Our Life: Now & Forever Beta Build 1.3.4 💜💙 (PC, Mac, Android)

when I didn't pick up qiu's papers in the step 2 preview

killjinx

[code] I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing (intro_preview.rpy, line 4157) -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "Step 2/intro_preview.rpyc", line 4157, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 2133, in execute if renpy.python.py_eval(condition): File "renpy/python.py", line 1151, in py_eval code = py_compile(code, 'eval') File "renpy/python.py", line 1088, in py_compile raise e SyntaxError: unexpected EOF while parsing (intro_preview.rpy, line 4157) Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64 Ren'Py 7.6.1.23060707 Our Life: Now & Forever Demo 1.3.5 Wed Oct 18 00:51:27 2023 [/code]

killjinx

First, I'd check the file size to verify it has content. If it's not loading anything, then you might try a program to open/extract it. A free one I use quite a bit is called 7-Zip: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

Shadow Nightclaw

finally starting my first beta playthrough! last time was for .05 or something!!

rene

I figured it out! For some reason the file wouldn't extract to my external hd, so i had to install it on my system ^^

KanaCola

Nooo 😭 i was only able to download the expansion after it was put on steam 🥲 even itch.io didnt work for me 😭😭😭

Nadira

Did you figure out what was happening?

Ruby G

Only being able to have one best friend hurt me inside lol

Bunni

Ahh what do i do 🥲🥲 everytime i extract the folder and open up the extracted file it shows up empty 😭😭 Can anyone help? I use windows 😭

Nadira

Every time I create my character I’ll press male + masculine for every option including sex traits and Qiu will still say ‘he’s a boy?’ when tamarack introduces me 😭

killjinx

I haven't seen anyone mention yet but apologies if someone did and I missed it. In the Step 1 prologue at the diner when you get options about your feelings on the rain there are a couple options hanging off the screen behind the info skip auto and log tabs. I assume they were meant to go onto a page 2 but something got mixed up. One of them says something about scary but I can't really make out anything beyond that. I'm really enjoying the beta so far though. Y'all are doin a great job.

Kendrick

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what that could be based on the info. Could you send a screenshot of what the error looks like?

GB Patch

Thanks for catching that!

GB Patch

hi! i keep having the same error when trying to extract the file from the folder: for archive.rpa does anyone know how to fix this or have any idea what this means? ive tried to install it multiple times however it keeps coming up with the same error

KanaCola

i have another bug~ if you give qiu a nickname that has two separate names, the second one won't be capitalized. i called them qiu qiu bc mandarin nicknames are often repetitions of a word, so it appeared as Qiu qiu in game. thank you!

Adeline

Thanks for the report :D

GB Patch

Thank you for the report!

GB Patch

In the prologue when at the diner with Tamma and Qiu, the apple cider options (hot and cold) appear twice. I saw somebody mention that Opal has a raised eyebrow expression if you choose to continue calling her "mommy" but for me, it appeared when I continued to call her "mom" so I thought I'd mention it in case it wasn't intentional lol. Also, I wanna add that I have decided, after Qiu's complete 180 in personality, that the best nickname for them is Sunny. This is my hill and I've decided I'm dying on it, thank you for coming to my TED talk lol

Kalee

[code] I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Step 1/prologue4c.rpy", line 4012, in AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower' -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "Step 1/prologue4c.rpyc", line 4012, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 2133, in execute if renpy.python.py_eval(condition): File "renpy/python.py", line 1153, in py_eval return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals) File "renpy/python.py", line 1146, in py_eval_bytecode return eval(bytecode, globals, locals) File "game/Step 1/prologue4c.rpy", line 4012, in AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'lower' Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64 Ren'Py 7.6.1.23060707 Our Life: Now & Forever Beta 1.3.4-beta Mon Oct 2 04:45:46 2023 [/code] when I didn't choose race and national heritage when the mom came to pick up MC after school

WackyStrawberry

Thanks for the report! And yeah, their feelings will match the MC's feelings. There are only mutual relationships in OL2.

GB Patch

Thank you!

GB Patch

that's because it's the difference between using swear words or not. one version says "Heck yeah!" and the other says "Hell yeah!"

Marshie

I loved testing the different choices about how WE feel about the town, the School and our neighbours. BTW when WE choose what WE think about the School, the Line with "go otters" IS written two Times

Nightale

I found a bug, when you're choosing your drink at the diner the hot/cold apple cider choices appear twice, also in step 2 are you supposed to be able to choose what Qiu and Tamarack feel about you?

My Name's E

I just know the 'moving down a step' thing is going to kill me. I'm a completionist and I just know I'm going to need to do a route where I'm close with both MC's and then it slowly degrades, or suddenly degrades. Ahh just the thought of all that angst is making me scream. I can't wait.

LoveLaurie

I think it might be an issue on my part, though I'm not sure. I've downloaded the OLBA patreon step 4 moment and can run it with no issues. However, I can't seem to run any of the OLNF build releases, which is weird for me because I'm pretty sure I've played the beta builds that were released before the public demo.

kilau

Love the update :) Just encountered one bug on android: I couldn't progress past the nationality/heritage choices unless I picked "didn't remember" for nationality and the write-in choice for heritage. All other combinations resulted in an error, rolling back made it occur after the nationality choice. The error reset after loading a previous save.

meep

I am absolutely thrilled. Thank you for taking the time to answer!

Supershybutpushingthroughit

You can go from neighbors to crush in the middle of a Step if you play certain scenes. You can't go down to neighbors while being friends/crush mid-Step. You can only go down during the four year time gap between two Steps.

GB Patch

You can go from neighbors to crush in the middle of a Step if you play certain scenes. You can't go down to neighbors while being friends/crush mid-Step. You can only go down during the four year time gap between two Steps.

GB Patch

I have a question about the relationship mechanics and I don’t see it asked somewhere else. I know we have some opportunity to organically progress the relationship going from neighbors to friends and friends to best friends within a scene or moment and can actually “step down” between steps. My question is kind of two fold, can we “step down” within scene/moments as well and can we “jump” relationship levels within? For example my main MC is not particularly comfortable with Qiu in Step 1 (too friendly 😂) but would likely come to appreciate/understand them more in Step 2 or 3. So could they jump from “neighbors to crush” within a scene? If this has been answered somewhere else or if this needs to go into the monthly Q&A section then I’ll gladly move it.

Supershybutpushingthroughit

Thank you for the report, and it's alright!

GB Patch

The full game can't come soon enough ;;

Rei

I chose to have a crush on both Qiu and Tamarack; then when I decided to walk to school alone with Tamarack and chose to hold her hand a sprite of Qiu in their shirt was infront of Tamarack's sprite. Also sorry for getting Qiu's pronouns wrong in my last post. I got to get use to using them when talking about them in Step 2.

Emily Allen

just started playing this new beta update and im getting emotional already! thank you gbpatch for all the hard work youre putting into this beautiful story, i cant wait to see it flourish :D

nova

That's cool and makes it more realistic with the relationship. Sorry about the pronouns I gotta get use to referring to Qiu as they/them during Step 2.

Emily Allen

no worries! as i said, i still loved the update, keep up the good work <3

Eleanor Osborne

I'm sorry, older saves sometimes just don't work in new versions. I don't think we'll be able to make it loadable.

GB Patch

Thank you for the report!

GB Patch

I'm sorry. You can bypass the quota by logging in to a Google Drive account, then on the file's download page, click "Add shortcut to Drive" in the upper right corner. Save it to your Drive, then create a new folder, put it inside, and download the folder!

GB Patch

Update, I finally got it to work... AND I LOVE IT!!!!!

Silver_0ver_Gold

this was so cute, i loved it. however, after finishing my first characters run of it, i couldnt load any of my other saves up, it just told me an exception has occured, and said this [code] I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 332, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 332, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 337, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 342, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 342, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 414, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 418, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 420, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 422, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 435, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 436, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 438, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 441, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 445, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 446, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 446, in File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 186, in convert_save_data AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get' -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in script python hide: File "renpy/ast.py", line 1138, in execute renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store) File "renpy/python.py", line 1122, in py_exec_bytecode exec(bytecode, globals, locals) File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 28, in python hide: File "renpy/common/_layout/screen_main_menu.rpym", line 35, in _execute_python_hide ui.interact() File "renpy/ui.py", line 299, in interact rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 3579, in interact repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore File "renpy/display/core.py", line 4052, in interact_core root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact()) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 681, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 681, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 681, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 681, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 476, in visit_all callback(self) File "renpy/display/core.py", line 4052, in root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact()) File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 487, in per_interact self.update() File "renpy/display/screen.py", line 680, in update self.screen.function(**self.scope) File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 332, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 332, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 337, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 342, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 342, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 414, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 418, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 420, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 422, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 435, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 436, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 438, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 441, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 445, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 446, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 446, in File "game/Backend/screens/screens_saveload.rpy", line 186, in convert_save_data AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get' Windows-10-10.0.19041 AMD64 Ren'Py 7.6.1.23060707 Our Life: Now & Forever Beta 1.3.4-beta Wed Sep 27 22:35:24 2023 [/code]

Eleanor Osborne

i haven't played through the whole prologue but i'm enjoying it thus far~ i've found one bug right after i ask tamarack and qiu to walk to school together when we're leaving qiu's backyard, with the dialogue box "Tamarack and Qiu went ahead while you made a quick stop to grab the bike from your own backyard. You regrouped at the center of the cul-de-sac", the background image isn't there. it is black background with red text that says "image 'bg neighborhood m2' not found" or something like it :3c then when i offer to hold hands, they both say "huh?" but they're superimposed on each other rather than side by side hehe (i'm using the storybook textbook speech bubbles, not the default visual novel ones)

Adeline

It should work with the mirror link

EliSapphire

i can't download it bc it says too many people have downloaded it 😔

olive

THIS IS THE BEST AFTER CLASS SURPRISEEVER!!! STEP 2 BABIES HERE I COME! *please excuse me as I return to my beloved Golden Grove!*

Dj Harris

Thank you, though Qiu only uses they/them pronouns! Calling them he isn't right. And yeah, you are allowed to go to friends or neighbors if you were crushing before.

GB Patch

I'm sorry, it might just be a temporary issue with Google Drive. Can you try again now that some time has passed?

GB Patch

Thanks for letting me know!

GB Patch

I'm sorry for the trouble and replied to your direct message!

GB Patch

Yeah, I've not finished writing even half of Wheels so it can't be in the beta, aha.

GB Patch

Thank you for the reports ^^

GB Patch

Thanks for letting me know!

GB Patch

Thank you for the reports! We'll get those sorted out. Glad you enjoyed it.

GB Patch

AAAAA OH MY GOSH????!?!?

valeri

I'm not sure why, but for some reason I can't download the Mac version? It says something about quota reached or too many people have accessed the link and to try again later, which is weird. Edit: nevermind, I just realized the mirror links are right there!

Eleah Ruffin

This is so wonderful. I’m happy to go back to the childhood days, but I’m excited for the angst of teens. I just want to make Qiu and Tamara feel better :(

Robyn Thornton

Yeah, I'm using the pc files and they won't work, no matter what software I decide to use, so... I'll wait until the next beta

Silver_0ver_Gold

I loved getting a look at the Step 2 preview. I just want to hold and protect Tamarack. I giggled when you tell Qiu he's adorable he says your an expert on being cute, so I can't deny it. I noticed an blacked out image saying image not found. I'm curious about something when you edit how Qiu and Tamarack feel about the player. I was crushing on Qiu in Step 1 and in Step 2 i could make it go down to friends or neighbors. Is this a bug or is it possible to stop having a crush on them and simply be friends or distant with them?

Emily Allen

My favourite scene was when Qiu just flops on MC.. it was so adorable!! I love em so much! Also gave Qiu Yuzu as a nickname. I dont know why that was the first thing that popped into my head.

Scarlet Yami

(pardon the caps on this one, I came straight from the demo update) THE LITTLE DETAIL OF OPAL'S CHIBI SPRITE RAISING A BROW WHEN YOU CHOSE TO CALL HER MOMMY STILL AWWWWW; MOTHER I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUU (I also love this detail, thank you very much :D)

March

I've only done one playthrough with this new file, but all the new elements are so nice! I especially love the new/extended soundtrack, they're all beautiful to listen to, particularly the piano tracks. Some bugs I have run into: 1. Right after the dialogue choices where you explain what your racial identity/nationality is, I got an error: File “game/Step 1/prologue4c.rpy”, line 4012 in < module > AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘lower’ (Not sure if this is my fault or not, might have been user error) 2.“Do you have apple cider? The cold kind.” and “Do you have hot apple cider?” appeared twice as dialogue choices when I took out Qiu alone to the diner 3. In Step 2, after Qiu loses their papers and I decided to pick them up, there is a blacked out background with red text “image ‘bg neighborhood m2’ not found” in place of whatever bg is supposed to be placed there, and Tamarack's and Qiu's sprites are overlayed on each other in the center of the frame. (I saw another patron had the same error) I have screenshots of all of them if you happen to need it! Thanks for all your hard work, I love seeing the game taking shape! (I just now realized I had commented under the wrong post omg I'm so sorry)

Let's go!!!! Step 2 here we go!

Flightwings

Thank you so much for the update! I have a problem with running the beta build. I've been downloading the zipped file, extracting it, and double-clicking the .exe file to run the game, however, it never loads? I've tried running the 1.3.3 and 1.3.2 beta as well but I still can't seem to get the file to run :(.

kilau

I absolutely loved every bit of this new update, but I did run into one slight issue. Once it says my character set down his skateboard right near the end, the background suddenly turned black with large red letters saying that the image coudn't be found and only turning back on the very last line of text.

YourLocalWierdo

AAAAHH I checked hoping just to scroll and I was met with an even bigger gift 😭🩵 thank you so much for your work this made my night better

killjinx

Loved the preview!

NightmaresKiller

oh qiu.... you are so silly <3 on god my little guy is gonna drag you away from teen angst kicking and screaming if they have to. also tamarack is just so sweet, i can't wait to see more of her in step 2 and help her get that confidence up. such a fun beta!!

Eel!

I'm so frickin hyped! I've been checking in daily for this 🥰 Tonight can't come soon enough, I want to play already 😭😭😭

Lexi

Don't know if anyone else is getting this problem, but whenever I extract the files from the zip file in order to use the application, the only thing that comes up is a single file with nothing inside; don't know if this is a problem with my computer or something else. Thought to share in case someone else is also experiencing this problem

Silver_0ver_Gold

The way I got so excited when we could give Tamarack a nickname and how I nearly screamed when I saw Tamma as an option-

vinea

thank you very much!! can't wait to check it out

Audi

The spirit of Qiu is haunting you 😱

Goinham123

Every other second I was screaming into my hands, the angst HURTS

Sepharaaa

Too bad! It seems like I will have to wait a bit more! I guess it is a good thing that both Uni and work are keeping me occupied lately.

Guilherme Farias

I downloaded it and for mistake clicked on wheels (which I wanted to check on anyway) and wheels is still not available.

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

Guys, y'all seriously outdid yourselves. I can't wait to drag this friend group back together (kicking and screaming, if need be.) The angst is delicious, and I'm so excited to see what all y'all do with this game.

Ash

Can't wait to play!!

Amanda Krenicki

THE ANGST IS SO GOODDD I LOVE IT

ellie

Now i need more already 😭❤️ I love Qiu ❤️

Matheo

The added changes/edits are really well done, but my heart can't take this preview! Step 2 Tama and Qiu are too cute and too angsty, they need hugs, stat. I've already played the preview twice just to get them to smile even a little at MC.

Sweet Dulcinea

Also got a EOF when ignoring Qiu's papers

Crimson Rose

That´s great! One thing that is confusing me, though: are both Walks and Wheels in this beta? Or will Wheels be developed in the next beta? I am waiting for both moments to arrive to experience them together.

Guilherme Farias

When you go to walk with just Tamarack, there's a overlapping glitch as well, where Qiu appears when you decide to whether to hold hands or walk beside her.

Crimson Rose

BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT, THANK YOU!

Caendrian Capel

AAAAAAHHHH IT’S HERE

Caendrian Capel

I’ve been waiting for this moment 🥺🍂

JT

I'm so excited! I found one glitch though (I think). When you can choose a nickname for Tamarack, of you choose to type in your own, it doesn't work. I typed in a nickname and it just took me back to the other suggestions. And wouldn't let me click the one I typed in.

Courtney

just a couple of things i noticed after a quick run through of the step 2 preview: - in step 1 i chose to refer to opal as "mommy" and settled on "mom" in step 2, but some of the step 2 options and dialogue still used "mommy" don't know if that was on purpose or not but it's there & created sort of mental dissonance especially since my character is kinda at odds with her in this point in his life - don't know if it's a bug or just my file acting funky but there was an image not found error that showed a black background and red text for whatever the actual background was supposed to be when the kids are walking from qiu's backyard to school also their sprites overlapped right on top of each other in that scene other than that i loved seeing the step 2 preview and i'm sooo interested in seeing how step 1 moments will feed into what's already been hinted it. it's so cool seeing how the dynamics changed in 4 years. kids really do go through a lot in that pocket of time and i think you once again hit the nail on the head with a lot of trials and tribulations of growing up. excited to see more like always!!!

Mari

I know what I'm playing after class Today

Apollo

I'm so excited, I can't wait!!!

Kimiko

I'm in class...I'm fighting the urge to run home because omg

Trinity

ahh!!! i've been waiting for this!! thank you so much!!!

kyuuketsukiinu

omd i'm so excited i can't wait to play!!!!! thank you so much <3 this always becomes the highlight of my day

Cassie Rose

OMG I CANT EVEN!!! I NOW NEED TO CALL OFF WORK 😩

Rachel

IM IN CLASS SO I CANT SCREAM BUT OMG?????

Allison

i’m so excited💯💯

rome🐚

Oh My God I can't wait to play this!! I'LL play it as soon as I can! Keep up the work!

Ace Card

AAAAHHHHHHHH ❤❤❤❤❤

Rhayne

I'm so excited to play the new update! I can't wait for the final version I'm so excited!!

Seirina

Omg…thank you, thank you, thank you!😭👏 I'm running to play!🏃‍♀️💨

Emma's dreams

I'm trying so much not to yell from happiness, this is so amazing😭😭🥰 Oh my God the teen angst and the jealousy, I love it and I love Qiu behavior so much. I tried the hug for curiousity (even if realistically speaking even just brushing my hand against who I liked would kill me XD) and how they fell on purpose in my arms and how they literally cuddled there killed my poor heart. Qiu is amazing and Tamarack is a sweet potato (I just realized this is how Luz call Amity and now I'm dying of double cuteness XD) and I love both so much, it's just so cute. All version of Qiu jealousy are amazing and I would love to talk about them but in case some people still didn't play it I won't.

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

I’m on the bus at the moment and everyone just looked at me cause I squealed! I literally can’t wait to play when I arrive home!!! Great job! Also I don’t write a lot of comments idk why but now I’m gonna start writing more! Your games really inspire me!!!

Gracie poo

was just playing the previous update last night and was loving it so much, really excited to play this one!!

Felix Tea

Whaaaa I can't wait to play when I get home 🙏😭😭😭😭

Kyler town

OMG this is so exciting!!! I'll probably have to wait until class is over, but I'll definitely be downloading now. Thanks so much, GB Patch team!!

Alyn Revilo

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH 😍😍😍

EliSapphire

THABK YOU SO MUCJ I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH 💚💚💚

Midnight Darling

Ooaaaaahahshjwwkaih omg I can’t wait to play it

Rowan

change of plans: there will be no more plans for the foreseeable future. now please excuse me while i infest myself w/ brain worms (update: the brain worms have emerged victorious)

sleepyserendipity

going to play immediately 🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️❤️ thank you

Kiwi

WOOHOO!!

Junexzee

LITERALLY WHAT I SAID IM SO EXCITEDDD

Kiwi

OMGGGG thank you and thank you to the staff for that bonus a beautiful way to end the day!!!

Naicha

AAAAAAH I’M SO EXCITED!!!! CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY IT ONCE I’M AT HOME

elyelysia

STOP IM GONNA THROW UP IM SO EXCITED 😭

Sepharaaa

Yay so excited! Nice work

Alys Arya

*running to my notebook YEEEEES

Anna Bia

😍😍😍

Katie