Nancy taking Gertrude's implant and I though Gertrude already used it once

 

[danb35]

Stabby Mike instead of Trump as President

Please, it was President Stabb.

But yeah, that timeline diverged from ours a while back. But the price of the implant has gone up--in 0.6 it was $2500; in 0.7 it was (mostly) changed to $3500 (though a few references to the old price were left).

 

[Dorfnutter]

Oh,I will need to replay that part. My thought was based on Nancy taking Gertrude's implant and I though Gertrude already used it

Nah, Gerty hadn't. Her husband bought it for her but she was complaining about it, which prompted Nan to swoop in and basically say "if you're not gonna use it, mind if I have it?"

 

[Dorfnutter]

Please, it was President Stabb.

But yeah, that timeline diverged from ours a while back. But the price of the implant has gone up--in 0.6 it was $2500; in 0.7 it was (mostly) changed to $3500 (though a few references to the old price were left).

IIRC the change was to reflect the idea that it's supposed to be a "toy for the rich," as it was debated that $2500 was a bit low to be described as such.

 

[maxthruster]

Hard to kinda gauge this shit using IRL metrics when America had Stabby Mike instead of Trump as President in the Cariverse timeline and supposedly was so good to the economy that gas prices were and still is at an all time low even during the 2030s (as seen in the gas station back in 0.5 and confirmed legit by Cari himself).

So if the economy is doing great and gas prices are so low, do we really think there's been so much inflation that $3500 is "not that much?"

 

[danb35]

toy for the rich

Interesting then that few of the people we encounter there are rich. I'm sure Alex got hers for free or otherwise on account of being a Bardot, and MC and Nancy lucked into theirs free or almost-free, but Penny, Dalia, Annie, and Luna all presumably bought theirs at the regular market price (as well as Gertrude's husband buying two, and he has to be pissed at Gertrude and/or Nancy). None of them appear to be "rich;" they're all squarely middle-class, or perhaps upper-middle-class.

And even in 2025 dollars, $3500 certainly isn't cheap, but it's in reach for a middle-class adult who decides that's what he (or she) wants to spend it on. A teen or pre-teen? Maybe not so much.

 

[Dorfnutter]

So if the economy is doing great and gas prices are so low, do we really think there's been so much inflation that $3500 is "not that much?"

I mean it's definitely not much for people earning cash from Eternum or have side jobs. Orion seems to think it's a big deal but I chalk that up to him not exactly earning money around the start of the game compared to the girls (i.e. Penny with her photoshoot stuff and allowance, Dalia likely from competition prize money, Annie and her grinding, etc).

None of them appear to be "rich;" they're all squarely middle-class, or perhaps upper-middle-class.

I was under the impression that they're upper middle, actually (with exception to Alex who is currently in solo life survival mode).

 

[maxthruster]

Interesting then that few of the people we encounter there are rich. I'm sure Alex got hers for free or otherwise on account of being a Bardot, and MC and Nancy lucked into theirs free or almost-free, but Penny, Dalia, Annie, and Luna all presumably bought theirs at the regular market price (as well as Gertrude's husband buying two, and he has to be pissed at Gertrude and/or Nancy). None of them appear to be "rich;" they're all squarely middle-class, or perhaps upper-middle-class.

And even in 2025 dollars, $3500 certainly isn't cheap, but it's in reach for a middle-class adult who decides that's what he (or she) wants to spend it on. A teen or pre-teen? Maybe not so much.

The one who interests me the most is Nova. We know how Orion and Nancy got theirs, Penny has a good revenue stream, Alex has connections, Annie spent years saving for hers, Luna's was likely a gift from her family, and Dalia probably worked to get hers or maybe won it in a competition. Nova, however, strikes me as unlikely to have paid for it herself - her social anxiety would make it difficult for her to keep a stable job and save up that much - and her family doesn't seem super wealthy. Not to say that either of those is out of the picture, but they seem less likely to explain it for her than for others. She's not exactly the competition type, and seems like she's no stranger to hacking Ulysses servers; makes me wonder if she perhaps obtained hers through fraud.

 

[Dorfnutter]

She's not exactly the competition type

Counterpoint: She was pretty competitive when she was gunning for the processor chip back at the college party in 0.5, which means the idea of her obtaining the implant through a similar fashion isn't in the realm of impossibility.

 

[maxthruster]

Counterpoint: She was pretty competitive when she was gunning for the processor chip back at the college party in 0.5, which means the idea of her obtaining the implant through a similar fashion isn't in the realm of impossibility.

Fair, but she wasn't alone then and has gained a lot of confidence since meeting the gang. Prior to it I'm not sure she'd sign up for a similar competition - and she'd almost certainly drop out rather than keep participating in the lie detector test.

 

[shanksyou]

We'll see this angel soon..

 

[Dorfnutter]

Fair, but she wasn't alone then and has gained a lot of confidence since meeting the gang. Prior to it I'm not sure she'd sign up for a similar competition - and she'd almost certainly drop out rather than keep participating in the lie detector test.

By similar I mean a competition where the prize is some sort of tech (i.e. the implant) that she's interested in, not that the mechanics are similar. I mean, this is the woman who managed to get Dione on her lonesome, so her getting the implant through effort just depends on how much she wanted it at the time.

Not to mention she's a good artist, so it wouldn't be in the realm of impossibility if she used that to earn cash or join a contest where the prize was the implant (albeit anonymously, given her lack of confidence and all that).