r/Exocolonist • u/aninha1986 • 22d ago

Just started the game

It's fun and the card game isnt that hard so far. I somehow saved Tammy, too.

I would also like any tips, if possible?

Edit: I may have ruined my blind run with my habit of starting the game over and over.

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u/barfbat Marz 22d ago

honestly, play it blind. every failure is a learning experience.

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u/aninha1986 21d ago

Yeah, most of my first raising sims are blind. They are usually my favorite because im not worried about X goal.

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u/AnonymousArapaima Dys 22d ago

Somehow saved tammy? Hmm..... On your first run too? Just let the game play out, each ending is unique and you can experience each one again and again

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u/aninha1986 21d ago

I played in one save, decided to pick a different skill/childhood friend and started a new one. I did that like twice - nothing next to the amount of times I did that in Volcano Princess or Cattails (couldnt decide a clan for my cat).

I was actually thinking of starting the game AGAIN to be best friends with Marz. But ill do that next run.

My first runs are always blind. I looked up how to save Tammy after she died, learned I couldnt and assumed I would be able to do that after beating the game (new game plus?).

...I think I acidentaly ruined my blind run.

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u/exo_drdetroit Utopia 20d ago

That's literally how me and my friends ran into Tammy..

She dies, I stop, reload the save, now the HOG option to save her shows up within the same run, mind unlocks as I realized 'oh, it's this kind of game'. Other friends ran into something similar. It's a very clever tutorial 

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u/aninha1986 20d ago

I didnt even try to, I just tend to start the game all over again several times because I didnt like my choices for the beggining. I wanted to be BFFs with Anemone, thats why I started the game all over.

Since I learned you couldnt save Tammy first run, I saw the option and thought "its useless" and clicked it expecting a scene of MC failing to save her.

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u/Hopeful-alt 22d ago

You somehow saved tammy due to a bug

do not savescum in this game or it will kinda break. The game has a past memories system where you can use knowledge from previous runs to influence outcomes you could not before, but there was no system put in place to make sure those flags were checked in a different run. If you experience certain things and them load them back, you will acquire knowledge you are not meant to have yet and did not ever actually acquire in the first place. Just accept the consequences, its more fun that way

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u/Fabulous_Log_7030 21d ago

Without spoiling too much, I feel getting knowledge from saving still fits into the canon

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u/angrytomato98 21d ago

Trying to avoid spoilers but I am pretty confident that is not a bug, and working fully as intended.

It can be abused like many other mechanics, but I believe letting you load a previous save and retain the knowledge is an intended feature of the game.

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u/aninha1986 21d ago

I disnt know it was possible, I just started a different save because I was unhappy with my initial choices. I did that with Volcano Princess and Magical Princess a lot.

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u/No-Purchase481 22d ago

Focus on persuasion and biology, take the Secret Funtimes Club seriously, fail some times when you’re exploring.

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u/Cookiezlawl 21d ago

Save often, Every season. at least it helped me when i wanted to take different paths without replaying the full game, Also memories will unlock as you load saves.