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Our Life: Baxter DLC Build 1.6.9B 🎉 (PC, Mac, & Android)

Yes Baxter, here we are. This is it. The beta we've got for you today has the entire story of Mr. Ward!!!! Thank God.

I do need to explain, though, that generally a beta update is 20-25k words of new content. However, this build is 90,000 words bigger than the last one. All added in less than 30 days. That's never gonna happen again, not even close, haha. I was particularly motivated to just get this man out already after how many years it's taken to truly finish OL1, but it'd be unwise to push that much in the future. At least not until OL2's last expansion is on the horizon.

This does mean it's guaranteed that there will be some issues in the build. They should be fairly small ones, at least. I think any game-breaking problems were resolved with our own testing.

If you come across an error report screen, you can click the ignore button to keep playing!

And the last preface, is that a few of the backgrounds aren't done yet. So, there are stand-ins used for certain scenes. Now here's the download links-

Windows/Linux Download Link

Mac Download Link

Android Download Link


Important Notes To Play the Beta:

New Content:

There's still final polish, fixing stuff, adding voice acting, and those odds and ends but it's pretty surreal to have the entire experience here. I'm gonna need more time to get used to that concept, aha.

With all that said, I just hope people are happy with what we made. Baxter's an incredibly dramatic man. He's lived up to his own goals of being unique in the world of Our Life: Beginnings & Always. Now we'll have to see if that's a good thing or not. Thank you for playing 💕

Our Life: Baxter DLC Build 1.6.9B 🎉 (PC, Mac, & Android)

Comments

Finally finished it after days of reading the entire game again just to see the extra tid-bits or references added and it was worth it!!! 😭😭😭 I can't believe it's ended and it was just.. so amazing!! The last step of just us trying to figure him out, watching him grow and put in the effort, it just UGH 😩, makes my heart wrench in the best way possible! He's literally so sweet and as the game has pointed out, a huge softie. Watching him break out of the shell he's kept himself in and crying with him in the moments he's decided to share and expose his real feelings. I've truly fallen for such a character. Y'all did amazing with the writing and I literally wish there was more of him but that's only for my own imaginations now. And I just can't express the pure joy, sadness, and heart-fluttering moments that I personally went through just relating to him and being able bond in sense because of the realness of his character. I loved all the dancing moments, swooned with every scene, he's just so breath-takingly goofy! I love him so much 🤧 The way everything just loops back together from the summer in step 3 is so sweet and lovely, being friends with Xavier and seeing their reaction to meeting them before in Derek's DLC was priceless!! The attention to detail is everything and I can't appreciate it enough, I hope y'all also held a party for the work you've put in! I'm excited for when it comes out, I'm sure everyone else will enjoy just as much. Thank you guys again for such an amazing character and story! 🤩🥰

Junexzee

We demand more Cove Baxter and Derek merch! 🫶🏻💕💕💕💕 I wanna decorate my whole room with them 🥰😍😍😍😍

Elizabeth Lawrence

Oh my gosh his route was amazing! I felt I could never love anyone more than Cove, but Baxter proved me wrong! I can’t wait to re-play him again! Also I feel like it would be canon that Baxter and MC would be together for several months before one of them proposes! They just can’t bare to be apart or do long distance any longer! <3 They want to be together forever. Additionally, if MC wants, it seems like they’d create their own family one day. I’d think that would be several years away (as Baxter and MC want to make up for lost time) but it might accidentally happen as well. I still feel like they’d both be happy all the same. But I do think Baxter would be worried about being a father or becoming like his own parents. But MC would be there to reassure him and so would all of Baxter’s new friends! Additionally, they could also adopt! Also how does Baxter feel about animals? Does he like them? I can see them having fur babies as well hehe. <3 I can clearly imagine their beautiful life together!

Kawaii Kokoro

You can click the ignore button to continue!

GB Patch

the code is broken when trying to confess to baxter

Elizabeth Lawrence

I already left a comment before but I'm here again after multiple reruns of his routes. The way Baxter's story with MC felt as if I was suddenly roped into a never-ending dance performance. It was dizzying, heart-wrenching, bittersweet, yet oh so beautiful and precious. I would dance alongside Baxter as many times as I could and I would be so happy to be enveloped in his perfectly imperfect self. I never thought I could possibly like anyone over Cove, but Baxter really did the unthinkable. I think this DLC has to be my favorite now and I will continue to play this route time and time again. Major props to the writers and GB because you guys did such an amazing job! Much love as always <3 I can't wait for the official release!

Elley

I cant believe its finally here. On one side, yes!! its done!! Congratulations! on the other side its a bit of a bitter feeling that this is finally reaching its end. Thank you so much for your hard work!

Raîńbøw

It was soo good, played it a few different times with different attitudes toward Mr. Ward. I won't lie I would love love a Baxter and MC wedding just to see Liz give her toast to the "Emo" man. Lol

RetainedKitten

YASSS tysm best team !!! great work !!

Cendre

i"ll mention it too. :) that happened in my game as well

VerlysGamingLife

Thank you so much GB Patch team for such an amazing game! I definitely will be buying the DLC when it officially releases, but I can't believe this is the end! The DLC was everything I wanted and more. I loved the angst and the tension btw the MC and Baxter throughout. Although Cove is my favorite character of the game, Baxter was my favorite route out of the 3. Totally worth the wait! I love this game so much it has a very special place in my heart. It has helped me through many dark times. No matter how many times I play, it can always lift my spirits. Looking forward to geting attached to OL2 as well!

Angelina

Baxter my beloved... I really had a lot of fun! This game will continue to be my comfort game <3

drop

hahaahhahahaa, I played until I fell asleep and woke up to finish the DLC. CRY, why is this man so ??? hehehe. It was so nice to see Cove again and relax after all that go go go, too. And we got to see Moms, and I think I might cry again. Nice crying. Then there is Jude and Scott, they're so wonderful. I can't wait to play it all again when it's released for everyone.

standby907

I'm back for a little bit of additional feedback! During the closing scenes of Step 4, it's mentionned it'll be sad to have the MC go, but Baxter reassures them he's fine with long distance dating and what not. Is that supposed to be that way even if the MC stays local and if we determine at the start of the step that it wasn't a long trip to get there? Most of the time the game takes note of these things and characters act different ways depending on that, so I was wondering if it was intentional here that the dialogues stay the same.

Konoi Kurozora

God I feel so sentimental. It's been such a long journey and I find myself tearing up a bit at the end now that it's all over. The writing was sublime and I loved all the characters, I found Baxter really relatable. Its amazing to have been here since the start of this game. This was even my first ever patreon I supported. I can't wait to move forward and see what more ideas you guys have! You have a lifer in me.

Panda

Can't believe I almost missed this. Farewell, Jacob and Evie Frye! This girl has a date with a certain Baxter Ward now, no time to save London from the Templers 👀🖤

HawthorneSunlight111

I just finished reading it. It went above and beyond my expectations! I never thought that the breakup would lead to such a wonderful future.😭 Thank you for a really, really great story. Thank you Katelyn and your team!✨

aki

I can't stop wiping my eyes, I'm not over him, this is truly a masterpiece

Oliver Flores

Katelyn, you and the team are the bomb. Love y'all. Great job on getting this of your to do list (almost)! I'll forward anything I see. MWAH!

Amorlea (Tawaci-TNW)

Bravo GB Patch team! What a journey and what an ending!

Flightwings

I skipped through Steps 1&2, skipped the moments that weren't Baxter-centric (or that I've played a million times), then played through the entire Baxter epilogue without skipping Baxter-centric parts and was still up until 2AM. I did notice two issues. Going to Baxter's after the wedding, the first BG is the Adam's living room. Then there was an error that occurred when I chose to confess my love. It was easily ignored and continued the story.

Amy Eklund

Thank you as ever for the reports! I'm really glad it lived up to your hopes

GB Patch

Can you imagine me wiping tears from the excitement of being in relationship with him?T T I love Baxter Ward forever!

Rin Miku

I played last night and have morning shift now, all I’ll be thinking abt is him.. ughgshggdhh he is so.. needing therapy…. But me too we can fix self sabotaging habits together hahahahaha 😇😇😇 and obligatory once more thank you for both the our life games validating my gender identity ❤️

Mars

i said in a prev comment that i’ll be obsessed w/ this for the next 7 hrs… it has been 16 hrs & i have not had a wink of sleep. i’m not even finished yet but it’s been absolutely worth it every moment 💜

sleepyserendipity

Aaah... And I'm done... It feels just as surreal to me as it feels to you, I think... Very few game characters have been so important to me in my life as Baxter is, and very rarely have I been so invested in something as I was in this story. It's really incredible to see it finished now. Of course there is that strange feeling of emptiness due to it being done, to knowing there's "no more" (well, barring the last fixes and missing art and what not, but that's not the same). Anyway, it's been absolutely amazing! I have no words! It's been everything I hoped for and more, really. I'll now have to replay a few times to really let it sink in, but wow, this whole thing made me so happy and fuzzy inside. Anyway, enough gushing - I guess I should get on with my bug report, shouldn't I? - This one I don't know if it's a bug or something else, but during the in-bertween I've picked for my MC to "have a business on their own", because basically my MC is a singer and so that's the only option that fits that job. But when late in the Step the MC tells Baxter about their current life, it says they talk about their pet and their job and about the company they're in. Maybe it would be nice to keep it more "neutral" in terms of the job, so that no matter if the MC is in a company or not, it would still work? - I had an error saying "invalid syntax (baxter_step4_mc_confession.rpy, line 28)", if my MC decides to tell Baxter he wants more than friendship, when dancing after the mariage. - When taking a walk around Prism Vista and Baxter explains why did he pick this place to live, there is a strange typo with two random "ñ" in the middle of a sentence - "And while Virginia has it's positives ñ I enjoy its forests and the distinctly changing seasons ñ I never quite formed an attachment." - In the same conversation, if I pick the option to suggest "getting their feet wet", the next set of options seems to rather be an answer to Baxter, but he didn't say anything (though from the context I think it's something akin to Baxter asking if the MC wants to go in the water instead of the other way around or something) - answers include "Absolutely", "I've kind of lost my love for it" and so on. - Once with the whole group at Scott's and Jude's place, there is the same issue with the "ñ" when Miranda suggests giving the newlyweds a video call, and Baxter asks if it's fine since they're on their honeymoon. The issue comes in Terry's answer to that. - Another instance of the "ñ" issue is after exchanging phone numbers with Xavier at the home party. Aside from that, I've started doing adjustments to my "canon playthrough", and I have noticed in Step 3, if the MC is planning on "staying local" instead of moving away, when talking with Baxter about where is he from, we can't ask if it's hard to live away from the place you grew up in. Would you consider making it something that any MC can ask? It would make sense to still ask the question even if the MC isn't planning on finding themself in that situation.

Konoi Kurozora

“The party bg isn’t done. Sorry folks we’ll have to pretend” LOOOOLLLLL

annie h

Sooooo excited!! I've been keeping up with your updates and I'd like to say that you are amazing and congrats!!! I love this game it's very dear to me <3

cyno

i'm speechless. it was absolutely beautiful. i greatly appreciate the hard work. it was <3333

Joy T.

...Beautiful... that's all I can say about this game. I've never played anything else that made me feel the way this game makes me feel. This is one of the best games I've ever played. Thank you so much for putting your time into this game. <3

I Love You

After finishing the beta, I have the urge to replay it again! It's gonna live in my mind rent free for the next few days. Baxter and my MC were so damn cute together after getting back together! I nearly screamed when Baxter called MC "darling." Also I laughed when Cove, Terry, and Randy were just watching two exes sort through their drama. The free soap opera!

vinea

You can add it to the bug report channel of the discord, you send me a message about it ^^

GB Patch

We added another link to download them!

GB Patch

Thank you, and I hope everything goes okay for you!

GB Patch

Happy birthday :D!

GB Patch

Already played all the 3 ways to be with him in step 4 and honestly? I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THE FIRST OR THE SECOND MORE!!! So, soooo good

Anna Bia

i just finished. it was so good. thank you for this! i'm excited for its official release :)

sleepyghost

guess who just accidentally deleted their full paragraph comment :') ? let's start over haha damn that post-game depression has never hit so hard T__T it's currently 3am and i want to cry because i feel so empty after finishing this dlc lol this was everything i hoped for and more. after all of the previous angst, it felt so rewarding so have so much fluff and cuteness, and i definitely found myself LITERALLY giggling and kicking my feet at some baxter moments (basically every time he said "i'm in love with you"...) i can now confidently say that baxter is both my favorite love interest AND dlc, because the work you put out is simply astonishing. i love how we were able to see this full story develop in a pace slow enough to get through everything while still staying 100% entertaining. it feels so good to have been able to witness baxter improving and growing into the amazing man he now is, and i can't thank you enough for, honestly, one of the best visual novel work i have ever played. i hope everyone is the team is proud of themselves, because they should be. i was completely invested the whole time. and though the ending was obviously bittersweet, it definitely was the best outcome possible, and even though baxter and the mc's story probably canonically ends there, don't think i won't imagine what shenanigans they would get up to in the future haha this was just an incredible experience all around, and words can't express how much i've enjoyed it. i will definitely be playing the dlc when it's officially out, i can't survive that long without that man i'm afraid.. also, i have noticed some bugs that i thought would be useful to point out : 1) when baxter says "i'm in love with you" to the mc for the first time (just after the wedding), the mc's name doesn't appear, it says "none [family name]" 2) when baxter and the mc talk about going into the ocean, after my mc suggests going into the water, it immediately goes to another set of responses that go like "absolutely", "i actually kind of lost my love for it" or something like that. i assumed baxter asked a question about the ocean, but we can't see it 3) and just sprinkled all around the script lol, there would sometimes be random ñ appearing in the text, probably replacing commas ? i also noticed a few missing words but unfortunately i didn't write them down T__T anyway, all this to say that playing this dlc has been such an incredible experience, and that it has now a very special place in my heart. playing these monthly releases always were the highlight of my week, and i never thought i could be as fond of a character as i am now for baxter. thank you so much for this beautiful work, and i can't wait to support the finished product and all you other works in the future ! <3 now i'll go back to crying because i already miss baxter :D

mia

I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! This update is REALLY huge i was shocked all the time by it I can't believe how great this was, and how perfectly... Baxter... is literally made for him and it fit him so well I have no words Thank you so much for your work

Anna Bia

THANK YOUUU

lvpkjm

Hallelujah!

Lyy

Ahhhh! I'm so excited!!

Shannon Hash

YESSS THANK YOU SO MUCH

ItaLii

I've found a possible grammatical error, would this be the place to point it out?

Inoempriss

its telling me too many people have downloaded it so i cant access for 24 hours :(((( oh no

Nicole

Damn, it's real sad that I'm leaving to work now... but you can be sure that I'll be playing it as soon as I get off!

✨Simp✨

I know it's not officially out the door yet, so there is still work to do, but congrats on finishing up OL1 and all its DLC. It's been an amazing ride and I can't wait to see more of your work in the future.

Lance Heyen

So I just had 2 gameplay with the step 4.....IT WAS AMAIZNIG!!! I'm only sad that there is so small Liz interaction

Agata_Alex

Omg!!!!!!😭😭😭😭😭 Thank you so much!! I needed it…🥲

Emma's dreams

Congratulations and thank you sooo much💓💓 your updates really are one of the best part of my day

Katie

Ty so so much, I was having a bad day till I saw this and now I can't stop smiling!, your games always bring a smile to my face! Ty for your hard work, I hope you and everyone who helped gets some rest, ya'll deserve it!<3

CrimsonRosePoet

Thank you so much for all your hard work !! Thank you for feeding us so well LOL 😭 I’m so excited. Congrats !! 💕

Hanna Mae

I'M SO EXCITED, also make sure to rest well !!!

Flux

Congratulations GB! I know how long you've been working on this game. :) This is so amazing. :D

VerlysGamingLife

90,000?????? YOOOOO WHAAAAAAT

Sepharaaa

GB this is the first thing I'm seeing after waking up and I just know that today's gonna be great now!! Thank you so much for this! AND CONGRATULATIONS AAAA!! THIS IS HUGE FOR OL1

viosolei (violet)

You are amazing!

JT

Evict him immediately

Ellie

CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope you get to rest soon! (also thank you so much, this was perfect timing, I can take the B-man with me for my hospital stay ♥)

Panda

Ahh! I'm so excited! 💛 Congratulations! That was a big undertaking!

Nakia Littrell

<3

Max

time to obsess over this in a cafe for the next 7 hrs

sleepyserendipity

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD I'M SERIOUSLY CRYING! IF THIS IS A DREAM I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

OMG!!! I can't wait to play and finally see the outcome with Baxter!! 🥰☺️ Thank you and your team for the incredible work that yous all have done and continue to do!! 👏👏👏

Summer Rose

BRING ON THE MEN!!!!

VitaeAlexander

Drinks on me GB 🍻😌

Joonie

YESSSSS!!! THANK YOU!!<3 <3

Luna

Thankkk you for your hard work! <3

ScintillaSimps

I needed this so badly this week, it's been a rough one. Amazed at how much you did in ONE month! Incredible.

seaflower

THANK YOU PATCH YOU WONFERFUL BEING OF LIGHT AND GLORY!!

seaflower

Aahhhhh omg!! 🥳Downloading it right now!😍🥰 Thank you so much for your hard work! You’re amazing! ❤️

Rose

YAY! Thank you so much for your hard work!

Bethany

I am not usually one to do that. I think I have never done that before but when I saw this release I legit squeaked 😃😃😃 excuse me while I cancel every plan I had for tonight and tomorrow, I have important business to attend to. ❤

Nina Diekmann

What an awesome surprise!! Thank you so much for all of your hard work!! 💕

Lelia

omg i'm so excited!!! thank you so much for your hard work!!! playing this *ASAP*

asleepyromantic

Ahhh this is incredible!!! I'm so excited to see Baxter's story in full. Thank you so much to the team for working so hard to bring him to life and sharing that with us!!!!

Brianna

OH MY GODDDD FORGET MY LUNCH I'M PLAYING THIS RN okay excitement aside, MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS! Thank you guys SO much for all the hard work and effort put into this wonderful dlc!

Elley

WHERE IS MY PC??? I NEED TO PLAY IT RIGHT NOW!!! SEE YOU ALL IN A WEEK WHEN I SAW EVERY POSSIBLE LINE IN THE WHOLE DLC☺

Reiskirsche

Yay

Nyimah

Omg what an awesome birthday gift! Thank you as always for the hard work!!!

Cynoma

thank you so much for this. i was cleaning all day today so this will be my treat for all that hard work. ❤️❤️❤️

DarlaBubbles

im going insane this is the best day of my life i was born to experience this im finally complete

luci

THANK U FOR YOUR HARDWORK!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY!!!!

Lívia

I am ATTEMPTING to wait for full release. I will live vicariously through discord screenshots. Thank you for the hard work GB team!

Rhayne

everyone shut up the rest of my weekend is booked

rome🐚

The speed in which this was put out is superhuman. I know we’ve been joking a lot about freeing both you and Baxter but seriously, the work that you do is incredible. I hope you know how much you’re appreciated and admired! 🫶🏻 ~ Remember to take breaks!! We’re an extremely excited bunch but please put your health (mental and physical) first, always. Super stoked to play the different possibilities in this DLC, yippie!!!

ian

YES! I’ve been holding off playing any of the betas cause i want it to all be an exciting new experience, but i might just bite the bullet and try this one.

Sydlm23

YESSSSS!!!!! GB you're amazing!!!!!!!

ClumsyCat

i cannot wait to play!! oh my god i’m in shock!!!!

mabel

I am legitimately considering cancelling my plans for today so I can stay home and binge through this 😂 I'm so excited, thank you for what sounds like a lot of dedication and hard work to get us this final beta so soon, appreciate you and the team ❤️

Amanda

Thank you GB!! Wait can’t to play this later!!

Arlinn

GB patch im absolutely dying this is exactly what i needed after having such a horrible day yesterday. thank you all. i am beyond words at how excited i am.

arty

OMG OMG OMG you have no idea of the scream i just gave right now as i was running to my notebook, i scared my brother to death

Anna Bia

Running to my computer rn

Raven

AHHHHH

carina word

I JUST DROPPED MY PHONE IN SHOCK

Kayla Xiong

YEASS

Piñata

!!!

Riah

This just made my day! Thanks GB! <3

Amanda Behrens

Well Happy Birthday to me!

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