Our Life 2: DM (Step 1)
It's time to meet another neighborhood kid besides just the main babies- Darren Murray 馃挅. He's part of Qiu's little club so you'll spend quite a bit of time with him if you prioritize being around Qiu. If you stick with Tamarack he isn't going to be there as often. Those two aren't exactly "friends". That's because while Darren is usually level-headed, he's immensely intimidated by girls! He gets tongue-tied in their presence and cannot handle such mystique. And that does apply to the MC if you use she/her pronouns and partially/fully identify as one of those idealistic "girl" beings in Step 1.
This is another way we're going with a different direction for this new project. In Our Life 1 everyone treated the MC about the same regardless of your gender in order to make it something no one had to worry about. Everyone could express their gender/sex freely without it being a point of note. In OL2, the characters are supportive of every gender but we're gonna try out having scenes that will include notable alterations based on your identity. Our hope is that no gender choice will have 'better' reactions from people- just different, equally fun experiences to make the game seem even personalized. For example, Darren being nervous around a girl MC will be totally silly rather than an actual problem to deal with and not being a girl will mean you get to have other kinds of goofy experiences with him. It should be a good time for everybody. This also won't be the only case where choosing a certain gender alters situations. Over the course of all the steps, each kind of gender/gender expression will have times where it gets extra special attention.
As for Darren and his lady struggles- she comes out as a women herself in Step 3, so it all works out for her in the end, haha.
Comments (18)
This idea is very cool!! It was nice to have a world where nobody was judgemental about your gender or sexuality in the first game, so I like that the planned gender differences are going to be interesting plot changes like this as opposed to characters being sexist or anything. Also honestly it's a galaxy brain relateable move to have the character who thinks about girls that way be actually a closeted trans girl who hasn't realized it yet. It gives a very understandable reason why someone might treat girls differently but not in a sexist way. I'm excited to see if our protagonist can help support her through accepting herself in the later steps!
Just of note, this game was announced during the Kickstarter of Our Life: Beginning and Always. The money they are using to start this game. like hiring the staff and all of that was money that was raised with stretch goals because we just couldn't stop shoving money at gbpatch during the campaign. the fact that the second game would have 2 LIs and and that one would be female and the other NB was known from the start. and we backed both games. if anyone didn't like the concept of that they could have withdrawn their funding, but here we are planning that second game just as it was announced way back in the original kickstarter.
I really like all the queer characters you鈥檝e included in these games! I鈥檓 genderfluid myself so I was really happy to see Qiu seems to feel the same way
Can I... can I date HER in step 3?
I'm glad there will be more distinction between the MC's genders, i felt that was lacking in the first game. The only one I remember (off the top of my head) was when my male MC took cove to the Soiree in Step 2's DLC. They were pretty much the only same sex couple on the floor, and the MC could react in different ways to that. I'm also excited for a female love interest, as I'm bi.
That's so cute! I hope I get the chance to torture him with my presence lmaooo
Ah, what a little sweetie!
Wowowow so excited to play the game now!! 馃槏馃槏
I can't wait to play all possible gender options to see all the dialogue. I wish it was ready to play now.
Alternation for each idenity? Sounds ambiton. And alike it'll need ever more work then the current game... Stay strong and pi
I was around when the concept of our life 1 was just starting and we were doing polling of what was going to be in the demo. when the devs announced all the things they planned to do with our life I was very supportive, but it was the biggest thing they'd ever done. Talk about ambitious. This time I know they can do it! :)
God I鈥檓 going to throw money at this so fast when the Kickstarter/ it comes out. Such sweet babies
I hate that I have to wait to play this game, I really do XD
so much replay value already <3
Now I'm wondering what it's gonna be like with Darren when my MC transitions...
Sweet lil angel omg 馃ズ
AWWWWWWEEE YES!
trans rights !!!