#i was a teenage exocolonist cal

[catchitori]

Card #2! The world

Tbh I struggled a lot on this card bc artblock (woooo) but this was the one I had the strongest idea for from the get go. I wanted Cal to be the world because of his connection to land and self. I also really wanted him just peacefully gardening bc he deserves that! I’m super happy with how it came out in the end (it took restarting the piece a few times though)

[authorofthemoon]

Soooo I just did my second full run of Exocolonist and I am absolutely gutted. I did a pretty normal run, got the novelist ending, and I romanced Rex. And just like the ending said, I was absolutely gutted by what happens. I suspected it could have gone this way, but I assumed if I said I wanted to be exclusive, it would not do something like that (hell maybe it's the opposite and if I said I'd be open, we could at least be causally together in the end).

But after that ending and Dys's ending, I'm starting to wonder if all the romance endings end like this. Because each character has their own agency and especially since I really focused on friendship on multiple people, I can definitely see how each person would get away from you. Marz and Dys can't be tied down, Tang would throw herself into her work, maybe you can be part of Cal and Tammy's thing but I feel like something can go wrong there. Idk about Nomi but from what Ive seen they're aro/ace so maybe they're not even an option. Nem has like a lot of shit that can go wrong. Vace has so many fucking issues (also, is he redeemable in any sense bc I want to like him so bad but the more I learn about him the worse he becomes. I want to help him becaus I understand he's a product of his environment, but between what he did to Rex and what he ends up doing to Nem, its becoming increasingly difficult to enjoy Mr. Well Endowed, which I find absolutely hilarious btw).

It does make me kinda sad that a game that a very queer game really fucks ya on the romance options lmao. Maybe there are ways to have a 'happy ending' with these characters, but they all seem so traumatized that it's really difficult. Though I guess the idea of a happy ending is kinda antithetical to the game. I think they devs are trying to show that these characters are more than romance options and have wants and needs outside of you and from a writing perspective, I love that. Still, I hate that both of my endings have ended in heartbreak. As a gay man, it doesn't leave me feeling to good. Still the game is fantastic.

[snapdragon-foxgloves]

I’m not gonna lie the fact I can’t date Cal AND Tammy is still so sad to me, BUT. I cried so mf much on my first playthrough realizing that Kis (Sol) and Cal were so much closer and both missed her SO much and that bonded them together. Especially after losing Ger and Flulu. Like they had each other, and it felt like that could be it.

[trcelyneart]

Relaxing for a few minutes in Geoponics

[aashiyancha]

Class photo! Its the exocolonist kids in their mid teens with their new friends from Helio

[fairmerthefarmer]

Marzipan <3

I was immediately drawn to Marz I’m my first exocolonist playthrough mostly cause of her being the biggest kid and I loved that she was still considered pretty. Her whole thing with her augment kind of explaining some of why how she was how she was is so interesting to me.

(she also was kind of the worst as a child but what I adore about her is how much she can grow, also she actually likes it when you aren’t a yes man.)

I have an urge to do fun typography with exocolonist illustrations but my Adobe fonts weren’t loading on procreate and it’d probably be better just to use illustrator instead but I just kinda fave up for now.

[wilting-fl0wer]

random thingy i drew instead of working on art requests

back on my calsol bullshit

Tammy knows what you are, Cal

[eurekq]

whats the point of being a teenage exocolonist without PROM!

bonus: all these fucking shoes i drew. look at them

[mikanear]

Cal and Nemmie! I love their relationship so much... Look at their little faces!

[sephirajo]

nothing to see here just two nerds loudly fucking in the barn like animals.

[everlicious-enby]

i swear i have like 80 of these i just… keep forgetting to upload them…

i would also link these all together but i am unsure of how to do that on mobile. or if the app will even allow me. sorry!

[shwoo]

In I was a Teenage Exocolonist, Dys and Cal should've interacted more. It's not out of character that they didn't, with Dys's gigantic trust issues, but they have very similar and strong opinions about ecology. I think they would've been friends.

Dys is like

"What no one here understands is that we're part of this planet," Dys says, looking up at the colony walls. "Like it or not… this planet is a system. We can't just hijack it." "That's what humans did on Earth," Dys continues, "and look where that got us?"

And Cal is like

Cal is sitting on the garden fence, his feet laced through the slats as he balances a container of cut-up watato on his lap. "Heyya, [player character]!" he calls out. "Time for a break? Come on over here, help me finish this." He skewers a piece of watato on his fork and 'drives' it towards your mouth. "Beep, beep! Open up for a timely reminder that we've made ourselves a part of this planet's ecosystem and have to deal with the consequences!"

I hope they at least talk more in endings where that's possible.

[wanderingchronicle]

chewing on Anemone iwatex this morning

[trcelyneart]

I need to write a fix-it fic in which the thing being fixed is Cal's hoverboard

[aashiyancha]

And lastly! The exocolonist kids in their late teens/early adulthood (Also Sym and Echinacea are there)

[elvexen]

I think about the fact that I had 18 hours in iwatex in the first two days of owning it a lot. To say I like this game feels like an understatement.