Big news - I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a [url=https://igf.com/article/tunic-and-betrayal-club-low-are-front-runners-igf-2023-nominations]finalist for Excellence in Narrative[/url] at the IGF ([url=https://igf.com/finalists-and-winners]Independent Games Festival[/url]) (plus an honorable mention for Visual Arts!). [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37830808/d24bdba518026fa0348f79164161d8cac20f41ec.jpg[/img] Not only that, our game has also been [url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/gdc/-i-elden-ring-i-and-i-stray-i-lead-in-gdca-2023-nominations]nominated for Best Narrative[/url] in the GDCA ([url=https://gamechoiceawards.com/]Game Developers Choice Awards[/url] - these are like the Oscars of video games) [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37830808/7c1a8a7e29980e831704b03a8edb63b0fa319edc.jpg[/img] AND we're a finalist for the Social Impact Award in the GDCAs. [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37830808/3c4267bc04d665d8ebbb98ff2e60588e41472d8c.jpg[/img] These are the big ones; the awards that devs (speaking of myself here) spend their entire career working towards. It is an incredible honor to be nominated. The IGF also features an audience award, so jump in and [url=https://informa-tech.formstack.com/forms/25th_annual_independent_games_festival_audience_award]cast your vote here[/url]! Since our narrative design is getting so much attention, here's an article I wrote for gamedeveloper.com about [url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/deep-dive-the-narrative-octopus-of-i-was-a-teenage-exocolonist]The Narrative Octopus of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist[/url]. If you'd like to play around with Exo's custom scripting language yourself, I've made a rough version of [url=https://github.com/sarahnorthway/Exoscript]Exoscript open source on Github[/url]. - Sarah ːnyaaː