The season of winter sales is upon us. steamhappy If you, like many folks have wishlisted Terranova thinking, "Ah, I'll get it when it goes on sale," now is your chance! Get it for yourself, or for a friend. Terranova is a nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's. Chat with your friends, update your LimeJournal, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship. We're currently using revenue from game sales to fund our Japanese translation of Terranova, so every game you buy goes into translating the game for Japanese fans. And believe me, being a teen on the 'net in the early 00's is universal. Get Terranova 25% off from today through Jan 4th! Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ & mabbees

[ 2023-12-21 20:00:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Holy cow, we're on Famitsu Japan!

October was a big month for us. Back in September we announced that Terranova's demo version had been translated into Japanese by Kimitaka Ogawa. Ogawa-san worked on Coffee Talk and A Space for the Unbound. In the few days after our release, we were featured in Denfamico Gamer, and shortly after, we were on the front page of Famitsu Japan. We are so thankful to Ogawa-san, to the folks at Indie Tsushin, and to our loyal fans who flooded our Japanese itch.io page with support. <3 Never did we think Terranova would garner this much attention. We're humbled and grateful.

Indie Tsushin talks with us about our "dark history"

CJ here. One of the things I've been enjoying in recent coverage of Terranova is the acknowledgement of both the player, and our, collective "dark history" () as cringey teens on the internet. mabbees and I did our first interview as a studio for the October issue of Indie Tsushin. For anyone who roleplayed on BBS, AIM, Livejournal, Skype, Discord...I see you. It's a fun interview, I think you'd like it. See the full interview on Indie Tsushin here. [url=https://nicegeargames.itch.io/indie-tsushin-2023-october]Indie Tsushin promotes indie games from Japan. You should check them out. Help us translate Terranova We're going to translate Terranova in five parts. Part One has been translated and is up on itch.io. All sales of the game from here on out are going into funding Part Two. In Terranova game time, that's January~April 2004. As for other languages like Russian and Brazilian Portuguese, well...we're currently looking for a publisher to see if we can localize Terranova to other languages. At time of writing, we are already at 14% of our goal. Please help us translate the next part by donating and spreading the word. Your support means the world to us. Donate to us on our Ko-Fi Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ & mabbees

[ 2023-12-16 07:25:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Exciting news everyone Were appearing at the Gayming Live Indie Festival! From Sept 30 - Oct 14, well be appearing alongside other LGBTQ+ Indies in a massive Steam Sale Event, and we'll also be around from October 6th-8th showing off our game. For a limited time only, Terranova will be 25% off! If you haven't gotten your copy today, now's a great chance to support queer indie game devs. Check out the full event page on Steam. Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ & mabbees

[ 2023-10-01 14:00:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello fans and new players! We are pleased to announce version 2.0.0 of Terranova. This version was the result of a long, hard month of debugging. As the "2.0.0" version implies, this is a pretty big change -- mainly because achievements now work correctly in Steam! There are some less notable changes as well. Full list of changes below:

• Achievements unlockable through Steam
• Fixed some typos in the story
• Fixed the LJ blog icons in unlockable posts

If you've been playing since version 1.2.0, thanks for your patience while we sorted out the achievements issue. Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ and Mabbees

[ 2023-09-08 08:20:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Terranova is a nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's following four fangirls and their roleplay community on LimeJournal. This week, August 7 - 14, you can get Terranova at 30% off for the Steam Visual Novel Fest! Now's your chance -- get it, and get roleplaying. New players take note: Steam achievements are not currently working. We'll update soon once the issue is resolved.

[ 2023-08-08 01:07:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

[Imgur](https://imgur.com/szXSd42) Can you believe it's already been a year? In celebration for Terranova's one-year anniversary, we've made some major game updates that we hope you'll enjoy. Buckle in, it's going to be a long one. ### Silver Mode UI and Wallpaper Customization First up, are a couple new settings. You can now pick your desktop wallpaper from any of the wallpapers youve unlocked in the story so far. You can also set your UI to silver mode you know, so your friends will know what a 1337 h4x0r you are.
### New Wallpapers and In-Game Achievements There are three endings in the game: bad, neutral, and perfect. One theme we noticed was that players were getting the neutral ending and wondering if there was "more" to the game. There is! With this update, youll unlock a new achievement and a new wallpaper with each ending you clear. There are also achievements for story branches you may have missed, and of course, for solitaire bragging rights.
### Updates to Cherry's Blog Cherry draws. A lot. We thought it would be fun to add in more illustrations from Cherry into her blogespecially around her and Tourmaline.
### Updates to Sendaria's BlogandChats It has come to my attention through feedback from players that Sendaria's route, in particular in reference to her eating disorderwere not handled well. Tourmaline's character is meant to be somewhat insensitive and unawarebut parts of the game crossed the line. I am sorry to players, especially those struggling with a very real disorder, who saw this exchange as reflective of being dismissive of their own struggles. I've rewritten parts of Sendaria's story to give a window into her life in Japan and family life. I've also rewritten some of the exchanges between her and Tourmaline towards the end of the game. Overall, I've been happy to spend more time in Sendaria's world and show the player a bit more of her fears and uncertainties.
### And one last thank you to our players... We wanted to thank the players who have written us on Discord, itch, and Steam with kind words of support and feedback. In this past year, we have felt the pressure to get our game out to more people, to be *more big* and *more polished* just like bigger studios. One learning we've had is that we can't do that. Not only from a resource perspective, but commoditization of our game makes us faceless. We don't want that. From a marketing perspective, we really appreciateretweets, shares and offers to appear in bundles. It helps us spread the word! From a personal perspective, when we read comments or hear about word of mouth referrals, ("I shared this with my friends/my sister/my partner!") that really motivates us and gets us excited to work on more games. Thank you always for your kind words and support. Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ & mabbees

[ 2023-06-30 05:43:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello fans and new players! Were Mabbees and CJ, the two devs behind Terranova. We are pleased to announce our first bugfix patch; we've been testing hard to make sure we got all of the issues folks had been contacting us about. This patch fixes: - issues with chats being locked, preventing progress in the game - an issue where the game sometimes locks when loading a save - the game going BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) when certain options were chosen - drag and drop issues with Solitaire - typos Thank you to everyone who contacted us to let us know about the bugs. A very special thank you to players who fought through the bugs and still gave us so much love despite the issues. We hope it's all smooth sailing from here, but if you do still run into bugs while playing, we'd like to know about them. We have a discussion open for bug reporting here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1728700/discussions/0/5788831477021810552/ Your friendly neighborhood devs, CJ and Mabbees

[ 2022-11-22 11:20:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Happening today, September 9th to Sunday, September 11th! Gayming LIVE, presented by Ally, is a three day festival of queer geekery, from AAA games to indies, anime to animation, and drag to voice talent, theres truly something for everyone. Terranova is showcasing at Gayming LIVE Indie Festival and a nice 25% discount for folks through September 16th. Check us out here!

[ 2022-09-09 16:39:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello y'all! Thank you to everyone who has been patient as we've gone through launch. We appreciate folks who reached out and provided us with reports. There is an issue where Terranova locks the game that has been causing players frustration, which we'd like to show you how to fix.

Cannot Proceed Past April 2004

In April 2004, there is the possibility for the player to get locked out of their chat with EphemeralSmile666, and become unable to proceed. You can avoid this by following these steps: - EphemeralSmile666 will start a conversation with you with the chat "Hey T, you're online!" - Do not respond to the chat. Wait until EphemeralSmile666 finishes typing completely. - EphemeralSmile666 will send you another chat: "I wanted to tell you this in person, but I didn't get the chance yet..." - Continue playing as normal :) If you are locked out, please reload your game from an autosave. DO NOT OVERWRITE YOUR PREVIOUS SAVE IF YOU ARE LOCKED. Save in a separate file instead. You can access the autosave from the Start Menu. Go to Save or Save and Quit. You will see this screen:

Chats/Posting is Locked

Sometimes on other months, posting in blogs and chats are locked and the player cannot end the month. In this case as well, please reload your game from an autosave. DO NOT OVERWRITE YOUR PREVIOUS SAVE IF YOU ARE LOCKED. Save in a separate file instead.

I tried reloading the autosave multiple times. It's not working!

Most of the time reloading the autosave works to fix these issues, but if it is not working for you, please report this in our bug report thread or contact us on Terranova Discord through the #game-feedback channel. Please note our server is 18+ only. Thank you all for playing the game and helping us make it better. We're doing everything we can to make sure everyone's game plays smoothly. A hotfix patch is currently in development! Thank you! CJ & Matt

[ 2022-08-23 11:11:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

We are so PROUD to be included in the Season of Pride 2022 event! Season of Pride 2022 will be running this weekend (and hopefully) throughout July 23rd. We're featured in the "POC Leads" and "Visual Novel" sections. Check out the Season of Pride 2022 event here!

Permanent Pricing Update

We have permanently updated our pricing from $24.99 to $20.04, a throwback to when the game takes place, in 2004. Please enjoy the new price steamhappy

Bug Report Template Live

And FYI for anyone who has found bugs in our game: we have a new bug reporting thread, just for you: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1728700/discussions/0/5788831477021810552/ We hope you don't encounter any bugs, but if you do, please let us know so we can fix them. Your friendly devs, CJ & Matt

[ 2022-07-14 22:00:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

We'll be discounting Terranova to make it more affordable for a limited period of time. Folks who have us on your wishlist, have you not bought the game yet but want to? Here's a perfect excuse. Folks visiting from FujoCon; is your interest piqued? Get the game now before it goes back to full price!

We love reviews

If you played the game and loved it, please write us a review on Steam. Our first ten reviews are the most important when it comes to visibility on the Steam store, so we'd be grateful if you gave us a shoutout.

[ 2022-06-23 22:00:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

EXCITING NEWS! Mabbees and I will be doing a workshop at FujoCon, the premier virtual gathering celebrating all things BL to give a workshop called, "How to Tell Interactive Stories that Pack a Punch." We'll be talking about the methods we used to write Terranova, as well as helping workshop participants build their own emotionally impactful interactive stories. Whether you want to write an epic interactive fiction or a himbo harem virtual novel, this workshop will give you tips and tricks to refine your concepts into playable stories! Date: [strike]Saturday, June 25th[/strike] Friday, June 24th 10:00PM-11:30PM CDT Where: Online at FujoCon Price: FREE! Did we mention it's free? Get your tickets at the FujoCon website before registration closes! See you there!

[ 2022-06-19 18:35:55 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello everyone! Allow us to introduce ourselves. Were Studio Terranova, i.e. CJ and Mabbees, the devs behind Terranova. We normally use Discord and itch.io to communicate with folks, but seeing as we have fans on Steam too, starting today well be posting regular updates on this community. Hello! steamhappy

Full Game Has Been Released!

For those of you who played our free demo, thank you. Were pleased to announce that the full game has been released on Steam for Windows and Mac!

The full game features...

• A full ten hours of story, complete with romance, drama and plot twists galore
• Three unique endings that are based on your choices within the game
• Shiny new IM to chat your friends and away messages that change based on story
• Fully-functional Solitaire to play while you're chatting your friends
• Awesome new credits song by Gloomy June and The Y Axes

If you havent already Check it out here.

We love reviews <3

For those of you who have bought the game and loved it, if we can make a small request every indie games first ten reviews are the most important. We would love it if you gave us a review and let us know what you thought of our game.

Want to keep in touch?

We have a Discord where you can chat us, get help with the game, and hang out with other nostalgia fans (and fellow role players). Were starting a roleplay campaign within the Discord server soon Thank you again for your continued support, and were looking forward to chatting more! - CJ & Mabbees

[ 2022-06-06 03:40:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

The devs are going to be streaming for Steam Next Fest! Terranova is a nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's following four fangirls and their roleplay community on LimeJournal. Follow the lives of Ephemeralsmile, Cherrygoround and Sendaria as you chat them, befriend them, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship. We're releasing this game on Steam this year, and will be playing through the demo + chatting with folks during the livestream. If you can't make this livestream, consider joining our second one. If you love the aesthetic of the early 00's and deep, compelling story, this is the game for you. Check out the stream here.

[ 2022-01-18 12:36:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Have you ever longed for the days of Web 1.0 when you made faraway friends through forums, talked endlessly online, and spent hours tweaking your website to perfection?

Terranova is a nostalgic interactive fiction game set in the early 2000's following four fangirls and their roleplay community on LimeJournal. Follow the lives of Ephemeralsmile, Cherrygoround and Sendaria as you chat them, befriend them, and discover yourself through a rich world of storytelling, love and friendship.

Features

• A nostalgic interface that transports you to a time before Twitter
  
• A full ten hours of story, complete with romance, drama and plot twists galore
  
• A LimeJournal for you to blog about your life
  
• Fully functional IM to chat your friends and Solitaire to waste time while you chat your friends
  
• Your choices matter; three unique endings based on your choices
  
• Roleplay. Lots and lots of roleplay.