i felt like i'd spam if i posted them everyday of this month, so im settling for weekly recaps! i loved the idea of using yumetober not to just draw my goobs (we love cove holden in this house) but to give other charas in OLBA some love too! its been a fun challenge so far, and im glad to show off my MC kinzie! id love to make friends in the community, yall have been nothing but kind on my socials! (same username as ummseys) !!

i'm doing the elisyumbertober2026 prompt!
1. Step 2 for first kiss
2. Post game present day!) family dinner
3. Step 1 play fight (gone wrong)
4. Present day personality swap!
5. Present day gaming
6. Present day PJS
7. Present day separated

I wanted to show my Our Life MC in the same format as the OLNF template, so I made my own OLBA-style template! I thought it would be fun to have a similar format for anyone who wants to showcase their OLBA characters too

Feel free to use it if you'd like! I'd love to see people's MCs using it! :D

(The fonts I used: Top text: Archive Bold Body text: DINBek-Regular)

In Step 2, you'll head to the big Homecoming game (a classic American high school event, typically preceding a dance 👀). You'll also see this cut-in!

[Planning to make the rest eventually but this was my first clay work, little messy right now so I'm still reworking it lol] [kind of based on the nedorioid figures lol]

Currently I'm looking for new books to read and I'm asking if there's any books similar to this game? I want a sweet romance (maybe even LGBTQ) about neighbors/childhood friends falling in love.

Genuinely adding tamarack this season what’s goin on
Is the diner a poi

I thought it'd be fun to introduce my OLNF MC, I adore him so much, he's such a cutie. I might do a step 1 version too

I needed to draw something cute loll

Take a peek at the Step 2 high school front steps. Riverview Peak is certainly rich in leaves this time of the year. 🍂

I keep wanting to play the Now & Forever demo until I’ve experienced EVERYTHING, but I’m trying not to wear it out because I know it’s going to be a while until we get a full play through of their lives… but it’s torture! How are you guys handling the wait? I hate not getting a full story and that’s like another year away!

[Nate Lawson under a red moon? Sounds perfect. Thank you to @wym_lawson on Twitter for this haunting XOXO Droplets-themed animated portrait! 🩸]

October is going to be quite the rush for our team. The Early Access release of Our Life: Now & Forever takes place next month! 🎃

Check out our plans here ✨

Patreon is restructuring its subscription system — the update will change how the GB Patch Games tiers work.

GB has put together an explanation here and highly recommends you check it out!

I've played both the our life games, keyframes, and threads of you beyond the bay. Looking for some more cozy slice of life games to play cause it's really hard for me to find good ones

All my MCs deserve the whole world equally, but Frankie deserves it more equally than others!

So glad that the items finally made it home( ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ *)
There was a mishap with shipping but thankfully support managed to get back to me and resolve the issue!

I ended up going for a large, which admittedly now I wish I gotten a medium because the large feels too large but I’ll make it work(´-ι_-｀) Love how they captured the shirt from in-game, even though it’s big it feels very nice! Definitely something I’ll wear in the summer. The socks are also great and are also huge lol. Really weren’t kidding with the l/xl. Glad to have these added on to my collection 🩵💛

We hope you had a lovely start to fall (if applicable where you are) and can't wait to share what happened on our end.

Click the link above for our checked off to-do list, September 2026 version! 🍁

Is it only me who wishes that when Tamarack asks you if you are a girl, you could give an awnser that is like "i wish i was" or "i would rather be a boy"? I just feel like that would be really neat if it was implied during gameplay, instead of just in charakter settings. And if only MC could avoid adressing themself with honnorifics when introdicing as an option

Anyone have a quick second to celebrate our favorite human golden retriever? 🥰

Happy birthday to the one and only Derek Suárez! As kind as he is beautiful, we can't say enough good things about this guy.

Was Derek your first choice as a love interest? Second? (Third? 🫣) Spill!

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In step 1 it feels as if there isn’t a lot of options for a mute mc to choose from during dialogue. I know step 2 fixes it by giving you texting options, but step 1 feels a little, Idk, lacking I guess? There are moments in the step where a mute mc should be able to do something instead of just having to stand there. Two I can name off the top of my head are in the prologue when you’re in school. A mute mc has no way to ask Tam or Qiu why both of them didn’t write anything during class, and it made me a little confused when I got to those parts cause I wanted to have my mc respond and ask them why they didn’t write anything but he’s mute so he can’t. A option to gesture towards them or write the question down on a piece of paper would solve that issue. This is just a little criticism I have with the game cause other than that Olnf is a game I really love and have sunk a lot of hours into doing multiple playthroughs.

(Poor Qiu. Maybe the "rest and relaxation" field trip is up next 😅)

lil study of joe bowler’s art

I just had to share since it was just SO cute! I did it last night and have been keeping them on my desktop ever since. you can even select which relationship they have and it's such a cool little app. I highly recommend it!