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find the 10 squisherz lost in teentopia and bring them back!

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[squisherz]

was looking for the old official tumblr for a backloggd list of mine (where i am doing my best to document official tumblrs for games) and seeing all the old hypnospace blogs that are all deactivated now :(

[agentlove]

now everybody’s changing in the worst way

[mothy-man]

couldn't stop thinking of this dumb bit while reading through m1nx

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ghost of new years past/present/future

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[goldelohim]

Squisherz Artwork [High Quality]

By bynine

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DON'T READ THE COMMENTS AND DON'T FEED THE TROLLS

rough designs for m1nx my detested!!! they/them for all three! design notes below the cut:

until now i've only really drawn dylan and roddy who we have canon pictures of, and in their case i just draw them in the same outfit we see them in for, ykno, character recognizability, you can tell i wanted to have more fun with these guys' 'fits

i figured giving them overt aesthetics would sort of defeat the vibe of hypnospace, that being that it's a place for people to live lives they can't really irl, plus the down to earth human factor makes designing these guys a bit of a tightrope in that making them look too... 'character design'-y? might quash that some. however i figured re3koning is the type of person to commit to the aesthetic, fitting their sort of chuunibyou thing... lots of zippers. reddish coat to contrast with dylan's blue - rusty, leaky piping!

swirly dreamy pattern on re3koning's...jacket-under-the-coat. just fits their aesthetic i think

dyed hair pinkish cuz i figured that would help tie things together with their pink text ingame, washed out however to make them more grody looking and of course to ground them a little, they strike me as someone who loses time and upkeep easily in investment in their projects

wanted all three of them to look unfulfilled in some way: jezz0 is creative and fun but stuck in a crushing tech job and so can only present the way they want via colorful glasses and socks, re3koning on the other hand is so involved in this edgy vigilante hacker look that it keeps them from coming off sincerely, dumpy_1 is just tired and doesn't have many prospects or real interests and is filling the void with meanness

jezz0 is the opposite of counselor ronnie - rounder glasses with thick corners, bonier and angular features rather than round cartoon friendliness, rounder hair going down instead of up, thick in texture to emphasize that also. boring work attire as opposed to the fun Totally Radical kiddie outfit

their glasses+socks have the pattern from the virtual shaman image

back hunched, working for merchantsoft does a number on their posture, also makes them look a bit more shifty/mean/leery hehe

was originally gonna give re3koning more of a stinkface but figured the prominent icy stare suited them more, both cuz of their eye motif and to show more of an intelligent hatred than the other two. still comes out a little with visible strain in their frown

dumpy_1 i wanted to channel snarky internet reviewers lol, gave them long hair because theres a LOT of men (well "men" in their case) with long hair in hso, and then just kinda gave them the nonbinary flag along the way cuz i see everyone in m1nx as nonbinary, checker pattern i feel suited their interest in music, i was thinking of ska checkerpatterns bwl, bit of a nerdy disposition - they're not above anyone else in hypnospace deep down

notepad for ideas, also cuz i imagine as dumpsterposting wanes down and they mention wanting to get into something more constructive, that something is drawing!

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he would've made a killing as an extremely opinionated cartoon reviewer

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Hypnospace Endgame Submission

i got permission from jay tholen to post this, last year he showed off to the official hso server a document from the development period of the endgame with a TON of unused dialogue, emails and interactions from HAP staff as well as an unused final news segment after dylan's confession and new game+ email! know that none of this is CANON, as it didn't make it into the final game and there are a lot of things that changed, but it is a REALLY cool read with a lot of interesting characterization to see what could have been!

Copy of XNJ - Hypnospace Endgame Submission

Ending Newscaster Spoken Segments Opening Email Critical Path Character Emails Artie (the guru) Chelsea (the secret investigator) Dylan (the

some highlights i enjoy, though i do recommend reading all of this for yourself if you're interested:

originally the HAP members were going to email both eachother and you much more frequently and have more in-depth conversations with eachother, and clues would be hidden in those emails (no mention of re3koning, i assume this was a period of development before they became plot-relevant) - i see why this was changed as this could've easily become overwhelming and jay tholen has expressed that he prefers less text-heavy stuff (like the short eulogies in the final game), but still really neat from a characterization standpoint

the mindcrash seems to have originally been more of a brain damage thing, reference to hypnospace making people "crazy" and one survivor of the mindcrash being described as speaking nonsense and not remembering any of it

riots after the mindcrash?! this is implied in canon (merchantsoft getting raided) but outright stated here. the mindcrash is also described as killing dozens, presumably more than the victims we're familiar with - one of which was originally going to be the trennis lady!

HAP seems to be a larger-scale operation here, described as being a few years old, after dylan's confession interest in hypnospace is revived and HAP becomes very well-known

dylan reveals he and roddy weren't actually childhood friends and it was a pr maneuver to come up with an explanation for why dylan was using his code, but they grew to be genuinely close

in general dylan's characterization leans a bit more into the "unhinged rich guy" aspect, outright described as a billionaire, and when you start investigating he freaks out and cancels an entire cruise, which is something he has the power to do (LOL???)

tamara had a crush on chowder man :'] i'm sorry girl your secret is not safe with me

tim getting really heated about chowder man's rebrand, because "chowder isn't even krunchy. i mean what the heck" - also asks for a game like the freelands, aw

sam showing the bullring to her dad :']

fre3zer's songs become lost media?!?

tim looking at his old hypnospace account after being let out of prison, finding m1nx actually wanted him in now because the mindcrash hurt people! (again, no mention of re3koning so i assume this was before m1nx had more of an antihero role, still, that is so dark!)

sam expresses a lot of guilt for working at merchantsoft, saying people suffered and died because she kept her head down and didn't speak up :(

tim giving a heartfelt email about tiffany and thanking the archival team for letting him be a part of it and preserving her life :((

artie calling the internet a mistake after seeing porn of the hypnospace logo and apologizing after "realigning his chakras" lol

artie emailing the others limericks and haikus to keep spirits up aw

dylan talking about how he never appreciated hypnospace at the time, lamenting that it wasn't "his" anymore but growing to appreciate its community in retrospect

tim talking about his relationship with religion, having christian family and being confused by how bitter christians on hypnospace were, not reconnecting with his faith until prison, the others all weigh in, really interesting conversation

tamara opens all her subject lines with "good heavens!", cute - talks about misogyny on hypnospace, expresses sympathy for people in the open-eyed zone, in general talks the most about the community on hypnospace, and the safety she found in the cafe zone :']

there was originally going to be a more formal postgame, as opposed to just letting you freeroam after the credits, the in-universe explanation being that HAP has gotten very popular after the news about dylan breaks and you need to sort through all the stuff people have been sending in!

again none of this is canon and it's safe to assume things that changed and didn't make it into the final game did so for good reason, but a really awesome read all the same :D

[agentlove]

my lesser known doomed yaoi of choice

other images iv made of them below the cut (+ last one is spoilery for my friend still playing)

[boredpreston]

Hypnospace Outlaw 💜

I love this game so much!!

[nukekio]

happy 7th birthday (3/12) to one of my first ever obsessions :o) the game and dylan merchant specifically truly did something to my brain chemistry...

[minthological]

do u guys fw my enforcer. more importantly do u fuck with women lets go women #women #feminism

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[boredpreston]

Hypnospace Outlaw 💜

I love this game so much!!

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