Get Our Life: Beginnings & Always for PC

Our Life: Beginnings & Always is a choice-driven visual novel about growing up alongside Cove Holden, the lonely boy next door. You create your character and follow their relationship from childhood through adolescence and young adulthood to adulthood, shaping how they feel, what they like and how their connection with Cove develops. The story focuses on major life changes as well as familiar everyday moments, and makes room for feelings such as sadness, anger, stress and worry alongside reassurance, understanding and support.

Growing up together

At eight years old, Jamie Last is enjoying the summer near the beach when Mr. Holden, a new neighbor, asks Jamie to be friends with his only child, Cove. Whether Jamie agrees or not, Cove becomes part of their life for years to come. The story follows them beyond that first summer, as the school holidays end and the seasons of life continue.

Your character

You can customize your character’s name, appearance, personality and pronouns (he, she or they). You can change these details as the character grows, including changing their pronouns. Your personality, feelings and preferences are reflected in the story, and other characters remember what matters to you, even small details such as your preferred drink.

Your relationship with Cove

Cove is the story’s one love interest. His personality, interests and appearance develop over the years in response to his experiences with you. You set the relationship’s dynamic and pace, from love at first sight to a last-minute confession, remaining friends or other possibilities. Different character qualities and connection types give you ways to revisit the story.

Story content

The visual novel has four periods of life: childhood, adolescence, young adulthood and adulthood. It contains 397,000 words and offers 16–24 hours of content. You can also customize the font style and size.