OL2: Beta Build 1.4.17 👑 (PC, Mac, Android)
It's time for the penultimate Step 1 beta! There's only one small part left, this build is most of the ending. We'll be saying goodbye to baby Ren and baby Baxter here 🥺️
However, that's not everything that's happened. Shawna has done a lot this month. They completely updated the settings screen and added an entirely new system that tracks choices you've made in prior playthrough/shows which character made that choice!
I don't believe this will work with playthroughs that happened before the feature was added. It will apply to all future playthroughs.
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 info since you can't hover over it with a mouse). It's amazing ✨
Now, you here playing the beta will see that stuff in action already, but we are still gonna make normal Patreon posts to explain these updated features to all supporters next month.
Disclaimer:
No Information in the beta can be shared publicly.
Screenshots can't be posted, videos can't be uploaded, even discussing what occurs in the events publicly is not allowed and will get your access to future builds revoked.
You can do all of those things within the private GB Patch Discord server or leave your feedback as a comment.
Download Links:
Android Download (If Google Drive doesn't work, use the Dropbox Mirror)
And since we've had some problems in the past with so many people downloading beta builds that they get locked out by Google Drive, I've uploaded mirror builds! If the first ones listed don't work, you can try these.
Android Download Mirror (Dropbox)
Or you can bypass the quota by logging in to a Google Drive account, then on the file's download page, click "Add shortcut to Drive" in the upper right corner. Save it to your Drive, then create a new folder, put it inside, and download the folder!
Save files from the prior beta should work in this beta!
New Content:
Fall Ended Part 1
Fall Ended Part 2
Overhauled settings screen
Added a system to track choices made in prior playthroughs!
Fixes to typos/errors from the prior build
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Alright, thank you for waiting! I hope you'll have fun with the new features. I'm not entirely sure how "fun" some of the script scenes will be though, ahah.
Comments (59)
i mentioned it in a reply but for some reason this particular run of 1.4.17 had an error when trying to get thru the beginning of step 2 preview. heres the long asf traceback in case that helps catch the bug !!! While running game code: File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 239, in execute_custom_menu File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 180, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 180, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 200, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 201, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 210, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 213, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 350, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 350, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 351, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 352, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 352, in keywords File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 354, in keywords File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 355, in File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in get_character_choice_list File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in KeyError: 2 -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "Step 2/intro/s2_transition.rpyc", line 158, in script File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1987, in execute self.call("execute") File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\ast.py", line 1966, in call return renpy.statements.call(method, parsed, *args, **kwargs) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\statements.py", line 374, in call return method(parsed, *args, **kwargs) File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 239, in execute_custom_menu File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\exports\statementexports.py", line 345, in call_screen rv = renpy.ui.interact(mouse="screen", type="screen", roll_forward=roll_forward) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\ui.py", line 301, in interact rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2218, in interact repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, pause=pause, pause_start=pause_start, pause_modal=pause_modal, **kwargs) # type: ignore File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2748, in interact_core root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact()) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\displayable.py", line 434, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\displayable.py", line 434, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\displayable.py", line 434, in visit_all d.visit_all(callback, seen) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 480, in visit_all callback(self) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\core.py", line 2748, in root_widget.visit_all(lambda d : d.per_interact()) File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 491, in per_interact self.update() File "C:\Users\catgu\Desktop\OurLifeNFBeta-1.4.17-beta-pc\renpy\display\screen.py", line 700, in update self.screen.function(**self.scope) File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 180, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 180, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 200, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 201, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 210, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 213, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 350, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 350, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 351, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 352, in execute File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 352, in keywords File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 354, in keywords File "game/Backend/screens/screens_choice.rpy", line 355, in File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in get_character_choice_list File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in File "game/Backend/01_choice_CDS.rpy", line 485, in KeyError: 2
When I tried to play step 2 preview an error occured. And when I ignored it, it would show up after one or two diaglogs. It is just step 2 Preview. Nothing like this happened in step 1
same happened to me! ive played through this version (1.4.17) a few times now and have been able to play the step 2 preview just fine before this one
Late, but I’ve found that during the Fall Ended preview during the ballet scenes Qiu’s character glitches in and out wildly. It doesn’t even look like he’s there but If you look closely at the bottom of the screen, you’ll see his face and nothing else. During the scene where you’re leaving the house get into the car, there’s text at the bottom of the screen behind Mrs. Lin saying things like “face_not_found”.
Late to the beta but I've found a small bug- Tamarack isn't on the nickname screen, she just calls my MC by their real name. I checked older saves and she should be on there before now, so unless it's added in later (which feels to have it happen after Darren and Baxter?) she's just... not got an option to use the MC's nickname.
I'm not sure if this is a mistake or if I'm just being dumb again, but in the step 2 preview, it says your Mom gave you a key to the house when you turned 12. But in a step 1 moment (I think "Home"?) you're able to open the house with your own key to show Tama/Qiu your house after they show you theirs?
Out of curiosity, can someone mention every moment Qiu will bring up the moment where you(have the option to) tell him you’ll look after him/wish for him or whatnot. It’s my favorite moment but I thought he just never brought it up again until I replayed the full game yesterday and it turned out it came up again like two different times!? Now I wonder if there’s other times I missed 🤕
I don't know if this is the right place to report this, but there seems to be a spelling mistake/typo in this version! When Qiu meets MC and Tamarack in the step 1 prologue, he says "--how old are you two? *We* seem pretty similar to me." Instead of "--how old are you two? *You* seem pretty similar to me." or something
Qiu is just speaking kinda awkwardly. They mean that the three of them seem similar to each other in their opinion.
I WANNA HUG BAXTER JUST LET ME HUG HIM NOOOOO
Nah and the fact that’s his last appearance 💔🥀
Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but I've noticed the music kind of "skipping" or "stalling" and then resume like normal? It's not entirely distracting or keeping me from playing but it's enough that I notice it.
i already love the idea of the new feature!!
OMG I'm gonna love the feature where you can see prior choices 😁
I’m so sad I finished it way too fast last night 😖
“We’ll be saying goodbye to baby Ren and baby Baxter.” My MC: Get out, Baxter. Go away.
Love the change in UI kind of messed around in settings a little too long
This beta is incredible!!!! Also ouch! 🥹 Say hello to step 2 foreshadowing ig 😭
Omg also also THANK YOU SHAWNA THE NEW FEATURE IS SO COOL!!! 💕💕💕
A nice little treat even with angst after a busy month of work! Thank you for your efforts! <3
OMG The new feature is truly amazing! I know it's almost impossible but I want that option in OLBA too😭😭
Hello! For some reason, all of my saves disappered.. I even tried to add the “saves” folder from the previous beta to this one, but it didn’t work.
Yeah the saves don't transfer - unless you first "Save Sync" your original saves in the previous version, and then use the code you get to "Upload Sync" your saves into the new version.
Yaaaaaahhhhh ^^
Ahh, sending out a comment a little late but I'm stoked for the new update 🤩 as someone who sometimes completely forgets the choices I made for my mc (and maybe the personality I gave them 😭), being able to have a marker for them is amazing ^°^ good work everyone! Thank you for all the good work y'all do, be sure to take care of yourselves too! ૮(˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶)ა
as someone who put in over 500 hours into OLBA to ensure I got every single tiny scrap of dialogue and saw what each choice lead to, this is such a welcome update. I have already put in a lot of hours into OLNF as well (tho without steam to track it for me i have 0 idea how many hrs its been) so this will make it so much easier to know what choices I've already picked instead of my very /very/ intense excel sheet of all my MCs and what they've done lol I don't even care if it means I need to restart them all again cause I love this game so much. I know what I'm doing this weekend, aaaaaa. Super hype
Thank you to the team for all your hard work! ❤️ I just finished it and I'm in a glass case of emotions 😭 Everything hit like a truck all at once, 10/10
just played it!! and ohmygosh 😭
Quick question, is Ren in the sixth or seventh grade? I thought they were 2 years older than Qiu. In the Step 1 ending, when they talk to Ren about homework getting harder, it mentions the sixth grade.
If I’m thinking right, Ren is in sixth grade because she was held back a year
YOU JUST MADE MY DAYYYYY THANK YOUUUUU💞💞💞💞💞💞
so excited aaaah!!
Thank you for all the great work you and your team did for all of us to enjoy this game. I cant wait to play when I get back home!
oooh. i have a pair of mcs that are twins and that tracking feature will help so much in making sure i don't do wildly conflicting choices (like two different answers on what happened to the note) with them.
I got an error on the pressing leaves route [code] I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Step 1/fall_ended/fall_end1b.rpy", line 1455, in TypeError: 'RevertableSet' object is not subscriptable -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Full traceback: File "Step 1/fall_ended/fall_end1b.rpyc", line 1455, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 834, in execute File "renpy/python.py", line 1187, in py_exec_bytecode File "game/Step 1/fall_ended/fall_end1b.rpy", line 1455, in TypeError: 'RevertableSet' object is not subscriptable [/code]
Thank you for the bug report!
We're getting so close to the end of our childhood ;-; Make sure to thank Shawna for the amazing hard work for us all! I'm always blown away by how cool the system is for Our Life 2!
THIS IS THE BEST LUNCH BREAK PRESENT EVER!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND I'M SO EXCITED TO PLAY‼️‼️‼️ 😭🫶
YAAAYY
AHHHHHH!!! I’m shaking with excitement and joy!!! I can’t wait to play! Ahhh!!!! Thank you guys! You’re the best! Heh 💜
notification came while i was replaying OL1 hehe
Yaaay! Tytyty <3 <3
I AM SO BEYOND EXCITEDFJJFJF
IM SO MAD IM AT WORKKKKK!!! I CANT wait to get off 😭😭😭😭😭😖
OH MY GOD THE CHOICES TRACKER, This is going to be life changing!!!
I LOVE YOU, GB GAMES!!
Just in time for my weekend off!
LET'S GOOOOO 🗣🗣🗣 I WAS LITERALLY THINKING ABOUT THE UPDATE YESTERDAY
YOU HAD TO POST THIS WHEN I’M IN THE HOSPITAL 😂😭😭😭
I'm so sorry you're in the hospital! I hope everything is alright.
Time for me to turn off the Sims and get back to my sweet babies! ❤️❤️
Thank you for all the hard work. This is amazing! You guys keep upping the quality of your work and out shining yourselves. 💚🤩
This is HUGE!!!!!!!
Damn and here I am sick and unable to play T-T
I hope you feel better soon!
New Our Life Beta IM LOCKED IN
YAY!!!
DOWNLOADING RN OMG ❤️
IM SCREAMING, I GOTTA WAIT 8 HOURS UNTIL I CAN PLAY 😭