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OL2: Home Screenshot (Step 1 DLC)

Noooo! It happened! It's just as we feared 😭.

OL2: Opal Halloween Costume (Step 2)

Full disclosure, I did already post this preview. If you have memories of seeing it, you aren't wrong. However, if you can believe it, that happened nearly three years ago!! I knew what I wanted for Opal's costume back then and had this piece made way before it was needed. So, if you saw it in the year of 2022 and are still here to see ...

OL2: Home Screenshots (Step 1 DLC)

Give that woman a break! She's trying. But Tamarack is right, this is a serious moment 😡

OL2: Mrs. Baumann Halloween Costume (Step 2)

If it's not broke, don't fix it! That's what Omi says. She beats Qiu's dedication to being the same thing by wearing the exact same costume for four years in a row. But it does look wonderful with her fully silver hair.

Artist: redridingheart 

OL2: Hobby Room BG Step 1 Concepts

Here's the two concepts that were sketched out for the Lins' hobby room! The design that wound up in game was Version A. It really came down to the difference in smaller details with this one.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

GB Patch Discord Emote Poll: April 2025

Alright, today we've got the poll for another new emote in the private GB Patch discord server. I'd like to add a blank-faced look with a loading icon floating in front of them, basically a character is struggling to process something. A lot of characters could work with that, so the poll is broad. Feel free to leave a comment to suggest specif...

OL2: Step 1 End Screenshots

Here's a look at a scene most people won't get- what happens if you end Step 1 after only doing one of the two linked Moments? The answer is, a friend/neighbor won't be pleased with you.

[Also, I'm back from my trip 😁]

OL2: Tamarack Halloween Outfit (Step 2)

She's still got the Halloween spirit! What a comfy and festive look. But Tamarack does think it'd be embarrassing to wear an actual costume 🥺️.

Artist: redridingheart 

OL2: Lin Hobby Room (Step 1)

Yippie! The super cool room at Qiu's house is finished.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

Question Thread: April 2025 [CLOSED]

The question thread for our monthly Q&A is ready! It's a day early since tomorrow is not a usual post day for me.

Here you can ask me things you're wondering about for our games or company and they'll be answered at the end of the month an an audio recording (with a text transcript too). Just make sure the questions long follow the gui...

May 2025 Guest Art: Character Poll

It's voting time! May has mother's day, so it's been a tradition to have the guest piece be of one of the many wonderful moms in the OL series.

Opal Second has gotten more than one guest piece about her, Kyra Preece and Yi Lin have been featured in the past too, too. But I don't remember some of the other moms getting a highlight, so that'...

Month Beginning Post: April 2025 Plans

[This month’s stunning guest artist is _mon_mamon on Twitter!]

WELCOME TO APRIL! We are officially in full-blown (bloom?) SPRING! In the Our Life universe, this means that Cove has decided it’s warm enough to surf again...

Month End Post: March 2025 Wrap-Up

March has come to an end, folks. 🌷 This month, we saw tons of new content for the GB world: new merch, a guest artist call, March Madness, and more! Read on for all of the juicy details.

Monthly Content Summary:

We started the month off...

OL2: Beta Build 1.4.14 🚪 (PC, Mac, Android)

Hey everyone, the latest beta is ready! It includes most, though not all, of the last Step 1 Moment.

Home is super large and has a lot of complicated branches/alterations. The amount of content in this beta would normally be enough to be full new Moment, twice as much as normal. For Home, that much work is still not quite enough to finish ...

OL1: Limited Time Pin Set Last 3 Days!

The Cove Holden pins got to stay up for sale for a week longer than expected! So if you haven't gotten them yet, there's still a little more time to pick it up.

You can get them from Makeship here-

Cove Holden Pin Set Page

[Usually I woul...

OL2: Step 1 End Script Preview

Noooo, after so many years of development these precious childhood days are almost at an end 😭

[Also, the text transcript for the Q&A yesterday did get finished!]

Pure Text:

“Golden Grove was getting colde...

Patreon Q&A: March 2025

[Text Transcript]

Hey, I finished recording the Q&A before our normal positing time, but the text transcript isn't done just yet. Since the month is almo...

OL2: Home Screenshots (Step 1 DLC)

Cool, Mr. Lin. That's great.

Qiu really did take after their parents, haha.

Project W Post: March 2025

Well, it's a Project W post day! Normally that's a Wednesday, however we're still working on the Q&A and the beta. Since I don't know for sure when they'll be ready, I want to post this now instead of saving it for later in the week.

So let's talk about lumulles some more!

Lumulle Info Part 3:

Lumulles ar...

OL2: Playground BG Step 1 Concepts

These were the two design concepts the BG artist made for the elementary school playground! Both look like a lot of fun. The one that's in the game is version B.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Qiu Halloween Costume (Step 2)

Yeah, Qiu found their thing as a child and stuck with it 💀🖤

Artist: redridingheart 

OL2: Lin Hobby Room Sketch (Step 1)

The Lins have a pretty big house for a family of three. That means they have space for a hobby room! It's the perfect place if you ever want to craft and crunch.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Step 2 Moment Icon Batch

Here's the finished versions of those new Step 2 Chapter cards! Pretty interesting. I'm sure these will be some fun Moments.

Cut-In Artist: talentlesshuman

OL2: Home Screenshots (Step 1 DLC)

'Cause you had a bad day. You're taking one down. You sing a sad song just to turn it around. Life is hard for a ten-year-old 😔

OL2: Mr. Baumann & Opal Sprite Alterations (Step 2)

Oh boy, the town is getting into the school spirit, haha. Omi made that hat herself, by the way.

Artist: redridingheart 

OL2: Lin Car Interior BG (Step 1)

You get to take a ride with Qiu one rainy day 😌. And this is Mr. Lin's car. We showed off Mrs. Lin's van a while back.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Home Script Preview 3 (Step 1 DLC)

You get to show your friends your bedroom 😊

Pure Text:

“The house had been good to its visitors at the start, but things couldn’t go smooth forever. Even though there were guests waiting, the door into your room [insisted on being difficult/still decided to be stuck]!” #if polite or not

if polite/ner...

GB Patch Discord Emote Poll: March 2025

Two polls in a row, haha. Today we're gonna vote on another new discord emote for the Patreon server.

I'm thinking it could be one where someone is smiling sinisterly and reaching towards the screen. I picked out a few characters I thought would be fitting from the OL series, but there's also various people from our older games that'd mak...

April 2025 Guest Art: Character Poll

I got a little thrown off at the start of this month because of the Cove pin merch launch, but here's the guest art poll for April!

March opened with a super cute picture of Tamarack as a spring fairy. But Qiu also won, so let's also have a piece with them as some kind of cute, spring spirit or elf or something. The poll will which age th...

OL2: Tamarack Step 2 DLC CG

Beautiful, wonderful, precious lady. Her smile 😭😭😭🥺️💖💖

But with that said, this piece is very fitting, one of her most iconic images so far. Tamarack and apples go hand in hand!

Artist: redridingheart