#type: script editing

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

Hi, hope you're doing amazing! I just wanted to thank you for creating those scripts with Baxter! Like AHHHH!! Every time you write him, it is so good!! I just love rereading them over and over again!!

AHHHH!!

Thank you. ;////; I just really adore writing for him, his dialog is so fun regardless of step.

Since you were so mean by daring to like it that much, I'll give the rest of this scene that I sent only a single screenshot of a while back.

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

Hi! I saw your post where you mentioned that your patch edits were testing the waters for if you could add more of your personal written scripts, but you haven't heard much feedback on that. Let me then say YES YOU MAY. I loved your edits, like the way in which you allow the checks to be done by Lee instead! It was witty, funny and in character, and I'd love to have a playthrough with more of your touch. I also love Lee, and it gave me even more of an appreciation for her, and it would make my day(s) if future patch edits would allow me to do the same with the other OL characters 🤗

Aww, you're sweet. ;////;

It's still true that I haven't had much feedback. I feel like I have a lot of followers but I'm not quite sure what everyone wants as a whole?

Obviously, I can answer most questions about the first Our Life, but that's situational since that requires being sent asks. I feel like I've dug into a lot of the bigger things people care about with the code as well, such as the mechanics behind Cove changing, so anything further would have to be something wild like "here is literally every single variation/possibility in [insert moment here]."

I have my MC, but probably 0% of my audience actually followed me to hear about Cho (/not derogatory, just an observation), and I'm entirely neutral on whether I make stuff about her privately or publicly. I just like to post content that makes people happy, so it's dependent on that~ c:

Then last but not least is obviously my personal modifications extending beyond my patched version; not quality of life stuff, not fixes, just actual additions to the game that I've either always wanted or thought made sense. Definitely if I were to drop anything first, it'd probably be Shopping since I more than doubled the length of that script and think it'd be a hypothetically "worthy" choice. I'm still a little shy at the idea, but I get closer to wanting to release my stuff the more I hear people wanting it.

Anyway, since you mentioned other characters, here are screenshots from my version of Shopping!

(These are all from separate endings, so you can only choose one~)

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

im a different anon from the last script ask and im here to say PLEASE add them your writing is great and from what you've shared it all completes the puzzle in my mind of what i would want to say/do/feel in certain moments.

>////< sTAAAAHP

But thanks so much!! ;///; I don't claim to be a perfect replacement for GB-Patch or anything, I just figured out about modding Ren'Py games in the first place because of the first Our Life, and I wanted more of it.

The interest people have given me has also made me think more about moments I initially give much thoughts, or just little extra bits I figured would be neat (was talking to someone the other day about Talks and Ghost, both of which I totally/mostly ignored for various reasons). I added an option to one of the menus in the prologue earlier and you guys made me want to add a little extra dialog to it, haha.

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

Response to this post by @onedreamaday:

love this so much. If you ever get the chance, can you do a follow with MC telling Lee that Baxter is the mystery boy? (Bonus if they're dating). Lee would have a field day.

I absolutely can.

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

Callout from me to me and my tendency to mod in content for monochrome pretty boys.

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

I just found you from reddit and I love that you love Baxter, he is truly my favourite person in the entire world and I'm gnawing at my desk waiting for OL2 to come out. I apologise if you've answered and I missed it, but is there any chance you'd ever share your personal edits of OL1 as a patch? My soul craves more Baxter content that doesn't come from my own brain, lol. But no pressure, of course! Just wondering. I love all the deep dives you've done <3

Aw, this is such a sweet ask! ;~; Thank you so much!

I admittedly do think about it sometimes. I've already put some personal edits into the patch to sort of test the waters, like moving the orientation checks to the intro so the player isn't forced to play Growing/Talks to set their orientation and also because I really like Lee.

The initial plan was kinda to see how people would react to that (just in case it's blasphemy or something to replace/add scenes and ruin the pure state of the game, y'know /hj), whether negatively or positively, and then go from there.

Thus far, I haven't heard anything. I think I got one comment somewhere (I don't even remember if it was Tumblr or Reddit) that expressed enthusiasm over being able to talk to Lee about a Derek crush, but it wasn't really about how or what I wrote, more just that they'd always wanted that.

The short and sweet was that I was trying to gauge if people thought my writing was good/seamless and wanted more of it? Because I think it's different seeing my script edits in screenshot form versus actually physically playing the little extra bits I did add.

Speaking of screenshots, while I don't want to clog this post with the whole thing, I'll give you a screenshot of an option I added to Baxter's Step 4 that should've 100% been in the game, since you're so enthused.

Listen if my poor Cho can't flirt with Baxter every other dialog option she'll die.

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

Got an anonymous request for Lee's reaction in a hypothetical where the MC could tell Lee that they were crushing on the "mystery boy" (Baxter) from Soiree, so of course I was 👀👀👀

I'm 99% sure they were expecting an idle mention rather than a full thing but I couldn't control myself so--

Bonus below the break:

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

A script edit of the phone case scene in the Late Shift moment (if the MC has a job at the mall) because I consider it a personal offense that you can't charm Baxter into buying a phone case if you're dating him.