Our Life: Baxter DLC Build 1.6.7B 🥂 (PC, Mac, & Android)
Baxter Step 3 is here! Hooray! Now, there are still issues with his content working in conjunction with the normal Cove scenes, so it's technically not entirely complete. But if you just play Baxter's stuff it's the whole thing and should be all good. How unbelieve that it's come this far 😭.
Important Notes To Play the Beta:
You access Baxter's Moments by clicking a yellow button on the right hand side of the Step 3 Moment selection screen.
The extra scene for Baxter in the 'and then summer ended' section happens after the credits!
Baxter's DLC begins in the Step 3 opening. You can play from the beginning of the story until that point or start a new file and use an option at the start of the beta to skip right to Step 3
Save files from this beta won't work in other beta builds or the main game. You can load saves from the main game in the beta but you need to play Step 3 from the beginning to see the new content
New Content:
The Moment "Mountain" is now playable
The Moment "Planning" is now playable
The "And Then Summer Ended" additional scene is now playable (it only appears if you played Baxter's story events)
Over 60,000 words of new content was added in total
The Moment Selection Screen for Baxter's events was properly implemented
Missing and incomplete art from prior builds got added
Errors were fixed from the previous beta
There is one BG in Planning that's entirely missing right now, not even a sketch is done, and so I just used the grocery store background as a placeholder.
And there you have it. Everybody worked hard to create this massive update before the end of the month. I hope you'll enjoy the full first part of Baxter's story. He's certainly a unique figure in the world of Our Life: Beginnings & Always 🖤
Comments (73)
Why did my dumbass play through Step 4 (not engaged to Cove lol) thinking he might show up again ;-; And why do I care more about how Baxter feels about me than literally any other character in this game (including Cove lmao)
I just finished. I knew how it was going to end, but I am terribly depressed. Baxter made assumptions about MC's feelings, became self-contained, and excluded MC from a part of his life. This experience broke my shy MC's heart 🥺. Honestly,I can't see a future where he and my nervous MC can be happy. That makes me sad. However!!! There were many fun moments. Thanks for the great story!
baxter really out here making me cry
BAXTER YOU COME BACK HERE SO I CAN HIT YOUR STUBBORN ARSE WITH SOME TRUTHS. And my hand. And my love.
I finally had a chance to play Baxter's DLC and I feel so sad for Baxter, he did so much for MC and their friends but doesn't see himself as one of their friend's and nor has any friend's of his own and how he even admits to having trouble making friend's. It makes me think that maybe something happened to him in his past that now makes he afraid to let anyone get near him or stay with him. He's willing to help and there for them but won't let others do the same for him, I felt so sad for him and even when he was being harsh to MC I still wished him luck and a good life 😢 Can't wait to see him again in Step 4 and make everything okay for him 💕 Thank you and your team so much for all your hard work into making these amazing games 💖
I will be saving myself from a heartbreak and I will not be ending the summer amen 🕺
I just finished! Man that was heartbreaking, I can't tell its over the breakup or the I fact I have to wait for the next part! Amazing stuff!!!
CRIES I NEED STEP 4 OR I WILL NEVER MENTALLY RECOVER sobs the ending HURT AND I KNew it was coming 😭
IVE BEEN CRYING MY EYES OUT BECAUSE OF THE PEPE LE PEW 😭😭 I LAUGHED SO HARD IT HURTS
So curious about how we’ll meet again in the next part! I sorta hope it’s by coincidence for the drama lol
IM SO SAD, I LITERALLY TRIED EVERYTHING AND I STILL CANT SEE BAXTERS ADDITIONAL SCENE WAAAAA
If you’re talking about the “And then summer ended” scene, it’s after the credits! And if you still don’t get it maybe it’s because you need to start a new file from step 3? If not that then I don’t really know what else 😥
not my mc and me getting our hearts broken by victorian emo pepe le pew 😔✊
Dang, I thought if I was just chill/go with the flow about the fact that the relationship would end with the summer I'd feel less sad about Baxter just straight up leaving -- I was wrong. Great DLC <3 so grateful for all of the work and the beautiful story
The whole DLC just broke my heart...
ooh man... I need some tea after that ending... From the 2 new moments, planning was making me laugh all the way! That gosh darn choco fountain XD! It had a great balance of description and dialogue. Already can't wait for the next update haha!
I will never be the same after that ending
wow I was expecting him to be harsh but I was still surprised at how savage that cut was. God damn... I wish we could have seen MC's family and friend's mad reactions to get a little catharsis lol
I love how this game continues to break me in new ways.
I thought I was ready, but I wasn't, just came back from crying, my heart shattered by a Victorian emo pepe le pew
idk breaking up with 2D man hurts this bad O(----(
I genuinely thought I was ready and was strong however I cried 😢 😭 thank you for the update I can't wait to see the victorian emo again after he broke my MCs heart but next time I hope they have a happy ending ❤️
Aaah took me some time to play through it since I didn't want to skip the previously released Moments. I ADORED this update. Well, that comes without saying I guess, at this point, but really, it was awesome! I think as far as Moments go, Drinks remains my favorite of the DLC, but I love them all so much! It's already my favorite DLC of the bunch, and I haven't even played through Step 4 yet. But well, that was to be expected considering just how much I like the character. I can't even tell if I'm just being biased or if it's "actually" even better than the other DLCs haha. Now, the Summer Ended part... It was amazing too! It was so short, yet so poignant. I guess the exact tone of it depends on each player's playthrough and on their MC's personality, but in my case it was so bittersweet. There was no true heartbreak in that... well... it was just that, the end, as promised and expected. My MC accepted that, and he said goodbye with a smile, unwavering in that regard. It was nice to end that on a peaceful note, with no bad feelings. I'm sure the acceptance was also a relief for Baxter. I feel like otherwise, he'd have been harsh because being hurtful would have been a good defence mechanism and a way to "enforce" the break-up as such, instead of a mutually arranged end to the relationship. I mean, I guess that's his reasoning if the MC insists. But of course the separation still hurt even if it wasn't directly harsh. Still, I'm left with that strange feeling where I'm conflicted between thinking "it went better than I feared" and "I sort of expected it would go that way despite all the sneak peaks screenshots and CG we saw previously" - I guess I had faith in Baxter that it would go better than that if he was not pushed. With that being said, I just checked out one of the "less favorable" branches to see how it pans out, and I have a small question. Would you consider to add a choice option where the MC wouldn't immediately accept Baxter "breaking up", but wouldn't get mad or sad or numb once he explains his reasoning, and accepts after that? Would make sense to be surprised or confused at first, but accept it's what he wants after hearing what he has to say. My reasoning is that the MC could have been prepared to the relationship ending as it's what Baxter said from the start, but still be surprised at first about him intending to avoid any contact. But still come to terms once he explains and not take it badly, basically. It's not the path I'm following anyway, but I just thought it would make sense! Anyway, regardless of that, thank you for the FEELS! I can't wait for Step 4 now!
Thank you for sharing your experience! I might be able to add in an extra option like that.
Just casually crying my eyes out nbd T-T stupid Baxter, why'd he have to be so MEAN ABOUT IT??!
I knew it was coming and it still hurt 😭 but it was so, so good. My poor Baxter route MC is never going to believe in love again so I can't wait to see the ways their reunion goes in step 4, excellent job!
Legitimately started sobbing at the ending, cannot wait for Step 4 💔
for the record, this BROKE me in the best way and if i don't get a happy ending with Baxter I absolutely will cease to exist
“I wish… I could stay.” BRO COME ONNN, YOU CANT DO THIS TO ME
YES
I know we can end in good terms but... i doesn't make any sense to cut all contact, he says no even to being friends! Of course we would be mad/sad ! Bad goodbye it is, i am living for the drama
I thought i was ready for the pain... i was WRONG 😭 i really don't know how step 4 will be but dear lord i can't wait to find out
Looking forward to testing this. Thanks, and keep up the good work. ^^
Amazing! I've been waiting for this for so long! I'm going to see Baxter now💕 Thank you for your hard work!
...Yeah, I'll see you again five years from now in Step 4. Until then, Pepe Le Pew.
shaking and crying and throwing up rn i just finished playing through everything it was so lovely and so crushing :')
"you'll never see me again" sike my dude YOU THOUGHT
ahhh this was such a frustrating (but well-written) ending TT we left on such bad terms, i'm so stressed out for step 4 now ! thank you for all your hard work, this was a really beautiful way to end this step and i've loved every second of it <3
The way my heart stopped. Like I knew he was gonna pull a danny phantom & go ghost but I foolishly didn't expect him to be so blunt about it ;-;
Omg thank you for all your hard work!!! I was so excited and jumped out of bed to immediately play it lol
so excitedddd!
So excited! 💕💕💕
AMAZING
I so hope that since the last line of the step 3 DLC is "You never heard from Baxter Ward again", the first line of the step 4 DLC will be something like "Until today, that is."
Got my breakup with Baxter playlist ready 😎
I'm gonna need a link to that playlist
Awesome! Big tall trees here I come 🌲🌲🌲!
Ahhh it's here!!! Thank you so much to everyone who worked so hard to share this with us!! I can't wait to play it ASAP 🤩
IM SCREAMINNNGGG
Woohoo!!! Can't wait to play it once I go home!
Ahhhhh 😍on my way to get my heart broken 🫡🫠😭 Thank you so much for all of your hard work! ❤️🥰
Good thing it's Friday cuz I'm gonna stay up all night playing this
AHHHHHHHHHH
Yess! No sleep today only B-Man
OMG I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!
I’m so mad I’m at work right now and can’t play until I get home. Mad enough to cancel my end of day Teams meeting? Yes. Hahaha
Yesss I'm so excited!!
OH MY GODDDJSJJSHDJD
READY TO HAVE MY HEART BROKEN
I saw on Twitter and SPRINTED
OH MY GODDD THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK! 💕💕I cannot wait to cry and squeal over this 🥹😭
YAY! i can't wait to cry!!
Thank you all for your hard work!!! ♡ I'm so excited to play it!!
yay! i am so excited to be sad!
the ungodly, inhuman scream that just left my mouth. THANK YOU GB IM CRYING ALREADY
The way I screeched, can't wait to get my heart broken!
Yep! Time to be sad for the weekend! 😁😭
finally! lol time to spend another 100 hours of my life completing this 😁
Yay! you guys are awesome! Can't wait to play it
Yaaaay! I'll be back to play this after the movies!
So excited to playtest this! Thank you so much! 🥳
Wow, good job guys!! I cannot wait to play this
Can we get our hearts broken now?? How exciting!!!