I Was a Teenage Exocolonist’s most popular Makeship plushie, the vriki, is back for a limited time! This upgraded second edition sports a jauntier mushroom cap with glow in the dark embroidery on the spots and eyes. So it can watch you. In the dark.
The glowing eyes vriki is a three week Makeship campaign. If we succeed in meeting the minimum 200 preorders, this glowing cutie will be made and ready to ship out in early summer. The plushie campaign will run through to the Easter long weekend and end on April 6, so make like a hopeye and bounce over to Makeship and catch your vriki before they’re gone again.
Will there be more Exocolonist plushies? Is there another one you desperately wish we’d make again? Let us know on the Finji discord server.
I Was a Teenage Exocolonist has been everyone’s favorite solarpunk time loop stats-raising coming of age narrative/sim game for three years! As is tradition, we’re celebrating our Exoversary with a half price sale and free demo on Steam, a dev stream, and our biggest ever (physically big that is) plushie campaign!
🎨🎙️ Developer draw & talk
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!!
👾🧸Faceless and friends
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!
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?)
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 of a free Steam key for the first 200 orders which will be delivered at the end of September.
(Sol doll for scale)
📏🐙She’s big!
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.
Not only has the I Was a Teenage Exocolonist fandom kept the story going with fic (336 works and counting on AO3), they’ve been busy modding the game and making rad fan merch. Northway Games has always granted permission for anyone to sell fan merch of our games using their own original art. It feels so amazing to have a piece of Exocolonist fandom hanging from my bag or dangling from my ears, out here in the real world.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 to hear more!
🚀I Was a Teenage Exocolonist🚀 is two years old this week! We’re celebrating our second Exoversary with a Steam daily deal (let’s make that a week) and two new Makeship plushie campaigns. The first 200 sales of each doll includes a free Steam key!
Hopeyes leap around on a single foot and live in colonies with up to 100 others. They can be fierce little creatures when their friends are threatened, so don’t underestimate them!
They love cuddles.
🐲🐛 The Dillypillar (Socks)??
Xenosaurus polyped
Dillypillars can sometimes be seen in the western Wresting Ridges. They’re 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.
🍄🚀 Crowdfunding-style campaigns
Makeship is giving us one month to reach 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. (Steam keys will be given out to the first 200 backers as soon as the campaign ends.)
🕘🕚 Limited time only
We did Nomi, Sol and vriki campaigns earlier this year, but Socks and the hopeye are the final Exocolonist plushies we have plans to make. I may change my mind later because you know I love making merch, but you’ve been warned: these might be the last!
So ✨ visit Makeship ✨ to preorder one (or both for 10% off) before the campaign ends on September 25th 2024!
Another Exocolonist plush is on the way! This time it’s a limited-run Nomi-Nomi doll, only available in a Makeship campaign ending on July 2nd 2024.
The first 200 will include a free Steam key, and since it’s a special Pride month event 10% of all sales go to the Trevor Project, and include a cute pride flag cape.
I do wish we could keep selling these dolls after the campaign ends, but storing and shipping plushies is a humongous pain. Interestingly, we’ve spotted some bootleg vriki dolls on Chinese cosplay stores since our last campaign ended. Is that a sign Exo has made it?
Get your limited-run Nomi-Nomi doll 🏳️🌈 here 🏳️🌈 during the month of June! Happy Pride!
