There's a few good rivals for the animations, images, story, and vibe. But this one has it's own unique thing going for it.
Caribdis' games on the list as well as Being a DIK (some good, some bad but amazing story/game), Runey's Harem Hotel had some pretty good animations but the girls' story progressions are pretty damn good and there are A LOT of activities, and I'm a pretty big fan of City of Broken Dreamers too.
(just a list for anyone looking for a few well known VNs to try)
That out of the way, Ripples has it's own appeal. I legit laughed during quite a few scenes because they were genuinely funny, the friendship and sexual discovery with Darci is somewhat of a believable plot too. Who hasn't had a best friend in HS/college of the opposite sex that you kissed or fooled around with a little?
Jestur had some surgery done on their sinuses and has had a rough recovery, that's why work stopped for a bit. Here is their most recent update as of the beginning of the week for anyone who doesn't know:
"I hope you are all doing well. It's been a minute.
I just wanted to let you know I am getting back to work now. I took a longer than expected break from my surgery and I wanted to get back to work sooner but I was still having problems after my surgery and needed more time. I'm still having headaches and lack of energy and some other symptoms (which I'm not even sure are related to my sinuses or not) but I am going to slowly start working on Ripples now. I'm not going to go into too much detail about my health because I'm sure you guys are sick of hearing about it. I'm going to start easy this week and not do as many hours as I normally would and see how that goes.
Before my surgery, I already had some work done so I have a good head start, but I will go more into detail about the update and show some previews next time. I am going to make this short and sweet and end it here, but if you have any questions, hit me up on the discord server and I will get back to you when I get the chance.
I hope you all have a wonderful day!
-Jestur"
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Caribdis is by far one of the better VN game developers out there. IDK much about how many people work on their games or anything but they are great. Animations are top tier, character design top tier, memes are god tier (seriously half the fun of Caribdis' games is stumbling into the funny scenes with jokes or just fun moments.
Like, Nancy walking in on you while you are sleeping with a hard on. I was genuinely cracking up at her reaction. Or the scene after you leave Nova's house when it shows what she does after you leave! lmao I knew that Nova was gonna be a problem!
I think this Eternum has what it takes to be one of the finer VN games out there. The only thing I'd like to see improved upon (granted it's literally one 0.2) is more weight in your choices. Like I said, its only v0.2 so we aren't seeing any meaningful choices YET.
Right off the bat, first thing I notice is the abysmal resolution and how it seems to be locked at something like 720p. I'm guessing this is to support mobile platforms better? I think adding a resolution fix for PC would be a game changer. Or maybe I'm missing something in the settings? Let me know if so.