What the fuck are hiveswap, friendsim and pesterquest ?
Hiveswap is the first of two games Hussie wanted to make for Homestuck, telling the tale of Grandpa’s kids, and in particular, one of them, that gets sent to and becomes stuck in Alternia. Sadly, his Kickstarter Money got yoinked by the devs he hired, and further complications and changes to the whole vibe ended up heavily delaying the release of Act 1- Which was sweet, but short. Then development on Act 2 started, but it was also delayed several times for a variety of reasons, leading to very long and prolonged hiatuses. Updates on the Steam page imply that Act 2 may be nearing some state of completion though.
Friendsim is a Visual-Novel style story using the Trolls that will be important for Hiveswap Act 2. It was supposed to tide people over until the release of Act 2, but not only did Act 2 get those delays, Friendsim itself is like, really fun standalone and with a really nice story? Considering its success, and not wanting to just Not Release Anything while Hiveswap is still in Development Hell, they made Pesterquest, a sequel to Friendsim, in a similar style, where you befriend the Humans and the Beta Trolls, which I still stand by the fact it may be one of my absolutely favorite pieces of Homestuck Media ever made.
