The story follows you as a child born on humanity’s first colony ship to reach the wormhole-accessible planet of . Over the course of ten in-game years (from ages 10 to 20), you live through the challenges of establishing a new society on a beautiful but hostile alien world.

The term in the filename indicates that this is a version of the game that has been compressed by a third-party group (like FitGirl or DODI) to make the download size smaller. The ".iso" format is a disc image file that acts as a virtual CD/DVD to install the game.

: A core narrative mechanic is that your character begins to remember "past lives." This allows you to use knowledge from previous playthroughs to prevent tragedies, save friends, and unlock different endings.