I am already so in love with this game. I literally was in tears at 2am because of how adorable Cove is. I had an amazing time playing this and can't wait for the full version to be out!
Thank you <3! It's really wonderful you enjoyed the demo. We're trying our best to finish up the last elements of the full game and hopefully it'll live up to expectations.
This was super fun to play! I love how much YOU get to choose in the story. It's one of the most interactive VNs I've played. I'm very excited for it to come out fully! I know I'm probably going to end up splurging for all of the extra stuff.
I do have one question though, will this be available for Mac on steam? It doesn't matter too much, but I do prefer steam, as it keeps my games more organized. If it's not going to be available, that is still perfectly fine! Just wondering.
Thank you! It's really nice to hear you appreciated the interactivity.
We are gonna try to make it available with Mac on Steam, but it might be late or might not happen at all. Apple requires going through an approval process to work with all Macs nowadays and we may not get the requirements done for our Mac build to be acceptable on a site like Steam. The build we have now is technically unregulated, ahah.
Cove Holden in the fucking brain 24/7. I love him, always will and I am on my hands and knees for his hand in marriage.
Awesome game, great demo and I can't wait for the full release. Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to regain my sanity and rid myself of pure thoughts with the sweetest boy
The first opportunity to be at "love" comes in Step 3, but is only doable if you were fond/crush in Step 2. You can't go from indifferent straight to being in love.
Though, even if you officially can't be at the interest level of "love" until Step 3, there is a scene where it's possible to say it was love at first sight if you started the game at crush and then moved to love as soon as possible.
OK Thanks. I started with crush right off the bat so thank for telling me. But 10 years seems like an awfully long time to confess to your crush if you've loved him the whole time.
You can confess to liking Cove romantically as early as Step 2 and in Step 1 the MC can say he's extra special to them. And if the player wants to imagine their character and Cove are soulmates/in love from the moment they met, that's sweet and okay, however having the game itself go on about how eight-year-old children are so genuinely in love with each other could easily get awkward or even uncomfortable, ahah.
That's why you can't officially start declaring that it's true, life long love until they're old enough to more reasonably understand those kinds of serious feelings. I hope that makes sense.
Omgwiefbcanco- I love this so much! I'm a little late to the party but I cannot wait for the game to officially release! The demo was so good! Keep up the great work, guys!<3
Unfortunately, Patreon is the only way to join in on the beta. I'm really sorry it's not taking your card. Maybe the Patreon staff could help get that to got through. In a month it'll be possible to get the game here or on Steam, if there's no way to get Patreon to work.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the characters, even the annoying ones, haha. The launch version of the game is almost done and I think you'll enjoy it just as much as the demo ^^.
I'm so excited for this to come out next month! The demo was so entertaining and the characters were all unique I can tell you and your entire team worked hard on it.
I. Am. So. Excited. I have been following this game for about a year now and have played it multiple times - I can't get it out of my head. The characters are so unique and the story itself is so amazing - even though the game isn't fully finished yet! I love this game so much, thank you for creating it ahaha I can't wait for it to be completely developed!! Good job :))
Aw, thank you for following the project all this time! I'm really glad you're looking forward to it :D. We're very close to being done, so the wait won't be much longer.
I'm glad you're looking forward to it! The base game is 100% free ^^.
When it launches there will be two paid DLCs, each costing $4USD, but they're optional. If you wanna buy them to add more content, you're welcome to. Or you can simply play the free version.
The next public update is going to be the full release of the base game! It's launching on November 16th, so just a little more than one month to go. We're looking forward to sharing the complete experience with everyone :D.
And it's okay, you don't have to use Patreon if you don't want to.
I'm so happy you like it! The complete base game will be releasing on November 16th, 2020 and that's gonna be the next update. Just a little more than a month away until it's time ^^
Thank you! I'm really glad you like it. The next release we're having will be in a little more than one month when the full base game comes out on November 16th :D
maybe it's because i went from relaxed fondess to direct crush but Cove's personality felt like it changed a lot between the child and teen changes and it confused me a bit, ofc ppl do change....
Haha, yeah, going from friends to crushes does make quite a difference in how he acts towards the MC. If you're always friends or always crushing it is easier to see the parts of him that haven't changed over time. But even though his behavior changes because of the new type of relationship, it is still possible to see traits of his character that have carried over from his younger self to his older self with enough interaction. The demo doesn't have that much Step 2 content, so that doesn't help things. It all comes together in the full version, though.
Both the extra love interests are boys! Our Life: Beginnings & Always is being made for those who wanna befriend/date dudes specifically. That's because it would've been kind of lame of us to have just one female side option in a game that clearly prioritizes the male lead, Cove, so we didn't do it. Instead we're planning on making Our Life: Now & Forever, which will be a new game that has the same type of features but focuses on female and non-binary options specifically.
And, as the other commenter said, Elizabeth is the MC's sibling. She definitely is very pretty and cool when seen in screenshots, so I understand the interest. But because of her actual role in the game we couldn't have made her a romance option even if there were girl romances in OL: B&A. I'm sorry for that.
I just played the demo and really enjoyed it! I love how customizable everything is, and the whole experience is great because it adds a lot more on top of the standard visual novel experience, thanks to the different age periods and how things can progress. I'm really interested to see where it goes, and will be playing the full version for sure!
I was looking at the planned release schedule again, but it doesn't seem to say when the two additional romance options will be released as DLC? Are they supposed to come sometime after Step 4, or will they be released sooner than that?
I'm afraid there's no current set release for the extra love interest DLCs. They may come out around the same time as Step 4 or at some point even farther in the future. We'll have to see where things are at next year with the team. I'm glad you're interested in them, though!
This game breaks my heart. When will i be able to possess it?!?! I love it, I've played the demo 7 times today. The only gripe I have is it's a bit difficult to play on mobile, the 'button' not being sensitive enough. But tbh just happy it's on mobile, it's how I've managed to play it 7 times today! Lol can't wait for November.
When has step four been moved to now? I couldn't find that information. No wait, I found it, but don't get it. So step 3 will be delayed as well now? Or was that always going to be delivered later? Sorry I'm confused.
Haha, it's nice to hear you've been having fun with the demo and that it feels worth replaying. We're definitely going to try to better optimize the Android version in the future.
And yeah, unfortunately there have been multiple push backs for Our Life. The plan at first was to release everything at once, but that didn't work out, aha. Step 4 was delayed a long time ago after our Kickstarter reached so many stretch goals that we just couldn't finish all four Steps in the planned timeframe. Then Step 3 also got pushed back more recently because of some hard things that happened in my life over the past few months (I'm the lead developer of the game). But we're not giving up and are very close to at least having the initial base version available for everyone to play. Hopefully it'll all be worth the wait.
Hope everything is ok. Looking forward to what comes out, and I'm pretty sure people appreciate the care you put into this, rather than rushing it, so thank you. All the best.
Honestly, i think this was one of the sweetest games i've ever played in my life, even though it's just a demo, it's all so perfect that i don't even know how to explain it haha. One thing that also enchants me is that we can completely customize our character and how we feel about Cove aaaaaa lol, but continuing, i just wanted to thank you for your hard work to make such a beautiful game, the characters are so well built, with distinct and unique appearances and personalities, but in addition it would be very good if you made your other games (and maybe future games too) available for android ^^ since for now it is my only way to play, that would make me very happy and i bet that other people too- unfortunately on the issue of DLCs i won't be able to buy them when the game is officially released, but if i had the way, i would give ALL of my money to you LOL- anyway, i don't wait for the game to be released, i will mark it on my calendar so i don't forget hehe. (also sorry for the big comment, just wanted to show how i feel <33)
note: i LITERALLY loved that you guys always try to answer comments and questions, i think i'm falling in love LOL jk haha.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm really happy you liked the demo so much. I think the full game is gonna live up to people's hopes for it. We've done our best. And we'll see about making Android builds of our older games. It might be possible C:
I played this gams recently and DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A DEMO, so I got really sad- THIS GAME IS SO CUTE! The characters are so easily loved, and their personalities are so unique (in my opinion ). I have one question tho, is it going to be possible to change coves gender? I would love to have this be a GxG story.
Excited for the game, and when it comes out TAKE MY MONEY!
Sorry for the confusion about it being a demo. But I'm happy you liked it so much! There's only about 50 days to go until it's finished, so it won't be too much longer. I'm afraid this game can't be played as GxG, but we're going to make a second one (Our Life: Now & Forever) and that's where you'll be able to experience growing up and falling in love with a charming lady. This one is for people who want dudes, haha. Hopefully you'll still have a good time with Our Life: Beginnings & Always!
I absolutely cant wait for this game's full release, i love cove so much and his character, i enjoy the mechanics of the romance/Relationship and appearance system . I love the story and characters so far just from the demo! i am very eager and excited to play the full game! I wish you the absolute best of luck and everything for your development. (Ps. i am most definitely buying the DLC'S and Cove takes my heart away <3)
At first: Your game is the best in the genre I played so far! Seriously. It is really cute and adorable. I am looking really very very much for the release!
When I played the demo I decided to buy all the DLCs.... but... and please do not be angry it is just my personal opinion, 4,- USD for a DLC is way too pricey in my eyes. I am absolutely willing to pay a price for the full game, when it is released (even it is free), but the DLC could be a bit cheaper.
Maybe you could (or want) to consider to make the DLCs cheaper, if you by 3 or 5 at once. Like a bundle. I would love that! Still, your game is gorgeous and I am crazy about it.
I hope you are not angry. Please feel free to delete this comment, if you think it is inappropriate. It is just my very personal very private opinion.
I'm very glad you like the game and that you're looking forward to it. There will be bundles that offer small discounts for buying multiple DLCs at a time.
To your other point, each DLC adds five Moments. Five Moments for $4 dollars is 80 cents for each of the Moments in the DLC. And if you've played the demo you know that every Moment has a huge script, dozens of choices, they give bonus alterations that will unlock in other events after you've been through the Moment, include special art, etc. Not everyone has money to spend on things like games. We understand that. You can play the version we're already releasing for free for everyone to enjoy in that case. No one has to have the DLCs to finish the game.
Though, since the base game is free, you could use the money you would've been able to put towards the base game to get the DLCs instead. This way rather than players spending $10-$15 on the base game (which would've been the price range for the game if it had a price point) and having no DLCs, people can spend $8 to still have the entire base game plus now two DLCs. Or not buy the DLCs at all and be able to fully play the game without paying anything.
I don't want to make you have a negative association with the game and have you be too uncomfortable to come back and play it by saying these things. I just want you to be more aware of what those prices really work out to be. We won't delete the comment 'cause it's not spam or harassment or something. You can still have this opinion.
I'm actually really glad that this comment is here. I had misunderstood and thought that each moment was going to cost $4 (whooops...! To be fair, I probably didn't read something I should've.). If each DLC has 5, that's actually not expensive at all. It's a very fair price imo...! My mistake! Keep up the good work. The release date is basically on my birthday so I'm very much looking forward to it. <3 Are the DLCs going to be released all at once with the game's launch?
Yeah, the page doesn't make it clear just how much is included the DLCs. This is only a demo page, so we didn't wanna spend too much space talking about upcoming DLC details. But we didn't consider that people would think they know what the DLCs include and then make a judgement based on the amount they assumed it had. We should've thought of that possibility, though. But now that it came up here in the comments, I tried to really break it down on how the deal ends up working out and that it's already a favorable system. We're definitely not intending to make people pay a bunch for every little thing. All the DLCs will have lots of scenes and new content included.
That's cool the game is coming out right around your birthday! There will be six DLCs in total, one related to each of the four Steps and two that unlock side romance stories with other guys. Only two of the six will be available on launch because all of them are really big. I'm afraid we need more time to get them done. But at least that means there will be more Our Life content to look forward to for a long time coming.
'w' Nobody got hurt so it's fine. I know you guys have nothing but respect for the people around here, it kinda shows hehe. But, glad we found this out? Thanks for addressing it quickly. I'll be patiently waiting for the release. There will be some cool fanart coming your way by then, I'll be sure to tag your team. See ya at the finish line~!
Like the other comment I also thought 1 moment = 4 USD.
Now I understand there are a few moments in every DLC. In this case it is the absolutely opposite of what I wrote before. i apologize, if I offended you in any case. This was never my intention. And I still plan to pay for the Basis-Game. Just because it is worth it.
I hope you are not angry. it was a total misunderstanding!
Thank you for explaining. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. We wouldn't ever wanna charge people that much for one Moment, but I can see how the game's page was confusing before. It was no harm for us, though. We're not angry. I'm glad you're reassured about the game ^^.
Thank you! The full version of the game is launching in about eight weeks, so we're putting all our focus towards getting that as polished as possible. I'm afraid we won't be able to put out another big demo update in the meantime, so the next update will be the whole game coming out on November 16th ^^.
Every time I try to download this itll either download fully and say forbidden or not even finish downloading and say forbidden. I've looked it up and it says I need permission to download the game into my files and to contact the website or owner of the game or make an account but I've downloaded tons of other games off here already, with and without and account. Please help me, this game is what I've been looking for FOR YEARS. Life will feel meaningless if I cant play this >.< 😭😭😭🥺 This is the one game I can have the realest friend or whatever ever, that I cant find in real life.. true friendship.. I've already changed every setting I could to try to fix this. I've tried lots of things. And my phone should be useable for this game, it just got updated to android version 10 or whatever, I think that's the latest version? But I'm not too sure, I cant figure out how to get to the older downloads for this game to try that instead. PLEASE HELP!
I'm sorry you're having trouble downloading the game! We don't require special permissions to download the file, so the error is a little hard to figure out. Can you try downloading the Itch.io App and then downloading the game through the app? Sometimes that helps get past blocks. The game is also large so perhaps it's not allowed on your phone because of a space issue and freeing up someone memory would make it more doable. Also sometimes an initial download just goes strange and then later downloads don't work because of that. So closing everything, making sire something nothing is running in the background, giving it a few minutes, and then trying would have it again might go more smoothly.
I really love how much your choices can affect Cove, as per seen in the trailers. The character customization is very unique, I haven't seen it in any other game. Overall, this game is spectacular, even if it's still a demo. I'm extremely picky when it comes to otome games, but there was something in this game that caught my full on attention
Thank you :D. It's great to hear you liked the features/gameplay we came up with. The finished version is getting close to completion and we did our best o have it live up to the expectations set by the demo.
I'm glad you like it ^^. The adulthood Step 4 part of the game will be a free update, like how the base game is free. But there will also be one optional adult aged DLC that people can purchase if they want to.
That looks like an error that happens if you played an older version of the demo and tried to load an old save file or hit the Continue button. Please try downloading the latest version of the demo and playing the game by using the New File button. That should fix things.
I'm sorry if you don't want to restart, but unfortunately Our Life was/is a very in-progress game. Older builds aren't compatible with new ones, too much programming has changed. The only way to play it now is to start a file in the most current version of the game. There is an option to quickly skip past text you've already seen, though, so it doesn't take very long to get past content you've done before.
I ended up here after watching a gameplay of your game and falling in love, unfortunately, I wasn't able to get it for myself. I've been trying all day and before the download ends, it appears that downloading is prohibited. May you guys have another site who i could try downloading?
To fix the problem on itch, maybe see if it's being blocked by firewall or maybe try downloading from a different browser type. I hope one of those options work and I'm glad you like the look at the game ^^
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I'll squeal if this Demo game is COMPLETED i would play this all over again
if this game is completely finished XD -w-
I'm glad you liked it :D! The finished version will be out in just a few more weeks, on November 16th.
Tell me if the game is complete >:3
Right now the download is only a demo, not complete. The complete game is coming out on November 16th, 2020.
Same though tbh xD
I am already so in love with this game. I literally was in tears at 2am because of how adorable Cove is. I had an amazing time playing this and can't wait for the full version to be out!
Thank you <3! It's really wonderful you enjoyed the demo. We're trying our best to finish up the last elements of the full game and hopefully it'll live up to expectations.
This was super fun to play! I love how much YOU get to choose in the story. It's one of the most interactive VNs I've played. I'm very excited for it to come out fully! I know I'm probably going to end up splurging for all of the extra stuff.
I do have one question though, will this be available for Mac on steam? It doesn't matter too much, but I do prefer steam, as it keeps my games more organized. If it's not going to be available, that is still perfectly fine! Just wondering.
I'm pretty sure he/she did confirm that it will be coming out on steam as well.
Thank you! It's really nice to hear you appreciated the interactivity.
We are gonna try to make it available with Mac on Steam, but it might be late or might not happen at all. Apple requires going through an approval process to work with all Macs nowadays and we may not get the requirements done for our Mac build to be acceptable on a site like Steam. The build we have now is technically unregulated, ahah.
Cove Holden in the fucking brain 24/7. I love him, always will and I am on my hands and knees for his hand in marriage.
Awesome game, great demo and I can't wait for the full release. Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to regain my sanity and rid myself of pure thoughts with the sweetest boy
Haha, aw, thank you so much! I'm really glad you like Cove so much. And I'm sure he'd be happy to marry you <3
This is a damn good game. Possibly one of the best visual novels I've ever played. I can't wait for the full release.
Thank you so much :D!
Oh and one more thing. I probably missed this somewhere in the tutorial but, when do you get to choose the love option on the interest meter?
The first opportunity to be at "love" comes in Step 3, but is only doable if you were fond/crush in Step 2. You can't go from indifferent straight to being in love.
Though, even if you officially can't be at the interest level of "love" until Step 3, there is a scene where it's possible to say it was love at first sight if you started the game at crush and then moved to love as soon as possible.
OK Thanks. I started with crush right off the bat so thank for telling me. But 10 years seems like an awfully long time to confess to your crush if you've loved him the whole time.
You can confess to liking Cove romantically as early as Step 2 and in Step 1 the MC can say he's extra special to them. And if the player wants to imagine their character and Cove are soulmates/in love from the moment they met, that's sweet and okay, however having the game itself go on about how eight-year-old children are so genuinely in love with each other could easily get awkward or even uncomfortable, ahah.
That's why you can't officially start declaring that it's true, life long love until they're old enough to more reasonably understand those kinds of serious feelings. I hope that makes sense.
Omgwiefbcanco- I love this so much! I'm a little late to the party but I cannot wait for the game to officially release! The demo was so good! Keep up the great work, guys!<3
Thank you ^^. I'm so happy you liked it!
Is there a way to get the current build other then Patreon? They won't take me card for some reason.
Unfortunately, Patreon is the only way to join in on the beta. I'm really sorry it's not taking your card. Maybe the Patreon staff could help get that to got through. In a month it'll be possible to get the game here or on Steam, if there's no way to get Patreon to work.
I'll contact them and try to figure it out! If for some reason I can't get it fixed I'll be sure to reply to this comment to let you know. Thanks!
Sure thing! I hope it goes okay.
So far no luck! I'll have to wait until it becomes available on another source.
That really sucks. I'm sorry. There's less than a month to go now, so hopefully it won't feel like too long of a wait until the normal release.
i've been waited for this since last summer. I love it so much.
Thank you so much for waiting :D. I really hope it'll be worth the wait.
I just.. love it. It's amazing, from the art to the story. I played it a lot of times, and i never get tired of it.
The characters, all of them ( even Jeremy, lol ), are so charming! They're incredible, and full of personality. I can't wait to play the whole thing!!
Congratulations for the wonderful work <3
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you like the characters, even the annoying ones, haha. The launch version of the game is almost done and I think you'll enjoy it just as much as the demo ^^.
I cant wait for unpleasent jeremy to sow up in a not murderus cutting off of feet way!
Haha, yeah, he's a little brat in OL but at least he's not a threat to your life.
Also, the pee in cereal thing makes much more sense. Although im pretty sure if someone peed in his cereal, Jeremy would kill them.
Probably.
I'm so excited for this to come out next month! The demo was so entertaining and the characters were all unique I can tell you and your entire team worked hard on it.
such an adorable story! i can't wait for the full game to be released! i'm looking forward to seeing cove aa an adult!
Thank you very much ^^!
I. Am. So. Excited. I have been following this game for about a year now and have played it multiple times - I can't get it out of my head. The characters are so unique and the story itself is so amazing - even though the game isn't fully finished yet! I love this game so much, thank you for creating it ahaha I can't wait for it to be completely developed!! Good job :))
Aw, thank you for following the project all this time! I'm really glad you're looking forward to it :D. We're very close to being done, so the wait won't be much longer.
i am so ready for the full game to come out a week after my birthday! but i am wondering if the full game will be free or should i start saving up
I'm glad you're looking forward to it! The base game is 100% free ^^.
When it launches there will be two paid DLCs, each costing $4USD, but they're optional. If you wanna buy them to add more content, you're welcome to. Or you can simply play the free version.
awesome!!!
Aw, man the game finished in 2 days ;-; Im a fast playing an Otome game but SO EXCITED FOR THE COMPLETE PROCESS >w<
Glad you liked it and are excited for it! The full game is definitely quite a bit longer, haha.
Well, haha you caught me. i'm inlove with a game! This is too good i like it so much :D
Aw, that's great! Thank you for the kind words.
I'm kinda curious, when is the next non-patreon update coming out? Cause I love this game and I can't wait ^^
PD: sorry for not being able to support you on Patreon
The next public update is going to be the full release of the base game! It's launching on November 16th, so just a little more than one month to go. We're looking forward to sharing the complete experience with everyone :D.
And it's okay, you don't have to use Patreon if you don't want to.
Okay, thank you for replying :3
In love with this game <3
Can't wait for new updates! hope to see more of your goodwork soon :)
I'm so happy you like it! The complete base game will be releasing on November 16th, 2020 and that's gonna be the next update. Just a little more than a month away until it's time ^^
I love this so much!!! I can't wait for the update even though it might take a while. But good things always take longer to perfect!! 😁
Thank you! I'm really glad you like it. The next release we're having will be in a little more than one month when the full base game comes out on November 16th :D
Just played the demo again. I am so in love with this game already!
Aw, that's wonderful! I'm so glad you like it.
maybe it's because i went from relaxed fondess to direct crush but Cove's personality felt like it changed a lot between the child and teen changes and it confused me a bit, ofc ppl do change....
Haha, yeah, going from friends to crushes does make quite a difference in how he acts towards the MC. If you're always friends or always crushing it is easier to see the parts of him that haven't changed over time. But even though his behavior changes because of the new type of relationship, it is still possible to see traits of his character that have carried over from his younger self to his older self with enough interaction. The demo doesn't have that much Step 2 content, so that doesn't help things. It all comes together in the full version, though.
Are both the extra dlc love interests boys too? No Elizabeth?
Well Elizabeth is Mc’s sister
Thanks for answering!
Oh. That's a shame.
Both the extra love interests are boys! Our Life: Beginnings & Always is being made for those who wanna befriend/date dudes specifically. That's because it would've been kind of lame of us to have just one female side option in a game that clearly prioritizes the male lead, Cove, so we didn't do it. Instead we're planning on making Our Life: Now & Forever, which will be a new game that has the same type of features but focuses on female and non-binary options specifically.
And, as the other commenter said, Elizabeth is the MC's sibling. She definitely is very pretty and cool when seen in screenshots, so I understand the interest. But because of her actual role in the game we couldn't have made her a romance option even if there were girl romances in OL: B&A. I'm sorry for that.
I see, that's alright. Perfectly understandable you didn't want sibling romance, I wasn't aware she's related to MC.
Hearing you'll be making another game with girl options makes me pretty happy, I'll be looking forward to it!
I'm glad that's understandable :D. We'll do our best with the second Our Life game once we're done with the first one.
I just played the demo and really enjoyed it! I love how customizable everything is, and the whole experience is great because it adds a lot more on top of the standard visual novel experience, thanks to the different age periods and how things can progress. I'm really interested to see where it goes, and will be playing the full version for sure!
Thank you! I'm really happy you had a good time with it. We're doing our best to make the full version live up to expectations ^^
I was looking at the planned release schedule again, but it doesn't seem to say when the two additional romance options will be released as DLC? Are they supposed to come sometime after Step 4, or will they be released sooner than that?
I'm afraid there's no current set release for the extra love interest DLCs. They may come out around the same time as Step 4 or at some point even farther in the future. We'll have to see where things are at next year with the team. I'm glad you're interested in them, though!
This game breaks my heart. When will i be able to possess it?!?! I love it, I've played the demo 7 times today. The only gripe I have is it's a bit difficult to play on mobile, the 'button' not being sensitive enough. But tbh just happy it's on mobile, it's how I've managed to play it 7 times today! Lol can't wait for November.
When has step four been moved to now? I couldn't find that information. No wait, I found it, but don't get it. So step 3 will be delayed as well now? Or was that always going to be delivered later? Sorry I'm confused.
Haha, it's nice to hear you've been having fun with the demo and that it feels worth replaying. We're definitely going to try to better optimize the Android version in the future.
And yeah, unfortunately there have been multiple push backs for Our Life. The plan at first was to release everything at once, but that didn't work out, aha. Step 4 was delayed a long time ago after our Kickstarter reached so many stretch goals that we just couldn't finish all four Steps in the planned timeframe. Then Step 3 also got pushed back more recently because of some hard things that happened in my life over the past few months (I'm the lead developer of the game). But we're not giving up and are very close to at least having the initial base version available for everyone to play. Hopefully it'll all be worth the wait.
Hope everything is ok. Looking forward to what comes out, and I'm pretty sure people appreciate the care you put into this, rather than rushing it, so thank you. All the best.
Things have gotten better. Thank you for the kind words <3
Honestly, i think this was one of the sweetest games i've ever played in my life, even though it's just a demo, it's all so perfect that i don't even know how to explain it haha. One thing that also enchants me is that we can completely customize our character and how we feel about Cove aaaaaa lol, but continuing, i just wanted to thank you for your hard work to make such a beautiful game, the characters are so well built, with distinct and unique appearances and personalities, but in addition it would be very good if you made your other games (and maybe future games too) available for android ^^ since for now it is my only way to play, that would make me very happy and i bet that other people too- unfortunately on the issue of DLCs i won't be able to buy them when the game is officially released, but if i had the way, i would give ALL of my money to you LOL- anyway, i don't wait for the game to be released, i will mark it on my calendar so i don't forget hehe. (also sorry for the big comment, just wanted to show how i feel <33)
note: i LITERALLY loved that you guys always try to answer comments and questions, i think i'm falling in love LOL jk haha.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm really happy you liked the demo so much. I think the full game is gonna live up to people's hopes for it. We've done our best. And we'll see about making Android builds of our older games. It might be possible C:
I played this gams recently and DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS A DEMO, so I got really sad- THIS GAME IS SO CUTE! The characters are so easily loved, and their personalities are so unique (in my opinion ). I have one question tho, is it going to be possible to change coves gender? I would love to have this be a GxG story.
Excited for the game, and when it comes out TAKE MY MONEY!
Sorry for the confusion about it being a demo. But I'm happy you liked it so much! There's only about 50 days to go until it's finished, so it won't be too much longer. I'm afraid this game can't be played as GxG, but we're going to make a second one (Our Life: Now & Forever) and that's where you'll be able to experience growing up and falling in love with a charming lady. This one is for people who want dudes, haha. Hopefully you'll still have a good time with Our Life: Beginnings & Always!
I absolutely cant wait for this game's full release, i love cove so much and his character, i enjoy the mechanics of the romance/Relationship and appearance system . I love the story and characters so far just from the demo! i am very eager and excited to play the full game! I wish you the absolute best of luck and everything for your development. (Ps. i am most definitely buying the DLC'S and Cove takes my heart away <3)
Thank you :D! I'm really glad you've enjoyed the demo so much and wanna support the game. We'll do our best with the full version.
After playing the latest demo I'm very excited for the first full release and will be purchasing the DLCs for sure!
Thank you! I'm so glad you've liked the game enough to wanna get the DLCs. That's great to hear ^^
I only have one thing to say.
"TAKE MY MONEYY" XDDD
Very excited for the release date! Thank you for your hard work. From the first demo up until now, it has been such a ride. Thanks for this game, dev!
Haha, thank you! I'm so glad you've enjoyed following along the game's development. I really hope the full version lives up to expectations.
At first: Your game is the best in the genre I played so far! Seriously. It is really cute and adorable. I am looking really very very much for the release!
When I played the demo I decided to buy all the DLCs.... but... and please do not be angry it is just my personal opinion, 4,- USD for a DLC is way too pricey in my eyes. I am absolutely willing to pay a price for the full game, when it is released (even it is free), but the DLC could be a bit cheaper.
Maybe you could (or want) to consider to make the DLCs cheaper, if you by 3 or 5 at once. Like a bundle. I would love that! Still, your game is gorgeous and I am crazy about it.
I hope you are not angry. Please feel free to delete this comment, if you think it is inappropriate. It is just my very personal very private opinion.
I'm very glad you like the game and that you're looking forward to it. There will be bundles that offer small discounts for buying multiple DLCs at a time.
To your other point, each DLC adds five Moments. Five Moments for $4 dollars is 80 cents for each of the Moments in the DLC. And if you've played the demo you know that every Moment has a huge script, dozens of choices, they give bonus alterations that will unlock in other events after you've been through the Moment, include special art, etc. Not everyone has money to spend on things like games. We understand that. You can play the version we're already releasing for free for everyone to enjoy in that case. No one has to have the DLCs to finish the game.
Though, since the base game is free, you could use the money you would've been able to put towards the base game to get the DLCs instead. This way rather than players spending $10-$15 on the base game (which would've been the price range for the game if it had a price point) and having no DLCs, people can spend $8 to still have the entire base game plus now two DLCs. Or not buy the DLCs at all and be able to fully play the game without paying anything.
I don't want to make you have a negative association with the game and have you be too uncomfortable to come back and play it by saying these things. I just want you to be more aware of what those prices really work out to be. We won't delete the comment 'cause it's not spam or harassment or something. You can still have this opinion.
I'm actually really glad that this comment is here. I had misunderstood and thought that each moment was going to cost $4 (whooops...! To be fair, I probably didn't read something I should've.). If each DLC has 5, that's actually not expensive at all. It's a very fair price imo...! My mistake! Keep up the good work. The release date is basically on my birthday so I'm very much looking forward to it. <3 Are the DLCs going to be released all at once with the game's launch?
Yeah, the page doesn't make it clear just how much is included the DLCs. This is only a demo page, so we didn't wanna spend too much space talking about upcoming DLC details. But we didn't consider that people would think they know what the DLCs include and then make a judgement based on the amount they assumed it had. We should've thought of that possibility, though. But now that it came up here in the comments, I tried to really break it down on how the deal ends up working out and that it's already a favorable system. We're definitely not intending to make people pay a bunch for every little thing. All the DLCs will have lots of scenes and new content included.
That's cool the game is coming out right around your birthday! There will be six DLCs in total, one related to each of the four Steps and two that unlock side romance stories with other guys. Only two of the six will be available on launch because all of them are really big. I'm afraid we need more time to get them done. But at least that means there will be more Our Life content to look forward to for a long time coming.
'w' Nobody got hurt so it's fine. I know you guys have nothing but respect for the people around here, it kinda shows hehe. But, glad we found this out? Thanks for addressing it quickly. I'll be patiently waiting for the release. There will be some cool fanart coming your way by then, I'll be sure to tag your team. See ya at the finish line~!
Thank you so much! I'm really excited to see what you create :D
Hello,
Like the other comment I also thought 1 moment = 4 USD.
Now I understand there are a few moments in every DLC. In this case it is the absolutely opposite of what I wrote before. i apologize, if I offended you in any case. This was never my intention. And I still plan to pay for the Basis-Game. Just because it is worth it.
I hope you are not angry. it was a total misunderstanding!
Thank you for explaining. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. We wouldn't ever wanna charge people that much for one Moment, but I can see how the game's page was confusing before. It was no harm for us, though. We're not angry. I'm glad you're reassured about the game ^^.
Thank you for the nice comment <3! I'm really glad you like it.
Hi! I hope you're doing well!! I was just wondering when you think the next update is going to be on our life?
Thank you! The full version of the game is launching in about eight weeks, so we're putting all our focus towards getting that as polished as possible. I'm afraid we won't be able to put out another big demo update in the meantime, so the next update will be the whole game coming out on November 16th ^^.
I'm sorry you're having trouble downloading the game! We don't require special permissions to download the file, so the error is a little hard to figure out. Can you try downloading the Itch.io App and then downloading the game through the app? Sometimes that helps get past blocks. The game is also large so perhaps it's not allowed on your phone because of a space issue and freeing up someone memory would make it more doable. Also sometimes an initial download just goes strange and then later downloads don't work because of that. So closing everything, making sire something nothing is running in the background, giving it a few minutes, and then trying would have it again might go more smoothly.
Let me know if anyone of that helps!
I love how unique this game is and Cove is so cute, I love how you can play them like sweethearts its so adorable.
Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it ^^
I really love how much your choices can affect Cove, as per seen in the trailers. The character customization is very unique, I haven't seen it in any other game. Overall, this game is spectacular, even if it's still a demo. I'm extremely picky when it comes to otome games, but there was something in this game that caught my full on attention
Thank you :D. It's great to hear you liked the features/gameplay we came up with. The finished version is getting close to completion and we did our best o have it live up to the expectations set by the demo.
I loved the game!!! Is so cute ^-^ but i wanted to ask If adulthold will be a DLC or a afterlauch update...
I'm glad you like it ^^. The adulthood Step 4 part of the game will be a free update, like how the base game is free. But there will also be one optional adult aged DLC that people can purchase if they want to.
I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.
While running game code:
File "game/character_creation_variables.rpy", line 208, in <module>
KeyError: u'acne'
why it say that its not letting me play:(
That looks like an error that happens if you played an older version of the demo and tried to load an old save file or hit the Continue button. Please try downloading the latest version of the demo and playing the game by using the New File button. That should fix things.
that has me restart the game all over again
I'm sorry if you don't want to restart, but unfortunately Our Life was/is a very in-progress game. Older builds aren't compatible with new ones, too much programming has changed. The only way to play it now is to start a file in the most current version of the game. There is an option to quickly skip past text you've already seen, though, so it doesn't take very long to get past content you've done before.
Cove's such a sweetheart! I absolutely adore him!
Thank you :D!
I ended up here after watching a gameplay of your game and falling in love, unfortunately, I wasn't able to get it for myself. I've been trying all day and before the download ends, it appears that downloading is prohibited. May you guys have another site who i could try downloading?
It's also available on Steam! Though only for Windows and Linux, not Mac or Android.
Steam Page
To fix the problem on itch, maybe see if it's being blocked by firewall or maybe try downloading from a different browser type. I hope one of those options work and I'm glad you like the look at the game ^^