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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:

  • You access Baxter's Step 3 Moments by clicking a yellow button on the right hand side of the Moment Selection Screen.
  • The extra Step 3 scene for Baxter in the 'and then summer ended' section happens after the credits!
  • You need to play all of Baxter's Step 3 Moments to get the option to play Baxter's Step version of Step 4.
  • Baxter's DLC begins in the Step 3 opening. You can play from the beginning of the story until that point or start a new file and use an option at the start of the beta to skip right to Step 3.
  • Save files from this beta won't work in other beta builds or the main game. You can load saves from the main game in the beta but you need to play Step 3 from the beginning to see the new content.
  • Minor spoilers: There's only one way to start a romantic relationship with Baxter in Step 3. There are three ways to start a romantic relationship in Step 4. You can date Baxter in Step 3 and 4, only date him in S3 and not in S4, not date him in S3 and only start dating in S4, or never date him.

New Content:

  • The rest of Baxter's Step 4 is now playable. His story is included from start to finish!
  • Over 90,000 words of new content was added in total
  • The CGs will unlock in the gallery
  • Missing and incomplete art from prior builds got added
  • Errors were fixed from the previous beta

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 ๐Ÿ’•

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Konoi Kurozora

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.

standby907

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.

Anonymous

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

Angelina

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!

Anonymous

YASSS tysm best team !!! great work !!

RetainedKitten

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

Anonymous

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!

Anonymous

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!

Elizabeth Lawrence

the code is broken when trying to confess to baxter

Kawaii Kokoro

Oh my gosh his route was amazing! I felt I could never love anyone more than Cove, but Baxter proved me wrong! I canโ€™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 canโ€™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 theyโ€™d create their own family one day. Iโ€™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 theyโ€™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 Baxterโ€™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!

Elizabeth Lawrence

We demand more Cove Baxter and Derek merch! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’• I wanna decorate my whole room with them ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

Junexzee

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!!! ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ 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 ๐Ÿ˜ฉ, 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 ๐Ÿคง 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! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅฐ