I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (tuxdb.com)

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Northway Games Developer

Finji Publisher

2022-08-25 Release

RPG Simulation SingleplayerTags

Game News Posts: 51

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🎮 Full Controller Support

Overwhelmingly Positive (3577 reviews)

http://exocolonist.com

Steam Store

Public Linux Depots:

The Vox: Tower Defense Developer [1.59 G]

Exocolonist Patch #1 (version 2204) changelog!

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Patch #1, version 2204 (October 4th) is now live on Steam! It fixes a few big bugs (the gym does something now!), a bunch of rarer issues (all cards now gettable!), plus better support for the Steam Deck and non-16:9 aspect ratios.
No more letterboxing - resize the game window to whatever scale you want! Thank you so so so much to everyone who sent in bug reports and helped me track these down, especially machine-specific problems and all those obscure typos and issues in hidden corners of the narrative. If you run into any more problems, please report them from inside the game so it sends me your logs and stuff too! Patch notes:

change vibration toggle to an intensity slider
improve controller navigation of settings and custom gender menus
force teleport back inside colony during glow or when too young
improve collectible use with gamepad
upgrading cards now works, eg marz1 disappears when you get marz2
increase food if you find mushrooms while foraging
optimize opening the deck menu
show "start your next life" on main menu after an ending
improve food supplies notice in depot
no more cake for sale while starving
remove sound from northway games splash logo
back up savegames, memories, and settings to avoid file corruption
hide mouse cursor while in gamepad or keyboard-only mode
smoother switching between mouse and gamepad/keyboard-only mode
support ultra-widescreen monitors and more other resolutions
improve text menu layout for 16:10 and other resolutions
default some machines to lower resolution or lower quality
on steam deck always show selection reticle, use gamepad tooltips
change steam deck default settings and remove keyboard bindings
on macs, hide buggy/unused vsync setting
running game directly from exe no longer connects to steam client
disable gamepad when exocolonist window loses focus
optional setting to show controller glyphs on PC
backup fonts for Japanese, Korean, Sim/Trad Chinese, other accents
rename feedback menu to "report a bug"
fix upgrading cards at the gym
fix mid-life "Clear Past Memories" getting stuck in final event
fix missing tracking the airsquid events and card
fix missing beautiful vista card
fix "Delete All User Data" wasn't properly clearing everything
fix backpack gear card
fix gamepad shoulder button nav moving to unmet characters
fix button tooltips hanging around after menu closed
fix story text jumping down to the first button on first page
fix hidden pets not showing up in relax park events
fix tutorial for exploration zones not appearing
fix age 19 impossible battles being too easy
fix credits scroll jumping down after a few seconds
fix two infinite engineering / bravery skill loops
fix to audio issue that sometimes froze cards
fix mourning events playing after that status is gone
fix clearing chara stories when you load the game in glow
fix cancel button triggering "Go Home" instead of "Keep Exploring"
fix card challenge tutorial straight example cards
fix challenge goal box briefly saying overgoal on win/lose
fix bonus skills not awarded in skip card challenges mode
fix grabbing collectibles behind blocking events
fix showing unique cards you already have in choice buttons
fix black edges on some special ending art
fix card header backgrounds sometimes disappearing
fix rebellion skill increase bubble tooltip text
fix text scrolling down after canceling gifting
fix age 17 big portrait disappearing when you change appearance
fix navigation up from top-right chara on charas menu
fix pressing submit on popup input field now triggers OK button
fix undoing picking a friend in intro leaving bonus skill
fix not closing gallery when main menu opened via system menu
fix briefly showing wrong info on deck menu as it opens
fix characters being prematurely marked as met during dreams
fix being able to interact with battle menu during win/lose
fix incompatibility with turkish operating systems
fix disappearing gamepad reticle after using input field
fix saving email address on the feedback menu like we used to
fix northway games logo on linux / steam deck
fix software keyboard not opening on steam deck
fix left menu button on steam deck
fix around 50 minor typos and small narrative issues

Enjoy and take care! - Sarah

[ 2022-10-05 17:22:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Exocolonist is still in development.

Growing up in humanity's first extrasolar colony, you and your family are refugees from Earth flung into a new world of wonder and danger. You have your whole life ahead of you: Will you become an engineer and bring modern technology to this jurassic planet? Or cultivate the alien plants and live in harmony with exotic nature? Battle the massive beasts which rule Vertumna, or nurture future generations of humans?

Your decisions matter; whether to study, learn to play an instrument, obey your parents or sneak out to explore the hazardous jungle. Adolescence is full of awkwardness and clumsy mistakes, but everything you learn will make you - and your colony - stronger. Your memories, decisions and friendships will be at your side when strife is near, becoming collectible cards used for everything from taking a math test to escaping the jaws of a wild snapbladder.

A strange connection to an orbiting wormhole causes you to remember events from your past lives. It'll take many lives to find every ending and ultimately a way to save both your colony and the planet.

Exocolonist is going to have this great stuff:

800 story events - too much to experience in one lifetime, but luckily you'll have many.
250 battle cards - loosely based on poker rules, make the best hand from cards like Up to your Knees in Mud (adjacent cards get +1) and Testing on Humans (cards to the right become blue)
30 endings - find every way to die, aim to become Governor one day, or live a simple life as a botanist and let others take care of the monster-slaying.
25 jobs - goof off behind the counter as a depot clerk, or join a survey team and chart the Valley of Vertigo.
15 skills - will you focus on empathy and organization, or train up your toughness and bravery?
10 dateable characters - dogboys, aliens, hot politicians and cold-as-ice killers. Can you guess what your childhood friends will grow up to be?