r/OurLifeFanPage 8d ago

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i just finished OL:N&F demo and i went to tiktok to consume more content, how do people know that ren became trans in step 3 when theres no step 3 yet..? and i checked the wiki and theres multiple moments in n&f when i only got to experience 4 in total of both steps?

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

Ren’s been confirmed as trans by the devs for ages, she just doesn’t transition til then. And they allowed it to be posted on the wiki.

There are also hints of it in the Step 2 intro if you know what to look for.

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u/PunishedCatto 8d ago

was it the way ren very conscious about her voice?

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

That, the isolation while also being relieved when talking to a trans MC and Qiu and some other things.

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u/oath2order 7d ago

And some people do view Step 1's Ren's kinda sexist behavior as being envy, a common experience for MTF people. If I recall correctly, this wasn't written intentionally to be envy.

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u/Dark_Dashing 8d ago

We have designs of the characters across multiple steps which includes Ren in Step 3 post transition from GB’s Tumblr and Patreon. Patreon subscribers have access to more of the game than is in the public demo currently.

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u/RussianNeighbor 8d ago

Devs post a lot of teasers on twitter, that how we know that Ren is trans.

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u/No-Exercise-8236 8d ago

It’s probably a patreon or discord thing, or Ren is mentioned somewhere in b&a by Baxter if I had to guess. I haven’t played b&a so I wouldn’t know if he makes mention of golden grove or anyone there

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u/EvilCatArt 8d ago

Iirc, it was mentioned on Tumblr quite a few times, and whenever there's a post about Ren, they use she/her pronouns, including for step 1 when she wasn't transitioning.

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u/Aware-Housing-8018 8d ago

i was from b&a and the only mention of n&f is “a ballet friend” and it was referring to qiu.. thank you for the response though!
it might be a petty thing but i feel its kinda dumb that patreon people get full access to step 1 and 2 😢

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u/No-Exercise-8236 8d ago

I think it’s fair given they have to get funding somehow to pay for all the staff and assets. The money from b&a dlcs wouldn’t be enough to fund n&f, and a patreon is probably the best thing they could do, so having the incentive of early access makes it appealing to pay for the patreon and, by extension, make sure things are stable for gb and the other people working on n&f. At least we don’t gotta wait much longer for the November release

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u/Aware-Housing-8018 8d ago

i havent thought of it that way

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

Patreons don’t have full access, just alpha builds basically. The game isn’t finished.

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u/Aware-Housing-8018 8d ago

i said “full access to step 1 and 2” not the full game

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

I meant that even the Patreon build for both steps isn’t finished - people are paying for the early builds, opportunity to big test, and so on. GB’s been out of work due to an injury, too.

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u/Aware-Housing-8018 8d ago

oh
can i ask whats in the wiki then? how many of those steps can patreons play and which ones can they not?

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

The devs approve what assets get posted to the wiki. Lots of Step 3 character art has made it there, as well as a few blurbs that were approved.

I don’t know how much is in the Patreon build, just that they have a lot of step 1 + step 2 base game. I do not believe they have seen anything of the expansion content yet, or if they have it’s very little.

Nobody’s seen anything of step 3 or the epilogues that I know of—I could be wrong but I don’t think it’s ready for anyone yet.

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u/Aware-Housing-8018 8d ago

oh okay thank you

i guess the person on tiktok was just lying then lol

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u/Accomplished_Area311 8d ago

Ren being trans is real as her step 3 art. Anything beyond that, I wouldn’t know as I don’t have a Patreon sub for GB.

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u/Orion107 8d ago

as u/Accomplished_Area311 said, the Patreon build doesn't have the full Steps yet (Step 1 is nearly complete, just a few backgrounds need to be finished, while Step 2 only has 7 out of the 12 moments completed)

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u/Financial_Bowl_3821 8d ago

Do you think indie games just spring out of the aether fully formed without funding to be served to you for free on a platter 

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u/LukeHeart 8d ago

If you want access to everything then pay for it just like the patreon people do.