Question Thread: February 2023 (CLOSED)

Did you have a "back up plan" or career in mind if making games fulltime wasn't feasible? or did you try to make being a game dev work from the very beginning? Thank you and the team for sharing your wonderful stories with us!

We know how hard Derek tries to be the perfect son, but would there ever be a situation he'd get in trouble/reprimanded for something? How would he feel about it?

Hello and hope you're having a fine day! I'm not sure if this has been asked before but what happens to the 20$ teir soundtrack downloads if the time expires to claim them? Also will there be more chances to get a games soundtrack if it was already set as a previous reward? Thank you for reading and hope you have an amazing rest of your day!💛

I have two-ish questions: Does the Lin family speak Chinese, and the Baumann family German in their households? Would the OL2 MC be able to attend the dance hall, but not practice ballet; or attend the dance hall, but not putting their main focus on dancing itself (taking ballet lessons for figure skating for example)? Even just knowing if it has been decided on or not would satiate my curiosity (at least for now aha), thank you for your time and take care!

i was super curious. is baxter's 'suitor for the season' thing something he's done in the past? or did he just take such a strong liking to MC that he decided to go for it?

This is a silly one lol: Has Baxter read My Immortal? (if not, I am highly skeptical of his "goth" status 🤔)

Thank you for all your hard work! I hope you're keeping healthy and taking time for yourself! Remember; you deserve it!! I'm sure this has been asked before and I just haven't scrolled back far enough, but- Since Baxter is a wedding planner... would he plan his own wedding or would he enjoy being able to sit back and let someone else take over for the planning? I find both ideas highly amusing and wanted your input! Take care ♥

So I’m not sure if this has been asked before or if you’ve really thought about it but, how good at singing are the LIs of OL1 and OL2?

Hiii, thank you for your hard work. Given how close Lake of Voices and Our Life 1 came out, would it be safe to assume you were working on both at the same time? If you don’t mind my asking, how was it handling the two different genres simultaneously?

Don't know if this has been asked before but I know that whilst making games for everyone to enjoy it's fun and fulfilling, it must sometime be alittle stressful. How you ensure that yourself and employees are keeping a good balance (sorry if it's intrusive just curious)

This is just a little question of mine: If Baxter were to have kids with the MC (since he is willing to have children if his partner has their heart set on it), what kind of a parent would he be like? Would he be on the stricter side, or a bit more easy-going? etc. You can go into as much or as little detail as you like, I just thought this would be a fun question ^^

Ok in Ol2, after you all meet for the first time and are walking home, how do you get to the front of your houses? Like I guess I don’t understand the geography or something, because I don’t understand how you get to the front of your houses without having to have gone through one of your backyards.

Will Baxter be in Ol2? I assume so since he’s from the town but like … what’s the time period? Is it the same as Ol1?

Just a fun, lighthearted question haha! If MC wanted to match with Baxter and it wasn't black & white- or purple, since that seems to have also joined his color scheme in Step 4 haha-, would he do it? Additionally, what if what the MC wanted to wear was something like those silly couple tees? And if in the end he refuses.. would he compromise by at least matching in silly pajamas?

Did you have any other town names that you considered? I think Sunset Bird and Golden Grove are both really cute and wanted to know if there were any others that could have been!

If you were to make it possible for a poly relationship in OL2, do you know what kind of relationship that would be? Example: Where you are dating Tamarak and Autumn but they aren't dating each other.

For the LIs of OL1 and OL2 I really want to know how do they react when they are jealous?

For OL2, since the games take place over years, we as the players will see the characters in all their moments and for so long. How does the game make note of the passage of time, meaning we may interact with Tamarack and Qiu and think of them as their 10 year old selves, when we play step 2 they’ll be older but we may have fresh on our mind the past moments, how they acted, things that were said. How do you sort out what the characters remember and talk about? Do they still see themselves as 10 year old Tamarack and Qiu but just a bit older, or does it feel like a long ago far off memory but it’s pleasant?

We know that Liz is straight but has she ever been in love before offscreen? Or is that just not her forte?

Why does Baxter not want to go back to golden Grove or go back to it? He seems to either lie or not think about it ever!

For the LIs of OL1 and OL2, what 'Love Language' do you most associate with them and the way they show MC their love? (Words of affirmation. Quality time. Physical touch. Acts of service. Gifting.)

Thank you for this, as usual! I have three questions about Baxter this month! - All the "misshaps" that happen in Drinks - be it with the not waking up or with the whole anxiety and frustration later on... Did that happen to Baxter in previous relationships? (and if it did, did he take them AS hard as this time?) - In Step 3 Baxter is canonically way richer than the MC, which makes sense. But I feel like in his "route" it would make sense for the MC's financial status to be more relevant later on, so is that a thing we'll be able to set up in Step 4, or is it still headcanon? - Will we be able to at some point set in the game (not only headcanon) that for the MC, the relationship with Baxter was never "just a summer fling", but that they agreed to that because they didn't want to overstep and make Baxter unconfortable, not because they prefered it that way themself?

How recently did Renee come out? From the end of step 2 to the start of step 3.

Thank you for all your hard work! After step 4, in an instance where Baxter and the MC were dating, would he want to introduce them to his parents/take them to Golden Grove? Or is that something he would only do if the MC/his parents requested it?

Thanks for all the hard work of your team! I just wonder that Baxter and mc will have a happy ending, right?

In OL1, did Pamela and Noelani make any efforts to connect Elizabeth to her own heritage in a cultural sense? For example, through language classes or foods or involvement in a local community, or in any other sense.

How would the LIs from both games think about being with an mc who is a non-sexual age regressor? Would they be willing to be their caregiver, whether it's platonic or romantic?

Will there be different types of disability options in OL2 or OL1? Like autism or physical disabilities! :DDD also you guys have been doing amazing work so thank you!!

I would love to see an 18+ scenario with the other characters too. Like intimacy with Derek(after he waited for us for so long) and with Baxter.

I really love both OL and OL2, you and your team are doing such amazing work with your games, I'm not sure if this has been asked before but how is Tamarack's hair so shiny? Dose she actually put glitter in her hair or is it just really well taken care of?

So we are able to pick body shapes and height in OL1, with those choices which would be Baxter body shape and height? I assume slender and soft? But I'm not sure.

Do you plan on any Patreon exclusive DLC for Our Life: Now and Forever?

also, I’m super proud of everything you’ve been doing! Look at you go!! ~ what do you do during your spare time? Do you have any hobbies outside of writing and game developing? :)

For, ahem, mc reference… is it safe to assume that Step 4 Baxter is between the other love interests in height? (Taller than Derek, shorter than 6’4” Cove)

During their dates Cove and the MC can say how they feel like they'd have found each other no matter what. Is this actually the case if they hadn't been adopted by the Lasts or did everyone just get insanely lucky?

It may be too early to say but I'm curious. How do you imagin the jeliousy system working for OL2, like will it just be a few lines, or will there be choice changes and such?

During that scene when Qiu and Tamarack are talking about their favourite colours, and you set Qiu to crush, how come when we mention that our favourite colour is yellow, they look to Tamarack's boots and make a look of disgust LMAO

Is it possible to add Baxter/Derek wedding in wedding dlc? 🤔