I Was a Teenage Exocolonist News

Featuring artists C418, scntfc, A Shell in the Pit, Jogging House and many more! Our soundtrack blends beautiful acoustic instruments with ambient synth vibes for a style that is uniquely Vertumnan.

For the full artist list and to hear how it all came together, check out my Dev blog post about it.

Whether you're exploring a new planet, testing your mettle in card challenges, or dealing with the awkwardness of growing up while remembering past lives, this is your music.

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The Soundtrack is now available here on Steam. It includes both MP3 and high-quality FLAC audio files, and comes bundled with the official PDF artbook for the game!

So you can feast your eyes and ears while you wait. But it won't be long! Exocolonist is coming out in just a few days on Thursday August 25th!

- Sarah ːnyaaː

On Thursday August 25th at 10am PT we'll finally loose our arrow into the world, piercing the hearts of narrative rpg fans as they live (and re-live) their teenage years on the planet Vertumna.

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Our new launch trailer features beautiful rock-ballad "The Child You Were" by Frances Aravel, and powerful imagery from emotional moments in the game. I'm not crying, you're crying.

Our sound designer Em Halberstadt from A Shell in the Pit Audio created it with help from Emily Liles and friends from Finji.

I'm as nervous as a hopeye about the upcoming launch!! I hope you're excited to play I Was a Teenage Exocolonist soooooooooon.

- Sarah ːnyaaː

Today we're unveiling our beautiful new key art by Meilee Chao. It shows off the more mature side of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, including older versions of all the teen characters and a mysterious Sol (our name for the player character) looking like some kind of sorcerous card-o-mancer.



Mei's older illustrations will still be in rotation on storefronts, including our beta box art showcasing a younger more innocent Sol in the natural world of Vertumna:



With exactly two weeks until release, we're thinking hard about how best to describe our narrative-rpg-deckbuilder-lifesim to the world. We've posted new screenshots and new text on our store page, and I've been practicing my elevator pitches in press interviews.

With such a unique cross-genre game that is both delicately beautiful and at times filled with viscous angst, it's been a challenge! I wonder if those of you who played the demo will be surprised with where the game goes after the first year? Only two more weeks to find out!

- Sarah ːnyaaː

We’re so excited to be participating in Pax Rising Online on July 9th and 10th!

Play the limited time demo this weekend and watch our special streams and developer panel!

Saturday, July 9th:
12pm PT / 3pm ET- JeffBrutlag demo stream
3pm PT / 6pm ET- Narrative Design Panel with developers Sarah Northway and Lindsay Ishihiro, hosted by Finji co-founder Adam Saltsman

Sunday, July 10th:
12pm PT / 3pm ET- BarghestBlack demo stream
5pm PT/ / 8pm ET- Let’s Play I Was a Teenage Exocolonist with Developer Sarah Northway

Stop by! We’d love to see you there! I Was a Teenage Exocolonist will be launching on August 25th. Wishlist it now!

Announcing our launch date of August 25th 2022!

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Yes, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is only a few months away! We were excited to announce our upcoming launch as part of this weekend's Guerrilla Collective showcase. To celebrate, the Exocolonist demo will be up all weekend (and possibly longer if you're lucky and we forget to take it down)

It's been a long road since I started working on Exocolonist in August 2017. Five years!! It's dizzying to think about, and also dizzying to think about how huge this game ended up being.

If you've played the demo and are eager for more, hold on to your hopeyes because there is a lot more game where that came from, and in a few short months you'll get to play the rest! ːnyaaː