I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is available now!

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative deckbuilding RPG with a timeloop twist. Explore, grow up, and fall in love, over and over and over. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

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15 skills - will you focus on empathy and organization, or train up your toughness and bravery?
1000 story events - too much to experience in one lifetime, but luckily you'll have many.
25 jobs - goof off behind the counter as a depot clerk, or join a survey team and chart the Valley of Vertigo.
10 dateable characters - dogboys, aliens, hot politicians and cold-as-ice killers. Can you guess what your childhood friends will grow up to be?
200 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)
50 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.

Warning: This game deals with mature subjects and may not be suitable for all players. Please see our content warnings for more info.

Limited time Hopeye and Socks plushies!

28 August 2024, 10:00 am

Two years of Exocolonist

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is two years old this week! We’re celebrating our second Exoversary with a Steam daily deal (let’s make that a week) and two new Makeship plushie campaigns. The first 200 sales of each doll includes a free Steam key!

Get yours before September 25 2024

The Hopeye

Xenofelis monopodus

Hopeyes leap around on a single foot and live in colonies with up to 100 others. They can be fierce little creatures when their friends are threatened, so don’t underestimate them!

They love cuddles.

The Dillypillar (Socks)⁠⁠

Xenosaurus polyped

Dillypillars can sometimes be seen in the western Wresting Ridges. They’re generally solitary, and can grow up to 100 pairs of feet!⁠ This particular dillypillar is just a wee four-legged juvenile, named Socks for her white-colored feet.

She loves cuddles too.

Crowdfunding-style campaigns

Makeship is giving us one month to reach a minimum of 200 orders. On September 25 the campaign ends, and if we’ve met our goal then every plushie will be made-to-order for our backers. After that, no more will be made!

The estimated shipping date is December 14th so you miiiight get yours in time for the holidays, but if you’re planning to gift one to somebody, maybe have a nice card ready just in case your xenofauna is a little late. (Steam keys will be given out to the first 200 backers as soon as the campaign ends.)

Limited time only

We did Nomi, Sol and vriki campaigns earlier this year, but Socks and the hopeye are the final Exocolonist plushies we have plans to make. I may change my mind later because you know I love making merch, but you’ve been warned: these might be the last!

So visit Makeship to preorder one (or both for 10% off) before the campaign ends on September 25th 2024!