Our Life: Now & Forever
Our Life: N&F - 2025 Plans
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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.
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.
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 🥳️
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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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What I really appreciate about this is the aspect of going through their whole life. It's unique in many aspects and I am happy to sit back and wait if it means that your comfortable with the story you tell.
No matter what you end up creating I'm almost certain every single player will fall in love with every bit of the story, I personally have so far, take as long as you need, I'm happy to grow up alongside this game and it might even allow me to connect with the experience's more. You've created an awesome game and story, so don't doubt yourself so much. It'll work out
Hey take your time im sure you are doing great! Write with your heart
awesome! you guys do such great work, i honestly dont know how you do it. its such a cool game
We all understand! Please take care and we will be here ready for more! :)
be sure to take care of yourselves and do not forget to enjoy&gave fun with the proccess where you can. thank you for all your hard work!
Hey, don't sweat it. We all know you'll get this done and perfected eventually. I mean hey, if the first OL was a smashing hit, OL2 will be no different.
I have faith that you will execute this just as well as the childhood period! But don't pressure yourself to make it just as good as the childhood period because it isn't the childhood period... the teenage period is much different and will require a different formula to perfect! Happy 2025!
I will wait for my queen tamarack !! so you better not push yourself and rush my queen's development or else 😠😤(but more seriously take your time, this masterpiece does *not* need to be rushed
Don't be too hard on yourself. Good things take time and I am happy to wait for a quality game. If you're having trouble with the teenage part you could try a suggestion box of sorts maybe. Surely some people in this fanbase have gone through similar things.
Please take your time, i have been playing our life beginnings and always and its turned out great, i pray you take your time to solve the issue no matter how long it is. Love this game <3
please take your time and don't stress about this game releasing on time, i am so in love with the our life series and i'll wait as long as i have to for this amazing game! <3
I'll wait patiently...and by patiently I mean till forever just to play this game I'm in love with them alr 😻😻😻😻
i don't mind how long it takes as long as it comes out one day i don't mind. i just finished the demo and I'm IN LOVE :) id rather have a good game with a long wait then a rushed game with a short wait.
Ce n'est rien, prenez votre temps, la démo est déjà incroyable alors j'ai hâte que le jeux entier sorte, même si je doit attendre 1 ans. Courage et force a vous, merci encore pour ce magnifique jeux❤️🔥
Take as much time as you need and wait anxiously. I finished the demo a little while ago and I'm completely in love with the game, you guys are incredible and always do a job well done. I'll be waiting patiently, after all, good games take time. You can do it!!❤
Please take all the time you need! You put so much thought and heart into the stories you tell, and I'm perfectly happy to wait longer. Also, please don't forget to take care of yourself and your health first and foremost. That's more important than any game, no matter how beloved. We'll still be here whenever you're ready.
Regardless of how long i have to wait ill be excited, now and forever! And good games take time. You can do it🙏🙏
Thank you so much GBPatch and Amazing work! Take your time and breaks if needed and take care of yourself! Thanks for all of your hard work 😁😁🤗
Don't feel that you have to rush or be pressured we will all wait and making mistakes is perfectly okay. It's apart of it all together and I'm so excited to see a new update. I'm absolutely sure that your writing skills and that your abilities are fantastic! Happy New Year!!
Good work for what you've already accomplished. take breaks if you need them, take your time to flesh out ideas. If it gets delayed, then it gets delayed. i do believe we can all wait for how ever long it takes. Just make sure your health doesn't go down and to also give us updates when you can! :3