Question Thread: June 2026 [CLOSED]

Hello! I have some questions. 1. For project W, what’s Lumulle culture like, could you tell us more about it? 2. What are their naming conventions? I was trying to make a Lumulle OC and found that I don’t know how to name her haha. 3. So you said a while ago that the LIs for project W will be kinda red flags and will do worse things than Baxter did. My question is, are they worse than xoxo droplets guys? Are they worse than more malicious interpretations of Shiloh? How about xoxo blood droplets? 4. Out of the OL/XOD characters, which would be likely to play visual novels? Thank you so much I hope you have an amazing day!!!

Hi! I had a quick question about Vianca in step 2 that I believe hasn’t been addressed yet! Is Vianca aware of the fact that she’s a lesbian by step 2? And if so, is she out?

Hello gb and team! Happy pride. I hope you guys are doing okay. So, I was wondering what kind of chores around the house Qiu and Tamarack (step 1 and 2) are responsible for. Do they have specific chores they do regularly, or did their responsibilities change as they got older? 2. Did Opal always want to have only the MC, or did she ever think about having another child? 3. How would Qiu and Tamarack feels/react if someone at school confessed to them? If possible, could you explain how their reactions would differ depending on whether they have a crush on the MC or not? Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions! I hope you're doing well and that your arm is feeling better :)

Project W: 1) Clothing for lumulles, are they created using plant matter (weaving, thin vine threads, large broad leaf cloth, etc.), specially grown plants/fungi that were long manipulated/grafted/selective cross-pollination/alchemically created, or a combination of the two? 2) I'm sorry if this sounds morbid, but how does the lumulles deal with friends or relative lumulles who pass away? Is there funeral rites, a returning to the soil where they were first sprouted from with words of remembrance of the lumulle who passed away, is their pottery exterior left behind like hollow statues (similar to the terracotta warriors in China)? Is it considered a private occasion where only fellow lumulles can bear witness, or are friends and extended/found family invited to in memorial of the late lumulle?

Hello hello, and happy June! I have a couple of questions for wedding season! 1.) What are Derek’s preferences on last names in marriage? 2.) If they were choosing the flavors of wedding cake/icing for one tier, what would Derek and Baxter choose? Thanks again GB and David for the monthly Q&As and transcripts!

Hello! Hope you guys are okay. Do you have a list of every different personality you can get in OL2? How much does the MC's relationship with their mother affect the game or will affect the game in the future? If you were to game another OL game, would it be way more customizable than the other two?

Hello GB and Company! Hope you all are doing well and happy pride month! GB I hope you have a swift recovery from your injury! . How did Serenity eventually become friends with Renee and Qiu? . What is Serenity’s dynamic with the both of them like in step 3? I know Vianca is closer in age to Renee and Qiu but we see her have her own dynamic with them in step 2 and 3. I was just curious about Serenity. Hope you had a wonderful June and have a good July!

Hi GB Patch team! I just have one question: I love the music in these games, and listened to the Our Life Beginnings and Always soundtrack a lot in my own time; will the Now and Forever soundtrack be available on streaming platforms once the game is released?

Hi!! hope the team is doing well! got a few questions! first. Drag! Would any of the LIs from either games be interested in drag or doing drag themselves, and if they would do it, would they consider trying to like, participate on drag race or something? Second question! If you ever got the opportunity to Adapt OL1 or OL2 into a TV Show, or Movie, or even Stage Musical (my personal favorite of the 3 mediums lol), most shows need 1 linear storyline to function correctly, so what storyline would you choose to be adapted? like what dynamic for the relationships, what choices for the moments that are included, all of that. or would you do something such as for a tv show, multiple episodes for each moment for each route/dynamic, or for a musical, each show alternates what storyline is shown for some time period, for example “The 5:00 show today has a Female MC and her LI is Cove, The 2:00 show tomorrow is a Male MC with Cove as an LI” for OL1 or “This weeks shows are the Qiu Route with a Non-Binary LI, Next weeks shows are the Tamarack route with a Female LI” for OL2 (which could be seen as a risky choice, for the lack of consistency.) thank you and hope everything goes smoothly this month!

Hi! Hope the team has been having a great month! I remember hearing the OL1 LIs are pretty good drivers, so my question is what would be their reactions to encountering a bad driver on the road (going slow in the left lane, someone cutting them off on a busy freeway without using a blinker, etc.)? And to piggyback off that, who would be more prone to road rage?

Hello! I hope you are recovering well, and I just wanted to say thanks for all of your hard work! :) I've gone through some QnAs, so hopefully i'm not asking any repeat questions, but if I am feel free to skip them! 1. This might be a bit of a silly question, but I was wondering if there will be moments in step three where the relationship status can change to the "Beloved" or "Family" statuses! The scenes where the changes happen in the middle of the Steps are so sweet to me, it would be really cool if that were an option. 2. I was wondering about Opal- I know she is asexual, but I was wondering if she's aromantic as well? or on that spectrum at all? Just curious! 3. I'm really obsessed with the "Flutter Child/Teen" songs, and I was wondering if the music sheets for those would ever be shared anywhere? Of course you might not have the answers to this, maybe that would be up to the composer.

Super silly question. I was around the same age as Qiu and Tamarack in 2010, and me and my friends were super obsessed with Tamagotchis at the time. Would Qiu or Tamarack have bought a Tamagotchi? Would Qiu have been the type to forget about theirs and let it die... And, if both of them and the protagonist had Tamagotchis, what would their 10 year old selves' reactions be to having their little Tamagotchi pets get married and have kids with the protagonist's?

Hello hello hope you’ve been well!! Here’s my questions for the month :) 1. This is very specific but hypothetically in step 1 if a classmate said something really rude and MC punched them in response how would Qiu and Tamarack react/feel about it? 2. Another specific one, if someone from Golden Grove ended up going to the same college as Baxter by chance, would he be nice to them or completely avoid them? 3. We know he likes punk/metal, but what would Baxter’s LEAST favorite music genre be? 4. In honor of pride month, I’m curious what kind of support the OL LIs would show their kids if they were lgbtq+? (For example, would they be the kind to wear cheesy pride shirts or would their support be more quiet/subtle or somewhere in between) Thanks for doing these Q&As, they’re always so fun! And of course thanks to the team for bringing us these lovely games and characters! :))

Would the game ever consider adding more information in the details section like how you do at school, your relationship to your mom, favourite color, etc? Hope you have a wonderful June :)

happy pride month, team! your progress is staggering and i applaud thee. 1. what are Renee's dating preferences? i'd assume she'd be of a similar inclination as Qiu and Tam, a la her status as a sort of "scrapped" dlc romance option, but i could be wrong! 2. what's the religious community in golden grove like? any local mosques, synagogues, etc.? 3. it's been mentioned before that, if his partner's up for it, Cove would ideally like to have 1 child. how would he react if he and his partner accidentally conceived triplets instead? 4. how's development on step 3 been treating ya? going well?

Hi GB! Happy Pride Month! I have two questions 1. Assuming the OL1 MC falls in love with Derek or Baxter, what becomes of Cove's love life down the road? 2. When Jeremy told JB his favorite music was disco, was he lying to get a rise out of her or was being genuine?

Hello, hope you and David are enjoying the season! Thank you for doing all that you do. 1. Say the OL leads are placed in some kind of typical fantasy setting (like a world from an RPG or a DND campaign). What kind of roles (knight, rogue, wizard, merchant etc) do you imagine each of them being in this setting? 2. How are some ways you prevent yourself from burning out on a project, or keeping motivated during a more frustrating part of the game-making process? 3. Are there any upcoming games (or currently released games) that you and David are looking forward to?

Hello! Firstly I adore both OLAB and OLNF so so much <3 thank you for blessing us with these masterpieces. I also can NOT stop thinking about Step2 Qiu Lin!! I need them and Tam to be friends again it hurts my heart! but i also love the angst and drama. My question: 1. Will Qiu and Tamarack become close friends in Step 3 or they will have a distant friendship/awkward rivalry etc? or will it depend on player choices from previous steps? 2. What would be Step 2 Qiu and Tam's ideal date be? and if they were to receive homemade food what would they prefer?

Hi! Just one question: If the OLNF cast were in the MLP universe, what type of pony or creature would they be? It's okay if you've never watched the show, you can just go off of vibes if you want to.

Wudduuuuuuuuuup. I dunno if this has been asked before, but will your next game (whatever it is) be winter related?

Hey GB! First off, I love your Visual Novels, keep up the good work! I wanted to ask would it be possible to not pursue/be in a romantic relationship with either Qiu or Tamarack throughout chapter 2-3 but then at chapter 4 we romance both simultaneously and ask them to be in a poly relationship with us? Since according to the gameplay, the MC would typically romance one of them in step 3 then be able to be in a poly with the other in step 4. Would they both be okay at joining a relationship with us at the same time in step 4? Thank you!

Hey GB, first time asker but this question struck me while I was playing OL1 today. I’m not asking for a definitive yes because I know step 4 is not being worked on yet, but I wondered if you had any thoughts on it already—in OL1, Cove eventually breaks down and confesses to you in step 4 if you’re in love and never did take the initiative. Will there likely be something similar in OL2 if your MC waits them out forever and never confesses? Sorry if this question had to be skipped, no worries if you couldn’t say much, and thanks for making such amazing games!

Hello, I hope you are well! I was recently going through informations about characters and it sparked a question in me. I know people asked about Love interest at Pride, and forgive me if the following question was already asked, but how would the parents be at pride if they went? When I say parents I mean MCs' moms and Love interests' parents.(excluding Baxter's parents and focusing on Tamarack's grandparents). Keep up the good work, huge cheers from my friends and I from France ❤️ and I hope you will have a good month!

Hi GB ! Hope you have been well this month :) Last Q&A you answered a question about the beloved status, it made me wonder if : if MC is say, too shy or too in denial to shift to beloved, are you planning a possible confession from Tammy and Qiu maybe by the end of the step or something like that ? Or a choice that would induce a confession from them ? Also could we have more choices to be absolutely lovestruck or communicate or lovestruckeness ? Like in step one we can declare the leads to be the most beautiful persons ever (and then tell them they're not pretty hehe ->this is my favourite one, doing a tsundere run), would it be possible to have something similar ? I looove swooning MC (and the possibility to be a bigger tsundere) Thank you for answering ! Lots of love to all of you <3

Hello hello! First of all, thank you so much for all your hard work. I've been following OL2's development since 2021 and I remember when Step 2 was just a mere thought and now look! Already well on our way to Step 3. Time just moves by so fast. Anyway, I just have one really quick question because I keep accidentally making myself confused. Is Yusuf his first name or last name? Because in the demo he introduces himself as Mr. Kiyan Yusuf, but I always assume that "Yusuf" is his first name for some reason. And when I looked it up, "Kiyan" is a Persian surname, so is it one of those last-name-first type of situations or am I just thinking about it too much, haha!

Hello GB team! I hope you’re all enjoying the summer so far. The following questions provided are with the help of my friends who are also HUGE fans of your work. 1. I noticed that Rudy and Shannon Murray wear their wedding rings on their right hands, while the other Golden Grove couples wear theirs on their left. Is there any particular reason for this? I heard that people can do it for cultural or religious reasons, but I don’t think the Murrays worry about those things, haha. 2. What made you decide on Qiu and Tamarack as the names for the LI’s? 3. How did Vianca and Alicia meet? 4. (My friend insisted on this one) was Vianca and Alicia’s romance a slow-burn?

Sorry for asking too many questions last time 1. How would step 1 and step 2 Qiu and tamarack feel about cats? 2. Was Cove always written as Autistic, and if not, when did that happen? Was it an early on writing decision, or were people headcanoning him as autistic and you made it canon, or something else? 3. How will step 3 work, with having MC and everyone staying in golden grove, without forcing the MC to be taking a gap year or not be going to college? Iirc step 3 is after graduation, so I can't figure it out lol. It's fine if you can't say/don't know and have to skip this 4. Is the rumor about hidden stolen fine art in the second floor of the diner connected to the rumor in birthday that the art teacher is an international thief somehow, or is that just a coincidence/reference?

Hi! I’ve replayed the game like 5 times and was wondering: How would qiu and tamarack react to an MC who’s upset at them being friends again in step 2 after insisting that they should all be together? Kinda like they didn’t know it would affect them that much? Also how would they react to an MC who doesn’t speak say “I love you?”

Are you going to be dropping more Beginnings and Always merch? The hoodie was absolutely beautiful. Are we going to learn more about Guy (the sweater kid) in Now and Forever? Is there gonna be a DLC for Ren, potentially Baxter, and potentially Guy? Will there be a wedding DLC for Tamarack and Qiu like there was for Cove?

Hi, I hope your summer is well (it's been getting super hot here already). So this is a little niche, but I've seen reference to a Patreon "In-Depth Guide" and Kickstarter "Official Digital Guidebook" for B&A floating around, is this still something possible to obtain? (obviously not on Kickstarter, but on Patreon?

hello!! this is my first ever question thread, so i apologize if anything has already been said, but i wanted to ask a little about the writing process. id love to know if you start the moments with an image in your head of the big scene/climax of it and then write around that, or if you just have the concept of the moment and then see where it takes you in all the different directions. thank you! i hope you all have a wonderful june!

hi! I just want to say thank you so much for making these games and letting me experience a childhood I didn’t get to have, i’m so so grateful. my questions are, 1. if Baxter, Cove, and tamarack were in our universe, what would their natural hair and eye colours be? 2. What are the sexualities/identities of the xoxo droplets characters? 3. how would tamarack and qiu react to a crush confession from someone that they didn’t have the same feelings for in step 2? 4. I understand that there won’t be a dlc for Ren, so I was wondering how she would react to someone confessing their crush for her in step 2, either if she feels the same way or not. I understand if that’s a difficult one to answer, thank you for doing this Q&A :)

Hello! I hope you and your team have a fantastic June. My questions are the following: - For Cove: how would he react, or how would he take it, if MC had a very prominent musical talent, and during one of those couple moments where they confess secrets, MC told him they have a notebook filled with songs dedicated to him from back when they were only friends, and MC was too shy or unsure about whether the feelings between them were mutual? - For Qiu and Tammy: how would they react if their MC was passionate about programming/animation and was working on a small project where they are the main characters, kind of like a fantasy story where Tammy is a princess, Qiu is a Robin Hood–type thief, and MC is a wizard going on adventures with them? The project would basically be a practice assignment for their classes, but MC never showed it to them out of embarrassment. And lastly: while developing your games, have you ever had moments where the plot gets so tangled up that you have to redo everything? (That happens to me when I write my own characters.) And what advice would you give for situations like that? I really admire your work, and to me all your characters have a very noticeable depth. Thank you for your answers, and I hope you have a wonderful morning, afternoon, or night!

Hello, have a good day <3! 1) How did you come up with the "biology" behind primary and secondary colors? Like, why is blue hair the rarest? 2) Since secondary colors are a regular thing in the OL/XOXO universe, which historical figure comes to your mind first who would have been affected by this little world quirk? 3) For LIs of both games (+Renee), what would their eye shines be in the Blood Droplets universe? 4) JB is an absolute menace, I freaking love her! What was the inspiration behind her character and how you managed to write her dialogues?