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Who's ready for a little throwback? Today, we're playing with a fortune teller (some may know it is a "cootie catcher"!) and predicting our futures. 🔮

These are cut-ins (images that are focused on for emphasis mid-scene) from a Step 2 Moment! ✨

#ourlife #sneakpeek

So fancy. It would be an honor to wear that coat! 🎩

A little secondhand shopping, anyone? 👗

(*raising my hand and jumping up and down*: ME!!!!)

Here's a new background from a Step 1 scene, which takes place in a thrift store!

The choices are endless. Which item are you claiming?! 👢

@gb-patch Welcome to the official blog for the game dev company GB Patch Games! I answer asks as often as I can and post previews multiple times a week.

If you aren't a follower yet, you can check out our Tumblr here: www.tumblr.com/blog/gb-patch

We'll still be answering questions where we can throughout the month, but this new event will be a day primarily focused on GB chatting with the public!

And finally, keep an eye out for our reminder regarding the first Q&A event. ✨

You may have seen this announcement in our August blog, but here it is one more time... 🎉

In an effort to answer more public inquiries, GB will begin hosting a monthly Q&A on our Tumblr! On the second Sunday of every month, she'll respond to your Tumblr inbox questions about all things GB Patch.

Month Beginning Post: August 2025 Plans | GB Patch Get more from GB Patch on Patreon

Our Beginning of Month blog here 👇

www.patreon.com/posts/month-...

Hello, August! 👋

The last full month of summer has just begun and we've got plenty of plans to share. Take a look at our development, writing, art, and programming goals before fall begins! 🌞 🍂

This mesmerizing work of art is by aidenofwolves on Twitter!

Month End Post: July 2025 Wrap-Up | GB Patch Get more from GB Patch on Patreon

Summer really does fly! ☀️

July 31st is here, and so is our End of Month recap. Come check out what the team accomplished this month, as well as a few surprises 👀

Our July blog here 👉 www.patreon.com/posts/month-...

Yeah I'll be there in a sec, just need to make a few stops along the way

Ah! What a compliment. Thank you so much 😭

Like all things, childhood has come to an end for our Now & Forever friends.

As Step 1 closes out and Step 2 begins, you'll see this new title page! 🍂

#ourlife #visualnovel

Thank you for your support (and kind words) as well!

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy. Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

If you agree with our position, we encourage you to sign this petition by the ACLU, who is fighting to end payment processor discrimination against sex work as a whole.

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

#itchio #steam

At this time, the 18+ DLCs for Our Life have not been affected, as they are hosted primarily through Patreon. Should that change, we will update our community immediately. We hope to see a more nuanced solution in the near future. In the meantime, we’ll be supporting creators wherever we can.

(Steam recently experienced a similar situation on a smaller scale.) While it’s not quite clear what has happened behind the scenes, we know that gaming communities across the world are struggling due to this decision.

It’s important to note that this is a layered situation. We believe Itch was pressured by its payment processors, and forced to make an impossible choice: protect creative expression or preserve the infrastructure of their platform.

We stand in solidarity with the creators affected by this sweeping action and with the communities that have been fractured as a result.

We want to begin by stating that the blanket removal of all 18+ games, is, in our view, an overcorrection. This decision impacts both developers, who have spent years creating these projects, and players, who paid for them and should retain access to their purchases.

On July 24th, Itch released a statement regarding the recent removal of all NSFW games from their platform. If you aren’t familiar with the situation, you can read their full notice here: itch.io/updates/upda...

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Something tells me they actually would be very popular and live a successful life in a quaint beach town

However, any future playthroughs in the beta or the updated demo will keep being tracked even in the finished game."

How cool is that?! Thoughts, questions? Drop 'em below! 🎉

This is already available in the beta build. When the demo is updated in fall, all players will be able to try it out.

This system can't track playthroughs that happened before the feature was added. So, any beta or demo save file you did prior won't be counted.

You just turn it on in the new settings screen and then look for the little star next to choices (on Android you'll need to press and hold the choice to get the character info since you can't hover over it with a mouse). Amazing ✨

"I'm excited to announce that Our Life: Now & Forever has a new feature! Shawna has created a system that tracks choices you've made in prior playthroughs and shows which character made that choice! It's super cool and convenient.

Another new feature sneak peek has arrived! 💌

This time, we have a brand new system that our programmer, Shawna, has created for Our Life: Now & Forever. Here's GB, with her explanation of the new update:

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#ourlifenowandforever #sneakpeek

Our latest sneak peek here ⬇️

youtu.be/aONTrz0NHMc

Ballet class has just begun and Qiu is ready for center stage! ✨

Take a peek into Fancy Fun, a Step 1 Moment, where you and your life-of-the-party bestie dance the day away. 🍂

#sneakpeek #ourlife

(There's not much in the audio section for now, Shawna has left room for voice acting related sliders to come later.)"

#indiegame #sliceoflife