You can see a clearer look at Tamarack's mom here! And we get a look at her expressions. Very nice ✨
To read her whole bio, you can check the post revealing her initial sketch HERE!
2024-01-14 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone! Today I'm bringing up something that was mentioned in last month's Q&A. To start, some of you might know that I've acknowledged there already is a game I decided I'd be making after Our Life: Now & Forever. I call it "Project W" for the time being.
It's a game with Our Life levels of customization/choice freedom, plus no bad ends, but isn't in the Our Life series. It has nothing to do with growing from childhood to adulthood and such. That's about all I've said on i...
2024-01-12 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Those new cultural outfits I shared a long time ago are in the upcoming beta build! And Tamarack is very impressed by them 🥰️
You can also see her bedroom with pretty sunset lighting.
2024-01-11 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Today is when we vote on brand new emote for the Discord server. Last month's emote ended up being a one for Tamarack. It's adorable! But we did need to hire a new artist because the former one no longer does emote commissions.
For this upcoming emote, I thought it'd be fun to let you choose the premise. You can leave comments below on which character you think should be featu...
2024-01-10 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Stormy days are ahead! There's some real fall weather adventures in OL2. And, of course, there's lots of alterations based on how prepared the MC is for that, haha.
“The Golden Grove wilderness was made up of the same stuff wherever you were in it.”
“But that didn’t mean you couldn’t tell when brush and rocks were around the neighborhood, and when you hadn’t laid eyes on a single thing around you before.”
“That second situa...
2024-01-09 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Look at her adorable bedroom! Omi and Opa really know how to decorate, haha.
Tamarack does love the charming design of it, but doesn't exactly see this as her room. It's a room in her grandparents house that she's staying in. Sometimes she tries to be extra careful while playing there like she would in any other room of the house, other days she forgets she's supposed to do that.
But either way, Tamarack spends most of her time at school and then running around outs...
2024-01-08 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
As Tamarack would say, though maybe not about this subject, wow! It's the other Mrs. Baumann, Tamarack's very own mother. She also exists and you will get to see her around eventually, just not in Step 1.
Now, while the grandparent Baumanns are clear opposites, the younger Baummans are a power couple of two extremely similar people. They're a pair of self-sufficient, highly educated individuals who value learning like the air they breathe. By Step 2 Nichole is not only a PhD holder like...
2024-01-07 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi! It's a new year but the fifth of the month still means the same thing. The Patreon question thread is now open.
Here you can ask me things you're wondering about for our games or company and they'll be answered at the end of the month an an audio recording (with a text transcript too). Just make sure the questions long follow the guidelines!
The thread will close after January 19th.
1. Please don't reply to other people's questi...
2024-01-05 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The process of creating the gazebo BG required some extra planning. Like usual, two options were created with different design styles, but both made the gazebo a bit too solitary from the rest of the park. A brand new sketch was done and that's what was used for the final version in the game!
However, in later Steps there might be a second background featuring the gazebo. One that's set much cl...
2024-01-04 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHere's the other poll. Next month is Valentine's Day, so that's an obvious choice of theme. But it doesn't have to be based on that holiday.
You can vote for the character you want HERE.
The poll will close on January 8th.
2024-01-03 19:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey! It's time to start voting on next month's bonus piece of art. I'm thinking it's gonna be a cute image a Step 1 kid. It's been a little while since we've had that age.
Here you can vote on which one it should be. In just a minute, another poll will appear that will have different premises to choose from. Here's the other poll!
The poll will close on January 8th.
Have fun...
2024-01-03 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
[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 see only the progress that will be done on this new game. Qiu and Tamarack are...
2024-01-01 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the last day of the year!!!
I'd say we did as best we could at GB Patch Games these past twelve months. No complaints, besides the usual "how does the time keep passing so fast". I've written a review on everything that's happened around here throughout 2023. But it's also the final day of this month, so I'm here to let you all know how that went too.
It's a subtle detail but when you get caught in the rain, Qiu's and Tamarack's clothes will look wet!
2023-12-29 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Halloween! That's the holiday of this month, right? Haha, well, Tamarack does dress up as Santa during this Moment so it fits. But even if it made no sense, this is the this newest story I've started writing. It won't have a full script until next month, though.
And the reason you're seeing this chapter card before Hide & Seek's, a Moment I've already finished scripting, is because t...
2023-12-28 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, well, well, if you've played our old game XOXO Droplets, or are active in the GB Patch fandom, you know exactly who this mysterious silent boy is. But it seems our friends in Golden Grove do not. For a change, the MC isn't the only one left in the dark about people in that town, haha.
Now, here's the text version of this preview.
“Qiu grinned surely while he approached the group.”
qiu “I knew I heard [Tamarack’s voice/y...
2023-12-27 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostYesterday I revealed the name of another free-to-play Moment, Hide & Seek. And I'm pleased to say that Moment has a completed script. That's right, another one is already done ✨
If you're keeping track, that's four out of five base game Moments I've written. There's only one left. I won't be able to write the final free Moment's script before the end of the year,but I have been drafting it. So before 2023 is over, let's do a little rundown of those base game Moments-
A new adventure lays ahead, with a brand new acquaintance to meet! How wonderful. Now we know when this little one is popping up.
Here we are, the final Q&A of 2023! Thank you for another great year filled with fun questions. I hope you enjoy the session :D
2023-12-22 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
And here's the finished piece! A lovely design for not quite as lovely of a man, haha. And now we know Tamarack got her red eyes from her daddy ❤️️.
You can see his full character bio HERE.
2023-12-21 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
IMPORTANT EDIT:
So, for some reason, Google Drive simply doesn't work for Android. I have no clue why the app is broken but there's no way I've been able to fix it on my end and it hasn't gone away like random issues sometimes do. Here is a Dropbox upload instead.
[D...
2023-12-20 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This playdate Tamarack's hosting is something extra special. Of course she's gotta be dressed for the occasion 😌.
2023-12-18 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Tamarack gets to have her own fancy fun, too! And it's the primmest, properest pastime of all- a tea party 💖
“Fragile-looking plates and teacups were spread over the ground in a vague circle-ish shape.”
“In the center of that was a platter of snacks and a pale pink teapot with roses painted along the bottom part. The cap for the pot had an actual sculpted rose at the tippy top.”
tam “I couldn’t find a table, but this makes i...
2023-12-17 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
He has glasses ✨. And some very nifty expressions, too. It was nice to see Frederick made quite a splash with his reveal, haha. It'll certainly be interesting when he finally bothers to take the time to appear in the story.
You can read about Tamarack's daddy HERE.
2023-12-15 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The sass
As usual, this isn't every MC. Just certain kinds, haha.
2023-12-14 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Wow! It's a pretty, princess bedroom, specially designed by Omi and Opa for their granddaughter. Hard to believe it used to be Frederick's room, haha.
There are gonna be some changes in the final version. The plants will be replaced with toys, Tamarack is not responsible enough to have plants in her room as a kid, haha. But it is exciting to know she's gonna invite you over to her room.
2023-12-13 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another piece of concept art! These were the two option for the living room of the Lin household. Both were quite similar, it was mainly a matter of perspective. And in my view, A worked best. The finished version doesn't appear anywhere in the demo, but I've shown it off as a preview-
Hey everyone, it's time for the monthly Discord Emote vote. Last month we updated an older emote to a brand-new version. Hype boy Cove is even cuter now!
This month I'm thinking we'll add an emote where the character is presenting a trophy or medal. It could really be any character, so the poll will help narrow it down a little. It can be one of the leads from either OL game, a side character f...
2023-12-10 19:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, well, well, look who has decided to show up, and not even in the first Step. It's the other Baumann man of the family. But don't call him Mr. Baumann, that's his father. You can call him Dr. Baumann.
Frederick is Tamarack's father and Ernst and Dorothea's only son. He's got a master's degree and a PhD in physical sciences. He's what you might call a "life-long learner". Frederick is always researching, whether it's for school, his job, or simply to pass the time. And he i...
2023-12-08 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Aw 😟. I'm afraid that might be foreshadowing.
It may be called "Fancy Fun" but there are some not so fun lines.
2023-12-07 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post