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, a lot still managed to get done. Here's what happened development-wise in these past weeks.

Monthly Content Summary:

Between initial drafting and properly scripting the Derek content, I wrote 43,750 words. And even more scenes were done because other writers wrote out a couple of my drafts, too. I spent a lot more time programming this month than usual. 54,650 words, all for Derek Step 4, made it into the game. That made for the biggest monthly beta update that's ever happened by far.

One of my goals was that I had wanted to finish the whole draft of Derek's DLC, but that didn't happen. It's about 95% complete. The finalized script also isn't as far along as I'd been thinking. Near the end of the month I decided it was more important to have a lot of additional content in the beta for testing rather than rushing the final scenes of Derek's story. Back at the start of the month I hadn't even imagined releasing such a large update and so assumed I'd have more time going to drafting/writing, but that change of focus was for the best in the end. It's been helpful seeing the feedback Derek's story has been getting so far!

The other big progress push for Our Life: Beginnings & Always was related to voice acting. In June three new VAs were brought on the team for younger Jorge and Nico + Mr. Suarez. Their lines have been recorded and most were implemented into the build. And early this month we started a new casting call that just closed yesterday. That was for older Jorge and Nico + Mrs. Suarez. I'll be able to announce the cast list for those roles very soon. Derek's Step 2 and Step 4 VAs have also been able to return to the team and work on brand new lines for the main man.

Our Life: Now & Forever's script remained on hold while I was focusing on Derek, but the game's features and the art continued to come along thanks to the rest of the team. That included more looks into the Step 3 character designs. More and more have been revealed, though there's still people left to see. A lot of the most exciting parts were posted as previews on the Patreon. And speaking of that, I posted nearly every day this month. There was plenty to share.

Important Links:

• Our Life: Beginnings & Always - Derek's DLC Beta 

Viewable at Tier 3 or higher

• Our Life 1: Derek Extra Sprite 

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• Our Life 2 Character Sprite Reveals: Serenity (Step 3), Mr. Yusuf (Step 3), Opal (Step 3) 

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• Voice Samples: Jorge Step 2, Nicolas Step 2, Derek Step 2 

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• Our Life 2 New Features: Earrings Customization, MC Bio Creator, Hair Color Tracking  

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• July Patreon Q&A 

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• VA Casting Call 

Viewable publicly

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So that's where we are. August will continue to be all about Derek Suarez but I'll get into that in tomorrow's post. Thank you for keeping up with our progress 💕

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