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[Nate Lawson under a red moon? Sounds perfect. Thank you to @wym_lawson on Twitter for this haunting XOXO Droplets-themed portrait! ] Did you… hear that? 😰 Could it have been a ghost (of a monochrome man)? A snake? (Anyone have eyes on Shiloh?) Maybe it was just a branch hitting our window. Or, may

[Here’s our ocean boy in a new season: Autumn! Comfortably cozy Cove is brought to you by the outstanding allieozs on Bluesky 🍂] Here comes September! 🌞 We say a tearful goodbye to summer and VERY excited hello to fall this month. It’s the perfect time to transition into Our Life: Now & Forever mo

[Step 3 Yusuf is looking gorgeous (and relaxed!) in this month’s art, created by the outstanding zerotosiki on Twitter.] Here comes August! ☀️ During this last full month of summer 2026, we’ll be soaking up the sun, building Our Life: Now & Forever, and preparing for the Early Access release this No

[July's guest piece has Serenity catching some sun! It was created by the wonderdul tbyeolh] JULY, ALREADY? Welcome to the first full month of summer. We’d bring Cove over to say hi, but he has been in the ocean for the last two weeks straight, and there’s no end in sight. We’re five months away unt

[May's guest art is a show-stopping piece of Step 3 Vianca, in the heat of a tennis match! It was created by the very talented astrovvitch_.] Welcome to June, Pride Month, and another 30 days full of GB-led development! 🥰 We are now roughly 6 months away from Our Life: Now & Forever’s early access

[Welcome to this month’s dreamy tea party, created by theo.twofold.page on bluesky!] Hello, May! 💐 This month is full of plans of all types: Starting the hiring process for a new artist, onboarding new programmers, celebrating Baxter’s birthday… You name it, the team is working on it. (Also, it’s m

[Stunning S3 Qiu art by zerotosiki on Twitter] Welcome to the first day of April! We are so excited to announce that we’ve taken a hard pivot and Our Life: Now & Forever will now be an MMORPG zombie adventure. We’re also changing the name to Zombie Life: Now Undead Forever. …. Do I even need to say

[Step 2 Qiu and Tamarack are, incredibly, getting along in this month's art — created by the fantastic orirising on Twitter.] Top of the March to ya, Golden Grove residents! 🎩 Spring begins in just a few weeks, and we’ll continue working away, no matter how loud the blooming poppy field calls out t

This month’s art is a portrait of Step 1 Opal in a warm glow (like a great hug from mom!), created by the very talented Kuni-Cheesecake on Twitter. Intro Hello, February: The month of love! 💕 So much of the GB Patch library involves a hand held, a kiss here or there, and the ancient practice of str

This month’s art was created by caffeinana on Twitter and features Noelani, Liz, and Pam in their New Year’s best! Day 1 of 2026 is here, everyone! 🎊 We couldn’t ask for a better crew to spend it with. If you celebrate, we hope you had a restful holiday season, and that you’re excited for what this

[Here’s Ren, popping over the fence to say hello, in this incredibly sweet portrait from choombie on Twitter.] It’s all come down to this! Here we are, in the last month of 2025, braving the cold (or warm, if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere) together. Almost a full year of development on Our Life:

[This beautiful Tamarack and Qiu piece was created by October's guest artist, tbyeolh on Twitter!] Just two months left in 2025, and we’re so grateful you’re spending them with us. Welcome to November! 🍁 We have several new events and goals planned for this month, so sit back, grab a cup of tea fro

[This month's art is an outrageously adorable Qiu portrait, created by Ariisuni on Twitter!] And just like that, it’s October 1st! My MC is definitely a pumpkin-spice girl (as am I, shamefully), so we are ready to embrace all that fall has to offer. Let’s take a look at what the team is brewing up t

[This enchanting Tamarack portrait is by dreamtydraw on Tumblr!] Welcome to September! The first day of fall is incoming (mark your calendars – the 23rd!), and Qiu’s namesake will be here before we know it. September brings so much in the Our Life world: getting into the swing of the school year, th

[This mesmerizing work of art is by aidenofwolves on Twitter!] August is here, and we’re settling into it like a quiet evening in Golden Grove: a night at the diner, some heart-warming tunes, and a quick chat about bugs (an ideal night for Cove and Tammy!) There’s a lot to look forward to this month

[This month’s art is soooo precious, and is from FernandaMarArts on Twitter! 💕💤] Who’s that at the door? Is it Cove Holden finally using the correct way to enter someone’s house? As usual, no! It’s JULY 1ST, knocking away! Welcome to July, a month full of sun, heat, and updates from the GB Patch t

[This lovely guest art is by moonfloat_ on Twitter!] Happy June, everyone! ☀️We’re heading into a brand new month (where summer will officially start!) – which means it’s time for another peek behind the GB Patch curtain. The team is hard at work on Our Life 2, with major progress across the writing

[The lovely guest art is by _marshiyan on Twitter!] May is here, everyone! 🗣️This month, we’ll continue to push through development, writing, art, and in general – prepping for the next demo update, coming this fall! We’ll also be celebrating Baxter’s birthday (May 19th), of course. 🎉 But let’s ge

[This month’s stunning guest artist is _mon_mamon on Twitter!] WELCOME TO APRIL! We are officially in full-blown (bloom?) SPRING! In the Our Life universe, this means that Cove has decided it’s warm enough to surf again (even though the waters of Sunset Bird are definitely still chilly 😅) Keep read

[Beautiful guest art by allie_ozS on twitter!] HELLO, MARCH! 💐 The weather is getting warmer, flowers are just starting to bloom, and I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the beach! (And maybe an ice cream cup with a wooden spoon?) March holds dev plans, merch surprises, demo announcements, an

[Extraordinary guest art by orirising on twitter!] And just like that, it’s February! 💐 This month brings Valentine’s Day, all things pink, a little love in the air, and… what’s that? Our plans for the next 28 days? Read on, Patreon fam! 💕 Monthly Content Plans: February will be spent writing the

[Incredibly cute guest art done by sheemin on Tumblr] Can you believe it? IT’S 2025! 🎉We hope this year is full of completed goals, fulfilled dreams, and time spent for YOU. (Perhaps with a GB Patch game? 🤭) So, what’s the plan for OL2 this year? More below, but we can confirm that there will be a

[Our incredible guest artist this month is dreamtydraw on Tumblr] Welcome to December! Whether it's snowing or sunny where you are (in my case, it's an unrelenting overcast) – we hope your 2024 is wrapping up nicely! 🍂 If you'd like to see our November update, you can find that HERE. What's in stor

[The beautiful guest art is by @NemiZeiya on Twitter] Hello! Fall is almost over already where I live 😞. It's been nice working on OL2 during this time of year. I'm gonna miss it when winter comes. But time continues its march forward, and progress here keeps coming along as well. If you want to se

[The adorable guest art is by @guniico on Twitter] Hi everybody! Qiu and Tamarack have gotten into the Halloween spirit, haha. Don't ask how Step 1 Qiu knew what Baxter's young adult look was like, that's not important. The premise was them dressed as other Our Life leads and "rebel" Baxter and baby

[The charming guest art is by Whilo_art on Twitter] Hello 👋 In my neck of the woods, fall is beginning. Before too long the leaves are gonna turn orange and yellow and brown. It's the season of OL2. And, of course, Our Life: Now & Forever is what we're working on here at GB Patch Games. To see last

[Gorgeous guest piece by BR3ADHOUSE on Twitter] Hi ✨ The year is over half done! It's gonna be a race to get as much of Step 2 done before 2025 as possible, but I can't get too far ahead of myself. We've still got to take progress one month, and one day, at a time. It you want to see what was finish

[Stunning guest piece by Nagifry on Twitter] Hi everybody! It's a new month. My progress counters are back to zero and there's all the time in the world to meet my goals. If you're wondering what was completed in June you can see that HERE. And now I'll tell you what those goals actually are. Monthl

[Lovely guest piece by Meraooni on Twitter] Happy June! It's the OL1 time of year again, if you're in the northern hemisphere. Despite that, the autumnal OL2 remains our number one focus at GB Patch Games. To see what got done last month, you can read the post HERE. And now let's go over what is ahe

[The lovely guest is by BeWmOnNy on Twitter] Hiya! Spring is slowly coming to an end here on my side of the world. And after two months of disrupted development, May should finally get things back to normal for me. You can check out how April ended up going HERE. And let's get into what is still to

[Beautiful guest art piece by pattycake015 on Twitter] Hey 👋 It's another update I've prepared way in advance. I'll still be on a trip when this is posted. Game development for April won't begin until the 8th at the earliest. If you want to see what I managed to do during March, you can check that

[Lovely guest art piece by SouNomNom on Twitter] Hi everybody, This monthly plans post I've added an extra section to mention a more personal update that's gonna impact what's done in March. If you wanna see what was finished in February you can check that right HERE! Now here's the news- Schedule N

[Precious guest piece by MelowBee on Twitter] Heya folks, The new year is over, the first month of the year has gone, 2024 has become normal. That's good with me. There's few things I love more than weeks and months of regular, relaxed development progress 🥰️. If you're curious what got done at the

[Adorable guest art by dreamtydraw on Tumblr] Welcome to 2024, everybody 🥳️ This is the year of Our Life: Now & Forever (and 2025 will be too, but let's not get ahead of ourselves that much). After a good five odd years of making Our Life: Beginnings & Always content, it's amazing to look ahead and

[Beautiful guest art is by minthe_draws on Twitter] Happy last month of 2023 😳 It's hard to believe we're already here, but it's also hard to believe how much has happened these past eleven months. Though, I can't get too reflected yet; there's still time to add to our 2023 accomplishments. You can

It's November, everybody! Fall is flying by. To start this update off, I am sorry to say that I completely forgot to commission anyone to do the usual guest art piece for today's post 😭. Keeping up with everything for the crowdfunding campaign made me lose track of a lot of the normal dev stuff. Ho

[The adorable guest piece is by Just_Lisii on Twitter] Hello, folks! There are nine days before the Our Life: Now & Forever Kickstarter is launching 😶. Tamarack and Qiu are ready for it. I hope I am. You can see what was done last month HERE! Now let's get into what is vaguely called a "plan" for t

[Precious guest piece by kloudinthesky04 on Twitter] Happy fall in the northern hemisphere! The guest art this month is baby Derek because September is when his DLC launched (I cannot believe it's nearly been a year since then), and because his story launch day is also his birthday. September happen

[Stunning guest piece by eiden_kato on Twitter] Hi again! It's August. We're nearing the end of summer already and also the real, real end of Our Life: Beginnings & Always. This will be the final month where Cove James Holden gets any significant content development. Unreal. At least it should be a

[Adorable guest piece by BeWmOnNy on Twitter] Hello again, I continue to be away on vacation, but that's not gonna stop me from doing the July plans post! Though, normally I include a link to yesterday's post, but I had to prepare this before the month end post was live and wasn't around to add a li

[Beautiful guest piece by __neptu on Twitter] Aw, what a sight for sore eyes. It's been a while since we've seen our ocean man around here. That's just not right, especially now. This is his time, it's his season. We cannot start summer off without at least a bonus piece of Cove Holden. So, there he

[The gorgeous guest art piece is by ryuuieu Twitter] Yes, there it is. We officially have a release date for the most dramatic man's story and the final DLC for Our Life: Beginnings & Always. And we also now know Baxter Ward's birthday: May 19th. Lovely ✨. You can see just how much was finished in A

[The adorable guest art piece is by KatsuSecrFox on Twitter] Hey! Welcome to the GB Patch monthly goals post for April. We've set up a lot of dominos over the past few months, and the hope is that soon we're gonna be knocking them down all in a row. You can read what was finished in March HERE! Mont

[The dazzling guest art piece is by EnkaiZero on Twitter] Hi everyone! It's not quite beach weather yet, but to celebrate the completion of Baxter's Step 3 content our supporters got to vote on a bonus art featuring any Baxter outfit he wears during that time period. His swimsuit won handily. So enj

[The charming guest art piece is by 9701Athra on Twitter] Hello again! Thank you for all the well-wishes about how I've been doing lately :D. It's been a busy few weeks barely into the new year, and February might be even more of an achievement. Today, I've got this month's plans set out for anyone

[The beautiful guest art piece is by allie_ozS on Twitter] Welcome to another year everybody ✨!!! We’ve got Baxter, Tamarack, and Qiu to celebrate with us. It is their year, after all. 2022 is over, somehow, and so today I'm posting what I hope to get done specifically in January, as well as our goa

[Guest of art Step 3 Qiu by @_minthe_draws on Twitter] It's December! The final month of 2022 is here already. That was fast. Not all our goals for the year are going to be met, aha. The Baxter DLC is going to take until potentially Spring of 2023. Still, things are coming along and a lot did happen

[Guest art of Opal by @GaneMclain on Twitter] Despite not being summer, November is an important month for Our Life: Beginnings & Always. It's the time of Cove's birthday, the 2nd, and has the anniversary for the game's original launch, the 16th. That means we're only about two weeks away from the t

[Guest art of Baxter by @Whilo_art on Twitter] So, we're at the start of a new month post the launch of Derek's story. After all this time, there's only one DLC expansion left for the original Our Life. Throw some appropriately colored black and white confetti in the air 'cause Baxter is coming Back

[Guest art of Tamarack by @Sunnyflowerday1 on Twitter] Hey everybody! Tamarack is such a cutie!! But we all know what's coming, there's nothing else to say or do this month. The next set of weeks is all about the Derek Story DLC launch 🎉 You can check out wrap-up of everything from August HERE! But