A cup of eternity

Outsmart Your Fate in This Mysterious Romantic Visual Novel

Explore the Story Behind

A Cup of Eternity is a beautifully haunting visual novel created for O2A2 2025, a game jam with strict limitations (1 sprite, 1 background, 1000 words, 1 SFX, and 1 original music track). Despite its constraints, this short game packs in mystery, manipulation, and replayable outcomes as you attempt to survive your wedding night… again and again.

In this game, you play a newlywed bride waking up on the night of your arranged marriage, only to be poisoned by your charming husband moments after the ceremony begins. However, it's not the end. At the same moment, you wake up again with the terrifying realization that this scene will continue to repeat until you break the cycle.

This psychological romance-thriller combines loop-based storytelling, branching dialogue, and multiple endings to keep you guessing every time. Will you talk your way out? Seduce him? Or turn the poison on him instead?

Strategies for Surviving the Wedding Night in A Cup of Eternity

The game is simple to play but layered with choice and consequence. Your goal is to use conversation and action to control your groom to survive the wedding night.

Highlights of the gameplay:

Pick from a variety of dialogue options.
Distract or emotionally influence your groom.
To obtain new insights, try different strategies for each loop.
With each playthrough, more hints and paths to different endings become available.