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I’m an old fan of Cari and I’ve received many requests about the names of OSTs used in OIALT, so I’d like to post it here.

For those who have trouble finding the OSTs for this fabulous game, I have made a COMPLETE Spotify playlist, where the sequence of the songs are tailored to the story chronologically. Feel free to save the playlist, or ask me on Discord! No BS, rickroll, or anything stupid. I’m just a Samaritan like Stabby Mike stopping by (THIS IS NOT A SPOILER)!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FNd2UIB4ifJd3cJpa4Gp7?si=jxY1DKGKQlmJh-qkKCVsxQ&pi=a-6a_wUGAdS9uO

I have also made two playlists for Eternum (by Cari as well!) and thorough playlists for other games such as My Bully Is My Lover (by Cari’s dear friend Niichan), Sicae (Niichan’s work) and New Horizon (by KawaiiSukebe, KS). These games in my opinion have well-written stories along with excellent music tastes. Feel free to check these playlists out on Spotify if you enjoy these games!

Pigrider Regards ;)

This message was posted in Discord before, thanks to the generosity of Niichan's admin. I will post it again for folks who have trouble finding OSTs for this beautiful game.

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Hi guys, I am Pigrider Starwatcher, a fan of Niichan's games. I especially appreciate the music choice and taste Niichan had for his games, MBML and Sicae (LCC). Both games are quite artistic! However, I observed that there was no comprehensive playlist on Spotify for both games. Thus, I made these playlists on Spotify so that you guys can find the songs you really enjoy! The songs are arranged on the "first-appearance" basis to best follow the story's trend. I don't ask for anything in return. I'm just a simple man like Seth from Sicae, "a Samaritan passing by (not a spoiler!)". But if more people stop by and save my playlist, welcome!!! These playlists are updated to the latest version of the game(s).


I will attach all the Spotify playlist links below, no scams, rickrolls, or anything stupid:
MBML (excluding Emma's Solo) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2s8iJ6Raftrv3vdpM3Iug8?si=0ce86dd9133844df
MBML (Emma's Solo Ending only) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IgrxQKmE2Y9KgRPNpvAmE?si=2cb0c01ecf0c46a9
Sicae (Life Changing Choice) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fHrTOKoGMldxckoAyVpxh?si=fb5172065ee0402b

It's offcially in the game. When you download and enter the game, the main menu automatically gives you the option to switch between English and Chinese.

I have a Spotify playlist made for MBML and MBML's prequel, Sicae. You could check that out if you'd like to.

Now we have MBML Chapter 1 Episode 4 update published (i.e., Chapter 1 wrapped up), Sicae should deserve some attention.

Hi KS:

Just finished this lovely game of yours without skipping.

Here are my thoughts, suggestions, and some constructive criticisms.

1. Character and World building

I really, really enjoy the delicate and nuanced character development and the world-building process. The progression of relationships between each of them in the Japanese underworld setting is slow but natural. Your writing skills are competitive with those in Eternum and/or My Bully Is My Lover: both are popular AVNs. In addition, I found it interesting that you told us not to take everything in this game seriously at the gecko, but the stories and conversations regarding friends and families are so relatable. So far, Ayase and Mikaru are my favorite characters, and the male protangonist is awesome too. However, I am certain that as future updates become available, other girls will have their shining moments!

I also enjoyed your humor and "bloopers" during the credit scenes.It is the very first time I've seen such unique comedic narration in AVNs.

Lastly, there are some hidden hints you planted that may envision the overall direction of the story, and I like that!

2. Models and CGs

Using HS2 model and creative CGs with moans are excellent choices, although the story-writing is so neat to which I forgot there are even H-scenes in this game haha. A minor suggestion would be ... try to fix some minor glitching issues. For instance, in the chronological penultimate H-scene (I don't want to say the name to avoid spoilers), the girl's hair seems to "pierce through" part of her body. I think that's likely a model issue, but it's jut a minor defect and I'm not expert.

3. Music choice
I like the selection of American dream pop, rap, other forms of alternative rock, and Japanese city pop as the major background music genres for this game.

(Maybe I'm nitpicking for the following criticism... I apologize in advance)

However, one criticism I would give aims at the repetition of the same OSTs throughout the game. Take a look at Eternum, and My Bully Is My Lover, the number of soundtracks for either game exceeds 200; each song corresponds to a unique section of the stories in each game. Most players I know enjoy the diversity of OSTs employed in both games, and listening to them is basically a revisit to the fantastic stories. If you are familiar with both games, you will know what I mean exactly.

(I hate to be the guy who compares your game to another but... I don't know if there's a better way to do it)

In comparison, your game employs same soundtracks in certain situations, which make those part of the story a bit less unique. For instance, you used the first 30 seconds of "Extreme by My Merry Machine" in many mystical/stressful situations, or "Comedy Cinematic Inspiring" by Romansenykmusic in situations where something interesting and gleeful happens. In Eternum, during comedic scenes, a variety of music were used, such as E-swings (Jules Gaia/Gavin Luke's music, including Glitz At the Ritz, Extravaganza, etc...), Indies (Staionary Sign's No Need to Confuse Me), Mexican/Latin (Cacion del Mariachi by Antonio Banderas ft. Los Lobos), Funk (Astral Dance by Jimit), and others. Each music describes each comedic scenes in their own unique ways.

Conclusively, your taste of music (those you used in the game as OSTs) is awesome, but the collection of OSTs could be a little bit more diverse to make each subsection of your story more unique and memorable. But suggestions are suggestions. After all, this is your dear game and you should be the one who decides if my suggetions are worth the shot. Maybe other types of non-Japanese genre music might not fit the story...!

4. 中文是官方语言之一是我没想到的。Totally not anticipating that. Many of my Chinese friends love your game!

On final note, I'm looking forward to your future updates of this game! It has so much potential and I believe you will make it outstanding! 

I am also setting a Spotify playlist for this game which should be available soon.

Yours sincerely
Pigrider Starwatcher

This is one of my favorite AVNs. Eternum, My Bully Is My Lover + Sicae (I'd like to consider these two games as one), and Companion of Darkness.


Very solid writing and I could see that the quality of music choice and models have increased over time. I hate and like the cliffhanger of Chapter 8's ending...... I "hate" it because I am dying to witness what's to become of Noel and the MC.  I screamed in my bedroom and seconds later my ceiling collapsed, like "WHYYYYY I WANT MOREEEE".  I "like" it because it is well-developed!

Arsa, Clara, Rule B, Noel, Nael... almost every character's development was wonderful!

The only two downsides are:
1) there are plenty of typos and grammar errors in dialogues, which sometimes make the gaming experience less enjoyable.
2) Clara's England route ending was quite short. I was expecting some abundant content similar to Emma's solo ending in My Bully Is My Lover. I had minute disappointments, but it's just me.

Lastly, the Moon Chi Easteregg  was fantastic! I think I also saw Luna from Eternum...?

This was posted in Discord as well.

Hi guys, I am Pigrider Starwatcher, a fan of Niichan's games. I especially appreciate the music choice and taste Niichan had for his games, MBML and Sicae (LCC). Both games are quite artistic! However, I observed that there was no comprehensive playlist on Spotify for both games. Thus, I made these playlists on Spotify so that you guys can find the songs you really enjoy! The songs are arranged on the "first-appearance" basis to best follow the story's trend. I don't ask for anything in return. I'm just a simple man like Seth from Sicae, "a Samaritan passing by (not a spoiler!)". But if more people stop by and save my playlist, welcome!!!


I will attach all the Spotify playlist links below, no scams, rickrolls, or anything stupid:
MBML (excluding Emma's Solo) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2s8iJ6Raftrv3vdpM3Iug8?si=0ce86dd9133844df
MBML (Emma's Solo Ending only) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0IgrxQKmE2Y9KgRPNpvAmE?si=2cb0c01ecf0c46a9
Sicae (Life Changing Choice) playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fHrTOKoGMldxckoAyVpxh?si=fb5172065ee0402b

No for neither.

It will. It's just this game only will have an update after his other game MBIML receives at least three consecutive updates.

        I like the Tai-chi-like and time-and-space travel genre. This game is very interesting, has a great start, and has a lot of potential. Nobody has started AVN with these topics!

        Here are some constructive feedback:
               1) Music choice and placement. Sometimes, the absence of music slightly took me out of the immersive story.
               2) Character development and world-building could be a little bit more exquisite.
        For instance, I'm interested in seeing the girls' backstories in this "Sect" world, including the experiences and challenges they have undergone. I also wish that I could see more details in the Qi elevation progress, which is a great opportunity for the main character's growth and development. 
        The conversations are great and straightforward. However, they could be smoother with better word choice. Perhaps the reason is you are not a native English speaker (based on my instinct), which is okay. Maybe you could ask AVN developers who excel at this. I recommend reach out to Caribdis (Eternum's developer), Niichan (My Bully Is My Lover's developer), and/or KatanaVN (Fate's Collide's developer). They have solid writing skills. I can mention your game to Cari if you'd like. 

3) Please proofread and fix some grammatical errors and typos, like this one.

        I'm looking forward to the next update (0.2)! If 0.2 turns out to be , I will help advertise this game to more people. Your work of art should deserve more attention!

Agreed. Eternum and My Bully is My Lover are great story-focused games, and their excellent choice of music is a great contributor to their success.

No spoilers please.

sicae is the prequel of mbiml, approximately 2 years before events described in mbiml

I played MBIML first (Ep3 Part 1) and then Sicae. I don't know if Niichan reads this but I first want to say, I genuinely wished him to feel better! Health is what matters the most!

Next, here are my short thoughts for Sicae so far (Episode 5), MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS:

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. SPOILERS!!!!!!!

        For the first two episodes, the storytelling were bit mediocre. However, once Episode 3 kicked in, I started to fully appreciate the story, and the cliffhanger at the end of Episode 5 was gave me chills through my spin. Fantastic story writing! In addition, I enjoyed the fluid animations for the fightscenes between other characters and the MC, and the appropriate choice for the background music for each arc is the cherry on top.

        In terms of character development, I love Lisa's story and personality the most by far due to their "evenly-matched relationship" and her personality really echo with me, althought I feel like the MC was a bit irresponsible during the last part of Lisa's H-scene. In juxataposition, other characters, such as Nicole, Yuna, and so on, their personalities and stories were well portrayed! The only little issue I had was Zoey's story set-up. Her relationship with the MC was seemingly far-fetched (just in my humble opinion, that was a bit weird for me), compared to the rest of the girls. But overall, most of the characters are fanstastic! There are also some call-backs to MBIML (like the conversation between Jess and her sister)! I love them! 

        I also have a couple of questions raised by the cliffhanger as well as the main story:

        1) The person that intrigued the most is Claire/Owl. We learned that she befriended Moon/Fang and worked with her under Jess in MBIML, and I am curious to find out about what changed her from an "delirious" assassin to the Claire we know in MBIML. What made her "delirious"? It seems she has a much more terrible background story than Moon does in MBIML.

        2) What was the "big mess" the MC's father left? 

        3) Learning what happened to Yuna, what's the MC's next step? I'm looking forward to their confrontations

Why are you even wasting time on this verbose and pretentious guy lol. Just tell him to get a life. He thought of himself as Breaking Bad writer and apparently nobody gives a damn.

Dear Caribdis:

        I just want to thank you again for composing this beautiful game. Usually adult visual novel games are for satisfying our desires and easing our tensions, but you have no idea how this game and its characters have been a positive and energetic life-changer for me. Ms. Dalia Carter, in particular.

        Likee I said here months ago, I love Dalia because her humorous and sharp personality, her hard-working spirits and efforts, and her experience, resonate with me the most. It was very easy for me to substitue myself into Orion's point of view and understand what Dalia was thinking. In addition, her ability to DEEP SQUAT GOD DAMN 350 lbs with THAT 57kg killer body of hers, is truly motivating. Orion's has a toned-shape too. To be in good shape like Dalia and Orion, I've been changing my lifestyle and working-out more often, while listening to some background music employed in this game. I could say I am in a better shape than I was ever at before! Everything around me is getting better and better, and the contribution from your game, as ironic as it may sound, is one that absolutely cannot go unnoticed!

        By the way I will write a short review after 0.6's public release, in terms of the music choice (MY GOD I LOVE ragtime songs!), story, and character development. Hopefully that will help! Much love and stay awesome!

Yours sincerely

Pigrider

Caribdis' Discord portrait is Nova, and his Discord animation background is Nova holding Dione so...  I guess his is Nova too lol

Only people with nasty eyes and filthy percetions see everything as shitty.

Hello Caribdis! Pigrider again! The guy who wrote a long essay to compliment your game a few weeks ago. May I ask what's the soundtrack when Orion met Alex in her cafe after the heist? I've browsed through the codes and been asking around, but I just couldn't find the song :(

Ahh it's okay. It doesn't affect the beauty and brilliance of this game regardless!

Same!

According to Caribdis' accouncement in the Discord a few days ago, 0.6 is 87% complete. My best guess is it shall be out in a month or two. 

Hello Caribdis! Pigrider here again.

This will be the third time I'm replaying Eternum [0.5], however, I wonder if it is possible to switch the game language to Spanish? I'd like to replay it in Spanish if possible. I am currently learning Spanish and if Eternum has Spanish option, I will probably memorize those basic words really fast lol! I would really appreciate it if such option exists!

Join Eternum Discord server to have access to Caribdis’ announcements about updates.

¡Por nada!

No worries! Oh, I forgot to mention two little details that I really like.

1. ¡Amo a Luna cuando habla español! ¡Ella es TAN SEXY y EXTRA PICANTE! I’m learning Spanish right now and I’m loving it. 

2. I like how in the beginning Orion mentions “Former President Stabbs” is from Kredon. That’s a really funny Easter-egg reference to Once In A Lifetime!

Thank you and take care!

(The moment I'm writing this down, I've already played Eternum [0.5] two times. I know [0.6] is coming soon, and I'm really excited for this!)
 (Sorry if this is verbiage, but these are my genuine thoughts!)

Dear Caribdis:

        I am a Chinese player of your game, studying in a college in the U.S.. I've played Once In A Lifetime a few months ago, and I really LOVEed the story, character developments, horrors, humors, and I specifically appaluded the music choice. For instance, the bathpool scene in Japan: the male protagonist was sitting in the pool "hopelessly" with some other middle-aged men, and Fei-Yu-Qsing's "Yi Jian Mei" played at that moment! THAT WAS REALLY ON POINT LOOOOOOL! You have no idea how people in China loved your game.

        Back then I said I'd check out Eternum once I'm done with the spring semester. And here I am. There are so many things to leave some positive comments on this game! 

1) Worldview and Settings

        NOBODY would have thought to combine VR and adult novel together, and you were the genius that did. I'm like "AM I still playing a AVN? This is so avant-garde!" The setup for the male protagnoist (Orion)'s exposure to "Eternum" was a little bit slow, but once he started playing Eternum with Annie, I was amazed. The transition during logging-in is so COOL! Praetorians, Weapons of Atlas, the obscure difference between Eternum and the Reality, virtual servers with different genres, etc.., were so captivating to watch. But in the meantime, I also liked your subtle reminder of "playing fire with VR might cause bad consequences", which is reflected through the main plot ( No spoilers lol).

2) Characters, Music Choice and Stories

        Similar style, similar tastes to Once In A Lifetime, but with better stories, graphics, modelings, and animations!  They for sure look better than girls in OIALF. Although some parts of the interactions between Orion and the girls are a little bit rushed, such as persuading Penelope to play Eternum, the story and the girls in general are fantastic! They resonate with us in many different ways. I know many people's favorites (perhaps worships lol ) are either Nova, Alex, or Luna. Don't get me wrong, I love them, I really do. But my personal favorite is actually Dalia since her experience resonates with mine the most. Not to mention she can F*king deep-squat 350 lbs with that slim body of hers! 

        I also love how the accurate choice of music gets us in the mood for a particular scene, and that's too much to compliment. How on earth did you discover so many unpopular but GOLDEN songs? You and your team are really amazing! I even listen to many of them while working-out or going to work. These music make me engage with the story even more!

        Lastly, the stories. I could say this is the Better Call Saul of AVNs. The story just flow naturally from one to another and somehow, I cared about the stories more than the 18+ scenes themselves: those nude scenes are jut the natural outcome of the story progression. Not to mention there are other good details involved in attracting the audiences eyes, like fine-tuned humors and horrors, camera movements, dialogues, etc.. I still remember the camera transition during Penelope's photoshoot, where we looked at Penelope from the camera, and it zoomed out so we saw the Penelope in the picture, with Penelope looking at that picture from the side (Those who have played probably understand better of what I'm describing). That was so cool! 

        I'm looking forward to see how the story progresses! That cliffhanger at 0.5 is very intriguing.

3) Lastly,  just some suggestions for something I feel that could've been better.

- Maybe this contains my personal biased opinion, but I genuinely feel that Orion's relationship with Penelope is a bit weird, like too fast. IMHO, in the college party in 0.5, their sex was driven more by lust and teasing, rather than genuine appreciations of each other ( I mean they like each other but it is just not as convincing as in the case for other six girls). I understand that Penelope may be a complex character that could be explored more. Anyways, I hope to see more of Penelope's character (0.6 maybe?)!

- And that's it! Nothing more biggie! Also, is it possible for you to add constellations for each girls as a fun fact? If not that's okay haha.

        I am really loving this game and it heals some of my wounds occured during my past relationship. Thank you so much Caribdis and keep up the awesome work!

Yours sincerely

Pigrider

Best adult novel game I've ever played. I am a Chinese and there are people in China who are in love with your game as well! I laughed to death when the main character was sitting in the Japanese male pool along with the song a Twig of Plum by Fei Yu Ching. I am wordless to praise further (the humor, the horror, and the 18+ scenes, music choice, UI, character dev etc..) of this game.  Judie and Lauren are my favourites, and don't forget FOOOCKING MIKE either!

I am busy now since the semester started and I will check into Eternum when I'm free. I can feel your passion and keep it up with the astoundingly-excellent work!