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Vente de Jeux Canadi(an/ens) Game Sale

[p]Savez-vous que les devs who made I Was a Teenage Exocolonist sons Canadienne? C'est vrai bud, and so are more Steam games than you might realize. During this year's summer sale, we're celebrating our hoser status with 300 other Canuck developers and their ben bons jeux. They're aboot hockey, beavers, and maple syrup, just like Exocolonist, eh?

🍁Get out there and give'r, ferda!🍁

(sorry!)[/p][p]-Sarah [/p]

Fan Merch and Mods

Not only has the I Was a Teenage Exocolonist fandom kept the story going with fic (336 works and counting on AO3), they’ve been busy modding the game and making rad fan merch. Northway Games has always granted permission for anyone to sell fan merch of our games using their own original art. It feels so amazing to have a piece of Exocolonist fandom hanging from my bag or dangling from my ears, out here in the real world.

So here’s a showcase! (this is a repost from the Northway Games blog which is so popular it got 4500 spam comments last month when I accidentally broke the recaptcha)

Official-ish Merch from Mei


Mei’s wooden charms

Exocolonist artist Mei (@bkomei) just announced preorders for the cuuuuuuuutest wooden character charms, with unique shapes and different pictures on the two sides. They’re so slick! I love that they’re in a different chibi style than Mei used in the game, but they still give 100% Exocolonist vibes.

Preorder them here: https://bkomei.bigcartel.com



Mei’s also selling several prints of their in-game illustrations, and making these cool interactive CD jewel case charms that are just beautiful and all kinds of nostalgic. These will be a limited run so get one while you can!


Official-ish Merch from Lindsay


Glow Season by Lindsay Ishihiro (on my wall o stuff)

Exocolonist writer/artist Lindsay also has semi-official prints available on Inprnt. I love this one of the gang telling stories around a campfire, the colors are sooooo purdy. There are also prints available of Lindsay’s creature art from in the game.

All here: https://www.inprnt.com/frames/neomeruru

Poayo’s Etsy Empire


Poayo’s shop recently added keychains from guest artist Begonia

With everything from stickers to acrylic standees to body pillows, Poayo’s Etsy shop covers a lot of ground featuring their own fanart style. They regularly post new goodies on r/Exocolonist (Reddit profile) and the Seraphic Discord, so keep an eye there to snag the new-and-hots before they sell out.

Yes even body pillows I wasn’t kidding

I’ve come across a few other online stores with Exo merch out there, but let’s move on to one of my favorite fan creations:

The ExtraColonist Mod




Available on NexusMods.

This overhaul of the first year of the game introduces a bunch of new characters, even animated and on the map. New storylines, locations, backgrounds, cutscenes, activities, items. It’s really a LOT more than you imagine.



They’re calling it a beta and I hope we get to see more, but in its current state ExtraColonist is absolutely worth playing once you reach the end of the official content and want more. It’s easy to install and jump into with a fresh game (you can keep your groundhogs/past memories). Team Seraphic (Patreon / tip jar here) has done an amazing job. What an absolute labor of love.

New scenes with characters old and new

I love this kid

Download it from Nexus Mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/iwasateenageexocolonist/mods/5/
Team Seraphic socials: https://seraphic.ju.mp
Poayo is part of the team and sells ExtraColonist merch too: https://poayosuniverse.etsy.com

Official-official Merch


The Finji Store still has pinnies, stickers, tees and hawaiian shirts available. We’re selling a physical card game at cost via Gamecrafters. And you’ve seen my posts for print-on-demand xmas sweaters and other clothes.

We’ve done five plushies through Makeship and although these are one-off productions, I have a few squirreled away under the bed (literally) for some future giveaway. Makeship has also been bugging me to do another doll so you never know… join the Official Discord or follow Exocolonist on Steam to hear more!

- Sarah ːnyaaː

Visual Novel Fest

Do you need a break? To lose yourself in a fantasy sci-fi world? One that, while perhaps reflecting our own in some ways, does so in warm layers of distance and abstraction and comforting nonconformity? Then come with us, and forget about our shared real life problems for a minute. Let's hang out with some fictional teenagers out in space somewhere instead. I'm sure everything will work out just fine for them.

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist will be 50% off during the Visual Novel Fest from March 3 - 10, then again for the Steam Spring Sale on March 13-20.

Don't miss all the other narrative games on sale this spring!

The Storyteller's Festival

From February 17-24, 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:

[h2]📖The Storyteller's Festival📖[/h2]

2025 edition! Last year's festival included my personal recommends Scarlet Hollow and Slay the Princess. What will this year bring???

To celebrate the Exocolonist demo will be live for a limited time. It includes the first year of the game (about 2 hours of gameplay) and can be played multiple times.

Happy reading!

- Sarah ːnyaaː

Save & Sound Music Festival

Join us on November 4-7 for SAVE&SOUND: an online music festival celebrating the fusion of innovation and artistry in gaming audio.

🐟🐡🐠 Don't miss: Exocolonist audio team A Shell in the Pit will be discussing their first in-house game Fish Game on Nov 4 at 1pm PST (10am CET) here on Steam. I love aquarium sims and this is for sure the best one I've played. The plants and hardscape customization is soooo good and they're still adding stuff all the time (but no breeding yet - IT'S HARD).

🎮 All week (Nov 4-11): the Exocolonist demo is up for a limited time.

🏷️Also all week: Exocolonist will be on sale!

🎶Also-also all week: We're streaming the Exocolonist soundtrack on Steam.

Our soundtrack features two hours of tracks from fourteen artists, including Em and Gordon from A Shell in the Pit (who did our sound and trailers too). If you want to know more, I wrote a blog post about it!

🎉Also-also-also all week: listen to rad soundtracks and amazing sound design in the other festival games.

Hosted by Bedtime Digital Games and a group of amazing creators, the live SAVE&SOUND show will stream here on Steam, and on Twitch and Youtube. See the official site for more info.