Being younger and figuring your self out is tough sufficient right here on Earth, however I Was a Teenage Exocolonist sees you rising up on an entire new world.

You’re a teen on humanity’s first extrasolar area colony. Which makes these awkward teen years that a lot heavier and stranger, doesn’t it? You’re not simply coping with promenade dates, however SPACE promenade dates. Although it’s a bit extra severe than that, as your decisions will have an effect on the circulation of your life and the lives of others on this world. Plus, who desires to go to high school and examine when there’s new life types to satisfy and vegetation to find. You’ll must resolve what kind of life you wish to stay right here, all as you steadily get older. Assuming you don’t decide a struggle with some terrible alien creature and die, I suppose.

Your experiences gives you talents in a struggle, in addition to in the way you form your colony’s future. Being a expertise present champion may not see prefer it’s value a lot in a struggle, however not every part in life is settled by fistfights. Many of your challenges will play out by card video games, and your experiences will load your deck with issues you should utilize to assist get by the state of affairs. That may imply you have to remedy issues in unorthodox methods, however you’ve virtually all the time bought SOME device that may aid you get by. However, you may have to take a number of lifetimes to have the ability to save the colony. It’s a disgrace to see your teen fall, however not every part you do goes to result in a contented ending.

Seeing life experiences come collectively into distinctive playing cards that you just used to get by fights together with your dad and mom as a lot as you’d use them to thump a cranky alien animal makes for a neat expertise. I Was a Teenage Exocolonist does a implausible job of exhibiting that the oddest life experiences can form your life, and makes a compelling ‘battle’ system out of a number of the goofier choices I made as a teen.



I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is obtainable now on the Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, itch.io, and Steam.

Joel Couture

Joel has been masking indie video games for varied websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Magazine, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games could be, and seeks to delve into the artistic course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.