I Was a Teenage Exocolonist News

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist Patch #2, version 2315 (November 15th) is up now on Steam!

More typos and a few bugs with gear and collectibles squashed. Patch notes:

• fix double-equipping gear when upgrading, not being able to equip
  
• fix crystal cluster making cards unselectable in controller mode
  
• fix negative skill bonuses for statuses (mourning, injured etc)
  
• fix (hopefully) can't drag battle cards in mouse mode
  
• fix (maybe) groundhogs steam sync issue, stop saving on game exit
  
• fix gear menu card scaling in biggerMenus mode
  
• fix some job start events that weren't high priority
  
• fix a bunch of references after you preempt famine
  
• move hard-coded english strings into localization tsv for modding
  
• buncha typos
  

One bug I'm hoping to (maybe) fix with this update is an issue where past memories are disappearing (characters from the main menu, endings and achievements in the gallery). This might be due to a Steam sync issue reverting the file Groundhogs.json. If you think this might still be happening to you with the new version 2315, please report it from inside the game, and if possible please also email your Steam cloud_log.txt and cloud_log previous.txt files to [email protected] (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\logs on Windows, ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/logs on MacOS, ~/.local/share/Steam/logs on Linux).

Another issue I haven't been able to track down is fast-disappearing tooltips. They're supposed to stick around under your mouse, not disappear after a second! If this is happening to you (especially if you can figure out why!) please report it from inside the game.

Thank you for all your help!
- Sarah ːnyaaː

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist has been nominated for best Games For Impact in the Game Awards, and best Playstation Game of the Year in the PLAY Magazine awards.

It's a big honor to be included in these shortlists! Seeing our game casually listed beside Elden Ring and God of War is a trip. And yes, these awards are both public ballots so you too can vote for Exocolonist!

The Game Awards winners will be announced in a live ceremony on December 8th at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET.

- Sarah ːnyaaː

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!

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:

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