Name | I Was a Teenage Exocolonist | ||
Developer | Northway Games | ||
Publisher | Finji | ||
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Release | 2022-08-25 | ||
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Controls | Keyboard Mouse Full Controller Support | ||
Players online |  n/a  | ||
Steam Rating | n/a | ||
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Public Linux depots | The Vox: Tower Defense Developer [1.59 G] |
For one week only, the demo is live and game is on sale as we celebrate the best of deckbuilders on Steam! I LOVE deck building games. Some of my recent favorites (all roguelikes): |
We're celebrating the launch of our friends' game Regency Solitaire II with a limited time bundle. |
From January 29th - February 4th, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist will be featured alongside the best recent and upcoming interactive fiction and narrative games on Steam. If you like stories that move you, choices that matter, and word counts in the hundreds of thousands, this festival is for you: |
Merry various winter holidays! |
exosmile exothumbsup exosmile It's plushie time friends!! exosmile exothumbsup exosmile |
Join us on September 11-14 for SAVE&SOUND: an online music festival celebrating the fusion of innovation and artistry in gaming audio. |
[h3] Exocolonist just turned one! [/h3]
We've been celebrating a month-long Vertumnalia festival on the Finji Discord with giveaways and livestreams. While prepping for a developer Q&A, I took a trip down memory lane and dug out my original design documents from 2017. Read my post about it but beware of spoilers, spicy details about inappropriate romances that never were, and Sol's long lost sister who was cut from the final game. Stay tuned for streams here on Steam and on Twitch from some very lovely streamers on the 26th, 27th, 28th. Happy Vertumnalia!!! Oh - and if anyone was wondering about the outcome of the plushie survey:
Still no guarantee we'll make these plushies, but we will let you know when we have more news on them! Vriki and Sol are the clear winners! - Sarah nyaa |
Celebrate a Year of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist with Vertumnalia Festivities!
[h3] Exclusive Creator's Corner Q&A[/h3] Mark your calendars! On August 25, 12PM PDT/3PM EDT, join the minds behind the game:
[h3] More Surprises in Store![/h3] Stay tuned to our socials for community-led special streams on Twitch & Steam and other surprises. Lets make this anniversary a blast! - Sarah nyaa |
I am still chasing that sweet green checkbox for being fully verified on Steam Deck. Although those in the know can tell you it plays beautifully on there already, there are some sync issues that could make it annoying to switch between deck and PC and downgrade us to only "playable".
- Sarah nyaa |
Would you like a real-life squeezable Cal? A huggable squiggly Vriki? We're still in the early planning phases but we'd like to bring an Exocolonist character into the world as a stuffed toy.
- Sarah nyaa |
The narrative games festival LudoNarraCon will run from May 4th - 8th right here on Steam. This is your chance to check out what is new and upcoming in narrative games, and get I Was a Teenage Exocolonist at limited time discount! |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Patch #3, version 2716 (March 16) is up now on Steam!
Another giant thank you to everyone who reported bugs from inside the game's feedback menu! I couldn't have found these without you! exoflex - Sarah |
Big news - I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a finalist for Excellence in Narrative at the IGF (Independent Games Festival) (plus an honorable mention for Visual Arts!). |
To celebrate the Steam Winter Sale (December 22nd - January 5th), I Was a Teenage Exocolonist will be 20% off. We'll also be streaming the official soundtrack here for your listening enjoyment (yes, the soundtrack is also on sale!). |
Steam Awards nominations are now open! Time to let the world know about your favorite games released in the last year. Final voting will be held during the Steam winter sale. |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Patch #2, version 2315 (November 15th) is up now on Steam!
One bug I'm hoping to (maybe) fix with this update is an issue where past memories are disappearing (characters from the main menu, endings and achievements in the gallery). This might be due to a Steam sync issue reverting the file Groundhogs.json. If you think this might still be happening to you with the new version 2315, please report it from inside the game, and if possible please also email your Steam cloud_log.txt and cloud_log previous.txt files to support@finji.co (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\logs on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/logs on MacOS, ~/.local/share/Steam/logs on Linux). Another issue I haven't been able to track down is fast-disappearing tooltips. They're supposed to stick around under your mouse, not disappear after a second! If this is happening to you (especially if you can figure out why!) please report it from inside the game. Thank you for all your help! - Sarah nyaa |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist has been nominated for best Games For Impact in the Game Awards, and best Playstation Game of the Year in the PLAY Magazine awards. |
Stop by and watch pre-recorded streams by amazing streamers like Syafire, Zeenigami, and Skittzipoo. |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist was the winner of the 2020 IndieCade award for Procedural Design (now called Systemic Design). Now that our game is all grown up and released, it'll be featured with other IndieCade alumni games as well as this year's nominees in a special Steam festival from November 4 - 11 2022. |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist has been nominated for Best Storytelling in the 2022 Golden Joystick Awards! Voting closes this Friday, November 4th at 4:00pm PST / 7:00pm EST / 11:00pm GMT. |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Patch #1, version 2204 (October 4th) is now live on Steam!
Enjoy and take care! - Sarah |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is officially released today! I started development almost exactly five years ago, and wowowow has the game ever grown up since then! |
To celebrate the launch of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, we're streaming the game live to Steam during Indie Arena Booth Online! Swing by all weekend to catch streams from your favorite broadcaster, and be sure to hang out on launch day (Thursday, August 25th) to catch Syafire playing the game all day long! |
Featuring artists C418, scntfc, A Shell in the Pit, Jogging House and many more! Our soundtrack blends beautiful acoustic instruments with ambient synth vibes for a style that is uniquely Vertumnan. |
On Thursday August 25th at 10am PT we'll finally loose our arrow into the world, piercing the hearts of narrative rpg fans as they live (and re-live) their teenage years on the planet Vertumna. |
Today we're unveiling our beautiful new key art by Meilee Chao. It shows off the more mature side of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, including older versions of all the teen characters and a mysterious Sol (our name for the player character) looking like some kind of sorcerous card-o-mancer. |
Were so excited to be participating in PAX Rising Online on July 9th and 10th! |
Announcing our launch date of August 25th 2022! |
When you're not playing the limited-time demo, watch live streams of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist live all weekend during LudoNarraCon! |
Watch me (Sarah) give a tour of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist and show off some content from the full game, and some card challenges with powerful late game cards. Might be some light spoilers in there but mainly I'll be going over the basics. |
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Developer - and I still am. A dev, that is, not a teenager. Nope, I am a (mostly) developed human adult working on a card-battling life sim about growing up on an alien planet. |
Weve started the private beta test of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, and our first playtesters are kicking so much ass! If youd like to join, swing by the Finji Discord, get your Exocolonist Fan role, and apply to be a tester on the #exocolonist-beta-opt-in channel. Well be adding new testers every couple weeks and working together to make this game the best it can be. |
Greetings, WARRIOR!! |
Join Twitch Streamer and Finji QA dev McSassblast as they play through the I Was A Teenage Exocolonist demo with you, the community! |
Join Sarah Northway and Adam Saltsman as they do a deep dive into the complex systems designs of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist live on Twitch!) |
Join Twitch Streamer JeffBrutlag as they play through the I Was A Teenage Exocolonist demo with you, the community! |
Ask your questions to the I Was A Teenage Exocolonist's development team during this live Q&A in our Discord (and broadcast to Twitch!) |
We're excited to announce that starting Friday, April 23 through Monday, April 26, we'll be a part of LudoNarraCon! |
Big news: we are teaming up with our friends at Finji to bring I Was a Teenage Exocolonist to you! |
Join me this afternoon for an impromptu live stream where I play I Was a Teenage Exocolonist and ramble on for a bit about game development or whatever. |
Hi there! I'm Sarah and I'm one of the developers for I Was a Teenage Exocolonist. Do you want to try it? We've got an empty spot right here... |
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