I Was a Teenage Exocolonist News

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist @ IndieCade 2022

Stop by and watch pre-recorded streams by amazing streamers like Syafire, Zeenigami, and Skittzipoo.

And don't forget you can try out the I Was a Teenage Exocolonist demo through November 11th!

Exocolonist in the IndieCade 2022 showcase!

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.

:r3fuel: Visit the Steam festival page here :r3fuel:

IndieCade is a special show for Northway Games because we used to drive down to LA for it back in the early dawn of indie games (all the way back in 2010 when I was making Flash games), and I've helped judge the awards off and on in years since. They often feature games which push the boundaries of what a game can be, from massive meat-space events to interactive art exhibits.

This year's IndieCade festival will be online, with an awards ceremony on Steam and Twitch on Saturday, November 5th at 11:00am PDT. I'll be watching! During the 2020 ceremony I was so convinced we weren't going to win that I was in the middle of making lunch when Exocolonist was announced as the winner. I had to do a mad dash to setup a webcam and give an acceptance speech. :nyaa:

The Exocolonist demo will be up from November 4 - 11, and we'll be re-streaming some of this year's interviews and developer playthroughs on the Steam page.

- Sarah :eyebug:

Last chance to vote for Exocolonist in the Golden Joysticks!

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.

Vote now at: goldenjoysticks.com
List of nominees: gamesradar.com

The Golden Joystick Awards are the longest running public-voted gaming awards show, first held in 1983 and now in its 40th year. The ceremony will be streamed digitally at twitch.tv/goldenjoystickawards on Tuesday, November 23rd at 1:30pm PST / 4:30pm EST / 9:30pm GMT.

It's a huge honor to be nominated! The other games up for the Storytelling category are IMMORTALITY, Return to Monkey Island, Horizon Forbidden West, NORCO, and Wayward Strand. Also our Finji sister game TUNIC is up for the Best Indie Game category. What a lineup to be included in!

- Sarah ːnyaaː

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

Narrative adventure 'I Was a Teenage Exocolonist' out with Linux support

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist seems like a hard game to pin to a genre. It's a blending of a narrative adventure with RPG elements, deck-building and much more.

Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/narrative-adventure-i-was-a-teenage-exocolonist-out-with-linux-support