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Our Life: Derek DLC Coming Soon Page!

The Derek DLC now has public coming soon pages! You can Wishlist it on Steam or add it to a collection on Itch ahead of its launch.

Steam Page (PC)

2022-08-05 18:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Question Thread: August 2022 (CLOSED)

Here's our monthly questions thread! You can ask anything about the games or the company and I'll try my best to reply to everything in an audio recording (+ transcript), though some things may not have answers right now. There's very few concrete details I can give about Our Life: Now & Forever so early in development, f...

Our Life: Derek DLC New VAs Part 2!

The entire Suarez family at every age now has voices! Thank you so much to the three fantastic new VAs who joined the cast ✨

Irene Suarez: Erin Nicole Lundquist (@ErinLundquistVA on Twitter)

Jorge Suarez Step 4: Randy Hernandez (@randullhernando on Twitter)

Nicolas Suarez Step 4: Anthony Rodriguez (@Cryshu...

September 2022 Guest Art: Premise Poll

Here's the second poll for September's guest art. I've selected a few different simple, but classic Golden Grove experiences to pick from that would all work with every character in the game. No matter who wins it'll be good. 

2022-08-02 18:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post

September 2022 Guest Art: Character Poll

It's voting day! I've got the poll ready to determine the guest art for next month. September is the start of fall and I think it'd be more than fitting to have an Our Life: Now & Forever theme. 

The poll itself is to decide if we'll do another main character piece or if you'd be interested in seeing one of the...

Month Beginning Post: August 2022

[Guest art of young adult Derek by @toorurii on Twitter]

It's the final full month of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere)! And this time I'm not having to make the update from out of a hotel room, so that's a plus, hah...

Month End Post: July 2022

Hi everybody! It's a wrap for another month. End of June/early July is when that big move of mine happened, that already feels like it was ages ago. I appreciate all the support I got going through it. And even with that, ...

Our Life: Derek DLC Screenshot (Step 4)

Survey says: 10/10

Patreon Q&A: July 2022 + Character Writing Tips

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Hello everyone! I've got the latest session of questions and answers. Thank you for all the comments this month 😊 2022-07-29 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Our Life: Mini-Clip Derek DLC Step 2

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Derek's DLC is really coming together and I wanted to share more of it outside of the beta builds, so I'm recording a couple videos of it. Here's the first! This is from Derek's Step 2 Moment Soiree. Derek is suc...

Our Life: Derek Beta Build 0.5 🚌 (PC, Mac, & Android)!

Hey, everyone! It's finally time for the beta update. The gang's all here and they're all grown up, well mostly grown up, haha. Derek's Step 2 scenes were added last time, so this version has that still and now includes part of the Step 4 story. It's not all of Step 4, but it is a very large chunk of it.

You'll have to ...

Our Life: Nicolas Voice Line Sample (Step 2)

The last Step 2-specific lines have come in! Soon baby Nicolas will have voicing throughout all of his scenes just like his big brother. Here's a little listen into what it'll sound like. Truly adorable.

Our Life: Derek DLC Extra Voice Lines (Step 2)

A second batch of Derek lines has been recorded for Derek! He'll have a wider range of voice clips than the other side characters now that he's levelled up into a major character. I've got a few to share as a sample today. They're so cute 💞

Our Life: Derek Extra Sprite

In Step 3 Derek is part of the story for one conversation over the phone, not even in person. I said there wasn't ever gonna be a sprite for that, but people really wanted to see what Step 3 Derek was like and so I changed my mind and here he is. 

You won't even see this full sprite in the game itself, just the top...

Our Life 2: Serenity (Step 3)

Serenity (she/they) is growing up 🥺️💖. She's developed quite a style over the years. But regardless of their interest in dark clothes, bleak music, and all things macabre, Serenity is still a very lighthearted person. She likes to have a good time and is happy to bring others along for the ride.

They've remained...

Our Life: Balcony BG (Derek DLC)

Derek's apartment has a really pretty balcony to hang out on 🥰️

Our Life 2: Character Bio Creator

The latest feature Shawna has constructed is a way to create your own bio image within the game itself! It can then be screenshotted and shared around.

With how many people have been doing that already by editing the images themselves, Shawna found a way to make it more convenient. 

The whole thing is super i...

Our Life: Derek DLC Casting Call 2!

We've opened the final casting call for the Derek DLC. This round we're looking for VAs to play the older versions of Nicolas and Jorge and their mom Irene.

Details HERE 

Our Life: Jorge Voice Sample (Step 2)

Here's a snippet of Jorge's set of voiced phrases! It's all very cute and it'll be great to have these in the game. I think it really adds to the experience when you know what someone sounds like even if it's in a small way.

Our Life: Earring Customization Screenshots

We showed off some of the earring options before, now here's a couple examples of the ways you can actually use them! It's possible to have a pair, just one earring, or have two but each is a different style. You can also control the color of both earrings separately ✨

Our Life: Derek DLC Screenshot (Added Missing BG)

There was a particular location in the last Derek beta that didn't appear on screen. In the next beta, and the final released version, that will no longer be the case! We're filling things out and polishing the story more and more.

Our Life 2: Mr. Yusuf (Step 3)

Of course the lovely local diner owner is still here for Step 3, and he's looking incredible as always!

Our Life: Derek CG Sketch (Step 4)

Here's a preview of another new CG that's in the works 🥰️

Our Life 2: Hair Color Tracking Feature

Shawna has implemented another new feature for the character creation system! Hooray for wonderful progress. Most of it isn't relevant for the current builds, but there is one part people are going to appreciate; the eyebrow layers were formatted to change colors the same way the rest of the hair can!

But also, now you ...

Our Life: Derek DLC Screenshot (Step 4)

Derek's got another neat new outfit for his storyline. He's gotta properly dressed for the exciting adventures of going to a business luncheon as a favor to his dad. 

Our Life 2: Ms. Second (Step 3)

It's your mom! Here's Opal's look during the third Step of the story and she's beautiful as always.

Our Life: Derek CG 2

We're starting to have those Derek DLCs missing from the gallery come to life! And they're very lovely 💕. I imagine people can guess what scene this is, haha.

Our Life 2: Extra Sprite Layers (Step 2)

Yeah, they're needed for Step 2 as well.

🥺️💔💔💔

Our Life: Step 4 Story Selection Screen

Since we're adding DLCs that allow you to have a totally different Step 4 experience, there needed to be a way to decide which version you got. That's where this new selection screen comes in!

If you've met the requirements for Derek's and/or Baxter's story than instead of automatically going to the Cove-centered epilog...

Question Thread: July 2022 [CLOSED]

Hi everyone! Today I've got the now-normal monthly post where all of you can ask whatever questions you have about our progress, the games, or the company. I'll try my best to answer them later this month in audio + transcript form!

This month I'll also be releasing a standalone recording that's entirely about character...