I just finished this game and it makes me long for a life this beautiful. I plan to buy the DLC to experience the wonders of it in full but even with the free version this game feels so complete, thank you so much for pouring your hearts into this. I will never forget how these characters made me feel.
I can't play it on mobile! I bought a new phone because my old one was crushed beyond repair. I downloaded the game like normal but the game crashes whenever I clicked on a new file! What's going on? The game was working on my old phone but it doesn't work on this one. Sad I can't play this on mobile anymore :(
It's possible you need more space to play it or a virus scanner on this phone is more strict and is closing the game out because it thinks it's dangerous. Unfortunately, I can only guess because the problem is device-specific.
Is that so? I downloaded Our Life Now & Forever after that and it's working just fine... Oh well, I can still play on PC so I guess it's not too bad. Thanks for the reply!
This won't fix the problem though it could get you playing on phone again.
Maybe get the steam version?
All you need to download on your new phone is the 'steam link' app, and on your computer download the steam app and click play after downloading the game.
Click connect to a computer on your phone on steam link app and connect like Bluetooth to the game.
Now as long your computer has energy, once connected to the phone even if you flip the lid of the computer down and make it sleep it will still play on your phone.
Before you can play though make sure your game is downloaded again to your library in your steam profile as if it isn't it won't show in steam link even if you bought it.
If it glitches too much while playing that just means you need to open the lid so it can reconnect with the game, or wifi is glitching, though I found that saving on file and reloading on to that saved file multiple times often fixes that problem completely.
Just something to consider, it won't crash if steam doesn't crash on your PC.
I have a tendency of becoming attached to books and such alike.. And let me just say, this, what you've created, was just an immediate ✨it✨ factor, everything was simply amazing. So so glad to have found this.
This game is absolutely amazing, I even recommended this to my sister and she loved it! I could never get tired of playing it! This game’s story, characters, and the scenarios are absolutely perfect in every way! Yet, I wished I could play on my ipad and not on the pc since I want to take the app along with me when I go on outings, but overall this game is a 10 out of 10, totally recommend.
I've played this game over & over again, from the demo to now :) I will never get tired of how beautiful, emotional, & amazing it is. It will always have a special place in my heart, thank you guys for creating this game & others.
Ya'll are some amazingly talented individuals.｡･ﾟヾ(✦థ ｪ థ)ﾉ｡ﾟ･｡
hey, i was wondering if there is a reason Cove has wavy eyebrows, was it just a design choice or is there a reason for the shape? i've played this game so many times and i never really thought about it until now.
I came for romantic love, and stayed for all the experiences with our family and the Holden family. It's so crazily immersive and so customizable that whenever they compliment me, I feel like they are speaking to me and not my character. As someone who had a horrible childhood if there was any, I want to thank GBPatch for allowing me to experience being in a loving and caring household. For once, I can experience it myself and know I'm worthy of unconditional love from my family(instead of always jealously onlooking others). Thank you guys.
You just need to extract the zipped folder using something like Winzip or similar program. Then there's a launcher inside the opened folder that you click to open the game.
You can say you like him and/or kiss him at the very end of Step 2 if you have a crush, but you're not really getting together at that point 'cause you're just a couple of thirteen-year-olds.
WAIT IT ISNT OVER ???? COVE AUTISM REAL???? THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IVE HEARD !!! THE ONLY AUSTISIC REP IVE SEEN IN GAMES IS GIN FROM YTTD!! WOW!! THIS IS AWEOME
I really like this game, its soo cute, and Cove is such a sweetheart. I also love how diverse not only the customization of your character is but the rest of characters as well. I personally loved the autistic and trans representation, i feel seen! I genuinely connected with Cove and the rest of characters, which i usually dont. Im gonna miss them
This is just way too good I genuinely love him so much. I wanted to get the friendly ending at the end but I just love him too much I ended up dating him after all. Cove is just too lovely, and I love the sister's relationship with MC. And thank you for making this game as diverse as possible. I'll be looking forward to your future works!
I just stayed up for well over 8 hours straight playing this, and I only stopped because I don't want it to end. Everything about this is amazing. To the writing, music, characters, endless choice options, to the amount of personalization provided, it's truly more than a work of art. It's a game that makes you feel nostalgic, at home. You truly feel like you're growing up with these characters, and you guys did it beautifully. I know I'll eventually continue this game and finish it and be depressed, but thank you for giving us an opportunity to know Cove and this story. You've touched thousands of hearts and healed hundreds. Thank you, and I look forward to finishing my journey with this game!
I finished the game and honestly don't know how to feel. I so badly want more, but there's nothing left to touch. I played the perfect route, I played our route. I absolutely loved this game, even though I'm now filled with a loving void. It started with a $20 bill, and it ended with me falling in love with not just Cove, but the entire game itself. Thank you again, for the opportunity to play such a wonderful game!
This game is literally the cutest game in the whole entire world! The story was amazing and I enjoyed replaying the game to try out all of the different options. Cove is such a cutie lmao. 10/10, I would recommend playing!!! <3
hi!! ive had this game since it released (and i love it :). recently though, its been saying that i'm missing the soiree file, then either making me skip the scene or it just closes the game immediately. this hasn't happened to me before and i can't seem to fix it. ive tried to redownload the game but it still says the same thing. i have all the extension packs added to the game so could that possibly be affecting it? if you possibly know why its doing this could you help me fix it? thank you!!
omg tysm!! i updated everything and now its running great. i was genuinely upset for a while cause i love this game. so glad i can start playing it again :D
i can say with pride that i binged this entire game in one night, midnight to abt 7 am and it is beautiful. thank you as a trans man for having the pronoun options :)
because of this game i've been crying for days when it ended.. WHY COVE ISN'T REAL?! i wanna do a crime in this moment but i've gotta say this game is very good and i like it very much
makes me cry but in a positive way too............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................^^
It took me like 5/6 hours to finish the entire game (I am just flexing), but I wanted to say that the whole game really made me emotional while playing it and I'm really glad that I decided to install it. I like the game so much that I sometimes get back to it just to see what would happen if I picked a different answer, have a nice day/night and remember to stay hydrated. ❤
This is DEF one of my favorite visual novels. This game got me giggling and swinging my feet frfr. I wish I had money to buy the dlcs :'(... Also looking forward to Our life N&F! Live, laugh, love Cove Holden <3
Since the game isn't from the right store, your settings won't allow you to download it right now. You'll have to turn on Chrome OS Developer Mode to install it. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
I've spent an hour or two trying to get the apk for Android to work. I'm kicked out of the app everytime. Did anyone with Android make it work and how? I really want to play this game
It might need more space than it seems or your virus scanner/basic phone settings might not let it run because it's a random app that's not from the normal GooglePlaystore. Sometimes a system decides it's too suspicious to run. Checking your permissions and/or opening up more memory might help!
I'm sorry, I don't know what's happening with that error or the bug it's saying the game has. I'll try to see what's going on, it might be a compatibility problem with whichever specific Android device you have.
First of all, i want to thank past me for being bored and sad at 2am causing me to browse itch.io for visual novels. And because of that i found a gold mine, the best among the best in the visual novel category imo. I red through the free content, not expecting to be absolutely in love with everything! The characters, the art, tbe writing, the ost! Everything is 100% better then i expected. After reading the free content once and cried. I bought the dlc, and cried even harder. Ive been a crybaby for my whole life, but this vn made me cry even in my 7th playthrough.
I cant thank you enough for creating Cove, he became my comfort character and he motivated me to free myself from my horrible mental state and he even made me love art again. Im really sorry for rambling but thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating this beautiful story and for sharing it to the world.
I accidentally stumbled onto this game and my heart was stolen. Interesting visuals, very interesting plot too. This is one example where every choice matters and each choice shapes the character we play. The ending was so cool, and i was crying because that was so touching. I even played this more than once because i just loved every aspect of this game.
I randomly stumbled upon this game and was hooked for over 12 hrs. Needless to say, I felt very seen as I share some "attributes" w/ Cove (w/out spoiling). Absolutely LOVED it, the art, characters, story, Cove LOL, and honestly wondered what would've happened if I found this sooner.. Thanks so much for the experience! I'll definitely be playing this again with the DLCs and am looking forward to y'all's next games <3
This game has taken over my life for the last few days! I love everything about it. I fell in love with the town they live in, I love the characters, and I'm in love with Cove. This game is just amazing, and I have nothing bad to say about it, and I'll definitely be saving up to buy all the add-ons because I'll do anything for move Cove content. This game got me in my feelings so many times. It made me reminisce about my own childhood because I also grew up in a seaside tourist town. Love it! 1000/10.
This game... just no words. The art, the characters, the story just... so amazing. There's only a handful of games i can say truly changed me and made me feel so connected to it and this is one of them. Truly so so beautiful and heartwarming i will definitely miss the feelings i felt playing this for the first time. I will always remember this game.
I just finished the game, and I am literally coughing from hard I am crying.
This game is truly a treasure I just happened to find and I am so glad I did.
The story, the music, the art, the relationships. Its all done brilliantly.
I cannot give it enough praise, Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a masterpiece. I truly felt love for my moms, for my sister, for my friends, even for my enemies. But above all, Cove is such a beautiful soul. Watching him heal and become a mature, kind-hearted man. He really is the goal.
I've never felt this way about a light novel. It felt so hard to let go of my friends and family when the game was over, but I know that they will always be there.
Soooo, I'm playing on a MacBook Air and have run into a bit of a problem. I was trying to play the soiree part of the DLC but it says on my game that it 'could not find label "soiree_common,' could I have some help?
You might need to download an updated version for the main game or the Step 2 DLC or the Derek DLC. That error usually appears if something it's 100% up to date. Or if no DLC Moments are playable that means the DLC could be in the wrong location in your folder. I'm glad you're enjoying it!
I just finished this game honeslty I loved everything about it. I wish I could have a chance to play it over and over!!
I loved the characters, the pacing. Nothing ever felt rush I felt like I was actually in the story with the amount of choices that was available!
I loved every character felt like they had their own stories to tell. I absolutely adored every single one of them and there was not a single time when it felt boring. I was hooked the entire ride!
Cove is such a sweetheart, he reminds me a lot of my husband. I'm glad to have a Cove with me irl. I wish anyone who's reading this will find that person as well. It's truly an amazing experience and feeling <3.
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I just finished this game and it makes me long for a life this beautiful. I plan to buy the DLC to experience the wonders of it in full but even with the free version this game feels so complete, thank you so much for pouring your hearts into this. I will never forget how these characters made me feel.
I can't play it on mobile! I bought a new phone because my old one was crushed beyond repair. I downloaded the game like normal but the game crashes whenever I clicked on a new file! What's going on? The game was working on my old phone but it doesn't work on this one. Sad I can't play this on mobile anymore :(
It's possible you need more space to play it or a virus scanner on this phone is more strict and is closing the game out because it thinks it's dangerous. Unfortunately, I can only guess because the problem is device-specific.
Is that so? I downloaded Our Life Now & Forever after that and it's working just fine... Oh well, I can still play on PC so I guess it's not too bad. Thanks for the reply!
Hello,
This won't fix the problem though it could get you playing on phone again.
Maybe get the steam version?
All you need to download on your new phone is the 'steam link' app, and on your computer download the steam app and click play after downloading the game.
Click connect to a computer on your phone on steam link app and connect like Bluetooth to the game.
Now as long your computer has energy, once connected to the phone even if you flip the lid of the computer down and make it sleep it will still play on your phone.
Before you can play though make sure your game is downloaded again to your library in your steam profile as if it isn't it won't show in steam link even if you bought it.
If it glitches too much while playing that just means you need to open the lid so it can reconnect with the game, or wifi is glitching, though I found that saving on file and reloading on to that saved file multiple times often fixes that problem completely.
Just something to consider, it won't crash if steam doesn't crash on your PC.
Good luck,
I have a tendency of becoming attached to books and such alike.. And let me just say, this, what you've created, was just an immediate ✨it✨ factor, everything was simply amazing. So so glad to have found this.
This game is absolutely amazing, I even recommended this to my sister and she loved it! I could never get tired of playing it! This game’s story, characters, and the scenarios are absolutely perfect in every way! Yet, I wished I could play on my ipad and not on the pc since I want to take the app along with me when I go on outings, but overall this game is a 10 out of 10, totally recommend.
I've played this game over & over again, from the demo to now :)
I will never get tired of how beautiful, emotional, & amazing it is. It will always have a special place in my heart, thank you guys for creating this game & others.
Ya'll are some amazingly talented individuals.｡･ﾟヾ(✦థ ｪ థ)ﾉ｡ﾟ･｡
hey, i was wondering if there is a reason Cove has wavy eyebrows, was it just a design choice or is there a reason for the shape? i've played this game so many times and i never really thought about it until now.
It's a design choice because of the game's ocean theme and because it made him look kind of nervous/concerned by default, haha.
I came for romantic love, and stayed for all the experiences with our family and the Holden family. It's so crazily immersive and so customizable that whenever they compliment me, I feel like they are speaking to me and not my character. As someone who had a horrible childhood if there was any, I want to thank GBPatch for allowing me to experience being in a loving and caring household. For once, I can experience it myself and know I'm worthy of unconditional love from my family(instead of always jealously onlooking others). Thank you guys.
im probably rlly slow for asking this but how do i open the game? i rlly want to play but im kinda dumb and idk abt files n stuff.
You just need to extract the zipped folder using something like Winzip or similar program. Then there's a launcher inside the opened folder that you click to open the game.
Hey GBPatch, I wanted to know if you can get together with Cove in Step 2 already or does it start at the beginning of step 3 always?
You can say you like him and/or kiss him at the very end of Step 2 if you have a crush, but you're not really getting together at that point 'cause you're just a couple of thirteen-year-olds.
Nice then I did everything right! Thank you! :)
I love this game sm cove is just so UEUEUEUEUEUEEJAEDHJBAD I LOVE HIM????????????????
WAIT IT ISNT OVER ???? COVE AUTISM REAL???? THIS IS THE BEST NEWS IVE HEARD !!! THE ONLY AUSTISIC REP IVE SEEN IN GAMES IS GIN FROM YTTD!! WOW!! THIS IS AWEOME
omg 10/10 im so sad it ended
I really like this game, its soo cute, and Cove is such a sweetheart. I also love how diverse not only the customization of your character is but the rest of characters as well. I personally loved the autistic and trans representation, i feel seen! I genuinely connected with Cove and the rest of characters, which i usually dont. Im gonna miss them
Loved this so much!! Cove is literally my type aaaaa, why can't he be real TT
This is just way too good I genuinely love him so much. I wanted to get the friendly ending at the end but I just love him too much I ended up dating him after all. Cove is just too lovely, and I love the sister's relationship with MC. And thank you for making this game as diverse as possible. I'll be looking forward to your future works!
I just stayed up for well over 8 hours straight playing this, and I only stopped because I don't want it to end. Everything about this is amazing. To the writing, music, characters, endless choice options, to the amount of personalization provided, it's truly more than a work of art. It's a game that makes you feel nostalgic, at home. You truly feel like you're growing up with these characters, and you guys did it beautifully. I know I'll eventually continue this game and finish it and be depressed, but thank you for giving us an opportunity to know Cove and this story. You've touched thousands of hearts and healed hundreds. Thank you, and I look forward to finishing my journey with this game!
I finished the game and honestly don't know how to feel. I so badly want more, but there's nothing left to touch. I played the perfect route, I played our route. I absolutely loved this game, even though I'm now filled with a loving void. It started with a $20 bill, and it ended with me falling in love with not just Cove, but the entire game itself. Thank you again, for the opportunity to play such a wonderful game!
GBPatch are soon releasing another of their title placed in Autumn scenery, go check on steam... gonna help to fill the void. ^^
This game is literally the cutest game in the whole entire world! The story was amazing and I enjoyed replaying the game to try out all of the different options. Cove is such a cutie lmao. 10/10, I would recommend playing!!! <3
I think I will think about this game for the rest of my life
hi!! ive had this game since it released (and i love it :). recently though, its been saying that i'm missing the soiree file, then either making me skip the scene or it just closes the game immediately. this hasn't happened to me before and i can't seem to fix it. ive tried to redownload the game but it still says the same thing. i have all the extension packs added to the game so could that possibly be affecting it? if you possibly know why its doing this could you help me fix it? thank you!!
Aye, the same thing is happening to me as well.
Edit: Downloading and updating the base game version to 1.6.3 worked for me.
omg tysm!! i updated everything and now its running great. i was genuinely upset for a while cause i love this game. so glad i can start playing it again :D
i can say with pride that i binged this entire game in one night, midnight to abt 7 am and it is beautiful. thank you as a trans man for having the pronoun options :)
also made an itch account just to comment this lol
because of this game i've been crying for days when it ended.. WHY COVE ISN'T REAL?! i wanna do a crime in this moment but i've gotta say this game is very good and i like it very much
IT’S SO VANILLA I’M CRYING!!! Thank you so much for bringing all these characters to life (´꒳`)♡
makes me cry but in a positive way too............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................^^
OH I FORGOT TO SAY BUT I LIKE THE OST TOO SOMETIMES ILL JUST LEAVE THE GAME RUNNING FOR HOURS JUST BECAUSE ITS SO RELAXING AND COMFORTING!!1
the game ever tbh!!!! makes me so happy i wish i had a normal life like this anyways i love how inclusive it is with the options and stuff <3
Download the game, but I don't know how to install it QWQ, look if there was still a video but nothing
It took me like 5/6 hours to finish the entire game (I am just flexing), but I wanted to say that the whole game really made me emotional while playing it and I'm really glad that I decided to install it. I like the game so much that I sometimes get back to it just to see what would happen if I picked a different answer, have a nice day/night and remember to stay hydrated. ❤
This is DEF one of my favorite visual novels. This game got me giggling and swinging my feet frfr. I wish I had money to buy the dlcs :'(... Also looking forward to Our life N&F! Live, laugh, love Cove Holden <3
you're not the only one brother.. Live. Laugh. Love Cove Holden..
LMAO I love your mc pfp!
thanks! Yours is cool too but I'm not very familiar with the character
i cant figure out how to get the game working on chrome?
It seems for some people you have to turn on Chrome OS Developer Mode to install it now. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
Edit: like I think I might just watch a video but it’s not the same Yk
Since the game isn't from the right store, your settings won't allow you to download it right now. You'll have to turn on Chrome OS Developer Mode to install it. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
I've spent an hour or two trying to get the apk for Android to work. I'm kicked out of the app everytime. Did anyone with Android make it work and how? I really want to play this game
It might need more space than it seems or your virus scanner/basic phone settings might not let it run because it's a random app that's not from the normal GooglePlaystore. Sometimes a system decides it's too suspicious to run. Checking your permissions and/or opening up more memory might help!
I'll try to open up more memory!
I'm sorry, I don't know what's happening with that error or the bug it's saying the game has. I'll try to see what's going on, it might be a compatibility problem with whichever specific Android device you have.
Thank you
First of all, i want to thank past me for being bored and sad at 2am causing me to browse itch.io for visual novels. And because of that i found a gold mine, the best among the best in the visual novel category imo. I red through the free content, not expecting to be absolutely in love with everything! The characters, the art, tbe writing, the ost! Everything is 100% better then i expected. After reading the free content once and cried. I bought the dlc, and cried even harder. Ive been a crybaby for my whole life, but this vn made me cry even in my 7th playthrough.
I cant thank you enough for creating Cove, he became my comfort character and he motivated me to free myself from my horrible mental state and he even made me love art again. Im really sorry for rambling but thank you from the bottom of my heart for creating this beautiful story and for sharing it to the world.
I accidentally stumbled onto this game and my heart was stolen. Interesting visuals, very interesting plot too. This is one example where every choice matters and each choice shapes the character we play. The ending was so cool, and i was crying because that was so touching. I even played this more than once because i just loved every aspect of this game.
I randomly stumbled upon this game and was hooked for over 12 hrs. Needless to say, I felt very seen as I share some "attributes" w/ Cove (w/out spoiling). Absolutely LOVED it, the art, characters, story, Cove LOL, and honestly wondered what would've happened if I found this sooner.. Thanks so much for the experience! I'll definitely be playing this again with the DLCs and am looking forward to y'all's next games <3
This game has taken over my life for the last few days! I love everything about it. I fell in love with the town they live in, I love the characters, and I'm in love with Cove. This game is just amazing, and I have nothing bad to say about it, and I'll definitely be saving up to buy all the add-ons because I'll do anything for move Cove content. This game got me in my feelings so many times. It made me reminisce about my own childhood because I also grew up in a seaside tourist town. Love it! 1000/10.
This game... just no words. The art, the characters, the story just... so amazing. There's only a handful of games i can say truly changed me and made me feel so connected to it and this is one of them. Truly so so beautiful and heartwarming i will definitely miss the feelings i felt playing this for the first time. I will always remember this game.
I just finished the game, and I am literally coughing from hard I am crying.
This game is truly a treasure I just happened to find and I am so glad I did.
The story, the music, the art, the relationships. Its all done brilliantly.
I cannot give it enough praise, Our Life: Beginnings and Always is a masterpiece. I truly felt love for my moms, for my sister, for my friends, even for my enemies. But above all, Cove is such a beautiful soul. Watching him heal and become a mature, kind-hearted man. He really is the goal.
I've never felt this way about a light novel. It felt so hard to let go of my friends and family when the game was over, but I know that they will always be there.
I truly loved playing this game. No.
I loved living this life.
Same, i got hooked :D
Soooo, I'm playing on a MacBook Air and have run into a bit of a problem. I was trying to play the soiree part of the DLC but it says on my game that it 'could not find label "soiree_common,' could I have some help?
ALSO! absolutely adore this game; I've yet to finish it (I'm a completionist), but I fell in love with Cove and Derek very quick lmfao
You might need to download an updated version for the main game or the Step 2 DLC or the Derek DLC. That error usually appears if something it's 100% up to date. Or if no DLC Moments are playable that means the DLC could be in the wrong location in your folder. I'm glad you're enjoying it!
How BAD is the suggestive stuff? Does anyone know?
Pretty chill with good jokes, but with all the story I still got nervous with them haha
Alr thx, might actually play this game
it depends totally on u !! it can be "much" but also none at all or somewhere in between, its a really flexible game <
Oh okay
I just finished this game honeslty I loved everything about it. I wish I could have a chance to play it over and over!!
I loved the characters, the pacing. Nothing ever felt rush I felt like I was actually in the story with the amount of choices that was available!
I loved every character felt like they had their own stories to tell. I absolutely adored every single one of them and there was not a single time when it felt boring. I was hooked the entire ride!
Cove is such a sweetheart, he reminds me a lot of my husband. I'm glad to have a Cove with me irl. I wish anyone who's reading this will find that person as well. It's truly an amazing experience and feeling <3.
I can't wait to play the next Our Life game! <3