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Month Beginning Post: November 2024 Plans

[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 comi...

Month End Post: October 2024 Wrap-Up

Happy Halloween to those who celebrate 🥳️

This has been quite a month here at GB Patch Games. A bunch of progress was made. I'm gonna get right into it-

Monthly Content Summary:

I've officially hired a community manager! You'll get to talk to her soon. But don'...

OL2: Beta Build 1.4.9 ✏️ (PC, Mac, Android)

We did it 🥳️!! It's a double beta update in one month. You can now hang out some more with fourteen-year-old Qiu. Earlier this month, Part 2 of Trick or Treat came out. That's also in this build.

I will say that I haven't been able to add any suggestions people have made for these newer scenes yet, but they will be worked on when I have a little more time!

2024-10-29 18:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Project W Post: October 2024

Oh boy, it's Project W Monday, haha. I'm not posting later this week so there's space for other posts to happen before the end of October. So, here's what I've been thinking about lately.

Every month so far I've been happy and surprised with how much I'm able to come up with and improve for this game's concept. And yet, each month I also decide I have to change major elements. I feel like...

Patreon Q&A: October 2024

[Text Transcript]

Hey! Here's this month Q&A. I don't think there's ever been one over an hour and thirty minutes before, haha. I hope you enjoy the answers if you listen/read over the transcript.

OL2: Qiu Step 2 Intro CG

Step 2 Qiu is here! And by the looks of it, they haven't gone anywhere anytime recently, haha. But their introduction CG is finished and turned out fantastically ✨

Artist: redridingheart

OL2: Texting Emojis

To really complete your texting experience, a set of emojis was made for the game! Which ones would you send? And what do you think Qiu and Tamarack use 🤭?

Cut-In Artist: talentlesshuman

OL2: Qiu Step 2 Intro Screenshots

Qiu 🥺️

OL2: Neighborhood BG Afternoon (Step 2)

To continue our prep for the public demo update, the Step 2 neighborhood has gotten a version during the daytime! You can see all the differences so clearly with this lighting.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Qiu Step 2 Intro CG (Lineart)

Qiu's Step 2 intro CG is coming along! You can see their charming expressions now, for the half of their face that they'll show you 😌.

Artist: redridingheart

OL2: Beta Build 1.4.8 👻 (PC, Mac, Android)

Halloween has come early! This beta is specifically Trick or Treat Part 2. We're hoping to have a double update this month with that Step 2 expansion beta at the very end of October. Though, Tamarack's Step 2 intro scene got an improvement this time around. You can now see her finished CG 😄

Also, there's a needed nighttime background that's incomplete, so I just used a rainy day versio...

OL2: MC Cellphone + Cases & Charms (Step 2)

Here's another batch of phone examples! More colors and cases and now keychains, too. What's fun is that you'll be able to stack them to make a custom charm-strand! You won't be forced to pick just charm for your phone. That was the artist's idea.

The charms match the stickers you choose at the start of the game, plus there's a few additional options you'll see in the game.

Cut-In ...

OL2: Trick or Treat Script Preview 3 (Step 1)

Ren is a big kid in Step 1, handing out candies to trick or treaters on Halloween 💖

Pure Text:

ren “Bye.” 

“The exchange complete, Darren [expected/hoped] you’d scamper off to the stop on the street.” #if uncomfortable or not

Menu:

-““Thanks.””:

-““See you.””:

-““Yeah, uh, bye.””:...

OL2: Trick or Treat Screenshots (Step 1)

Tamarack wants to trick or treat forever, Qiu is excited for future fun. And then Step 2 happens and it didn't work out how either of them expected... Happy Halloween 🥺️💔

OL2: MC Cellphone + Cases (Step 2)

In OL2 the MC will be getting their phone in Step 2! Here are a few examples of the colors you can choose, plus different cases you can pick out. These aren't all the options, plus there will be even more ways customize it. Keychains will return like in OL1 and maybe we can even add custom background images.

Cut-In Artist: talentlesshuman

GB Patch Discord Emote Poll: October 2024

Alright, it's time to vote for another emote! I was thinking it'd be a cutesy proposing emoji with the character bashfully holding up a box with a ring in it. So, there could have been a poll where you voted between all the OL leads, but I felt it'd be a bit of an uninteresting poll. I'm pretty positive Cove would win that, haha.

So, instead you can vote if it should be Step 3 Cove or St...

OL2: Qiu's Halloween House Concept Art Sketches

Two perspectives were mocked up for a close up of Qiu's decorated house. The version in the game is B! I liked that you could see the door more clearly and it looked more like you were walking from the direction of MC's house.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Qiu Step 2 Intro CG (Sketch)

Well. Yeah. That's Step 2 Qiu for you, aha.

Artist: redridingheart

Question Thread: October 2024 [CLOSED]

Usually, this goes up on the fifth but that was a day off for me and I don't post on my off days (Tuesdays and Saturdays). Well, happy sixth day of the month! Here's the question thread.

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 ...

OL2: Qiu's Bedroom (Step 2)

Here's Qiu's Step 2 room 🌠. I mentioned in the sketch preview last month, but you can visit the room in Step 1. It's just you only do it during a DLC Moment and the Step 2 version appears in the Step 2 prologue by default. That's why the messy teenage version of Qiu's space was made before the Step 1 version.

We're getting stuff ready to have Qiu's intro scene added to the Patreon Bet...

November 2024 Guest Art: Character Poll

Hi 👋

Today we can start voting on the bonus guest art piece that'll be posted on November 1st. We're planning to have a public demo expansion that month, so I think it makes sense for the image to feature one of the Step 2 characters you'll get to see in the demo.

However,  let's skip the obvious options of Tamarack and Qiu. That leaves the slightly older versions of the gro...

Month Beginning Post: October 2024 Plans

[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 "reb...

Month End Post: September 2024 Wrap-Up

Edit:

Oops, I needed to count up my words from yesterday to get the total and forgot to plug them into the update before it went live today. Haha, sorry for the confusion on that!

Hello 👋

Another month of 2024 is over. We're already in the final stretch of the year! It's been a bu...

OL2: Tamarack Step 2 Intro CG

And here is Tamarack's completed intro CG! Just in time for the end of the month. She's so beautiful 🥺️🥺️🥺️

Artist: redridingheart

OL2: Step 2 Prologue Day 1 Script Preview

Having a phone is gonna be a lot of fun 😈

Pure Text:

Menu:

-“hi qiu.”:

-“hey, it’s [first_name]”:

-“what’s up qiu?”:

-“so sorry to annoy you. I have a phone and my [mom] thought I had to tell you right now. this is [first_name] you probably didn’t know”:

-“Qiu! My [Mom] got me a phone!”:

-“:)”: 2024-09-27 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

OL2: Beta Build 1.4.6-7 📱 (PC, Mac, Android)

Edit:

There was a very odd bug that caused an error if you tried to load a save file on a page that didn't have every save slot filled out. We're sorry that happened. I've updated the main download files with new builds and will update the mirrors when things finish uploading.

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Hey!

It's late, but we've got a beta build ready 🥳️.

I want the public demo t...

Project W Post: September 2024

Happy Project W Wednesday! And it is actually on Wednesday again.

Last month, I discussed how the game is becoming more of a real story rather than purely ideas. September has reminded me how far I still need to go, though in a good way. I know enough about what I'm doing to start picking out points that are weak. I've been condensing/simplifying some things and making other aspects less ...

Patreon Q&A: September 2024

[Text Transcript]

Hello! This month's Q&A is ready to go. It's another long one, haha. It seems being over an hour is the norm now. Thank you to everyone who submitted a question!

OL2: Pumpkin Patch Concept Art Sketches

Here are the design options created for the local pumpkin patch background. All three were super charming, but the one that's in the game is Option C! I liked how it felt vast and wild. It seemed fitting for a child's perspective.

Artist: Vic Alen (VicAlen4 on Twitter)

OL2: Tamarack Step 2 Intro CG (Lineart)

Tamarack's Step 2 intro CG is coming along! You can see her other arm pose and various expressions here 💕

Artist: redridingheart