I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

About

In I Was a Teenage Exocolonist you spend a decade navigating adolescence on a hostile alien world. Balance school family dynamics and survival as your choices shape both personal growth and the colony’s future. Explore jungles teeming with dangerous wildlife build relationships and develop skills that translate into card-based combat, used for everything from exams to fending off predators. Each decision leaves a mark influencing available options and long-term outcomes. The game’s standout feature is its memory card system turning key moments into tools for problem-solving. With over 50 endings tied to past-life memories and colony survival replayability hinges on experimenting with different paths. Released in 2022 it blends visual novel pacing with strategic depth offering a thoughtful take on coming-of-age stories in sci-fi.

Storyline

Growing up in humanity's first extrasolar colony, you and your family are refugees from Earth flung into a new world of wonder and danger. You have your whole life ahead of you: Will you become an engineer and bring modern technology to this jurassic planet? Or cultivate the alien plants and live in harmony with exotic nature? Battle the massive beasts which rule Vertumna, or nurture future generations of humans? Your decisions matter; whether to study, learn to play an instrument, obey your parents or sneak out to explore the hazardous jungle. Adolescence is full of awkwardness and clumsy mistakes, but everything you learn will make you - and your colony - stronger. Your memories, decisions and friendships will be at your side when strife is near, becoming collectible cards used for everything from taking a math test to escaping the jaws of a wild snapbladder. A strange connection to an orbiting wormhole causes you to remember events from your past lives. It'll take many lives to find every ending and ultimately a way to save both your colony and the planet.