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Happy beta day already! Everybody worked hard to get this finished before my surgery in a couple days and now it's here. The beta adds another full Moment, specifically "Flu Season". I hope all of you are feeling okay today because the MC isn't, haha.

Also, this beta is the first made in a new build version of the engine Ren'py. There shouldn't be huge issues, but if you notice something strange please go ahead and report it.

If you're at the highest tier, you can leave your suggestions for additional choice options/MC reactions for these new scenes by clicking HERE.

Disclaimer:

No Information in the beta can be shared publicly.

Screenshots can't be posted, videos can't be uploaded, even discussing what occurs in the events publicly is not allowed and will get your access to future builds revoked.

You can do all of those things within the private GB Patch Discord server or leave your feedback as a comment.

Download Links:

Windows/Linux Download

Mac Download

Android Download (If Google Drive doesn't work, use the Dropbox Mirror)

And since we've had some problems in the past with so many people downloading beta builds that they get locked out by Google Drive, I've uploaded mirror builds! If the first ones listed don't work, you can try these.

Windows/Linux Download Mirror

Mac Download Mirror

Android Download Mirror (Dropbox)

Or you can bypass the quota by logging in to a Google Drive account, then on the file's download page, click "Add shortcut to Drive" in the upper right corner. Save it to your Drive, then create a new folder, put it inside, and download the folder!

Save files from the prior beta should work in this beta!

New Content:

Flu Season Parts 1 & 2

Added backgrounds that were missing in prior build

Fixes to typos/errors from the prior build

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Thanks for checking out the beta! And if anyone is feeling sick in real life, I wish for your speedy recovery ✨

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Jan ☆

IM FIRST 🩷🩷🩷 TY GB PATCH FOR UPDATE AND ALL UR HARD WORKK

kenny

def playing this after work

✶ ro

OHMYGODDD FLU SEASON!!! TYSM FOR ALL YOUR WORK🫶🏼🫶🏼

vinea

I’ve been waiting for this moment since I first saw the masks lol. I’ve been holding off on playing for awhile so now I got a lot of catch up on.

PixelPop

SCREAMING IN JOY!! GAH!!

Alyn Revilo

Omg this beta update came so quickly thanks for all the hard work supercharged team!

Kitten Lilly

Omg its the beginning of the month what kind of miracle is this?!

YarnGames

Thanks for the update! Good luck on your surgery and have a fast recovery, take all the time you need to rest.

Kitten Lilly

Say it with me yall: we love and appreciate everything you do for us!

Ginny

AHHHHHHHHHHHH 😍😍😍

kuzuhx

Thank you for the update!!! Hope that your surgery goes smoothly ❤️❤️

DarkMiner

I know it said the beta would be coming soon but. WOW. that was soon. XDXD. I was expecting “soon” to be like “a few days”. Thank you for more delightful content. I shall now feast on peak entertainment.

CJ //EXO

Oh wow so fast! Thank you to all the team for the hard work and good luck with your surgery 😌

Chitzu

WHAT? WAIT WAIT I HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THE PREVIOUS ONE *cry cry*

Yvanille

ON MY BIRTHDAY!? AHH TY FOR THE UPDATE♡

Naicha

SO EARLY LIKE ALREADY OUT?????? THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR YOUR HARD WORK! and wish the best to GB for her surgery!

Calysha B

Yasssss sick fic scenario!! Good luck with your surgery! Hope you have a good recovery!

Kitten Lilly

Hold on one more comment: im about to make 3-6(x2) more characters for this beta caus im insane and like to see everything

SapphireRose

Ahhh thank you for this! I cant believe i can play before going to work! 🥰🥰 Thank you BG TEAM!

Qiu kin

Thank you Gbpatch!!

Nat

new beta & fom full release??? it may be summer but it's feelin like christmas rn omg! ty to the team & good luck w ur surgery & recovery!!!

finn

Omg y'all worked fast! Good luck with your surgery, hope it goes well and you have a speedy recovery!

Rayna

Thank you for everything! Good luck with everything GB! Super excited to play the beta too!

Enkoi

Is anybody else running into error code? Im unable to play flu season :(

HawlyO2

You beautiful souls! Thanks you so much for the hard work and good luck with the surgery ❤️

GB Patch

I'm sorry. When is the error happening? Does the game not launch at all or is it when you try to load a save or select the moment? What does the error say?

Kairina

AAAAA im so excited to play the moment! Have a good surgery and a speedy recovery GB!

Rowan Ohes

Omg I just finished the prologue in the last beta and now there's more!! Step one moment screen is so different now! Thank you so much guys!! 💕💕 Are the moment selection pictures supposed to be rearrangable?? I can pick them up and drag em around

Enkoi

Im able to launch it, but clicking on flu season i run into exception has occurred, says script type error. Im unsure how to explain it

Wondersoy

OMG SO SOON!!??? YOU SPOIL US!

PandemoniumInk

ANOTHER FULL MOMENT THIS EARLY?? I am very excited hehehe

Wondersoy

I hope my mc gets to be a 'workaholic' and refuse to admit they're sick

Ragdoll Lovelace

I hope your surgery goes smoothly 😊 I wish you fast recovery 💖 OMG I'm so happy and exited shame I can't play it now I'm at work night shift can play it in the morning

Techy

I hope the surgery goes well! Y'all worked *hard*! We appreciate it >:D

Ruru

Wow!!! So early thank you so much. Wishing you the best on your surgery!!!

KitCat

Yes they are- pretty sure the selection screen is gonna be like a scrapbook :] idk if you noticed but the cute icons on the bottom are also able to be dragged! Lol I like to use the dragging feature to plan what order I play the moments in, it's pretty neat ^^

KitCat

Happy birthday :3

marushiii

today is the last of my four days off and this is EXACTLY what i needed 😊

Rubystar300

squealed like a little child when i got the notification 😭😭

Panthro

Thank you so much team and sending best wishes for the surgery recovery 🩵🩵

JaysAndRavens

I am loving this moment so so much! Legit might be one of my faves. Also, I wish you luck with surgery! I hope you have a swift recovery--hopefully you'll have good people around you just like the MC does in this moment! Some small potential errors (?) I spotted -- If you confess to liking Tamarack, but don't say anything like that to Qiu, narration later on will say "confessing to Tamarack *and* Qiu how much you like them" (although I'm not sure if this is just a fever-hallucination on the MC's part.) Similar problem-- when Yusuf shows up, one response is something along the lines of "No! You'd told Mom not to let anyone in", even if you didn't say anything like that (unless this is implied to have happened in the interim somewhere, or again, be the MC misremembering). Also, and this is a total nitpick-- Opal says visitors have to come one at a time, but the Lins come together. And the final thing I noticed was that if you ask for a blanket from Granny, it'll mention that she also brought socks even if you didn't ask for them. Again, maybe this is down to her just deciding to give them to you regardless lol, but I thought I'd bring it up.

Jello

woah i just finished replaying the game! that's perfect!

Rowan Ohes

OMG I JUST NOTICED THATS SO CUTE 💕💕

Andrew Bertholf

The rollback error? I'm getting that too

Philias

Great work!! Good luck on your surgery!

Philias

Im getting the error after picking if i want to help do something or just talk about it (it occurs while picking the first option)

Goodcat

Happy Birthday! :D

Minty

Woooah another early upload! Feels like when your parents surprise you with takeout lol

Marron

Thank you 🫶🏼🫶🏼

Tia

Omg this moment was so good!! Genuinely one of my favs!

GB Patch

Thank you for sharing what you found! Glad you liked it.

GB Patch

Okay, thanks. You can try to see if hitting ignore lets you move past the error screen or try using a different save file/starting a new save file.

LoveLaurie

I keep forgetting to ask - but how do you join the patreon chat on discord?

Meghan

This was such a sweet Moment! I can't wait to do more run-throughs of it!!

Mimi

I JUST PLAYED AND ITS SO STINKING CUTE OMG

EnigmaticObserver

Are they supposed to be wearing masks? Because none of the characters are.

Arya

WOW, already?? I really appreciate the team and everything you guys do ♥️ good luck with your surgery and recovery!!

Arq

Oh wow this was fast! Thank you so much for your hard work and I wish you well on your surgery!

Polly

Unsure if this is the same error but here's an error log I'm getting. Hitting ignore works fine in my case ``` I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Step 2/scares_sweets/scares_sweets2.rpy", line 2153, in script call File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "game/Step 2/scares_sweets/scares_sweets2.rpy", line 2153, in script call File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 2089, in execute if renpy.python.py_eval(condition): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1308, in py_eval return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1301, in py_eval_bytecode return eval(bytecode, globals, locals) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined Windows-11-10.0.26200-SP0 AMD64 Ren'Py 8.5.3.26051504 Our Life: Now & Forever Beta 1.5.12-beta Wed Aug 5 20:02:26 2026 ```

Dezzie00

Genuinely this moment made me laugh more then any so far. xD Loved it and It might be my new favorite moment of step 2

haruka

This is the most adorable visual novel I've ever seen... Tried the Demo on steam last night for over 4 hours and here I am, to support you guys ASAP! Keep up keeping on! I won't die till the game released!

fran ꩜

OH WHAT THE HELL? You guys are working so quick omg??? Thanks for your hard work!!!

Blake Parker

Omg, was not expecting an update this soon. Thanks for all the hard work and good luck on your surgery!! We're all wishing you well 🫶🏼

Kitten Lilly

I caught this message 7 minutes before midnight happy birthday!!!!

Phantasmask

Moment about being sick came out just when i am under the weather. i feel so immersed!

Chi

Thank you GB & team!!! and also good luck for your surgery, wish you a full recovery!

saturn2moons

OPAL AND YUSEF!!!! i am SOOOO into this!!!🥹🥹 wishing u a safe surgery💌💌

Inku Miester

Yas! You go guys! (I accidentally woke up some family. -/////- )

Inku Miester

I'm also getting the same problem but halfway through the sick DLC. 0 n 0

WastedScoundrel

Ha ha, I'll assume that the trojan warning that Windows Defender is giving off is a false positive, yeah?

Wen

This new Moment was so good! It really made me remember when I was a kid and being taken care of by my parents when sick :'^] Also I was wondering, I did two playthroughs of this Moment but didn't come across a scene like the screenshot on this post, is it possible to be outside with your friends while sick? And if so what options would allow it, thank you! I hope the surgery goes well too! 🙏

GB Patch

There's one optional scene where they wear masks, but it doesn't happen throughout most of the event.

GB Patch

I hope you feel better soon!

GB Patch

Yeah, virus scanners can randomly decide python is dangerous and the engine, ren'py, uses python in it. But there's no actual viruses!

GB Patch

You have to get very upset after falling down in the living room, either about being sick or about the Yusuf/Mom situation.

Julia X

I'm so excited!! My parents taught me growing up that you should never spend money on something as "silly" as a game, but now that I have my own money, I'm like PLEASE TAKE IT. Your guys' work is so incredible and I could not be happier to support it in any way I can! I've literally been staying up until 3am for the last 2 nights just to replay Step 1 and appreciate it in full (and I just finished the entirety of the 1.4.18 beta an hour ago and had to come see if there was a new beta available—so happy that there is!!!) Good luck on your surgery!!

Stormy

Nooooo it wont allow me to download the betaaaaa sobsobsob

Mocraino

Sick day if it’s what I think then it’ll be very good for my character arc for my favorite character to learn that he doesn’t always need to be self reliant and be a shoulder for others, he needs to learn that the two people next door can also be his two shoulders.

Giant Hotdog fanatic

Thank you for this beta ! (and thank you for giving me a father :> (he doesn't have a choice, neither do mother) And good luck again GB !

Wen

Thank you! I will try it next time!

GB Patch

I'm sorry. Can you tell me if there's an error or what's happening?

GB Patch

Aw, I'm glad you're able to get things that make you happy now!

Stormy

Ah,I got it fixed!I was trying to use Google drive and didn't notice there were 2 links for the windows download ^^'

keshia antoine

Super excited to play! I'm just having a problem. I can't download the windows version, my computer is marking it as a virus.

Inku Miester

Happy Birthday!!! :D Have a wonderful day and many more amazing birthdays to come! \o/

Julia X

I have Mac so this might look different, but I have to go to settings after attempting to open it (and it says since they can't scan for viruses, the computer won't open it) and in the privacy and security section, there's an option to "open anyway."

titanwithwings

im having trouble with the new beta, when i opened the game it crashed and the icon turned into a blank piece of paper that opened the debug log with an error message and now the icon is completely gone and i cant find it anywhere

keshia antoine

IT WORKED! Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️

kvo

my goat yusuf

Matheus Carvalho

I had an false positive from windows defender to the exe. I deactivated it and was able to play it. But i am posting here to call attetion to it.

KCdia

Sorry I haven't been able to launch the new beta build because when I opened the files I couldn't find the launcher icon. Could anyone help me?

KCdia

Yeah that's what happened to me as well I haven't been able to find a solution yet.

NeonMoMo

I was replaying the update, and my game suddenly crashed and now the game’s icon/the game itself is completely missing from the files

Noblearia

“Let’s make sure she never finds out” this line is killing me lmao 😭

Ck Tay

Hiiii! I'm having an issue with the new beta download. When I downloaded it and tried to open it, the program crashed and the whole application file disappeared. When I try to delete it and redownload it, it still doesn't appear. I wanted to know if there's anything I can do to fix it. The last beta still works even if I delete and redownload it, so I assume it's an issue with the new engine build.

azurphy

this is happening to me as well!

Julia X

YAYYYY!!!!

Julia X

I'm so blown away omg, I just finished playing all the new moments (it's 3am) and I was laughing and frowning and awwwing and gasping and just so moved by the writing in this step. Especially the Testing moment! Thank you again for creating this masterpiece wow!!

Woob

When I try to open the file after I extract it says it is a Virus attack and it closes out the file for the game. It Keeps marking it as a severe threat and removes the play option for the game. I cant figure out how to fix this.

Community Claire

Hello! I'm filling in for GB while she is out recovering. Sorry that you've run into this issue! She has passed along a few ideas that may help you: "I'm sorry for that. Virus scanners can randomly decide python is dangerous and the engine, ren'py, uses python in it. But there's no actual viruses! You can try turning off the scanner before launching the game and then turning it back on later. A user, Julia X, also offered a solution in the comments that may work for you as well. "I have Mac so this might look different, but I have to go to settings after attempting to open it (and it says since they can't scan for viruses, the computer won't open it) and in the privacy and security section, there's an option to "open anyway."""

Community Claire

Hello! So sorry to hear about that. It may be due to virus scanners on your device deciding that Python is dangerous. (But there is no risk to you, to be clear!) GB suggests heading to your settings after attempting to open the game, and in the privacy/security section, you may find an option to bypass your security filters and open the game manually.

Community Claire

Hello! Very sorry to hear about this. GB has passed along a message that may be of help to you in this case! "I'm sorry for that. Virus scanners can randomly decide python is dangerous and the engine, ren'py, uses python in it. But there's no actual viruses! You can try turning off the scanner before launching the game and then turning it back on later. A user, Julia X, also offered a solution in the comments that may work for you as well. "I have Mac so this might look different, but I have to go to settings after attempting to open it (and it says since they can't scan for viruses, the computer won't open it) and in the privacy and security section, there's an option to "open anyway."""

Community Claire

Hi there! So sorry about this issue. GB is out for a while recovering and has passed along this message that might clear things up for you: "Virus scanners can randomly decide python is dangerous and the engine, ren'py, uses python in it. But there's no actual viruses! You can try turning off the scanner before launching the game and then turning it back on later. A user, Julia X, also offered a solution in the comments that may work for you as well. "I have Mac so this might look different, but I have to go to settings after attempting to open it (and it says since they can't scan for viruses, the computer won't open it) and in the privacy and security section, there's an option to "open anyway."""

ruby

I'm loving this moment, but I'm geting a script error half way through :( I've never gotten an error before and I'm not in the discord, but I copied it. Hope this helps! ``` I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 2089, in execute if renpy.python.py_eval(condition): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1308, in py_eval return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1301, in py_eval_bytecode return eval(bytecode, globals, locals) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined Windows-11-10.0.26200-SP0 AMD64 Ren'Py 8.5.3.26051504 Our Life: Now & Forever Beta 1.5.12-beta Fri Aug 7 23:13:32 2026 ```

Sai Aiza

I am also getting an error during Flu Season. My MC told Qiu that she loved them, then told Tamarack she loved her as a friend. She then worried that Opal turned down Yusuf because of her, and as Qiu and Tamarack are arguing when she’s outside, I end up getting the rollback here. ETA: Clicking “Ignore” let me progress. Not seeing another error, so that’s good!

Ash3s

This was exactly what happened with me aswell! My sick MC mumbled to themselves about how amazing Tamarack is, and with Qui she told him that she loved him ((in Flu language XD)) then with Yusuf she blamed herself for him being rejected (cause she just wants her mom to be happy), and when she was outside with Tam and Qui thats also where the Error happened. Actually writing out our stories now, our poor poor sick MCs went THROUGH it man LMFAO the emotional vulnerability is at its MAX.

Community Claire

Hey there! Very sorry about this issue, and thank you for passing along the error message. I'll send this to our lead programmer now.

Community Claire

Hi again! Our dev says this is just an error for one line of narration — you can click ignore and carry on past it if possible.

Qiu kin

When playing Flu Season, the image for Ren's backyard is the same as Tamarack's backyard. Is this an error?

Azrael

Hello! I always love playing the demo every time it comes out. This time I downloaded it like always and got an error that it needs to be played on a Windows 10 or newer. Is this true? I play on Windows 8 and I'm really sad to see the error since I was not expecting it. I understand if the game needs to be played on newer systems because of advances to the system, but I would like to know for sure if I'll be able to play or if it's over for me for awhile. I can play the last beta just fine.

Sinny

Omg I just realized I can change the chat names and theme on the cell phone. I love everyone involved in this project 😭

Sandra - Jayne Rumpel

I've been so excited for this! And I honestly wasn't expecting it so soon! I hope the surgery goes/went well (I'm a little late to this). I am a little embarrassed to admit I actually pumped my fist into the air and proclaimed "Yes! Be our dad, Yusuf!"

Kyle Whiteside

This might be my favorite Step 2 moment so far!

Aliaura

After you talk to Yusuf and go outside, there is a line that starts out "You could barely hear them. On top of everything else.." etc, there is an error code (it does let you continue if you ignore it).

Nova

I got the bit of text that said "You remember when Qiu visited, for the first time. Seeing them outside wasnt their original visit today!" Even though I never saw Qiu outside. I came back from the bathroom and both Qiu and Tamarack were in my living room.

Community Claire

Hello! I'm sorry to say that in order to keep our engine up to date, the latest version has dropped support for Windows 8. Folks will be able to play OLNF on Windows 10 or above. Please let us know if you have any questions about this, and we apologize for the inconvenience!

rea🐋

this is so perfect since school just started and i WISH i was sick 💔💔

Tscherri

So I'm playing the newest moment and it said Opal calls Yusuf by his first name and I scrolled back and forth a little confused, because she definitely said Yusuf, but isn't his first name Kiyan? 🤔don't know if that was an error, but I wanted to point it out anyway :3

Pluto H

oh dang good luck with ur surgery dude also peakness new moment 🩷🩷

Marshie

I think the conversation with Yusuf at the end is lovely but also a bit too difficult to get, since it requires going along with Tamarack and Qiu's matchmaking plan. I feel like one should be able to have that conversation even if they don't go along with the plan, though perhaps with some caveats like having to pick specific dialogue options when talking to Opal (like the one saying that you want Yusuf around, for example). I do understand the decision to lock it behind being upset over the Opal + Yusuf situation, though.

Etta

omg i love this moment so much!!! i keep on forcing myself to pick dialogue options that invite people over even though irl i would never let anyone get sick bc of me lol

L Hackers

I've been following your games since the first one, you've all come so far! Thank you for this amazing Experience, a bit late, but hope you're having a great month so far!

Alexis

I’ve never loved a Beta more 😭

Eden

encountered a glitch during the step 2 Halloween event, if you're with Qiu and you text them, calling them a nerd, the phone stays on the screen and doesn't leave even after you move on.

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

I wish you the best for the surgery and recovery! This is a bit unrelated but for anyone who's on mobile, I keep getting a error saying the file is corrupted when downloading it from Drive and I don't know how Dropbox works or what I need to make it work, last time I managed to make Dropbox work but I genuinely don't remember how/I did it randomly until it worked🥲 I did see the explanation on how to do it here on this beta update, I went to drive to do "add shortcut" but it didn't do anything, it's definitely something I'm doing wrong that's for sure.

Trinity

i keep running into a bug every time i try to play flu day

Cheese-And-Rice, Mooney

Hi, I hope this isn't an issue but for a few months now I've been getting issues with downloading the game on mobile, the normal drive link keeps saying the download is corrupted and for Dropbox I don't understand exactly how it works, I tried what was told to do for it but it didn't work either, always interrupting the download as if the file is corrupted, I don't know if it's because I should install a different installer for APK files or not.

x-Jinxa-x

Home had me crying, thank you for such good writing

Léa Leroy

It's been a while, but thank you for saving me with the ignore button! I was afraid I'd have to pick an answer I didn't want! :D

Jennifer Wellnitz

apologies if this has been reported before, but I got an error in flu season after running outside and explaining everything with yusuf to tam and qiu. full error below: ``` I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred. While running game code: File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined -- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in script File "renpy/ast.py", line 2089, in execute if renpy.python.py_eval(condition): ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1308, in py_eval return py_eval_bytecode(code, globals, locals) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "renpy/python.py", line 1301, in py_eval_bytecode return eval(bytecode, globals, locals) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "game/Step 2/flu_season/flu_season1.rpy", line 4196, in NameError: name 'tested_moment' is not defined Linux-7.0.0-31-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.39 x86_64 Ren'Py 8.5.3.26051504 Our Life: Now & Forever Beta 1.5.12-beta Mon Sep 21 23:04:56 2026 ```