Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel, Card & Board GameI Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Choose Wisely Festival
Games from Vancouver
Half the Exocolonist team hails from here and we are all so proud of our fellow Vancouverites and their games. This week we're celebrating with a festival of Games from Vancouver. Check them all out here:[/p][p] [/p][p]🏙️🏔️🎮🐋☕ Games From Vancouver fest Nov 21 - 30 2025 🌲🌸🌧️🚴♀️🍁[/p][p][/p][p]I Was a Teenage Exocolonist will have a free demo available for the week. Play through the first year of your life on an alien planet, which takes about 2 hours, with replayability. (No discount this time - sorry! It's festival season!) [/p][p]- Sarah ːnyaaː[/p]
Happy Third Exoversary!
🎨🎙️ Developer draw & talk
[p]Join us on Thursday, August 28 at 9am PT / 12pm ET on the Finji Twitch Stream for chatting and doodles with devs Sarah, Mei, Lindsay, and our host Aster from Finji. There will be giveaways!![/p][p][/p]🛒🕹️Sale and demo
[p]The Exocolonist demo features the full first year of the game, and if you want to keep playing you can continue smoothly into the rest of the game with a 50% discount this week![/p][p] [/p]👾🧸Faceless and friends
[p]We're doing another limited time plushie campaign with Makeship! This time for a jumbo-sized faceless plushie that comes with two mini accessory sized dolls of Dys and Sym![/p][p] [/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37830808/d341693ed5fad8638a4794b054bda45330298701.jpg"][/p][p]Yes I lied before when I said we wouldn't make any more! Who could resist taking that big squiggly wiggly stompy baddie and turning her into the cutest eldritch puppy dog? Just look at that face! (what face?)[/p][p][/p]✨Get yours before September 16th✨
[p] [/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37830808/39715054bbbf71a4e4257025129f867a0e5aab51.jpg"][/p]Limited time only campaign
[p]This time we have three weeks to get a minimum of 200 orders. On September 16 the campaign ends, and if we've met our goal then every plushie will be made-to-order for our backers and delivered in December. After that, no more will be made! There's a special bonus for the first 200 orders which will be delivered at the end of September.[/p][p][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37830808/05dd3b76fe4864070ff780f2303bee70b0deaed9.jpg"][/p][p](Sol doll for scale)[/p][p][/p]She's big!
[p]This faceless plush is jumbo sized, quite a bit bigger than our previous Makeship dolls. And Dys and Sym are keychain sized little fellers that tuck snuggly into those squiggly wigglers (you can tell at least Sym enjoys it). It would be pretty easy to actually turn them into purse charms if you're crafty.[/p][p][/p][p][img src="https://clan.akamai.steamstatic.com/images/37830808/40d76a3192d82d2bfa25e4109db1abb70fec35ff.jpg"][/p]✨Get yours before September 16th✨
[p][/p][p]Happy Exoversary! Come join us on Discord to celebrate with the devs!- Sarah ːexosmileː[/p]
Vente de Jeux Canadi(an/ens) Game Sale
🍁Get out there and give'r, ferda!🍁
(sorry!)[/p][p]-Sarah [img src="https://community.fastly.steamstatic.com/economy/emoticon/nyaa"][/p]
Fan Merch and Mods
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
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
📖The Storyteller's Festival📖
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
🐟🐡🐠 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.
Two years and two new plush xenofauna!
🎵 Oh, and we'll be streaming the complete soundtrack here on Steam, so sit back and listen while you gaze at these sweet balls of fluff n' stuff.
The two featured specimens are:
🐸🐀Xenofelis monopodus (the common hopeye)
Hopeyes leap around on a single foot, and live in colonies with up to 100 others. They love cuddles.
🐲🐛Xenosaurus polyped (the dillypillar)
Dillypillars are 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.
✨Get yours before September 25th✨
Crowdfunding-style campaigns
We have one month to get 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.
Limited time only
Socks and the hopeye are the final Exocolonist plushies we have planned to make. I may always change my mind later, but you've been warned, these might be the last!
So if you get one (or both for a 10% discount) maybe don't play with them in the garden like I did with these two samples. They have dirt all over their butts now!
✨Get yours before September 25th✨
Come join us on Discord to celebrate with the devs!
- Sarah ːexosmileː
SimFest 2024
Let's back it up. I just reinstalled the Sims 4, arguably King of Sims, which is ten years old and still in the top 30 most played games on Steam. I never played with dolls as a kid but hoo boy watching these poor creatures slapfighting and peeing themselves in public never gets old.
Despite I Was a Teenage Exocolonist not simulating bladder-fullness, I still hope people get a similar joy from guiding Sol/Solane/Solanaceae through all the many possibilities of adolescence on Vertumna.
Oh, right, and the game is on sale, with a limited time demo, for SimFest 2024 from July 22-29!
- Sarah ːnyaaː