Hi I really loves this game it is trully amazing but I have one question Do you have an idea when is the step 4 going to release or at least an stimation? I'm curious when I could play that part of course there is no pressure intended :D
Hi there! I purchased ol (+dlcs) over on steam, but I've been wanted to play on my phone. I was wondering if there's any way to share the same data. I'm always willing to repurchase, but I'd like to know before buying it again :)
I'm really happy you've enjoyed it! Unfortunately, I don't know a way to share Steam data with the Android version. You would probably have to start from scratch if you got it for your phone. I'm sorry for that.
I absolutely love this game. I love visual novels, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon this diamond. The story is lighthearted but fascinating — it made me feel a lot of emotion as if I'm really in there, inside the game, and together with the characters. Every single one of them felt truly alive, with their own stories and emotions and feelings! I also love the variation of each choice, Cove's growth, and how everything is different depending on the MC's attitude and feelings. I love this game so much to the point I've it three times within the first four days I downloaded it! Having said that, I have a question about the game's DLCs as I am planning to purchase them all!
When I purchase the DLC, will it be automatically added to the game? I'm playing on mobile, so I don't know how it works! Can you please tell me how it works to make sure that I won't mess up? Btw, it really is a great game! Looking forward to more. :DD
It automatically adds it to your existing game. I purchased DLC after starting to play and it installed on my Android phone just fine. Make sure to save before downloading the DLC just in case it restarts the app.
Yeah, that's right! You just have to make sure you download and install the new files then the events will be added to the build. I'm glad you've enjoyed the game ^^
I'm overly in love with this game, I love how every aspect is customization. I love the fact that it is so LGBTQ+ friendly, and that you can change your pronouns and name overtime. I love how you can choose everything, even if it doesn't have much of an impact, it makes the game feel really tailored and personal. Also, I like during the sandwich making if you make the same sandwich as Cove it has extra dialog. Amazing game :)
Agh! I just wanna say how beautiful this game is. It's been a whole roller coaster of emotions. If I can get stuck in a game for the rest of my life I'd choose it to be this one without a doubt, I'm so happy that I managed to find this gem. More power to the people behind the game, y'all showed me such a beautiful world that's different from mine and I got to live it in here, the fact that you people also touched upon stuff that I struggled with as a trans person it made me cry It wasn't hard at all to imagine myself in here. You guys are incredible period.
I’m aware that Derek and Baxter are going to be made love interests but will Terri and Miranda also be made interests? And is a nonbinary person going to be introduced as an interest as well?
Since we are asked if we can see ourselves being involved with all three and everything it wouldn’t make sense to not have all three actually possible
This game only has male LIs. Cove, Derek and Baxter will always be the only romance options. You're allowed to be attracted to more genders than that since there's no reason to erase someone's full spectrum of preferences, even if in this situation they've chosen to pursue a guy, and because there are many people who don't like guys at all who play the
game purely for wholesome friendships.
Cove is the only lead romance option of the game, there wasn't a way to fit someone else into the story who had equal time/attention. It would've been insulting to make a female or non-binary LI who was second fiddle to Cove. So, the side LIs are the same gender as him and OL: B&A is a dude friendship/romance sim. It was either that or have no side options at all. We're just weren't gonna ask people who like other genders to play this game because we threw them a small bone.
I had no idea a second game was in the making until this very moment. But I can say that I’m very excited now and very sure I’ll fall in love with it the way I did this one.
I wouldn’t have even known about this second game at all if you hadn’t mentioned it in your reply and attached a link as well. So thank you very much.
And thank you so much for making this new one also available on Android. Sadly not all games on here like this are available on Android and it’s rather frustrating because they all look so enjoyable. So thank you again.
More otome should be like this one. Designing your own character the way YOU want, not preset in the game with everything decided for you. That is why I avoid the genre mostly, but this is special. This is what otome should be. More than happy to support this as much as I do.
I love this game so much:'D Cove is such a loveable character and I can't imagine anything better than this! I wish someone like Cove actually existed in my life but oh well~I am super excited for the 4th Step coming soon and if it somehow ends at the 4th step then I hope the ending will be a banger for sure!
The ending track got me all emotional and this game got me so immersed.I love it!Been playing it over and over since the demo release it's great seeing how far the team has got.Big props to you guys and thanks for blessing us with such an incredible game.
hi, I'm Aurora and I play from Italy, I liked it a lot, this game took me a lot, I found it on Steam but I couldn't download it so I got it on the site. I would play it a thousand times now I wait to get the DLC because now I can't but I wanted to bring it to youtube, can I do it?
I LOVE THİS GAME AND THİS İS THE BEST VİSUAL NOVEL GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED İN MY WHOLE LİFE I cried sometimes I dont want this game to end and Im soooo excited for step 4 I love cove so much this game made me feel better cuz I have manic depression I shared my manics and my depressive episode's with this game I love this game Im looking verryyy forward for the next updates SHOTOUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THİS GAME AND HELPED İT AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THİS I love you guys so much u guys are amazing talented people I dont know how many time's I can say I love you guys just YEH I hope this game never ends cuz I HATE WHEN SOMETHİNG ENDS sooo yeh Bye!!! <3 <3 ) )
I loved this game! I've played this game four times already, and I'm going to play it all again because this is the best visual novel game with a customizable protagonist I've ever played. I'm so freaking excited for the Step 4 to come out !!!
I'm having a hard time working out how to add the DLC's to the game so I can play them, I'm playing on Mac. How would I add them so I can get the DLC's unlocked?
OKAY this might be really hard to follow since I suck at computer things and English is my second language but I'll do my best: so obviously step one is to buy the dlc and download it. Then, when you're at the itch-page for the dlc, press the little cog symbol in the right corner and then press "manage". Press "show in finder". Your computer will now show where it has neatly stored the files and stuff in a little folder for you. Open that folder and duplicate all of the files and put them in a new folder and name it something so that you'll remember which DLC it is or whatever. Put that folder on your home screen in the meantime (just drag it over there and plop it down). You'll need it soon but for now just put it there so you can easily access it in a minute.
Then you go to the itch page for the main game. Again, open it up to find the "manage" and then "show in finder". The computer will now open where it stores the files for the game. Double click on it. Then right click on that and click the "show package contents" option. The next folder should be called "contents" or something similar. Double click that. Then choose the one called "resources". Then "autorun". And then lastly the folder called "game". Hopefully it's stored here, otherwise just click through all the folders until you find the one called "game". Open it by double clicking. Then you take your dlc-folder you left on the desktop/homescreen thingy and just drag it in here. Just plop it down.
Basically what it boils down to: the dlc files needs to go into the "game"-folder for Our Life.
That should be it and the dlc should be added to the game.
I'm really sorry if it was hard to follow, if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best. This is what I did to install the dlcs because it was the easiest and they work perfectly so hopefully it will work for you too.
hi! thank you so much for the help, I tried to follow your instructions but sadly it didn't work for me. I tried to find the folder called "game" when I tried to open the game but I didn't find any files instead I just saw this. So I tried to just add the DLC files to that but it still didn't work out for me.
I played this game and I just have to say that its was amazing and I fell for the boy next door who lives with his single father and in game has known me for over a decade
@GBPatch, I really enjoyed the game yesterday and I'm really excited to play and go crazy for the step 4 which is their wedding day (MC is a boy) and hopefully there's another step after their wedding and epilogue DLC... Is it really the end for them? Expecting to have step 5 which is they will have family (but MC is a boy) and they gonna have a child (for female MC), adoptive child (for male MC)... Cove is PERFECT in everyTHING aspects and maybe their kissing scene will be full CG not like their 1st kiss which is like an small alert box popping up and that Jeremy brat he's creepy than the 17 year old self and to think of it I think Jeremy I think had a crush on Shiloh but he want it to be in secret. HAHAHAHA I THINK THAT I WROTE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, YEAH 1ST TIME :)
There's only going to be step 4, which is the end of the main game( at least, the part of the game that doesn't involve buying the dlcs.) I don't think you can marry cove in step 4, since that's a seperate DLC.
Apologies if this has been asked prior to now, but is there any intent to add the option to attend the soiree in act two with Derek instead of Cove? I know right now you can only even consider it by selecting to go with a friend, but he is unavailable to attend.
Awesome! I'd seen that he'd get a DLC, but I wasn't sure if there'd be a revision to the soiree for him along with the new memories. Thanks for clarifying; looking forward to seeing if he can use his feet for sports AND dancing lol!
i might need a video on how to play this... i extracted the files and everything and it still isnt popping up, do i copy the GAME file that contains the R files and paste them in the main Our life 1.3.1?
one of my favourite games and defiently my favourite visual novel! Once i finished it i played it again to get the other choices! The amount of representation between the whole cast made me so happy and when cove started talking about how he was scared for change when we were on his bed i teared up a bit T_T The amount of ways you can play this game is amazing and it never stops becoming interesting!
I love this game so much, i was hook since the first moment, its amazing the level of detail and having so many choices even on minimal stuff was refreshing and incredible, you can really feel the dedication that went into making this game, thank you so much for creating something this great. Needless to say, its my new favorite.
Just...yes. this is the ONLY game that I've seen that let's you really create your person. You can be a girl, boy, or trans. Has different race option (hoping for more black hairstyles in the second one since there wasn't very many nature black textured hairstyles but there were some) you can really let the MC's personality shine through and can even customize the main LI. All around this is a ground breaking game. I cannot recommend this enough
I remember when i found this game back when it was just a demo and like cove himself it was worth waiting for,im extremely happy with the game you made its so wonderful! It definitely helped me get through a rough time in short thank for pouring your soul into this amazing game
Hahaha yeah looks like it and his milkshake magically appears and disappears! I knew Cove had a uncle that can do magic tricks but this is literally Cove doing some real magic! 😆
(BTW this only happens in the story but when you look in the gallery it's normal)
While I love the game, it's still REALLY weird that Cliff tries to warn about pregnancy when you and Cove are both men or a FTM on/after hormone replacements (which make the person infertile).
I'm sorry, I'm kind of confused. He doesn't warn you about pregnancy, it's a general warning that unexpected things can happen and is using the unexpected thing that happen to himself as just an example. If you're not able to get pregnant the game directly has a character say he didn't mean it like that and doesn't think you're going to get pregnant to make sure it's known. Can you let me know what part made you think he did mean it towards the MC so we can check?
This sounds like a "hey, you could get pregnant" warning to me. I've played the game more times than I can count, but I've thought that's what it was saying every single time I saw this part.
That line can come across that way, but that's why in most cases he says a few lines later that he knows you're not getting pregnant and that's not what he's saying, he's trying to bring up how fast/unexpected things can be. If you're not able to get pregnant, there's also an extra side conversation with Cove after the dad leaves where he also reassures the MC that his dad was being dumb and doesn't mean it that way. It's supposed to be that only if you're able to have kids and decided that you want to have kids that extra conversations about how that was the wrong thing to say might not come up. What's the circumstances of your MC and what is the rest of the conversation until they leave the room? Maybe all the details you have together has a bug and is missing the next parts.
My MC is FTM, going through hormone replacement therapy, and I've honestly never seen any clarification like you're describing so maybe it is a bug. I figure it's because in Step 2 I say I was assigned female at birth.
His dad has never said he knows we're not getting pregnant, and Cove has never reassured me that his dad was just being dumb.
Definitely. I wish you could dance with him at the soiree even if you have a crush on Cove and have him with you.
I could've sworn you could in the past, knowing how uncomfortable Cove would be with dancing, but I may be confusing it with one of my many other playthroughs.
Can I just say how much I love this game? The graphics and art are really nice, I like how we can customize our character and our character's pronouns, be able to customize Cove once we got older, and make the MC have actual personalities and freedom to choose any variation of choices. The story of childhood-to-adulthood love is really sweet and heartwarming too, I think I almost cried happy tears. This is a true gem, I can't wait for Step 4 to release!
Wow just wow, I haven't played a game that genuinely had me smiling like the absolute soft girl that I am for the entire base storyline.
I related heavily to the progression of change and growth the characters went through every summer and I guess finding myself in a position like that now in real life made me feel all the feels.
To the game developers and everyone who contributed to the game, thank you sincerly. You captured what it feels like to be a kid and in an instant and adult wonderfully. I look forward to Step 4 and future DLC's!
Holy smokes! Words really can't do justice to what I'm feeling right now. I finished the game, with all the DLCs, earlier today and I am absolutely floored.
From beginning to end, this was fantastic. The personalizing and customization, the insane number of variations in scenes, and the amount of content even just in the base game is amazing, let alone the DLCs. The story is sweet, the characters sweeter and more like people than I've seen in many published stories.
To get a little personal here, as a gay adult man who is extremely closeted in near-all aspects of my life, this nostalgic, sentimental work taking you from childhood to young-adulthood really hit me. This virtual little slice-of-life, where growing up in love with another boy gets you supported and loved and yeah, teased a little, well. I did cry a bit (a lot). Especially at the end, haha.
Thanks folks, this is a real gem. Worth more than all the pennies paid, that's for sure.
Can I ask when the step 4 stuff is estimated for release? I know it says summer but I'm in Australia and I'm sure our summer isn't at the same time. So what's summer for the developers' time zone?
Summer for America (where I believe they are) is end of May, June-August. So it'll be released in just a few months... Unless it's delayed for some reason.
Hi, I updated the game (1.3) and when I got to the customisation page for the In-Between stage after Step 2, I found there was an error detected for one of the hair fronts. I checked to see if there were any other errors on there, I may be wrong but that's the only one I found.
This is what it said:
While loading <'Image' u'images/character_creation/Character Pieces/Hairbeaded/bangs 63 13.png'>:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 531, in execute_call_screen
Unfortunately, it sounds like you're using a too old save file or some part of the game didn't get updated to the latest version (maybe you still have older DLC files). That error is from two builds ago but isn't there in the current version. I'm sorry for the trouble.
Sorry about that! It probably was my save file since I hadn't updated the game since the first build and had decided to continue it after purchasing the DLCs (Already loving the new additions they bring to the game). Thank you for clearing this up ^^
Hey I want to let you know there are some names that don't have a voice in the voiced names and they are Cléo, Anaïs, Héloïse, Illdan, Laëtitia, Rémi, Quinn and Raphaël.
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Hi I really loves this game it is trully amazing but I have one question Do you have an idea when is the step 4 going to release or at least an stimation? I'm curious when I could play that part of course there is no pressure intended :D
Hopefully it'll be out in August or so ^^
Hi there! I purchased ol (+dlcs) over on steam, but I've been wanted to play on my phone. I was wondering if there's any way to share the same data. I'm always willing to repurchase, but I'd like to know before buying it again :)
I'm really happy you've enjoyed it! Unfortunately, I don't know a way to share Steam data with the Android version. You would probably have to start from scratch if you got it for your phone. I'm sorry for that.
that's completely okay ! thank you for responding so quickly :)
No problem :D
I absolutely love this game. I love visual novels, and I'm so glad I stumbled upon this diamond. The story is lighthearted but fascinating — it made me feel a lot of emotion as if I'm really in there, inside the game, and together with the characters. Every single one of them felt truly alive, with their own stories and emotions and feelings! I also love the variation of each choice, Cove's growth, and how everything is different depending on the MC's attitude and feelings. I love this game so much to the point I've it three times within the first four days I downloaded it! Having said that, I have a question about the game's DLCs as I am planning to purchase them all!
When I purchase the DLC, will it be automatically added to the game? I'm playing on mobile, so I don't know how it works! Can you please tell me how it works to make sure that I won't mess up? Btw, it really is a great game! Looking forward to more. :DD
It automatically adds it to your existing game. I purchased DLC after starting to play and it installed on my Android phone just fine. Make sure to save before downloading the DLC just in case it restarts the app.
I see! Thank you so much for your help!
Yeah, that's right! You just have to make sure you download and install the new files then the events will be added to the build. I'm glad you've enjoyed the game ^^
I'm overly in love with this game, I love how every aspect is customization. I love the fact that it is so LGBTQ+ friendly, and that you can change your pronouns and name overtime. I love how you can choose everything, even if it doesn't have much of an impact, it makes the game feel really tailored and personal. Also, I like during the sandwich making if you make the same sandwich as Cove it has extra dialog. Amazing game :)
Agh! I just wanna say how beautiful this game is. It's been a whole roller coaster of emotions. If I can get stuck in a game for the rest of my life I'd choose it to be this one without a doubt, I'm so happy that I managed to find this gem. More power to the people behind the game, y'all showed me such a beautiful world that's different from mine and I got to live it in here, the fact that you people also touched upon stuff that I struggled with as a trans person it made me cry It wasn't hard at all to imagine myself in here. You guys are incredible period.
I'm actually being greedy but will there be a step 5 ?
Excuse me but I just don't want this game to ennndd😭😭😭
I'm afraid we aren't going to do a Step past 4. I'm sorry but am glad you enjoy the game so much!
What exactly is the plan for the last step?
I’m aware that Derek and Baxter are going to be made love interests but will Terri and Miranda also be made interests? And is a nonbinary person going to be introduced as an interest as well?
Since we are asked if we can see ourselves being involved with all three and everything it wouldn’t make sense to not have all three actually possible
This game only has male LIs. Cove, Derek and Baxter will always be the only romance options. You're allowed to be attracted to more genders than that since there's no reason to erase someone's full spectrum of preferences, even if in this situation they've chosen to pursue a guy, and because there are many people who don't like guys at all who play the
game purely for wholesome friendships.
Cove is the only lead romance option of the game, there wasn't a way to fit someone else into the story who had equal time/attention. It would've been insulting to make a female or non-binary LI who was second fiddle to Cove. So, the side LIs are the same gender as him and OL: B&A is a dude friendship/romance sim. It was either that or have no side options at all. We're just weren't gonna ask people who like other genders to play this game because we threw them a small bone.
Our Life: Now & Forever is the game that's for lady and non-binary love interests. You can read the basic details HERE.
I had no idea a second game was in the making until this very moment. But I can say that I’m very excited now and very sure I’ll fall in love with it the way I did this one.
I wouldn’t have even known about this second game at all if you hadn’t mentioned it in your reply and attached a link as well. So thank you very much.
And thank you so much for making this new one also available on Android. Sadly not all games on here like this are available on Android and it’s rather frustrating because they all look so enjoyable. So thank you again.
No problem! I'm glad you're looking forward to the next game ^^
Cove gets cuter as he grows😍😍🥰🥰 *le dreamy sigh*
More otome should be like this one. Designing your own character the way YOU want, not preset in the game with everything decided for you. That is why I avoid the genre mostly, but this is special. This is what otome should be. More than happy to support this as much as I do.
I totally agree with you =3
Just downloaded DLC 3 for $10, I hope it's as great as the others
I love this game so much:'D Cove is such a loveable character and I can't imagine anything better than this! I wish someone like Cove actually existed in my life but oh well~I am super excited for the 4th Step coming soon and if it somehow ends at the 4th step then I hope the ending will be a banger for sure!
The ending track got me all emotional and this game got me so immersed.I love it!Been playing it over and over since the demo release it's great seeing how far the team has got.Big props to you guys and thanks for blessing us with such an incredible game.
hi, I'm Aurora and I play from Italy, I liked it a lot, this game took me a lot, I found it on Steam but I couldn't download it so I got it on the site. I would play it a thousand times now I wait to get the DLC because now I can't but I wanted to bring it to youtube, can I do it?
I LOVE THİS GAME AND THİS İS THE BEST VİSUAL NOVEL GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED İN MY WHOLE LİFE I cried sometimes I dont want this game to end and Im soooo excited for step 4 I love cove so much this game made me feel better cuz I have manic depression I shared my manics and my depressive episode's with this game I love this game Im looking verryyy forward for the next updates SHOTOUT TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THİS GAME AND HELPED İT AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THİS I love you guys so much u guys are amazing talented people I dont know how many time's I can say I love you guys just YEH I hope this game never ends cuz I HATE WHEN SOMETHİNG ENDS sooo yeh Bye!!! <3 <3 ) )
I loved this game! I've played this game four times already, and I'm going to play it all again because this is the best visual novel game with a customizable protagonist I've ever played. I'm so freaking excited for the Step 4 to come out !!!
I'm having a hard time working out how to add the DLC's to the game so I can play them, I'm playing on Mac. How would I add them so I can get the DLC's unlocked?
OKAY this might be really hard to follow since I suck at computer things and English is my second language but I'll do my best: so obviously step one is to buy the dlc and download it. Then, when you're at the itch-page for the dlc, press the little cog symbol in the right corner and then press "manage". Press "show in finder". Your computer will now show where it has neatly stored the files and stuff in a little folder for you. Open that folder and duplicate all of the files and put them in a new folder and name it something so that you'll remember which DLC it is or whatever. Put that folder on your home screen in the meantime (just drag it over there and plop it down). You'll need it soon but for now just put it there so you can easily access it in a minute.
Then you go to the itch page for the main game. Again, open it up to find the "manage" and then "show in finder". The computer will now open where it stores the files for the game. Double click on it. Then right click on that and click the "show package contents" option. The next folder should be called "contents" or something similar. Double click that. Then choose the one called "resources". Then "autorun". And then lastly the folder called "game". Hopefully it's stored here, otherwise just click through all the folders until you find the one called "game". Open it by double clicking. Then you take your dlc-folder you left on the desktop/homescreen thingy and just drag it in here. Just plop it down.
Basically what it boils down to: the dlc files needs to go into the "game"-folder for Our Life.
That should be it and the dlc should be added to the game.
I'm really sorry if it was hard to follow, if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best. This is what I did to install the dlcs because it was the easiest and they work perfectly so hopefully it will work for you too.
hi! thank you so much for the help, I tried to follow your instructions but sadly it didn't work for me. I tried to find the folder called "game" when I tried to open the game but I didn't find any files instead I just saw this. So I tried to just add the DLC files to that but it still didn't work out for me.
Here's a folder path for Mac. You might have to right click the application launcher and select "view package contents" to reach the proper folders.
it worked! Thank you for the help :)
Great :D
Yes! Right click on it and then "view package content".
it worked! Thank you so much for your help :)
Yay I'm so happy for you! Hope you have a have a great time playing the dlcs, I know I did :)
I played this game and I just have to say that its was amazing and I fell for the boy next door who lives with his single father and in game has known me for over a decade
This game is too good and now I'm sad that it isn't real :,(
@GBPatch, I really enjoyed the game yesterday and I'm really excited to play and go crazy for the step 4 which is their wedding day (MC is a boy) and hopefully there's another step after their wedding and epilogue DLC... Is it really the end for them? Expecting to have step 5 which is they will have family (but MC is a boy) and they gonna have a child (for female MC), adoptive child (for male MC)... Cove is PERFECT in everyTHING aspects and maybe their kissing scene will be full CG not like their 1st kiss which is like an small alert box popping up and that Jeremy brat he's creepy than the 17 year old self and to think of it I think Jeremy I think had a crush on Shiloh but he want it to be in secret. HAHAHAHA I THINK THAT I WROTE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, YEAH 1ST TIME :)
There's only going to be step 4, which is the end of the main game( at least, the part of the game that doesn't involve buying the dlcs.) I don't think you can marry cove in step 4, since that's a seperate DLC.
Apologies if this has been asked prior to now, but is there any intent to add the option to attend the soiree in act two with Derek instead of Cove? I know right now you can only even consider it by selecting to go with a friend, but he is unavailable to attend.
Derek is getting his own DLC later! And in that you will be able to take him to the Soiree ^^.
Awesome! I'd seen that he'd get a DLC, but I wasn't sure if there'd be a revision to the soiree for him along with the new memories. Thanks for clarifying; looking forward to seeing if he can use his feet for sports AND dancing lol!
No problem!
i might need a video on how to play this... i extracted the files and everything and it still isnt popping up, do i copy the GAME file that contains the R files and paste them in the main Our life 1.3.1?
Yeah, you place the files into Our Life 1.3.1. It should look something like this for PC/Mac. I hope that helps!
one of my favourite games and defiently my favourite visual novel! Once i finished it i played it again to get the other choices! The amount of representation between the whole cast made me so happy and when cove started talking about how he was scared for change when we were on his bed i teared up a bit T_T The amount of ways you can play this game is amazing and it never stops becoming interesting!
I love this game so much, i was hook since the first moment, its amazing the level of detail and having so many choices even on minimal stuff was refreshing and incredible, you can really feel the dedication that went into making this game, thank you so much for creating something this great. Needless to say, its my new favorite.
Charming, endearing, and tremendously delightful. One of my absolute favorites!
Just...yes. this is the ONLY game that I've seen that let's you really create your person. You can be a girl, boy, or trans. Has different race option (hoping for more black hairstyles in the second one since there wasn't very many nature black textured hairstyles but there were some) you can really let the MC's personality shine through and can even customize the main LI. All around this is a ground breaking game. I cannot recommend this enough
I remember when i found this game back when it was just a demo and like cove himself it was worth waiting for,im extremely happy with the game you made its so wonderful! It definitely helped me get through a rough time in short thank for pouring your soul into this amazing game
okay so there is a CG bug in the Late Shift one. Where is his arm! XD (btw before the update he had a arm)
So his arm is relaxed behind the chair and he's whistling instead of sipping a milkshake haha.
Hahaha yeah looks like it and his milkshake magically appears and disappears! I knew Cove had a uncle that can do magic tricks but this is literally Cove doing some real magic! 😆
(BTW this only happens in the story but when you look in the gallery it's normal)
That error is fixed in general, but save files before the update may still have it!
I see thanks you for the reply!
At least it's a funny glitch!
While I love the game, it's still REALLY weird that Cliff tries to warn about pregnancy when you and Cove are both men or a FTM on/after hormone replacements (which make the person infertile).
I'm sorry, I'm kind of confused. He doesn't warn you about pregnancy, it's a general warning that unexpected things can happen and is using the unexpected thing that happen to himself as just an example. If you're not able to get pregnant the game directly has a character say he didn't mean it like that and doesn't think you're going to get pregnant to make sure it's known. Can you let me know what part made you think he did mean it towards the MC so we can check?
This sounds like a "hey, you could get pregnant" warning to me. I've played the game more times than I can count, but I've thought that's what it was saying every single time I saw this part.
That line can come across that way, but that's why in most cases he says a few lines later that he knows you're not getting pregnant and that's not what he's saying, he's trying to bring up how fast/unexpected things can be. If you're not able to get pregnant, there's also an extra side conversation with Cove after the dad leaves where he also reassures the MC that his dad was being dumb and doesn't mean it that way. It's supposed to be that only if you're able to have kids and decided that you want to have kids that extra conversations about how that was the wrong thing to say might not come up. What's the circumstances of your MC and what is the rest of the conversation until they leave the room? Maybe all the details you have together has a bug and is missing the next parts.
My MC is FTM, going through hormone replacement therapy, and I've honestly never seen any clarification like you're describing so maybe it is a bug. I figure it's because in Step 2 I say I was assigned female at birth.
His dad has never said he knows we're not getting pregnant, and Cove has never reassured me that his dad was just being dumb.
Thanks for letting us know! We'll check the flags and see where something might be falling through. I'm sorry you've missed them.
I love Cove he is my boy...
But is anyone else fanning hard for Baxter? Like I cannot wait for his Romance DLC to come out.
Definitely. I wish you could dance with him at the soiree even if you have a crush on Cove and have him with you.
I could've sworn you could in the past, knowing how uncomfortable Cove would be with dancing, but I may be confusing it with one of my many other playthroughs.
Can I just say how much I love this game? The graphics and art are really nice, I like how we can customize our character and our character's pronouns, be able to customize Cove once we got older, and make the MC have actual personalities and freedom to choose any variation of choices. The story of childhood-to-adulthood love is really sweet and heartwarming too, I think I almost cried happy tears. This is a true gem, I can't wait for Step 4 to release!
Hello, quick question, is there a way to change the MCs name after the first character creation?
I'm not the dev but I have played the game, no, you cannot change the name after making a character, but you can make multiple different MCs
You can change MC's first name after the first character creation. Last name stays the same after the initial naming.
I tend to play Step 1 as a girl and then the following steps as a male, so changing a name can be necessary.
Wow just wow, I haven't played a game that genuinely had me smiling like the absolute soft girl that I am for the entire base storyline.
I related heavily to the progression of change and growth the characters went through every summer and I guess finding myself in a position like that now in real life made me feel all the feels.
To the game developers and everyone who contributed to the game, thank you sincerly. You captured what it feels like to be a kid and in an instant and adult wonderfully. I look forward to Step 4 and future DLC's!
Holy smokes! Words really can't do justice to what I'm feeling right now. I finished the game, with all the DLCs, earlier today and I am absolutely floored.
From beginning to end, this was fantastic. The personalizing and customization, the insane number of variations in scenes, and the amount of content even just in the base game is amazing, let alone the DLCs. The story is sweet, the characters sweeter and more like people than I've seen in many published stories.
To get a little personal here, as a gay adult man who is extremely closeted in near-all aspects of my life, this nostalgic, sentimental work taking you from childhood to young-adulthood really hit me. This virtual little slice-of-life, where growing up in love with another boy gets you supported and loved and yeah, teased a little, well. I did cry a bit (a lot). Especially at the end, haha.
Thanks folks, this is a real gem. Worth more than all the pennies paid, that's for sure.
Oh, God, I just finished the game with DLCs and I'm gonna cry in this corner, thank you very much. xD
Can I ask when the step 4 stuff is estimated for release? I know it says summer but I'm in Australia and I'm sure our summer isn't at the same time. So what's summer for the developers' time zone?
Amazing games and DLCs btw!!! Love, love, LOVE!!!
Summer for America (where I believe they are) is end of May, June-August. So it'll be released in just a few months... Unless it's delayed for some reason.
Heart officially so full! I'm so glad I waited until I was off to do a full replay. Just gosh! I love this DLC too. It's all so good!
Hi, I updated the game (1.3) and when I got to the customisation page for the In-Between stage after Step 2, I found there was an error detected for one of the hair fronts. I checked to see if there were any other errors on there, I may be wrong but that's the only one I found.
This is what it said:
While loading <'Image' u'images/character_creation/Character Pieces/Hairbeaded/bangs 63 13.png'>:
File "renpy/common/000statements.rpy", line 531, in execute_call_screen
store._return = renpy.call_screen(name, *args, **kwargs)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'images/character_creation/Character Pieces/Hairbeaded/bangs 63 13.png'.
Unfortunately, it sounds like you're using a too old save file or some part of the game didn't get updated to the latest version (maybe you still have older DLC files). That error is from two builds ago but isn't there in the current version. I'm sorry for the trouble.
That's alright! Thank you for replying. I'll check if the DLCs are up to date.
Sorry about that! It probably was my save file since I hadn't updated the game since the first build and had decided to continue it after purchasing the DLCs (Already loving the new additions they bring to the game). Thank you for clearing this up ^^
No problem! Let me know if you have further problems.
Hey I want to let you know there are some names that don't have a voice in the voiced names and they are Cléo, Anaïs, Héloïse, Illdan, Laëtitia, Rémi, Quinn and Raphaël.