August 1, 2022

Month Beginning Post: August 2022

[Guest art of young adult Derek by @toorurii on Twitter]

It's the final full month of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere)! And this time I'm not having to make the update from out of a hotel room, so that's a plus, haha.

The July progress breakdown was posted HERE! With that, we can get into everything that'll hopefully be coming this month.

Monthly Content Plans:

It's still Derek time. It will continue to be Derek time until that DLC is complete. I am gonna complete that overall draft for sure this month, I'll finish or almost finish the script, and most of it will be programmed and released to testers. But I'm not really picturing the DLC launching publicly in August. I don't think that'll leave enough time to properly test and polish it all, so I won't be upset if there's still work to do in early September. However, unless something terrible happens, the DLC is gonna release before summer is technically over (the last day is September 21st in the northern hemisphere). 

All the new voiced lines that have been coming in should be implemented over the next few weeks. The last pieces of art will likely be completed in August as well. And I'll finally launch the Coming Soon page for the Derek DLC. 

Our Life: Now & Forever won't have any script work done again. However, the artists and lead programmer will continue their lovely efforts on the game. We'll be able to share more Step 3 side character designs. But September will be the month when Qiu and Tamarack Step 3 come along. I think that's fitting, since that's when fall begins (for Oregon where the game is set anyway). 

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The Derek DLC is almost there. I can't believe. Thank you to everybody who takes the time to follow along with the progress 🥰️

[Also, if you're wondering why this is coming hours before things usually post, I've gotta be out of the house today and wanted to update the front page of the Patreon with this link before I go]

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Linked post · July 31, 2022 <p><figure><img src="https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/69644185/7cd3219319704321af7e0e7ba1f38c29/eyJhIjoxLCJ3Ijo4MjB…
Linked post · July 27, 2022 <p>Hey, everyone! It&#39;s finally time for the beta update. The gang&#39;s all here and they&#39;re all grown up, well mostly grown up, hah…
Linked post · July 23, 2022· 2 attachments <p>In Step 3 Derek is part of the story for one conversation over the phone, not even in person. I said there wasn&#39;t ever gonna be a spr…
Linked post · July 22, 2022 <p>Serenity (she/they) is growing up 🥺️💖. She&#39;s developed quite a style over the years. But regardless of their interest in dark cloth…
Linked post · July 15, 2022 <p>Of course the lovely local diner owner is still here for Step 3, and he&#39;s looking incredible as always!</p>
Linked post · July 11, 2022 <p>It&#39;s your mom! Here&#39;s Opal&#39;s look during the third Step of the story and she&#39;s beautiful as always.</p>
Linked post · July 18, 2022· 2 attachments <p>Here&#39;s a snippet of Jorge&#39;s set of voiced phrases! It&#39;s all very cute and it&#39;ll be great to have these in the game. I thi…
Linked post · July 26, 2022· 2 attachments <p>The last Step 2-specific lines have come in! Soon baby Nicolas will have voicing throughout all of his scenes just like his big brother. …
Linked post · July 24, 2022· 2 attachments <p>A second batch of Derek lines has been recorded for Derek! He&#39;ll have a wider range of voice clips than the other side characters now…
Linked post · July 17, 2022· 2 attachments <p>We showed off some of the earring options before, now here&#39;s a couple examples of the ways you can actually use them! It&#39;s possib…
Linked post · July 20, 2022· 3 attachments <p>The latest feature Shawna has constructed is a way to create your own bio image within the game itself! It can then be screenshotted and …
Linked post · July 13, 2022· 3 attachments <p>Shawna has implemented another new feature for the character creation system! Hooray for wonderful progress. Most of it isn&#39;t relevan…
Linked post · July 29, 2022 <p>[<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1biFskGu4_C_aTBfFW1u2upe86dFRnBV2/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=115286842589086012473&amp;rtpof=…
Linked post · July 19, 2022 <p>We&#39;ve opened the final casting call for the Derek DLC. This round we&#39;re looking for VAs to play the older versions of Nicolas and…

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jonah wheeler · August 22, 2022

Is it just me or am I hoping they do a poll of some sort to petition a smutty extra patreon chapter with Jamie anderek I can’t be the only one that wants this right me I NEEEEDD ITTTTTT :D

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Obscurus Ciel · August 26, 2022

Yeah! We had one for cove, now let's get all 3! Lol 😆

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Seahorse · August 16, 2022

I just joined the patreon, but YEAAAAHHH!! I'm so looking forward for this to release soon! I've just finished playing the game and the dlc! Also would like to know what Derek's birthday is since we know Cove's birthday as well as Shiloh and Jeremy's birthdays 👉👈

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Addie · August 14, 2022

I know this is kinda strange but could you guys do an extended moment for Our Life where Cove and the MC finds out their gonna have a baby? I think it would the cutest thing to have this last thing

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VitaeAlexander · August 3, 2022

Aww! He looks so cute! The artist did an amazing job!

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chou1vy · August 2, 2022

YAY!! omg!

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cxremepuff · August 2, 2022

as someone who lives in oregon i ADORE the fact that our life 2 is set here :))

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Honovi Derringer · August 3, 2022

I had no idea it was set here! Yay! Oregon needs some love ^_^

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Anna Bia · August 1, 2022

Yay another great month! Thank you so much for your hard work! Derek's beta was so amazing! Can't wait!

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PoohBee · August 1, 2022

Here's to another lovely month! Thanks everyone for all you do and all you will do! I LOVE this months art piece, it's so colorful and pretty. 🥰

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Rose · August 1, 2022

Oh wow! I'm super excited~!🥳 As always, thanks to everyone involved for your hard work~. 🥰 Can't wait to play Derek's DLC and see Step 3 Tamarack and Qiu.