I've replayed Our Life: Beginnings and Always MULTIPLE times already and every playthrough of it was always so great to go through purely because of how I love all of the characters and our interactions with them. Well, maybe not Baxter too much (I tend not to like flirty characters that much 💀) but it's fun when he shows up!
The game was great enough as it was already, but now there's a demo for a new installment that is already showing more improvements? Sign me the FUCK up. I swear, this series raises the bar really high for visual novels.
YAAY SOOO Excited to get my hands on this even as a demo! I am just excited to see the Our Life series continue with a new life and a new identity. I will always love Sunset Bird and my love for my home there is not by any means going to become a comparison point, but a reminder that I can trust GBPatch and their team to give me a magical experience. - Lina, Cove Holden Enthusiast since 2022
The Age Difference tho 💀 GB Patch have already said that Baxter can only be dated in OL1, and since Darren is older than you, you are unable to date him at all. I think for now the only two dateable characters are Qiu and Tamarack
The demo updated about two and a half months ago! We regularly have expansions and news coming out. But it is a game that's gonna take a long time to be entirely complete.
I have a question, what kind of car does the MC's mom drive?, Is it an SUV or a sedan?, I can't let my imagination work properly if i don't know man, my brain tells me an old Chrysler minivan or a Mercedes sedan but knowing something official would be better
It's possible you need to open more memory for it to run correctly or that a virus scanner has falsely labeled it as dangerous and is closing it out. Checking for potential updates needed on the device sometimes helps. Or you could try making it easier to run by turning off the animations. Unfortunately, randomly shutting down is a device specific problem and I can only guess what might be happening.
i've been trying to play this game for a while now but whenever i try to download it it says there was an error, which is really sad cause the game seems like so much fun to play!!
Are you downloading through the Itch app? For some reason that often doesn't work. But it usually downloads fine if you do it directly through the webpage.
I just love this game sooo much. The first game (Our life: beginnings and always) was one of the first visual novels I’ve ever played and it’s what basically got me into playing visual novels. I remember when I first found it and I stayed up all night playing it and kept on replaying it.
But to see that you’ve made a second one warms my heart. I never knew I wanted this but now I know that I need it xD. This games art is so freaking lovely, seriously. And the cozy vibe I get from it just makes me feel so warm and happy inside lol. I also love the fact that there are a lot of options to choose from. I love to replay this game and pick different choices to see how each differs. This has now become one of my most replayed games by far and I’m so proud to stick around on this journey. I see that there will be dlcs too and I can’t wait to buy them! Ahh, I’m so excited. Anyway, I’m very excited for the full game and dlcs but I hope you take care of yourself also. I don’t care how long I have to wait lol. I know this game will be fantastic. Sending lots of love ( ˆ͈̑꒳ˆ͈̑ )੭♡.
this game is the reason i'm keeping myself aliveee i just love qiu and tamarack so muchhhhhh !!! i love love love the demo so far and i've played it like 5 times already it's just too cute <333 keep up the amazing work but remember to look after urself as well :)
I've been gone for three mouths and OH MY GOD!! Soooo much has happened. And to think I STILL haven't finished our life new beginnings (I hate having adhd, LOL). I can never focus on one story for too long and end up not playing the game at all for a good few mouths (some times a whole year).
OK so yes, I think theres too many additional options, but I like the progress of the game so far in the demo. I hope that options are cut down to be 2-5 versus being closer to ten because its overwhelming as a play for so many options on screen. I think it would be best if this game took more inspiration from the previous our life game, ( such as colored choices to indicate the tone) and maybe remove some added options from the game (like when you say goodbye to qiu and tama.)
Oh you're so right- Colour indicators that help group the choices is a good idea. You can choose closer to your personality (ex: blue being more shy) while also having that choice variety (From looking away to a stuttered reply- both being shy choices, but different nonetheless).
I think they put so many options in as a way to not only give the player their own unique experience and personality but also to maximize replayability too. With the added options, there are dozens more opportunities and variations in the story than if there were only around 3 like in the previous game. I get that it can seem pretty overwhelming, but I believe the amount of options just truly enhances the experience, making it worth it in the long run.
Wanna ask wanna askkk, current demo is still in step 1 right? The scene where we met deerie o' Baxter right? Gotta be uptodate 😳 I'm as excited for this game as I am excited with Baxter DLC. I can't stay still 🏃🏻♂️
It's a neat concept! The wide scope of options makes the story itself wishy-washy, all the demo really covers is meeting two kids and going to class. The selling point is the wide array of ways you can make your insert character feel more like you. It's a nice bit of escapism and the art is gorgeous
hi! i just wanted to check if the demo ends when they enter the first day at school? thats where it ends for me so i just wanna make sure that my download is up to date <3
Hello! I think your demo is probably correct since that's also when mine ends, but please take that with a grain of salt haha! Have nice day or night! :)
I'm not sure if you have the most recent one or not. The current demo ends after class has happened, but before you leave the school. The prior demo ended while you were in the classroom, but before class had started. So, in either case it's kind of technically still the first day of school.
But if you do have an older version, you can delete that build entirely (that won't erase save files) and then download the demo again.
Hey! Im having crashing issues on my phone with games I download from Itch and depressingly this is one of them and I wanna play it so bad!!!! The app will suddenly close with no error warning or anything! Its heartbreaking! Does anyone know why this is happening, and any possible fixes? I would literally love you forever if you helped!
You can trying opening up more memory on your phone, turning off the animations in the game's settings, and/or making sure your virus scanner/basic settings aren't strictly monitoring what you run. Sometimes the phone will close out applications that didn't come from the Google Playstore because that's not considered trustworthy.
Wahhhh I'm loving everything so far about this game! ! ! Definitely excited for its release and DLCs XD The art, music, setting, vibe and all are perfectttt! And the surprise I had when that one character showed uppp gahh my first thought was "they look familiar." While playing as well I just get this warm, fluffy feeling as I did in OL:B&A. Good job and I'm looking forward for moreee! ! <3
I’m so excited for the full game to come out but I’m also excited for the DLCs! I’ve made up my mind to get them once they come out and I know the full game and the DLCs will be amazing 😊. Thank you for making such a great game and it’s all for free too?! Amazing! ❤️❤️
where are the game files? I see people commenting like they're actually able to download the newest update, but there straight up aren't any files for me to select TO download... I've updated itch, I've tried the app AND browser site, many times since the update dropped, and the files just don't exist for me. There isn't anything in the dropdown menu, and clicking install anyway just leads to a "Cannot read property 'build' of undefined" error... it worked just fine prior to the latest update, but has not Existed since the last one came out. is this a glitch with the platform? or what is preventing me from being able to download? I have never run into this issue on any other game, so the fact it's happening on the sequel for my favorite visual novel is genuinely upsetting.
I'm sorry, sometimes it doesn't work well with the Itch app but if you can't access files that are there even on the normal website, we probably aren't able to change it on our end. Maybe try uninstalling/deleting the build entirely before downloading it to see if a fresh start will make the device register the build. Or you could try downloading the demo from Steam instead.
this is the sweetest game i've played in forever. the art is gorgeous and the characters are all so unique and so, so lovable -- i don't think i can wait any longer for the release! take all my money gbpatch!!
I just got done playing the whole demo--it was AMAZING!!! Everything about it was absolutely perfect and I enjoyed playing it so much! Actually now I think I'm going to check out the first game as well!! This is an amazing game, five stars!!! (Do you have any idea when the full game comes out??) Anyway--yeah. BEST. GAME. EVER!!!
I downloaded this game earlier this week, and only recently made an itchio account to basically document my experience.
The game is wonderful and I've been playing it every day since I've downloaded it. I love the pacing, the characters, the writing as well as the customization choices.
I've made 4 saves in the game so far, each with their own characters that I play based of their personalities. Iirc, I believe the tutorial said you can choose a choose personalities for your characters. That's a nice perk as it'll be easier to make choices based of personalities.
I also want to know if there will be something akind to personality disorders, disabilities or whatever; with two of the characters I made having NPD and OCD. It'll be fun to play with the choices that may be there, as well as seeing how characters react. However, this is unlikely due to the how much progress the game has made in development, as well as the complexity of the disorders.
Anyways, great work on the game, it's been a blast to play and the characters have been living in my head rent free, and I genuinely can't wait until the completed game comes out :))
I don't think there's a way to program disorders into an RPG in a way that won't feel like your character is being railroaded into certain choices/emotions. You'd probably have to just select whatever fits the in-game event based on context and personal opinion, which isn't hard since the games does include a lot of response variations.
I've been wondering, when it comes to Qiu identity will the MC be able to have reactions to it?, Like maybe the MC doesn't know what Qiu is doing or maybe the MC is very supportive or maybe doesn't feel comfortable with that kind of stuff, i honestly can't wait to see it in game but it would be nice to know how the MC takes all of that
bc YOU *ARE* the mc... so implying you want an option to be transphobic (which is what "doesn't feel comfortable with that kind of stuff" means) is pretty weird for a game where the trans person IS one of 2 romance options. people are disliking bc of that implication (whether it was intentional on your part or not)
Transphobic or not people need to understand that that sort of stuff affects everyone, from the people transitioning to those around them, i don't see how having the option to decide how you feel is something transphobic, there's a lot of people in the world and no one can control how they feel about things, but in a game i feel like we definitely need a way to express and see consequences of our behavior
Also just because you control the mc doesn't mean you will make it to your own image, you have to option to make it whatever you like, they also encourage people to make different save files to see how things play out choosing something different
I have to say that although the previous one was not bad, I see this game as better than the other since it allows you to make more decisions, and it has more customization options... the characters in this one are better, they are adorable and fun. I look forward to it coming out complete so I can enjoy it 100% ~
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Why cant i download the pc version for windows??
Are you using the Itch app? For some reason that's usually broken and you need to download directly from the webpage.
I've been following this project for a long time and I'm as excited as ever to play the full game
I've replayed Our Life: Beginnings and Always MULTIPLE times already and every playthrough of it was always so great to go through purely because of how I love all of the characters and our interactions with them. Well, maybe not Baxter too much (I tend not to like flirty characters that much 💀) but it's fun when he shows up!
The game was great enough as it was already, but now there's a demo for a new installment that is already showing more improvements? Sign me the FUCK up. I swear, this series raises the bar really high for visual novels.
YAAY SOOO Excited to get my hands on this even as a demo! I am just excited to see the Our Life series continue with a new life and a new identity. I will always love Sunset Bird and my love for my home there is not by any means going to become a comparison point, but a reminder that I can trust GBPatch and their team to give me a magical experience. - Lina, Cove Holden Enthusiast since 2022
Darren as DLC PLEASE!
He is so CUTE! I WANT TO DATE HIM IN THE FUTURE!
Sorry Qui and Tamarack!😂
Same! i love Darren so much and hope he gets a DLC same with baxter!
The Age Difference tho 💀
GB Patch have already said that Baxter can only be dated in OL1, and since Darren is older than you, you are unable to date him at all. I think for now the only two dateable characters are Qiu and Tamarack
I LOVE THIS SM OMFG
it hasn't updated in 2 years i really hope we get the full game soon :(
The demo updated about two and a half months ago! We regularly have expansions and news coming out. But it is a game that's gonna take a long time to be entirely complete.
Fr this game is AMAZING and I wanna see its final product!
I have a question, what kind of car does the MC's mom drive?, Is it an SUV or a sedan?, I can't let my imagination work properly if i don't know man, my brain tells me an old Chrysler minivan or a Mercedes sedan but knowing something official would be better
It's a minivan!
Thanks, that helps a lot, good thing most minivans have the same general design
Does any one else have the bug for android were it just crashes out of nowhere if you do did you fix it and how
It's possible you need to open more memory for it to run correctly or that a virus scanner has falsely labeled it as dangerous and is closing it out. Checking for potential updates needed on the device sometimes helps. Or you could try making it easier to run by turning off the animations. Unfortunately, randomly shutting down is a device specific problem and I can only guess what might be happening.
Thank you 🙏
Another day, Another look to see if there's new information.
Check out their tumblr page! They answer questions and post teasers for their upcoming projects on there https://gb-patch.tumblr.com/
:0 I didn't know that. Now there's two things to look at daily :D
they also have a twitter where the creator logs their progress each day!!
I am dying from the suspense of waiting for step 2!!!
Step 2? The prologue isn't even done yet lol
good game. did cry, but like a good cry
edit: im stupid and i forgot to say how much i love the art style so much and its so cute and im officially obsessed
Is there a way to download to iPhone? I recently got a new phone and I really miss playing this.
No, it's only PC, Mac, and Android. IOS is harder to make builds for and we can't manage it right now. I'm sorry.
ah i see, it’s ok! Thanks anyways, I’ll just keep on using my laptop. Really love the game btw, it’s great!
Thank you ^^
i've been trying to play this game for a while now but whenever i try to download it it says there was an error, which is really sad cause the game seems like so much fun to play!!
Are you downloading through the Itch app? For some reason that often doesn't work. But it usually downloads fine if you do it directly through the webpage.
yeah i was trying to download with the app, so i should do it with the website?
Yep, that would hopefully go through more easily.
i downloaded it with the website and it worked thank you so much! loving the game already
That's great :D
This is awesome!!! Can't wait for more!!!
I love it!
kawaii
I just love this game sooo much. The first game (Our life: beginnings and always) was one of the first visual novels I’ve ever played and it’s what basically got me into playing visual novels. I remember when I first found it and I stayed up all night playing it and kept on replaying it.
But to see that you’ve made a second one warms my heart. I never knew I wanted this but now I know that I need it xD. This games art is so freaking lovely, seriously. And the cozy vibe I get from it just makes me feel so warm and happy inside lol. I also love the fact that there are a lot of options to choose from. I love to replay this game and pick different choices to see how each differs. This has now become one of my most replayed games by far and I’m so proud to stick around on this journey. I see that there will be dlcs too and I can’t wait to buy them! Ahh, I’m so excited. Anyway, I’m very excited for the full game and dlcs but I hope you take care of yourself also. I don’t care how long I have to wait lol. I know this game will be fantastic. Sending lots of love ( ˆ͈̑꒳ˆ͈̑ )੭♡.
this game is the reason i'm keeping myself aliveee i just love qiu and tamarack so muchhhhhh !!! i love love love the demo so far and i've played it like 5 times already it's just too cute <333 keep up the amazing work but remember to look after urself as well :)
love it can't wait for full release
Anya pfp is so cute :D
hmm thanks
:D
:DDDD
I've been gone for three mouths and OH MY GOD!! Soooo much has happened. And to think I STILL haven't finished our life new beginnings (I hate having adhd, LOL). I can never focus on one story for too long and end up not playing the game at all for a good few mouths (some times a whole year).
OK so yes, I think theres too many additional options, but I like the progress of the game so far in the demo. I hope that options are cut down to be 2-5 versus being closer to ten because its overwhelming as a play for so many options on screen. I think it would be best if this game took more inspiration from the previous our life game, ( such as colored choices to indicate the tone) and maybe remove some added options from the game (like when you say goodbye to qiu and tama.)
Oh you're so right- Colour indicators that help group the choices is a good idea. You can choose closer to your personality (ex: blue being more shy) while also having that choice variety (From looking away to a stuttered reply- both being shy choices, but different nonetheless).
Thats a really good idea! :D
I think they put so many options in as a way to not only give the player their own unique experience and personality but also to maximize replayability too. With the added options, there are dozens more opportunities and variations in the story than if there were only around 3 like in the previous game. I get that it can seem pretty overwhelming, but I believe the amount of options just truly enhances the experience, making it worth it in the long run.
This is awesome!!!! I really love it!!!
Wanna ask wanna askkk, current demo is still in step 1 right? The scene where we met deerie o' Baxter right? Gotta be uptodate 😳 I'm as excited for this game as I am excited with Baxter DLC. I can't stay still 🏃🏻♂️
yeah yeah!! ur uptodate, AAA I CAN RELATE,, i literally check this page everyday
It's a neat concept! The wide scope of options makes the story itself wishy-washy, all the demo really covers is meeting two kids and going to class. The selling point is the wide array of ways you can make your insert character feel more like you. It's a nice bit of escapism and the art is gorgeous
hi! i just wanted to check if the demo ends when they enter the first day at school? thats where it ends for me so i just wanna make sure that my download is up to date <3
Hello! I think your demo is probably correct since that's also when mine ends, but please take that with a grain of salt haha! Have nice day or night! :)
okay !! thank u so much <3
I'm not sure if you have the most recent one or not. The current demo ends after class has happened, but before you leave the school. The prior demo ended while you were in the classroom, but before class had started. So, in either case it's kind of technically still the first day of school.
But if you do have an older version, you can delete that build entirely (that won't erase save files) and then download the demo again.
okay!! then i probably have the older version, thank you so much for telling me <3
Hey! Im having crashing issues on my phone with games I download from Itch and depressingly this is one of them and I wanna play it so bad!!!! The app will suddenly close with no error warning or anything! Its heartbreaking! Does anyone know why this is happening, and any possible fixes? I would literally love you forever if you helped!
You can trying opening up more memory on your phone, turning off the animations in the game's settings, and/or making sure your virus scanner/basic settings aren't strictly monitoring what you run. Sometimes the phone will close out applications that didn't come from the Google Playstore because that's not considered trustworthy.
Wahhhh I'm loving everything so far about this game! ! ! Definitely excited for its release and DLCs XD The art, music, setting, vibe and all are perfectttt! And the surprise I had when that one character showed uppp gahh my first thought was "they look familiar." While playing as well I just get this warm, fluffy feeling as I did in OL:B&A. Good job and I'm looking forward for moreee! ! <3
I’m so excited for the full game to come out but I’m also excited for the DLCs! I’ve made up my mind to get them once they come out and I know the full game and the DLCs will be amazing 😊. Thank you for making such a great game and it’s all for free too?! Amazing! ❤️❤️
where are the game files? I see people commenting like they're actually able to download the newest update, but there straight up aren't any files for me to select TO download... I've updated itch, I've tried the app AND browser site, many times since the update dropped, and the files just don't exist for me. There isn't anything in the dropdown menu, and clicking install anyway just leads to a "Cannot read property 'build' of undefined" error... it worked just fine prior to the latest update, but has not Existed since the last one came out. is this a glitch with the platform? or what is preventing me from being able to download? I have never run into this issue on any other game, so the fact it's happening on the sequel for my favorite visual novel is genuinely upsetting.
I'm sorry, sometimes it doesn't work well with the Itch app but if you can't access files that are there even on the normal website, we probably aren't able to change it on our end. Maybe try uninstalling/deleting the build entirely before downloading it to see if a fresh start will make the device register the build. Or you could try downloading the demo from Steam instead.
Love it! And can't wait for more ^-^
this is the sweetest game i've played in forever. the art is gorgeous and the characters are all so unique and so, so lovable -- i don't think i can wait any longer for the release! take all my money gbpatch!!
so excited !!!!1111
omg its so cute i love the music
nice pfp
omg thank u! :3 it's Nikolai!! ＼(^o^)／
Is there a way to delate a game file?
i cant wait 4 it to come ouuuuut!!!! you guys r doing a rll rll good job
I just got done playing the whole demo--it was AMAZING!!! Everything about it was absolutely perfect and I enjoyed playing it so much! Actually now I think I'm going to check out the first game as well!! This is an amazing game, five stars!!! (Do you have any idea when the full game comes out??) Anyway--yeah. BEST. GAME. EVER!!!
I downloaded this game earlier this week, and only recently made an itchio account to basically document my experience.
The game is wonderful and I've been playing it every day since I've downloaded it. I love the pacing, the characters, the writing as well as the customization choices.
I've made 4 saves in the game so far, each with their own characters that I play based of their personalities. Iirc, I believe the tutorial said you can choose a choose personalities for your characters. That's a nice perk as it'll be easier to make choices based of personalities.
I also want to know if there will be something akind to personality disorders, disabilities or whatever; with two of the characters I made having NPD and OCD. It'll be fun to play with the choices that may be there, as well as seeing how characters react. However, this is unlikely due to the how much progress the game has made in development, as well as the complexity of the disorders.
Anyways, great work on the game, it's been a blast to play and the characters have been living in my head rent free, and I genuinely can't wait until the completed game comes out :))
I don't think there's a way to program disorders into an RPG in a way that won't feel like your character is being railroaded into certain choices/emotions. You'd probably have to just select whatever fits the in-game event based on context and personal opinion, which isn't hard since the games does include a lot of response variations.
I've been wondering, when it comes to Qiu identity will the MC be able to have reactions to it?, Like maybe the MC doesn't know what Qiu is doing or maybe the MC is very supportive or maybe doesn't feel comfortable with that kind of stuff, i honestly can't wait to see it in game but it would be nice to know how the MC takes all of that
Why are people disliking my question??, I'm genuinely curious bro 💀
bc YOU *ARE* the mc... so implying you want an option to be transphobic (which is what "doesn't feel comfortable with that kind of stuff" means) is pretty weird for a game where the trans person IS one of 2 romance options. people are disliking bc of that implication (whether it was intentional on your part or not)
Transphobic or not people need to understand that that sort of stuff affects everyone, from the people transitioning to those around them, i don't see how having the option to decide how you feel is something transphobic, there's a lot of people in the world and no one can control how they feel about things, but in a game i feel like we definitely need a way to express and see consequences of our behavior
Also just because you control the mc doesn't mean you will make it to your own image, you have to option to make it whatever you like, they also encourage people to make different save files to see how things play out choosing something different
I love how body positivity only applies to female ROs while the male ones always look like supermodels. I've yet to see an overweight male RO lol
There's no male love interests in this game though
The other game does and between all 3 ROs who is the only one that does not look like a runway model?
Does Brian from Dream Daddy count?
Had to look that up lol. I'd say kinda? while he is not the "typical" sexy model body, he still looks very built and strong but with fat on top of it
Be the change you want to see.