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As the new year approaches, please do not forget our friends in Gaza.

I’m making this post on the behalf of Hamza, his brother Sami, and their large family with several young children. They are still suffering under the conditions there, despite the supposed ‘ceasefire’, and continue to need our aid.

If you could donate or reblog it would be a big help, thank you so much, and happy new year!

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.

The Shepherds of Haven alpha preview has been updated here!

ESTIMATED WORDCOUNT: 1,392,000 WORDS WITHOUT CODE

WHAT’S NEW:

13,000 words of new content

The beginning of Chapter 10 (technically, Chapter 11 in the final game, but I'm still calling it Chapter 10 in my head)

This update officially kicks off the next major arc of the story! I can't say much without giving things away, but if you've been starting to pick up a certain vibe... let's just say... things are happening.

As always, please be sure to check the developer notes on Patreon for important details about this update, especially regarding route availability and chronology changes. The Incomplete Routes Guide is also your best friend if you hit any confusing spots in the alpha build!

I hope you enjoy!

WHAT’S NEXT:

Either more of Chapter 10, or another festival route for one of the remaining characters! I feel like either way is going to leave you in suspense 😅🤣 Holiday season is incoming, so we’ll see what I manage before the year wraps up—but I’m excited for everything coming down the pipeline!

And Viktor abused the crap out of the poor creature for not being smart enough when it was only following natural developmental milestones. Because, like most men, like his own father, he wanted to create life but he wasn't interested in raising it beyond that and instead wanted it to be born a doctor ready to show the world how smart Viktor is for creating a carbon copy of his brain except in a stronger immortal body. Elizabeth gave him five minutes of love and let him explore how sounds come out of her mouth and he started talking.

On Saturday, November 29th, the latest Our Life: Now & Forever public demo will be available to play.

The demo will include:

✨ One more Step 1 Moment, Fancy Fun

✨ The rest of the Step 2 prologue

✨ One Step 2 Moment, Assistance

The Shepherds of Haven alpha preview has been updated here!

ESTIMATED WORDCOUNT: 1,379,000 WORDS WITHOUT CODE

WHAT’S NEW:

11,000 words of new content

New Ayla character interlude

If you're a student of Belnus Farplane (Journeyman background) and romancing Ayla, Ayla takes a hard turn into the "star-bound lovers/fated mates" territory we never saw coming! Their romance unexpectedly became so intense in this interlude!

Lots of critical bug fixes

Ayla surprised me both by showing a different side of her character and diving into an entirely different flavor of romance for her this interlude! Maybe it's because I've been sick, but I'm eating up every second of it lol, and I hope you will too! ✨🌬️

As always, please be sure to read the specific developer notes on Patreon for all of the info you’ll need, as well as check the Incomplete Routes Guide linked in the alpha build post if you have questions about how to proceed through the alpha build!

I hope you enjoy!

WHAT’S NEXT: