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Gorgeous character, the story's scope  was very effective for what it set to do. The staging and text effects were great too. At some point, I hid the textbox to admire the art and it was funny how the sprite stops just below it XD
Also so much bonus content in the art gallery! It was a delight to look at. 
You could really feel the despair and oppressiveness sink in as the story progressed and the options dwindled day by day.

The pixel art backgrounds were gorgeous, oftentimes I wished I could hide the textbox to admire them more. The little details of the textbox changing for each character were really nice, as were all the different masks that the villagers wore and the gradual reveal of the lore and monsters. The choices felt pretty intuitive when it came to collecting the items and the moral choices associated with them, so I easily reached the endings I wanted ^^ 
Only thing was the lack of a skip button when replaying the story for more endings T.T
All in all, interesting lore and very cohesive artstyle, this entry felt very complete!

I went in blind without looking at the summary beyond 10-15 mins playtime (bless short games) and I had so much fun! The dialogues felt natural and the banter was funny (I must be babe XD). Gotta love a woman in STEM *nod nod*
Also all the text effects and color changes were really cool and added something to the story. The handwritten note was also a nice touch with the little snarky comments and the foreshadowing XD Really a lot of personality to this game, from the script to the art and animation.

Thank you Widdershins for playing! ^^

Thank you!!! >.<

Thank you so much! We're working on an update with more endings in the future, so please stay tuned!

I loved your Mall Daze game, the bestie rating part was so funny XD The UI was so responsive too. Your new Spook entry also looks lit! I'll definitely be checking it out too ^^

Thank you, I am glad you liked it! The team and especially the composer will be very happy to hear it ^^

You can relisten to all the game's soundtracks here: https://ravagesravagesravages.bandcamp.com/album/the-muzeum-original-soundtrack

The song  that receptionist sings is actually from a traditional French nursery rhyme which lyrics got translated into English, keeping the meaning while trying to keep the rhymes.

If you look at the English Wikipedia page, you'll see that the meaning behind the lyrics is quite fitting to what's going on in the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_%C3%A9tait_un_petit_navire

On the French Wikipedia you can also listen to the sung version of the song at the top right: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_%C3%A9tait_un_petit_navire

It also gives more information as to the origin of that song, notably the real story of Owen Coffin who went through what the song describes...(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Coffin).

I've known this song ever since I was young but always felt uneasy about the lyrics... So this game was the perfect opportunity to use it XD

Whoaaa the art is so cute! Thank you so much T.T I've been wanting to write a short spin-off about Curator too, to develop more about some things that were left as subtext in the script... But I shouldn't, must finish my other projects first 💀 One day, when I have more time... I'll draw some more art for this 🌝

RIP take care of your wallet too T.T

Thank you so much aaah, it's always heartwarming to see people enjoying the game ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ 

And yes, museums are so interesting! Nature can be both beautiful and terrifying. I visited the museum of a veterinary school a few years back, and still remember to this day the skinned preserved bodies and the intestines of a cow afflicted by cowpox that occupied a whole wall, the size was impressive (not pretty to see though).

You can look at the walkthrough in the devlog section at the bottom of the page if you get stuck getting an ending.

If you ever commission something, I'd love to see what you get too! Also here's the curator's artist link if you ever want to commission them ^^:   https://www.instagram.com/_gnor_/

Hi mimi_sam, thank you for your kind words! You can contact me at

arghbulous@gmail.com to discuss further ^^

Haha thank you for playing! More coming soon ^^

Congrats!!! Thank you, I'm glad you liked it ^^ Feel free to check my profile for more of my games if you want ^^

Hi crawrite, thank you for the offer ^^

That would be awesome if you did!

You can write to me at arghbulous@gmail.com to continue the conversation ^^

Thank you jnsa for checking it out! Also congrats, I see the team you were in submitted their entry too ^^
The "chinese opera singing" in the credits is actually the Exorcist's VA bloopers from when he was warming up his voice before recording his lines, that could have been a whole track in itself XD But it was too funny not to keep it in XD

Hi, you can look at the walkthrough here to get this ending: https://arghbulous.itch.io/the-muzeum/devlog/1069574/walkthrough-for-all-endings

Some things to pay attention to: 
- answer correctly to the quiz
- get esteem points from the curator (follow section 4 of the walkthrough. The gist is don't pry, be thankful and interested in the exhibition, ask for more infos on things he shows you, show thirst for knowledge)
- flee & grab his hand
- agree on worldviews
- follow ending 8 section for the rest of the choices.
Good luck!

Thank you for playing! Yes I noticed it happened for the browser version, which is the version you played on I guess (because of a style rule that makes text bigger on mobile probably, that's why it messed up with the bubbles sizing). 

Haha yes I coded a ripple shader especially for this 😂

I saw you made a siren game too! Put it in my bookmarks yesterday 👀

I FELT YOUR LOVE, I FELT IT 😭

Thank you for sacrificing your voice for this, loved your impressions of fake maid and exorcist, future VA talent right there 😂

My bad I didn't have time to update the endings screen to reflect that (had to get the scope knife out for this)

But in the future I'll update it with the rest of the planned endings, so please look forward to it 😁

Hahaha I can see the resemblance 😂

Thank you, I uploaded a new version just now if you want to check it out!

I'll work on extending the story post-jam too so please stay tuned for more content later ^^

Congrats for getting it!!! I'm glad that it made you laugh! That's the magic of scrolling itch, you never know what you find XD

There's actually a walkthrough but now it's buried beneath all the other devlogs: https://arghbulous.itch.io/a-cup-of-eternity/devlog/991531/walkthrough-for-all-e...

Oh, you know Cal? 😂 Glad you enjoyed it!

Oh phew glad to hear!

Hi, did you experience the crashing on the browser version or the PC version? Was it Windows or Mac?

If it's on the browser, sometimes it may be due to the network being slow at downloading assets which makes it crash.

Could you show me a screenshot of the error screen you encountered?

The swords animation and the main menu change after reaching the ending were such a nice touch! I could feel the programming work that went into the ATL to make it more lively.

Talvez no futuro, se houver procura suficiente por parte dos jogadores.

Thank you so much Widdershins! Curator is decidedly fortunate to have found someone like you who understands him. Hope your museum tour was a pleasant one, please come back again(*)!
(*Clean running shoes preferred)

Congrats!!! 🥳

Phew, I'm glad you were able to play it in the end! And yes for computer, you need to unzip and launch the .exe to play it. 

Ohoho there are two endings where it could be considered a success, congrats for making it through on the second try XD

Oh interesting, it's the first time I heard about something like that. Could you show me a screenshot of the errors you see on your screen? 

And which OS are you on? 

When you try to play other Ren'Py games on this website, do you encounter the same error?

Thank you so much for playing it Rue, it was a lot of fun to watch you go through all the endings! It's funny you got ending 2 before ending 3 as that's normally the reverse that happens XD

Hohoho you'll see XD Expect more trolling though 😅

You can always try to marry me (in Drawy drawing drawing la). I'm very beautiful there.

Dear no.1 fan, thank you for liking and following this game for so long aaah

I plan to release longer version for Gufeng game jam this summer (it's a new yearly jam featuring Chinese historical fantasy games, so if you like games like this, it's worth checking this jam too later on)!

/jam/gufeng-game-jam-2026

Also there will be the O2A2 2026 jam around the corner too this July, where I might or might not make a spin-off in the same universe (with another char, but that's still simmering in my mind for now). 

Thank you for your patience and dedication 🙈

Thank you for your interest, you can contact Charlee here:

studiopeonyimperial@gmail.com

And yes, Charlee did the character design for both games, you can see their art in Devlog#2 :)

Muchas gracias por el comentario, comentarios como este nos motivan a seguir creando juegos ^^

Hi Morg, here’s a few more clues to get ending 3, hope it helps ^^

Next update maybe maybe maybe 😂 MC will get some new ways to retaliate (although not all of them are sane)

Thank you for playing, happy to see that the Ukrainian translation is used by players out there ^^

Thank you, this made our Ukrainian translator really happy to see people playing it in this language 😊

Hahaha he is cunning isn't he?

There is no pronoun selection here since MC is always addressed as "you" by the other character and is invisible, so MC can be whatever you want!