HAPPY HOLIDAYS, GB PATCH COMMUNITY! 🎁

Thanks for sticking by us through development, updates, setbacks, and everything in-between. 🫡 We appreciate you more than you know!

Our final sneak peek video of the year is here: The Step 2 Linked Moment opening!

Sure, standardized testing is coming up. Not great. BUT! The school is throwing a huge fundraiser to make things a bit more exciting.

Your vote in this scene determines which Moment you’ll experience first (“Tested” or “PJ Day”). Choose wisely! (Just kidding, they’re both fun 😅)

This is a limited edition drop, and will not return back to production. It’ll be available until Friday, December 20th, at 6:00am PST.

🚨 If you’ve been waiting to snag one, this is the final call! 🚨

The team has been hard at work as the year wraps up, and we’re here with our mid-month update!

This month, we brought on TWO new background artists: Tiana (Botai) Wen (@_taiart0229) and Ze from Square Weasel Studio.

We’re incredibly excited to have them join our team. They are both full of talent and will make fabulous additions to the GB fam.

GB reports that she has finished the draft of the 10th Step 2 Moment! The first part of the Step 2 linked Moment is also being programmed.

Finally, the Our Life Ocean hoodie has been extended through December 20th, at 6am PST. If you’ve been waiting, now’s the time! Once this one is gone, it’s gone for good.

Thanks for reading! We’ll have another update for you in two weeks – our last one of the year! 😳

WHAT: It’s the last GB Q&A of the year ‼️

WHEN: This Sunday, December 14th

WHERE: Our Tumblr inbox 📥

WHY: Because it’s fun and we love hearing from you 💕

The Our Life Ocean Hoodie has been extended to December 20th!

A fantastic gift for a fellow Cove Holden-enthusiast (or just someone who loves comfy and beautiful things), you can check out the Makeship link here.

Step 2 brings new friends, high school, and… CELL PHONES! 📱

Text the day away in this sneak peek of “Assistance”! It’s the first five minutes of the new Step 2 Moment that’s playable in our updated demo.

(Plus, a sidequest where you rake leaves with Tamarack 🍂)

Whether it’s 12 AM or PM, there’ s no place like the local diner – The Diner Table, that is!

Here’s a sneak peek of the day and night versions of Golden Grove’s legendary restaurant, from Step 2.

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

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Graceful while dancing and mildly clumsy while speaking, Qiu is adorable in this Step 2 ballet scene!

(FWIW, we’d play baseball with you any time, friend 💕)

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

Steam Page

Itch.io Page

Discord -  Twitter - Website - Patreon

Is it cozy? Is it a nuisance? Whatever you think about the rain, it’s coming down hard in Golden Grove.

Here’s an adjusted background for a Step 2 rainy scene! ⛈️

Our Life: Now & Forever is a nostalgic Visual Novel where you create your own character and grow from childhood to adulthood with your two closest neighbors. It’s currently in development by GB Patch Games.

Steam Page

Itch.io Page

Discord -  Twitter - Website - Patreon

[Here’s Ren, popping over the fence to say hello, in this incredibly sweet portrait from choombie on Twitter.]

We’re freezing over here, but we can’t tell if it’s the weather or just Baxter’s cold shoulder. There are 31 days left of 2025, and we’re here to tell you what we plan to do with them. 💪

Click here for our December Start blog! ⛄️

This month flew by and brought 10,000 leaves with it! 🍂

The team has been hard at work, building up the town you know and love, and we’ve got the latest scoop ready for you.

Click here for our November 2025 Month End blog 🧡

It’s here! Our Life: Now & Forever has gotten a significant update to its free demo. More childhood wonder and teenage angst await 😄.

This might be only a demo, but it has a massive script of 256,000 words (the version before was 161,000 words). Of course, it’s not 256k straight through. There are that many words because there’s so many alterations within the story based on your personality, relationships, and choices. You’ll hopefully have fun playing not only once, but multiple times!

Everybody is welcome to post their thoughts, share screenshots, or stream the demo. We’d love to know what players think.

Itch.io Page (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android)

Steam Page (Windows & Linux Only)

New Additions:

• Step 1 Moment “Fancy Fun”
• Remaining Step 2 Prologue Scenes
• Step 2 Moment “Assistance”
• Revamped tutorial
• Choice tracking system (star icons will appear next to choice options you’ve made in prior playthroughs)

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The content that was already in the demo was: the full Step 1 prologue, the Step 1 Moments “Walks” and “Wheels”, and a small preview of the Step 2 prologue.

Thank you for waiting as we put together this ridiculously big visual novel. Enjoy some memorable moments that are all your own in Golden Grove 💕.

Black Friday has come to Sunset Bird! 🌊

The Our Life Ocean hoodie is now 10% off, but won’t be for long. There’s never been a better time for a cozy, snuggly, trip to the beach!

Grab your very own piece of paradise here.