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[textsfromhiveswap]

[demonfella-art]

[everythinghiveswap]

many thanks to the lovely @ahugevriska​, @hypeswap, and @sanctferum​, i now bring you the full kickstarter backers-only upd8!

So it’s been a while. There are a lot of reasons for our silence, and honestly it’s a whole tangle of stuff that maybe one day we’ll get into. But right now the good news is we’re in a stage of development where we can start sharing some things and are committed to talking with you more frequently.

ACT 2

We know you’re eager to find out something, anything, so let’s cut to the chase - yes, Act 2 is in active development. While we don’t want to start throwing out release dates until we’re a little further along, we’re happy to say that the script, art and design work is nearly complete, and programming is underway.

You might gather from the above description that Hiveswap development is a little unusual. Let’s just say we learned a lot of lessons during development of Act 1. For Act 2 we have built a staggered development process where the script and design come first, followed by the art. Then our programming team will put it all together while the writing, design and art teams move on to Act 3. Once we have all the Act 2 content and programming together, we will move into a play-testing and iteration phase before release.

This approach is working much better for us but one downside of this approach is that there isn’t much gameplay footage to show for most of the development. We can’t show you any gameplay yet but we would like to share a few snippets…

We will have more to share on Act 2 soon and we want to share it with you first. For our next update we’d like to invite you to submit questions about Act 2 via this google form and we will aim to answer as many of them as possible in the update.

LUDONARRACON

You may also have seen that we will be attending LudoNarraCon this weekend, a digital convention for narrative games that is taking place on Steam from May 10-13. We will be “exhibiting” at the event and streaming on the Hiveswap Steam store page.

We do want to let you know in advance that we will not be sharing any further info on Act 2 during the stream beyond what we have posted above. Any new info on Act 2 will be delivered here first, when it’s ready.

That said, we would be thrilled if you can join un for LudoNarraCon. The Hiveswap development team will be playing Act 1, chatting about the story, Homestuck as an inspiration, and channeling their inner 90′s teenager! The Friendsim team will also be taking part in the stream and we will be making a demo of Act 1 available for the duration of the convention.

The indie game label Fellow Traveller is running the convention, and we’re really excited to be taking part alongside so many great developers like Inkle and Weather Factory.

Thanks again for your patience and support. We’re so happy to be back talking about Act 2 and can’t wait to share more info soon.

May 9, 2019

[kittyandco-archive]

“you can/i do like this character, but it’s important to remember/let’s remember/friendly reminder that they–” huh? what? i stopped listening sorry i can’t hear you over the sound of me loving them unconditionally

[distantquest]

Distant Past is a digital Homestuck Fanzine that focuses on the life and death of the Alternian ancestors and the stories left untold. This zine hopes to shine light on the often forgotten and under represented ancestors that ultimately aided in the success of the game.  Due to gaps in the canonical information about the characters, headcanons and personal interpretations are welcome! The exploration of darker themes in the ancestors lives are also encouraged!

Don’t know anything about the ancestors but think Dualscar is….. kinda hot? Consider applying for the zine!

All artists and writers are invited to participate!

[kuprum-futurebattery-maxlol]

i didnt realize how many of these ive seen before but now that i know my favorite genre of internet humor is “people getting mad about a picture of andrew hussie not realizing its andrew hussie”

[kuprum-futurebattery-maxlol]

oh yeah i read the meat route yesterday and passed out before i could post my thoughts: i like this one a lot better, things actually make some sense now, i would die for calliope, and i loved loved loved the idea of the competing narrators. i cant really judge how they handled dirk bc honestly i never understood him well enough to judge in the first place

[kuprum-futurebattery-maxlol]

thoughts on candy route: somehow the fic format makes the weirdly fetishy stuff thats been present in homestuck before like way more obvious, there were just so many weird and offputting plot points in general that i had a hard time getting immersed, and the one ship i was excited for (roxycallie) didnt even happen

i hope somewhere out there someone really enjoyed it, but it wasnt for me

[kuprum-futurebattery-maxlol]

im binging the entire epilogue tonight, studying who?

[onniepng]

Hey, I just wanted to say something about the epilogue: I’m seeing a lot of hate towards it on my dash and that’s okay! You’re not obligated to like anything. HOWEVER, seriously, please refrain from insulting or threatening Hussie, V, or Cephied_Variable. They’re real people, not fictional characters and you shouldn’t heap your vigor on them because you’re upset with the trajectory of the story. They’re human beings with genuine feelings and I think it’s pretty easy to forgot that. But insulting or threatening someone no matter how jokingly because they wrote a character or a plot point in a way you dislike is gross and immature, and it makes you look like you hold the emotions of others in zero regard. So if we could cut the “if Hussie doesn’t write ____ I swear I’ll make sure he doesn’t live to see another day” out of our vocabularies, that would be stellar. Thanks.

[wakraya]

Okay have that in mind you guys! Yeah if they were things that happened I was very much imagining (and hoping) it would be like this. They’re trigger warnings even if it’s minor stuff that’s discussed.

In that vein, I’m imagining ‘de-transition’ and ‘transphobia’ may be John meeting with Davepeta and being briefly confused about their gender and if they can split again (Since he did know Davesprite more personally), and talking about that sort of stuff, which I’d be very okay exploring.

On the other hand I struggle to know how Bimboification can be a tag that’s used with a straight face in Canon- Unless… You count… Trickster Mode I guess???

In this case, even if it really is just a comment in the passing about that kind of stuff, I commend them for actually taking the time to warn us.

[quintushazard-deactivated202512]

“I call this one Bolde and Brashe”

[shadow-sombras]

“more liiike belongs iiin the trash”

[dilfgmancoolatta]

[kuprum-futurebattery-maxlol]

since this discussion is starting up again i refuse to believe that diemen knows what sex is or has any reason to believe that anyone might find any other meaning in his excessive hot dog synonyms

[macksartblock]

Welp, Lanque is now a snarky asshole, who may indulge in some problematic activities to cope with the stress of gender roles and the caverns, but he also genuinely cares about younger jades, like Wanshi, and wishes that they wouldn’t have to be forced into the stressful roles within the caverns

This is my version of Lanque, thanks for reading

[chelonianmobile]

Pretty sure that’s accurate myself. Someone else made a post about how his soft self might be how he acts in front of children.

[kimquatz]

Hi there! I have an important question: how Mallek behaves in relations with Lanque? Is he still the same relaxed punk or jade embarrassing him? Can you tell me how you see this couple? Black? Red? Are they fighting? Or they are really passionate?

i scribbled this a couple months ago, but to answer ur question(s) this is basically how i ship them. mallanque in a nutshell LMAO

[punkaches]

saw a snail today…effervescent