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Can you believe it? IT’S 2025! 🎉We hope this year is full of completed goals, fulfilled dreams, and time spent for YOU. (Perhaps with a GB Patch game? 🤭)

So, what’s the plan for OL2 this year? More below, but we can confirm that there will be at least one more major demo launch update for folks to explore. Keep an eye out for more updates and estimates on Patreon and our socials. We frequently have news to share regarding daily progress and would love for you to see them.

If you’d like to see what was accomplished last year, you can check out our December and 2024 wrap here!

Let’s push on toward GB’s hopes and dreams for 2025 ✨!

2025 Schedule:

Hey everyone, it’s GB Lady writing this part of the post! Claire handled the rest of the update. However, I wanted to explain how things were going with Our Life: Now & Forever. My hope was that the base game and some DLCs would release near the very end of this very year, late November most likely. Even though 2025 has just started, I can already see that we might not hit that goal. I’ve made mistakes these past few months.

There was a certain amount of work I needed to have done by the end of 2024 to keep to the planned schedule. Step 1 needed to be fully written. That happened! The massive Step 2 prologue had to get checked off, I did that too. But I wanted to have at least four Step 2 Moments scripted out. Instead, I’m at two and a half. One and a half Moments isn’t massive in the grand scheme of the project, but it’s not that likely I’ll work fast enough to make up for being that behind. I could catch up on a few days of progress, but this being multiple weeks’ worth of work makes it more complicated. Plus, if I ever get sick during 2025 or decide to go see family, I could get even more behind. By the end of 2025, the game could still need a few months, not just to finish the writing but to then edit/proofread, program, and test the late scripts.

The problems began when I started writing those Step 2 Moments. To be honest, I haven’t been confident in creating the teenage time period. The leads are going through a tough time and I don’t know if I’m portraying it well or if any of this is enjoyable. When I feel unsure of myself, I tend to overcompensate by making things bigger, an “if it’s not quality it can at least be quantity” type of deal.

I already accounted for Step 2 scenes being longer than Step 1 in my plans since there’s more alterations to consider, yet these first few Moments have still taken more time than I ever anticipated. It’s gotta stop. In 2025 I need to get a grip. I have to be stricter with myself on designing scenes no matter how much I feel compelled to expand and expand.

So, what is either going to end up happening is there could be some Moments in Step 2 that feel unusually pared down or short to make up for the unexpectedly long ones, or we’ll have to accept the loss, keep going as normal from here, and the game ends up delayed until 2026. No matter what, we’ll keep you informed.

I’m sorry to start the year on a low note like that. In better news, there will be another public demo update coming in 2025! It will expand the Step 2 prologue more. I’ll also be sharing a lot more info on my ideas for the game coming after OL2 over the next twelve months (the project is not in development at all, it’s just me thinking about what I want to do in the future).

There will be multiple casting calls to bring VAs onto the team for OL2. You’ll finally get to hear what these characters sound like! Then perhaps 2025 will finally be the year Our Life comes out on the Google Playstore or gets verified for Macs. We’ll see. Anything could happen.

But that’s mainly it. Thank you so much for following along with this grand story adventure. We’ll keep doing our best to actually finish something. Happy new year, everybody 🥳️

Monthly Content Plans:

Now that we’ve covered the big picture, let’s bring it back to the start! What’s happening in January?

First, GB will finish writing the Step 2 Moment “Assistance” (though, that name may change as development progresses). Once that is wrapped up, a completely new Step 2 Moment will be drafted and writing will begin on it! Keep an eye out for posts about all three of these goals – you won’t be disappointed!

Here’s a big one! A Patreon Beta will be released with at least half of the Moment “Colorful Class” completed. And, wait, is that… ANOTHER public beta update? YOU BET IT IS! A second public beta update for January will be available, which adds back the original Step 2 preview scenes – now edited and reworked.

Lastly, there will potentially be a few new job position openings for either artists or VAs. GB would like to bring a few new folks on board to work on OL2 as development continues.

And that’s January! It’s a big month, full of updates and new content that you won’t want to miss.

Important Links from December:

• Our Life 2: Beta Build

Viewable at Tier 3 or higher

• Our Life 2: Beta Build Suggestion Thread

Viewable at Tier 5 or higher

• Patreon Q&A

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• Project W Post

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher

• Our Life 2: Step 1 Ending CG

Viewable at Tier 1 or higher
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And there you have it! Whether it’s new asset reveals, demo updates, fan contests, or reliving some OL1 throwbacks, you’re in for a treat this year. We promise to work hard to bring you the content you love, with some surprises along the way. We hope the next 365 days are everything you hope they could be – we’ll be there every step of the way. Happy New Year to you all!

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