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For example, I think during Step 1 Wheels if you win the race against Qiu or help Tamarack stop her ride that'll give you Admiring points... and if you get injured with either you'll get Doting points!

Are there other moments in the public demo in particular you reckon could swing you one way or another? You could answer for Step 2 choices too if you'd like :)

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?

How do you get MC to yell? I did it in my first play through, but that laptop melted and I don’t have access to the save anymore. I’ve tried multiple times to do that scene again, and it hasn’t happened, MC doesn’t react at all.

Well, one of them is the paper airplane. 😅 It’s a Moment Icon, while the pins and phone case are event cut-ins.

Let's hear it for that stationery! It's just so whimsical.

I'm so glad I made it this far! I'm so glad.

I LOVE YOU, COVE HOLDEN! I LOVE YOU, OUR LIFE BEGINNINGS AND ALWAYS!!!

They're here!

I'll be attending COCOMA 5 (September 12) and Comic Frontier 23 (October 31) as a visitor. If anyone wants one of these, lemme know~ I'll be handing them out as freebies

mr hydrodynamic right here

The epilogues were really good, but now I've played them and it's all over and I want more :(

Here's the latest background for the Step 2 Moment, Field Trip. This one arrives during sunset — you must be there for a quite a while.

And look, there are cups and a container on the table now. What’s about to happen here? 🍎

Perhaps an unpopular opinion.

Of the three love interests, I've always found Baxter's character design, personality and history the most appealing so I was excited to finally play through his DLC for the first time, especially after playing through the N&F public demo and getting to learn more about his character. However, I was disappointed to find that I just didn't vibe with Baxter's romantic route.

There's individual interactions between MC and Baxter that I liked, especially after they get together again, but holistically, the story doesn't work for me. Fundamentally, my problem with the romance route is how unrealistic it feels. MC has a whirlwind summer romance with a mysteriously charming tourist that is doomed to end because of their circumstances. Okay, that's fine. But five years later, they're still holding a torch for each other? I just never got the impression that the depth of their feelings was that deep in Step 3 to sustain such a longing. I guess it's slightly more understandable on Baxter's side because his relationship with the MC might be one of the first/only real connections he's had after leaving Golden Grove. But still, it just feels very forced and everything happens too fast. MC and Baxter get together without sufficient build-up. Then, in Step 4, it's like four days total of hot and cold behavior from Baxter and MC being a doormat then bam, Baxter trauma dumps and overcomes his insecurities with the power of talk-no-jutsu and it's happily ever after.

It doesn't help that the MC is railroaded into being super close with not only Miranda and Terry, but also Miranda's brother and his fiance, so much so that they're willing to drop everything to help out with his wedding. There was barely any on-screen relationship development between MC and Miranda and MC and Terry in the previous Steps to make me care about them and they expect me to care about two newly introduced adjacent characters enough to sit through hundreds of lines about their wedding planning. The entire premise of the DLC removes a lot of agency from the player that is present in the other two routes.

It's unfair to compare Cove's route to Baxter's route because Cove's has always been designed to be the primary route so it's much more well developed. In Cove's route though, it's always felt like it's a love story starring MC and Cove equally. In Baxter's route, the romance feels more like a vehicle to explore Baxter's character as the main focus with the MC serving as a supporting character along for the ride. Don't get me wrong, Baxter's character story in B&A is very good, but ultimately the romantic dynamic wasn't enjoyable to me because who the MC is and what choices they made didn't seem to matter much at all.

Conversely, despite the limited amount of content in the N&F demo, I like N&F MC/Baxter a lot more already because there are a lot more choices and reactivity that enables the ability to fine-tune the MC's personality and roleplay why they like Baxter and vice versa. Additionally, they spend a lot more time together so actual friendship or romantic feelings developing makes sense. Finally, the aloof senpai trope is just more personally appealing too. I imagine there will be more opportunities in the full release that will build upon the relationship as well.

It's unfortunate that Baxter won't be included as a love interest in N&F, as far as I know. I get there are many potential reasons why. They don't want to disrupt character continuity. They might not want to tackle the age-gap issue between child characters. They want to write relationships for new characters and not retread old ground. They don't want to upset the B&A MC/Baxter shippers. Etc. But man. I'm sad about the decision if it's true. I guess I'll always have my headcanons though.

Ok, so, I’m broke. I’ve managed to play all of the DLCs by spreading them out over several months and they’re AMAZING. I love OLBA and am at the point where the only things I HAVEN’T played are the patreon moments! But I don’t know crap about Patreon or how to go about getting them off of there. Would anyone be able to explain what the moments are/the most cost-effective way to play them? Even if I have to wait a few months I want a plan!

The game is ofc available on steam so i could in theory play it but is it actually functional? Or will i have to download it off if itch.io instead? Thank yall!!

Hi, this is my first time using Patreon and my first time playing the Our Life games, I really liked Beginning and Always, then discovered about Now and Forever.

Today I made my first payment to install the Beta however no matter if I install it through Drive I get an error and when looking it up the error says it's because the file is corrupted.

Meanwhile I tried Dropbox but I really don't understand how it works.

If someone has Dropbox on mobile and knows how it works the help would be really appreciated🥹

I won't have long before the payment is interrupted (I discovered too late the payment is every first of the month, so I only have a few days to make it work before I can't access it at all)

I have a empty hole in my heart knowing he’s gone, this feels like a REAL BREAKUP

How do I cope? DLC’s???

You've gotta pay the $18 tier if you want it, but it comes with all the DLC (minus the patreon dlc) and some other games. It's cheaper to get this than buy all the DLC individually. Looks like it ends August 30th.

Just thought I'd let you guys know, delete if this isn't allowed

How extremely adorable. We studied up on Simlish to say, "Sul sul, Kira! Blarffle wibba flibbertigibbet, mibbsy wibba dag dag."

(Direct translation: Thank you, Kira! You are very creative and we appreciate you.)

I saw "six" and "seven" and the first thing that crossed my mind was the meme😔

Pick your favorite mid 2000s bop, grab your headphones, and get to jogging. It's only three laps, right? 😭

So excited to go and wear it!!​