AHP End of Year One Recap
The date was April 13th, 2016. The day an era ended.
But also the start of something new.
One year ago, I (Mod Tev), began this project, mostly on a whim, but also because I love Homestuck and want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy it. Thus began the Accessible Homestuck Project. Image descriptions were added. Files were made. A comic was shared.
My friend Matt, who has since left the project, suggested doing a lets-read style recording of it, which soon went into the planning stages.Ā
Five days after the begining of the project, this blog came into existence, a hub for pretty much everything we put out.
Another four days later and the first casting call went out. Auditions were submitted and reminders were spammed. That same day, Act 1ā²s image descriptions were posted for the world to see.
May 5th saw Act 2ā²s descriptions made available, the 18th saw the first iteration of our logo. The 20th, Act 3. The 22nd, Intermission 1.Ā By May 28th, we had our first lovely actors join the project.Ā June 7th saw act 4ā²s completion.Ā
More casting calls were put out for act 2, and later act 3, and our cast continued to expand as act 5ā²s descriptions slowly trickled along.Ā
The number of files and splitting of acts was reworked several times due to the files starting to glitch when they got too long, and also act 5 is so long like oh my god why. Also school restarted, leading to a drastic slowdown in progress made towards the descriptions. Nevertheless, they continued to be made⦠just⦠not as often.
Finally, on March 2nd, we climbed this whole mountain. Well, more like we reached the first campsite. Act 1ā²s audio portion went out after far too long, too many shenanagins, and delays like you wouldnāt believe. Nevertheless, itās done and itās out there.Ā
A few roles were recast due to people needing to leave the project for one reason or another and the call for an editor was put out, then quickly filled.
That brings us to now, as I sit here, writing this End of Year One recap.Ā
Now here comes the Sentimental Bullshit.
Itās been a long year full of so many things and so much progress. The people who have joined me on this project have made it more enjoyable than I could have ever imagined. This project means so much to me and Iām so glad that other people like it too. To everyone who has supported this project in any way- whether it was by auditioning, spreading the word, or just following this blog- thank you. Thank you so much. You all have no idea how insufficient those words feel, but theyāre probably the best and/or only ones I can find.
So thank you again, and hereās to the End of Year One and the Start of Year Two.