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lizardboy66 · 2 years

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COLOUR IN BAD BUDDY EP 3

we were positively SWAMPED in blue this episode. Blue it’s pat’s colour. I would say that the POV was from pran this week, we saw a lot of his inner workings and conflicts and learned a lot about his emotional state whereas when we saw pat is was usually to illustrate his care for pran and his actions towards pran.

The first time we see pat, he is wearing his signature blue, while pran is not wearing red but has a blue bag. Pran is carrying the weight of his feelings around with him to the point where they start to consume him, he feels as though he cannot quite be himself since his feelings must remain hidden, but there are elements of his feelings that are inescapable, much like pat, with whom he has a chance encounter

Even their family businesses seem to be colour coded, Pran’s in read and pat and pha’s in blue. Pha is also wearing blue, but the shade is lighter, more welcoming and inviting, less melancholy. Pha is still a reminder to pran about how he feels but she doesn’t cause him the same level of emotional turmoil.

Pat and Pran’s rooms at home are full of colour, not just red and blue, but the red and blue accents are obvious in both. The bedsheets in pat’s room are a blend, it is comfortable for him to have both of them in his life, coexisting, his feelings aren’t in focus here but don’t seem to cause him the level of pain that Pran’s do. Pran’s room is dotted with blue objects, as if accumulated over time, his room at home is a constant reminder that pat is near, yet he seems to turn away from these objects, putting them in places he doesn’t have to look. He acknowledges his feelings, collecting them even, but can’t even bare to look. Pat’s curtains are interesting because they are entirely red. This is the window that faces Pran’s room so clearly holds a level of significance to him and was for years his main point of contact with pran. Even when he closes the curtains, attempts not to look at him, the reminder of pran is there. His feelings don’t need to be hidden yet, he hasn’t acknowledged them.

The poster for the eco contest is also blue, it’s steeped in pat, it was pat’s initiative that got them the bus stop funding and it was pat’s care that made that happen. Pran barely acknowledges his own involvement in this project because he’s so focused on the fact that pat is there helping him. This first poster is lighter in colour, but the second one we see in the lift is even lighter still. The lighter the blue, the more risk free, new, exciting and fun pran considers pat’s involvement to be. Light blue is positive memories and associations, it’s safety without forgetting how much this Sucks for him.

The guitars have blue tags too, to pran music is also linked with pat, but not in the positive way the poster is (notice the colour is darker here), guitars and music as a whole are marked with pat’s signature colour, forever associated with him and not to be touched, since music and his guitar playing is what got them separated in the first place.

The bus stop scene is the first time we see pran wearing blue this episode. It’s a light blue again, the colour of relative safety in associating with pat, the colour of joyful memories and crush thoughts (the guitar pick he made had a light blue background too), there is no danger or sadness in this blue, in this scene he just feels happy and supported by pat.

Quick break from pran to talk about pat’s uni dorm. Side note: WHY ARE THE DORMS SO MASSIVE I LIVE WITH SEVEN OTHER PEOPLE AND WE DONT HAVE THAT MUCH SPACE FOR ALL OF US COMBINED AND UR SAYING HE HAS THIS ROOM ALL TO HIMSELF???? R U JOKING???? anyway. The room is doused in blue, a colour that to him indicates identity and comfort, but there are elements of red scattered to one side. Clearly pran is present in his mind and his space, but he isn’t at the forefront of his mind, he is yet to realise that the objects are even there, currently they are just in his space, much like how his feelings are just background noise, going unacknowledged.

In the last scene, the most bittersweet for pran, he is wearing dark blue. Pat is also in blue, but lighter shades. This illustrates how each of them perceived this interraction. Pat is playful, he isn’t trying to hurt pran at all, he just can’t express feelings very well. Pran takes this scene as a reason for heartache. The way pat talks to him makes him feel like he’s being lead on, the old melancholy blue tied to negative emotions has returned.

But at the end of the day this interaction still brought him joy, even if it’s steeped in this deep sadness, it’s better than nothing.

Poor pran.

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gb-patch · 3 years

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Ask Answers: July 10th

I really let asks get away from me lately. I was super focused on working on that Patreon Moment. With that done I can finally think about doing other things, so here’s a new collection of answers!

Thank you for sending in questions everyone ^^.

For the new Patreon moment, will you be able to reference it in step 4? Or just like a tiny nod to it if you pick certain choices?

There won’t be. I’m sorry if you were hoping for that! The Patreon moment is meant to be entirely optional, it’s not something that gets you extra content in the main game.

Is the new CG artist the main one now? :0 I’ve noticed theres been a difference in the art style recently. Is the old CG artist still going to make art for the game? :0

The original artist still makes CGs for the game sometimes, but he mainly focuses on character sprites.

Are you going to put the NSFW our life moment on a website other than patreon? I would love to get it but I can't use patreon atm.

I don’t know. I'm afraid we can't release the Patreon Moment on a normal game storefront because we can't mix 18+ content with our family friendly game. If there's some other place similar to Patreon where it's not the normal type of full-scale public content releases we'd consider using that, but I’m not sure if there is another site that’s better than Patreon in that regard. I'm sorry.

Out of curiosity, in all of your games so far, which characters in each were the most fun to write? They obviously don't have to be your favorite characters!

Buffalo Seer in AFA, really everyone in XOD/XOBD is pretty equally entertaining to write, The Guide in LoV, and Cove in OL!

idk if you accept "personal" questions, but is there anything you've been watching/ listening to lately

Mostly, I’ve been watching/listening to Authortube videos as of late! It’s people who talk generally about the process of how books become traditionally published and/or share their own experience as they attempt to be published. I don’t have an interest in writing normal text based books, but it’s really interesting to hear about that world. I’m listening to a video about royalties right now as I answer these asks.

Will one of the desserts we get to pick be fudge? That'd be such a cute reference!

Haha, yeah, it should. Unless I completely blank on it and forget when trying to include the various referential food options.

I don't know if this has been asked previously but what would be the approximate heights for the presets MC can choose from Step 2 ~ 4? Are there any measurement you had in mind? Sorry if I didn't make myself clear kk I've been struggling with my English lately 💀

I don’t know, ahah. I didn’t have any numbers in mind for that. So it’s whatever you imagine it is!

I noticed a bug with the Patreon moment when it comes to what your character wears. When Jamie and Cove are kissing while my character only had dresses selected, I had both the option to remove the dress or to remove the shirt... Picking one of the options to interact with Cove, after he removed his shirt, it had Jamie remove their shirt followed by ther pants despite only having dresses picked.

Thank you for reporting ^^

I keep refreshing steam to see when the new doc for xobd will be released. I noticed you haven't posted anything about it in quite some time. Would it be possible to ask about a timeline/potential date? (If it's even this year—) I know you and your team are probably working super hard, I'm just super curious! ~Thank you!~

There are more stories done, I just haven’t gotten around to publicly releasing them. Hopefully I will have a chance to spend the time on that sooner rather than later!

hello!! i’m not sure if it’s an update but i’ve just replayed our life and at the end i can’t propose to cove anymore? :(( i’ve actually tried playing twice but the options are not there anymore, did you guys remove the options? i’m sorry if you’ve answered this before!! thank you and have a good one :)

I’m afraid things haven’t been changed or removed, so I think you might’ve accidentally picked the wrong things somewhere along the way and locked yourself out of being able to propose by mistake. Sometimes you meant to say you want to get married but instead you mis-click and have it so the MC isn’t thinking about marriage or something. All I can suggest is starting from the beginning of Step 3 and making sure to follow the steps listed in the FAQ. I’m sorry for that.

Did yall remove some of the options for when youre making out with Cove in the charity moment? I could've sworn you could grab his bonkadonk and its not there anymore

This is the same situation as the above. We didn’t remove things and you’re not wrong that there are sometimes those options. But there are various choices you have to make to get those options and it sounds like you accidentally missed something. If your relationship isn’t long-term, you can’t do it for example.

HI IM SO EXCITED I CAN FINALLY GET THE STEP 3 DLC

Thank you for getting it!

Is Shiloh super totally straight bc I’m very gay and a huge Shiloh fan, would my man make an exception?😩

Sadly, he is one of our super straight characters. I’m sorry.

Hi, I have a very dumb question. In Step 2 does Cove not wanna share his drink with us at the mall (or rather why he stops drinking it) because it's an indirect kiss? Or is it like ...weird to him to share? Because if I remember right he eats off our spoon in the birthday scene right?

Yeah, he’s awkward about it because he likes the MC and it feels very personal to share a straw with his crush.

Hi! If you don't mind me asking, who is the artist for OL2? Their style is so pretty!

Thank you for saying so! This is her Twitter- https://twitter.com/redridingheart

Do Beginnings & Always and Now & Forever exist in the same universe?

Yep! XOXO Droplets also exists in the same universe. It’s one big GB Patch world, haha.

Do Pran's parents regret the way they raised him? Do they feel ashamed of it?

No. They’re the type of people best cut out because they’re not gonna change. Which is why Pran does go very limited contact when he’s an adult.

Hi! I just wrapped up my second playthrough of Our Life, and I absolutely adore it, but I had a question. I went to the gallery and found I was missing 2 CGS (specifically Step 1-3 and 2-3) and I had no clue where they would've shown up. Which moments are those found in?

You get it by telling Cove about his dad offering you money to be his friend in Step 1 and Step 2. You can’t get both in one playthrough, since you can only tell Cove the truth once. I’m really glad you liked it!

Hi hi! Please, how tall is Baxter and Derek? Love the game so much and I can't wait to see more!

I don’t know, aha. I think Baxter was around 5′10 and Derek was like 5′8/5′9, maybe. I really am not one who has specific heights for things in mind.

is adult cove a bottom, top, or switch?

A switch, though would choose the top if he had to pick.

I was wondering if there is a way to transfer save data? Even if through the game files. I wanted to be able to transfer my save data from my desktop over to my laptop so that I could continue playing right where I left off from but I'm not entirely sure how to go about that.

If you save the save folder/persistent data of the game from your desktop and put it into the game folder on your other device, that could work.

Hi! Is it possible for us to know the date when our life: now and forever comes out on steam? Sorry if you've mentioned it before but I haven't seen it and I'm looking foward to that happening and just wanted to know :)

It’s gonna be a long time, I’m afraid. There’s no estimate right now.

I started playing Our Life with my sister a while ago, and I think you guys should know that we discovered your secret. >:)

L from death note and Cove are clearly the same person, and this whole game is just an origin story!!

I’ve never seen that show so I’m sorry to say I don’t understand the connection/reference you’re trying to make. I’m pretty out of the loop when it comes to media. I don’t watch movies or TV.

Will OL2 have options for disabled MCs?

I understand if it's too complicated, just curious

Unfortunately, it’s not really something we have a plan for. We couldn’t finish the game if we tried to include every disability and have it be meaningful. It’d just be too much content to create. But if we decide to only include a few, how would we choose which disabilities get to be represented and which are left out? I don’t know. It’ll probably have to be something we don’t include as an option again, sadly. I’m sorry.

playing our life > anything else

Haha, I’m glad you’re enjoying it.

Honestly, I would like to thank Our Life for helping me come to terms with my sexuality. Before, I never would've actually thought that it was possible to like boys romantically and still be asexual. Almost all of the BL visual novels I've read had unskippable sexual content in them and it honestly just didn't click with what I feel. I'm glad I found Our Life. I love the game, the developers, and this fandom so much. Now, I can safely come out as homoromantic AND asexual (at least anonymously here anyway; my parents are still huge homophobes 😂).

Aw, it’s great to hear you felt comfortable being yourself in the game! That’s wonderful. I’m really sorry about your parents, though.

Will the demo for OL2 be on android? Really not sure if I could wait any longer than I have to aha

Yeah, it’ll be available for Android once we eventually release a demo!

Do all these reveals perhaps mean development is progressing ahead of schedule? Please let that be the case I'm already obsessed with Qiu

No, sorry, aha. Art comes along much faster than script/programming-work for us. It’s gonna be a long time before the game is a finished thing you can actually play. But at least we can look at the beautiful images.

Hey! First of all I wanna say I reallllllyyyyy loooovvveeee Our Life and XOXO Droplets! I have over 300 hours of playtime on Our Life… Anyways, I was just wondering, are the Derek and Baxter DLCs going to come out at the same time? If not, which one do you plan to release first? :3

They will come out separately and Derek will be first! Glad you like the game.

I keep replaying Our Life to get every possible iteration and I am loving it <3 I was wondering if Cove gets locked out of his confession because MC was talking to Lee, would it be possible to confess to him in step 4?

Yeah, you can avoid the confession in Step 3 and then get it in Step 4.

Hi, my Cove wears bracelets through step 2 and 3 but I still don't get an option to give him a bracelet? I didn't even know that was possible until I seen someone else ask about it lol

Hm, did you use the Cove creator? Maybe there’s a bug where using the creator to add bracelets doesn’t fulfill the requirement to give Cove a bracelet in Step 3.

Wait, I'm dense, when does Baxter appear in step 2? Is it from big park firework? I feel so bad since i really love Baxter and waiting to buy his dlc.

It’s in the Soiree Moment. You have to be just friends with Cove, indifferent, or crushing but not ask Cove to the dance at all. Then while there you can find someone new to dance with. But if you bring Cove to the dance while crushing, the MC won’t wanna dance with anyone else so you can’t get the scene.

In step 2 when we go to the soiree I made my mc go alone and baxter chooses the mc to dance, i'm curious, why did he pick the mc? sorry if this has been asked before!

Because the MC looked to be around his age, seemed to also be searching for a partner, and had nice legs. A perfect option for him.

I read some of the FAQs, and I saw that we could tell Baxter about the condo that he rented there was previously the mean old grandparents. how do we get the mc to tell him that?

It happens in the DLC Moment “Late Shift”. If you don’t have a job you instead get a longer scene with Baxter.

I don’t know if you’ve addressed this or not, but are you planning on paying voice actors for our life: now and forever?

Yeah, we pay our VAs in all our projects.

hey can i ask how you did the moments thing in ol? im trying to get into making visual novels and while im VERY sure its out of my comfort zone and all that atm i kinda wanna know just for the future, bc im p sure it would work well for something i wanna do :O but its also fine if you cant say for other reasons :>

I’m afraid I’m not sure what you mean. Are you asking how we programmed the screen or something script related? Adding Moments like that is pretty straightforward, though. You just have buttons that open to different labels and then the scripts are essentially individual short stories/vignettes. Good luck with your VN!

Since Autumn becomes gender fluid later in the game, will there be a character who remains as he/him to romance in game?

OL1 has the he/him LIs, OL2 is all about other genders.

I don't want to impose on your creative plans, but a parrot could possibly make a good pet in an OL-type game? They're pretty long-lived and likely to still be thriving by the end even if the MC got them back in step 1.

I do appreciate the suggestion, but I’m afraid it’s not likely going to happen. I understand there are technically some animals that could theoretically live long enough to last the whole game that or we could have the MC only get a pet after some years have already passed. But the many things that would have to be considered/accommodated for makes it just something we probably can’t manage adding. I’m sorry.

As time passes will we be able to see Qiu and Tamarack's other stage arts as well?

They are both so cute i can't wait to be friends with them!

Yeah, we’ll show content from other Steps in the future. It’ll be a little while from now, though.

Can you date Cove and still have your family comfort you in the car?

You can’t get Cove’s Step 3 confession scene if you have the family comfort you in the car. But that’s not the only way to date him. You can get together with him earlier in the game or later on in Step 4.

Is Mc always going to be the one walking down the aisle or could Cove do it? Also could you choose to have one of your moms walk you?

No. Cove wouldn’t want to walk down the aisle like that and the MC automatically respects that. And the MC also gets to have their preferences respected, so it’s up to you whether they want to do an aisle walk or not. You also can pick who, if anyone, walks with you.

Once step 4 is out, will you be able to go the whole game on crush/love without either of you confessing?

Yes, as long as you tell the game you don’t want to progress the relationship. Even in Step 4 it won’t force you to officially get together.

Howdy, so in Step 4, there will be any Romance with Derek that is not part of any dlc?

He’s only a friend unless you get his romance story.

Will the step 4 in OL2 be one big step or are you considering moments?

Step 4 is just an epilogue in both games.

hi kind of a weird question but!! we know tht cliff doesn't start dating again but. wht abt flings? like does he ever do 1 night stands or anything? thank u!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope. Cliff has a very small interest in sex. If he’s not in a real relationship with a partner he’s crazy about it simply isn’t something he feels a need for, so one night stands wouldn’t even cross his mind.

sorry if you've already answered this, but i was wondering if there were plans for there to be bonus love interests in OL2 like how we have derek and baxter in OL1.

Maybe! There are side characters who could be given romance stories, but whether or not it will happen depends on funding and how long everything else takes to finish.

I don't know if i'm allowed to ask about ol2 here yet, if not u can ignore this or answer it later. My question is can you date one of them and be good friends with the other? I don't want to be strangers with the other bcs i love them both a lot :<

Yes you can!

what patreon level do i have to be to unlock the nsfw moment? im on the $5 one right now, will that give me access to the moment, or just access to the moment progress?

That’ll give you access! Tier 2 and anything higher allows the player to download it.

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morathicain · 2 years

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i finally had time to watch the new ep and! year time skip all of sudden? so these two have been doing this “competition” for a whole year?? i’m so sick of them lol. also pran’s mom.. so she has no issues w pran dating a guy, it just can’t be pat. great.

ink and pa!! pa looking up, vision blurry at first, but focusing on ink’s face? them holding hands?? and the way ink then looks down at them!! i know that we have wai in the mix liking pa now, but i’m choosing to believe he’s simply a het diversion😌 (if we get another earnpear situation i swear i’m gonna—)

pat and pran this episode.. the giddiness of pat when he basically *flung* himself on his bed and took it out on poor nong nao.. nong nao being left in pran’s room?? i guess they’re having sleepovers now😀 pat looking at pran’s ):) sign before entering his room! like pat’s always just so aware when it comes to him.. and pran’s expression was soooo soft when pat cleaned his face.. i really can’t take them being so cute omg

i definitely thought they were gonna do more w the whole wai returning pran’s guitar situation though? like pat seemed really bothered by it so i thought it was gonna be discussed but then it wasn’t? i mean i did feel like pat was kinda petty(?) towards pran on the roof but idk i guess i was expecting a completely different conversation to happen. i’m really happy though that pat decided to be a menace again and not accept him winning their competition like that. tbh i feel like he was kinda hurt that pran even made that suggestion😭 (or maybe that’s just me projecting lmao)

that whole next sequence though! when pat shows up to be riam! and we see his audition for the part!! i really love this kind of trope where character a is reading lines to character b that directly relate how they feel for character b. there’s just something about being able to use someone else’s words to speak for you in a way that you could’ve never on your own.. yeah i’ve rewatched this scene an unhealthy amount of times lol. anyyways i hope you survived the cuteness of this episode ok cuz idk how we’re gonna make it through this next one now that they’re officially ~*boyfriends*~. hope you have a good day/night~^^ -🥞

Hey, Pancake! =^^=

So glad you're back, even tho my brain is still trying to work through this week's episode. Like WOW! This was a much and I feel like an addict right now because I want More™

And yes, the time jump was really something special and no wonder they both were SO sexually frustrated! Because doing all that for months? Having sleep overs even? I mean how else could Nong Nao end up in Pran's room? I can totally imagine Pat leaving him there for a reason to go over again or for Pran to ask him to come back or whatever the fuck we saw in the library. Gosh, those boys are too much, how are we supposed to endure this???? How isn't it the talk of the campus already? Because them holding HANDS next to their friends? aksjdbkajsbdkajbsd

The moment of Wai and the guitar was seriously painful, oof. I think it showed several things. 1. Pat being hurt and showing it clearly like that for the first time. It wasn't a confrontation like in ep 5 where he still wanted to be close to Pran, but this time he couldn't stay or talk and I think that's also important for Pran to see. He can hurt Pat, Pat is not invincible, no matter how he seems. 2. It made Pran lose his cool during the theatre part bc he was worrying so much he couldn't endure the asshole. 3. Pat was pissed and hurt and very angry when he met Pran on the roof and it was because of the Wai scene. Knowing Pran had asked him there only because of the play didn't make it better. BUT as soon as he realised how desperate Pran was, he stopped. Not exactly being hurt, but pushing. Sure, he gave Pran an impossible task but that was because he didn't want the love confession this way. He wanted and needed to take care of Pran and help him without it being about a bet. And I think that took over and will forever take over being angry at Pran.

And damn, yes the casting moment? Because this was Pat confessing. Damn, he's done nothing but confess during the episode and those flashbacks showed it clearly. He didn't only forgo Pran confessing (altho it also kinda felt as if Pran was desperate to be forced to say it? dunno) but confessed himself in front of everyone. Almost like what he'd asked of Pran but without others knowing. And he made Pran so happy and giddy, it shot my heart into a thousand tiny pieces. Because Pran's love when he looks at Pat? It Shines™ <3

The last scene is also now buried in my heart and you're right, how shall we possibly survive them and their sweetness with them being boyfriends now??? Q.Q My heart is very soft and full of feelings now and I wanna rewatch!

Thank you for coming to scream at me and thank you for letting me rant back at you =^^= Wish you a wonderful day/night and a good start into the next week. See you for the next emotional overload! <3

Ps. THE FACE CLEANING SCENE HAUNTS ME!

#ask #pancake #almost forgot to include the face cleaning scene #but all my mind does is scream incoherently about it

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