Can you be gay in I Was A Teenage Exocolonist?
If you’ve ever wanted to experience the epic highs and lows of space and making a new home for yourself on an alien planet, then you’ll probably want to experience the sci-fi RPG from Northway Games, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist.
From its beautiful watercolour art to its interactive, encounter-based battle cards, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is an appealing narrative-heavy adventure that allows players to not only explore a different world, but get to know the people of their character’s colony along the way as they grow up, from age 10 to age 20.
And, if you play your cards right, you can even enter into relationships with a few of these characters once you all reach young adulthood.
But can some of these relationships be gay? Let’s find out.
Can you be gay in I Was A Teenage Exocolonist?
Queerness is apparent from the get-go in the space RPG, with character customization allowing players to pick their name, their pronouns – which can also be customized manually to suit you in whichever way you’d like – and how their appearance will change over time. For example, you may choose to use they/them pronouns, but have a feminine appearance and vice versa. Later on in the game, once your character reaches a certain age, you’ll also able to choose whether you have periods, erections, or neither.
Better yet, no matter how you customize your character’s gender identity or appearance, it won’t restrict you from getting to know other characters. In this game, people love you for you… Depending on your choices, of course.
Overall, there are 10 different love interests that you’re able to get to know more about. These are:
- Anemone
- Tangent
- Marzipan
- Tammy
- Dys
- Cal
- Vace*
- Rex*
- Nomi-Nomi*
- Symm*
* You meet these characters during the latter half of I Was A Teenage Exocolonist.
Each character has their own set of interests and skills, which means you interacting with areas that improve said skills will likely improve your standing relationship (regardless whether its friendship or romantic) with them. For example, if you decide to study Engineering or Reasoning, you’ll form relationship points with Tangent. However, if you decide that you’d rather be playing Sportsball all day with Anemone, you’re going to be deepening your relationship with her, instead.
As you play, there will be moments where you can play seven minutes in heaven, pick someone to be your Valentine, and express your interest through encounters.
Some characters you won’t meet until the latter half of the game, which means that if you’re looking to romance them you’ll have to work a little harder. Thankfully, depending on if you figured out their likes/dislikes and birthday in previous runs, you’ll be able to help further your relationship through different gifts and presents. Again, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist does all this without restricting you from entering gay relationships.
But queerness isn’t just centered around your character. There is a trans character who uses augmentation to transition, and other characters can form romantic relationships with one another, some of which are same-sex.
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist is one of the most exciting games we’ve played this year, and is a must for queer gamers who are looking for comfortable and authentic LGBTQ+ representation.
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