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69-409: Andrew Hussie (born August 25, 1979) is an American author and artist. He is best known as the creator of Homestuck , a multimedia webcomic presented in the style of a text-based graphical adventure game , as well as other works in a similar style that were hosted on his website MS Paint Adventures . Andrew Hussie began posting Jailbreak in 2006. This was posted on a discussion forum and took
138-472: A Kickstarter to raise funds to develop a Homestuck video game. Kotaku noted that the project had raised "more than $ 275,000 in hours". More than 80% of the $ 700,000 goal was pledged in the first day. The game reached the full $ 700,000 of funding in fewer than 32 hours. The campaign also reached certain "stretch goal" amounts, whereupon Hussie added macOS and Linux support onto the proposed game. Digital Trends writer Graeme McMillan commented that
207-488: A company commissioned to write and illustrate Homestuck^2 , has reportedly shut down. On October 8, 2023, the comic was updated again for the first time in nearly three years, with a news post stating that the comic was being worked on by a new team being directed by Hiveswap composer James Roach, with Hussie acting as Executive Producer. On October 30, 2023, the Homestuck Patreon was relaunched. The ^2 from
276-572: A group of teens who trigger the inevitable destruction of Earth by installing the beta version of an upcoming PC game , Sburb . The teens soon come into contact with a group of Internet trolls who are revealed to be horned aliens, and these trolls work with the kids to create a new universe by completing the game. It has been noted for its complex and nonlinear plot , considerable length at over 8,000 pages and 800,000 words, and intensely devoted fan community. The success of Homestuck has resulted in numerous related projects and sequels , including
345-401: A little goofy-looking and are often shown without arms", it only "adds to the charm". Mordicai Knode of Tor Books explained that Homestuck has to be discussed separately between what it is as a webcomic and what its plot actually is. Comparing it to hypertext fiction and the genre's attempted use in physical novels like Pale Fire and House of Leaves , Knode concluded that " Homestuck
414-555: A multilayered non-linear story. The basic premise of Sburb has been described as similar to games like The Sims , Spore , and EarthBound . As in Hussie's prior webcomic Problem Sleuth , the adventure is characterized by time travel , mystery, a complex fictional universe, and frequent references to pop culture and previous adventures. Changes from previous stories include an emphasis on contemporary society, such as online gaming and Internet culture , which contrasts with
483-459: A place called "the Medium". John's friends, Rose Lalonde , Dave Strider , and Jade Harley join him in the game along with their guardians, and they learn that playing the game has inadvertently triggered the destruction of Earth and that they must beat Sburb to create a new universe. John and his friends are attacked by a ruthless villain known as Jack Noir while exploring the medium. As this
552-467: A presentation at the Homestuck convention SAHCon. Reviewing Act 1, Polygon gave the game an 8/10, citing minor bugs, a "convoluted UI", and its short length of about two hours as issues but praising the game's humor as "hilarious", its art as "gorgeous", and the setting as "a treasure trove [...] for players to explore." Hiveswap Act 2 would be released to mixed reception, with reviewers calling
621-456: A sea of grey body paint, surpass War and Peace ' s word count, raise $ 2.5 million on Kickstarter and then suddenly disappear, leaving its fans either desperate for more or wanting to forget it ever happened." —Reuben Baron, "Let Me Tell You About Homestuck, the Internet's Most Ambitious Comic" Lauren Rae Orsini, in an interview with Andrew Hussie, asked Hussie whether, because of
690-466: A session that sees Caliborn cheating to win by having his sister assassinated . When finally uniting in the new session, the kids and trolls enact a plan to create a new universe and to defeat Lord English, the Condesce, and Jack Noir; the latter of whom escaped from the original doomed session. John Egbert develops new powers allowing him to retcon previous events within the Homestuck narrative. In
759-420: A spin-off from the comic, with a new plot and characters that will only have loose ties to the original storyline, making it more accessible to those who are unfamiliar with the original story. Hussie also indicated that the game will not include any voice acting; he considered voice acting "too easy to do badly", and stated that he was "personally not that big on VA in games like this anyway". On June 21, 2014, it
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#1732787859570828-442: A spinoff video game called Hiveswap Friendship Simulator . Starting on September 4, 2019, a sequel to Hiveswap Friendship Simulator called Pesterquest began. The story picks up where Hiveswap Friendship Simulator ended and it follows MSPA Reader (the playable character) as they interact with the kids and the trolls from the original webcomic Homestuck , such as John Egbert and Karkat Vantas. On October 25, 2020, another teaser
897-428: A summary of the articles in her video titled "A Brief History of Homestuck", which currently sits at 3.4 million views as of April 2024. This prompted Andrew Hussie and his team to send a series of legal threats to Sarah Z day later, featuring claims that would be debunked in a follow-up video by Sarah Z and another blog post by Gio. The development of Hiveswap: Act 3 would be revealed on July 16, 2022 during
966-485: A trailer was released revealing that Act 2 would be released in November 2020. Another trailer released on November 16, 2020. Act 2 was released on November 25, 2020. Hiveswap tells the story of a human girl named Joey Claire, who gets swapped with a troll boy named Dammek from the planet Alternia, as she tries to get back to Earth. A second game, Hauntswitch , will feature Dammek's adventures on Earth. While set in
1035-589: A visual novel called Psycholonials . It was first announced in December 2020, and its final episode was released in April 2021. Hussie has described it as a commentary on American politics and on his perception of uncomfortable cult-like atmosphere surrounding the Homestuck fandom. Andrew Hussie was born on August 25, 1979. Hussie graduated from Temple University with a degree in computer science . He has said that he has "moved well over fifty times". As of 2010 he
1104-416: A week. However, there were often long gaps between updates, including a pause of over a year starting in 2013, and another long pause starting in 2015. At one point, Hussie described working on Homestuck as less like a full-time job and more like an "all-encompassing lifestyle," saying that the time he spends on the work occupied something just short of all of his waking hours. Vice noted that Homestuck
1173-500: Is a known fan of the webcomic, having been urged to read it by friends telling him that the character Rufio, which he played as in the 1991 film Hook , is featured in it. This interest in the webcomic led to a friendship with Andrew Hussie and resulted in the creation of a new character, Rufioh, with Basco's "typing quirks and personality". He would then team up with the Voice Over Nexus YouTube channel to voice
1242-563: Is also planned to have four parts. Two other videogames were based on Homestuck , Hiveswap Friendsim and Pesterquest. Hussie has been a managing member of What Pumpkin, LLC. According to What Pumpkin's website, Hussie officially left What Pumpkin in early 2020 to work on projects unrelated to Homestuck. According to the notice, Hussie still retains ownership of the Homestuck intellectual property, but has discontinued all creative involvement in any future Homestuck projects. Hussie produced
1311-584: Is an episodic adventure game developed by What Pumpkin Games and overseen by Andrew Hussie and Cohen Edenfield. Based in the universe of Hussie's MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck , it focuses on a girl, Joey Claire, who is accidentally transported to the planet of Alternia—home of the troll species seen in Homestuck . The game was the subject of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter , raising over US$ 2.4 million in funding. While development initially began with developers The Odd Gentlemen , it
1380-480: Is an example of effort justification . Homestuck was compared to James Joyce 's Ulysses by PBS Idea Channel due to the work's length and complexity. Lori Henderson of the School Library Journal described Homestuck as being "mostly black and white with splashes of color and a minimal amount of animation", but said that it worked for the webcomic and that, because the "characters are
1449-456: Is fifteen years old and the protagonist of the new arc. She leads her three friends Roxy Lalonde , Dirk Strider , and Jake English – the mother, brother, and grandfather of Rose, Dave, and Jade, respectively – through their own session of the game, while the original humans and surviving trolls journey through dimensions to the new post-Scratch session over the course of three years. The post-Scratch version of Earth quickly becomes dominated by
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#17327878595701518-417: Is ongoing, John and his friends are also harassed by a group of twelve Internet trolls whose own session of Sburb was a failure that they blame the kids for. Among them, Karkat Vantas , Kanaya Maryam , Terezi Pyrope , and Vriska Serket each develop a relationship with the four humans, and the trolls are revealed to be an alien species simply called "trolls". The narrative shifts to a side story arc about
1587-478: Is the first great work of genuinely hypertext fiction. If that puts it in the same breath as Ulysses , then so be it." Bryan Lee O'Malley , creator of the graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim , described Homestuck as a "massive undertaking of deftly-handled long-term serialized storytelling. It's well-written and thoughtful. It has things to say". NPR named it among its top 100 reader favorite comics and graphic novels in 2017. Hiveswap Hiveswap
1656-456: The Hiveswap series of adventure games. In 2009, on thirteen-year-old John Egbert 's birthday, he receives a beta copy of an upcoming computer game, Sburb . Upon installing the game on his computer, he triggers a real life meteor storm , as a massive meteor approaches him, with a countdown slowly ticking down to when it will collide with his house. John survives only by being transported to
1725-474: The "Troll Call," a feature of troll characters slated to appear in the installment, and the "Extended Zodiac", a feature of 288 symbols, including the original astrological signs as used by Homestuck characters, as well as symbols used by Hiveswap characters, complemented by a personality quiz to determine the quiz taker's Extended Zodiac sign. The characters from the Troll Call were later featured in
1794-506: The 2D system and other various elements of the game, including combat and interactive objects. A release date for the first act was set to January 2017, but was delayed for a non-specific number of weeks. The game was greenlit on Steam on December 15, 2016, and showcased a number of in-game screenshots. On April 13, 2017 ( Homestuck ' s 8th anniversary), another trailer for the game was released, this time showing parts of Alternia as well as more gameplay. Promotion for Act 2 includes
1863-430: The Condesce, the sinister former troll empress now in service to Lord English. In lieu of trolls, the four post-Scratch kids interact online with two alien cherubs, the siblings Calliope and Caliborn. While Calliope becomes a fast friend of the group, Caliborn resents their camaraderie, and is highly antagonistic towards them. After the post-Scratch kids enter their session, the two cherubs play their own version of Sburb in
1932-475: The appearance of a text-based graphical adventure game. Hussie would post simple drawings with text, and other forum users suggesting commands for the game that Hussie would quickly respond to with a rapidly drawn image. In 2007, Hussie created the website MS Paint Adventures to host his comics; its first three works were Jailbreak , Bard Quest , and Problem Sleuth . Problem Sleuth would run for over 1,600 pages produced over one year, and during this time Hussie
2001-541: The campaign was approaching, at the time, the record for most successful comics-related Kickstarter campaign, which was previously held by The Order of the Stick campaign with $ 1,254,120. The Kickstarter eventually raised $ 2,485,506, making it the "fifth game on Kickstarter to pull in a full seven figures" and the third highest funded video game in Kickstarter history at the time. An additional PayPal -based fundraiser
2070-450: The characters to follow, but Hussie moved away from this style because, he said, the fan input method had grown "too unwieldy and made it difficult... to tell a coherent story." While Hussie now controlled the main plot of the story and the characters' actions, he said that he still "visit[ed] fan blogs and forums " to figure out small things to add into Homestuck . Initially, Hussie updated Homestuck regularly, usually about three times
2139-499: The characters would take. Later, Hussie moved away from this style because the fan input method had grown "too unwieldy and made it difficult... to tell a coherent story." While Hussie now controlled the main plot of the story and the characters' actions, he still "visit[ed] fan blogs and forums " to figure out small things to add into Homestuck . However, throughout its run, content within Homestuck would cease to be updated in several named pauses . The most infamous of these pauses
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2208-415: The constant chatter between fandom and author. Homestuck is done. If you missed it, you missed it." Rob Beschizza added that reading Homestuck now would be "like buying a DVD of Woodstock . It doesn't matter how well they played or how pretty they were; what mattered was being there." In 2018, Hussie partnered with Viz Media to release physical versions of Homestuck . These hardcover books featured
2277-477: The creation of two visual novel games: Hiveswap Friendsim and Pesterquest . MS Paint Fan Adventures , or MSPFA for short, is a website in which users can create and view stories in the Homestuck format. During the period when the series was still ongoing, Andrew Hussie allowed fans to contribute suggestions to the story via the MS Paint Adventures forums, but this was later deprecated when
2346-488: The ensuing conflict, only John, Roxy, Dirk, and one of the trolls, Terezi, survive. With Terezi's guidance, John retcons key events in the narrative, most notably Vriska's death, setting up a timeline with a clear path to victory. In the retconned narrative, the kids and trolls defeat their enemies in a giant battle and create the new universe. The comic ends with Lord English fighting an army led by Vriska, Caliborn becoming Lord English after gaining unconditional immortality, and
2415-444: The extended development time and budgetary issues, among other controversies, concluding that mismanagement and unprofessionalism within the Homestuck franchise is heavily underestimated. He would later publish another blog post on January 21, 2021 further analyzing and disputing the accusations of embezzlement and fraud levied against the initial developers of Hiveswap , The Odd Gentlemen . On April 13, 2021, YouTuber Sarah Z included
2484-425: The fifth anniversary of Homestuck , Paradox Space , an anthology spin-off webcomic, was launched. On April 13, 2019 – exactly ten years after Homestuck started – The Homestuck Epilogues began. The Epilogues are presented in purely text format with no images, completely abandoning the webcomic genre and instead being styled similarly to Archive of Our Own fanfiction. Alongside Andrew Hussie, it
2553-425: The form of a Snapchat story. By the end of its run, the entire work contained over 800,000 words across at least 8,000 pages. After its completion, writer Ben Tolkin said, "Do I recommend Homestuck? Should you drop everything and start reading it? You can't. Homestuck is over, and I mean over, not just that it isn't updating. 'Homestuck,' the masterpiece, was the event, the community, the shifting pace of updates,
2622-425: The game, and members of the hiveswap team would reply claiming they were not consulted before the decision was made. Hiveswap: Act 2 would later be silently patched with credits on November 28. On October 4, 2020, Tumblr user Gio would publish a blog post detailing independent research done on the development and release of Hiveswap . The blog post would attempt to compile a number of different events that led to
2691-481: The historical settings of MS Paint Adventures comics Bard Quest and Problem Sleuth . Hussie first launched an early version of Homestuck , the Homestuck Beta, on April 10, 2009. The Homestuck Beta was published only three days after Problem Sleuth and ran until April 13, 2009. The initial style of the webcomic was developed to be advanced by fan contributions, with the fans deciding what actions
2760-438: The immense size of Homestuck and its fandom, with more than 5,000 pages and 128 characters at the time, Hussie considered himself in control of the comic. Hussie responded that he felt Homestuck was "still under my control", but that the background of Homestuck as a movement "is not under my control, and never really was." Orsini also suggested, in a separate article, that the effort put forward by people who finish Homestuck
2829-527: The incredible and sometimes terrifying vigor of its fandom." PBS 's Ideas Channel compared Homestuck to Ulysses because of the complex and densely worded storytelling the series often utilizes. The Homestuck Epilogues was a text-only work released in April 2019. It consisted of 190,000 words in a nonlinear novel that was co-written by Hussie and four other creators; Cephied_Variable, ctset, Lalo Hunt, and Aysha U. Farah. A sequel to Homestuck , titled Homestuck^2: Beyond Canon , began in late 2019. While
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2898-501: The kids learn about a game mechanism called the "Scratch" that allows the humans to reset their session to escape Jack but will also inadvertently summon Lord English, Doc Scratch's master who seeks dominion over all of reality. Executing the Scratch resets the kids' universe, and versions of themselves become guardians to a new group of players, who are versions of their own ancestors. As a result, John's late grandmother, Jane Crocker ,
2967-475: The kids via a chat program. Returning to the present, the two species cooperate to salvage the kids' game session. However, Vriska sabotages key events which results in the kids' accidentally empowering Jack Noir from a simple adversary to a seemingly-invincible monster. Rising tensions among the trolls eventually boil over, and some begin to attack and kill others; almost half the group (including Vriska) dies before Karkat manages to restore order. From Doc Scratch,
3036-508: The main story titled Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff . The webcomic, drawn within Homestuck by character Dave Strider, is intentionally poorly made. TopatoCo produced a print publication collecting the strips. The press release from TopatoCo described Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff as "the worst comic strip ever". In 2017, TopatoCo announced a second Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff book, co-written by dril , co-drawn by KC Green , and funded through Kickstarter . On September 4, 2012, Hussie announced
3105-476: The original storyline and art, while also providing new commentary. A significant amount of merchandise has been sold through Hussie's shop, company, and record label What Pumpkin, including "T-shirts, hoodies, pins, books" and fan art prints. Fans have also been "recruited" to make music for the webcomic. The music has been bundled into albums , with ten major soundtrack albums having been released thus far, in addition to eighteen side albums. On April 13, 2014,
3174-401: The project's Kickstarter page stating that the game was going to be using a 2D system rather than using the 3D graphics shown in the teaser trailer, asset reel, and other footage. It is stated that this is "to make things a little more cost-efficient, and more rapidly producible over the full span of the series". On October 6, 2016, a teaser trailer was released showcasing the game's changes to
3243-449: The proposed game. Digital Trends writer Graeme McMillan commented that the campaign was approaching, at the time, the record for most successful comics-related Kickstarter campaign, whose previous record was held by the Order of the Stick campaign with $ 1,254,120. The Kickstarter eventually raised $ 2,485,506, making it the "fifth game on Kickstarter to pull in a full seven figures" and
3312-833: The remaining living heroes about to enter their newly created universe. While nominally a webcomic , Homestuck consists of a combination of static images, animated GIFs , and instant message logs. Generally, pages included a single panel , and navigational links to successive pages are phrased similarly to commands in interactive fiction games. Additionally, unlike previous works from Andrew Hussie which exclusively relied on GIF images for animation, Homestuck introduced complex animations and browser games made with Adobe Flash , many involving contributions from fan artists. According to academic Kevin Veale of Massey University , Homestuck used these various methods of engagement to manipulate its readers' experiences in order to tell
3381-480: The same universe as the Homestuck comic, Hiveswap and the sequel exist in a separate storyline with only "loose relation" to the comic, and involve a new cast of characters. Despite strong initial successes, the development of Hiveswap experienced numerous logistical, chronological, and financial setbacks. On September 4, 2012, Andrew Hussie announced a Kickstarter to raise funds for a video game based on his MS Paint Adventures webcomic Homestuck . Development
3450-418: The story was outlined by Hussie, it was to be written by a team of writers. According to its website, it was updated regularly for about a year "until it was paused indefinitely", with the rest of the comic to be released when it was completed. In 2024 the comic was renamed to Homestuck: Beyond Canon, and resumed regular updates, being created by a new team. A videogame based on Homestuck , called Hiveswap ,
3519-399: The third highest funded video game in Kickstarter history at the time. An additional PayPal-based fundraiser was created to accommodate those who could not donate via Kickstarter's available methods. In December 2013, new details, a projected release date of June 2014, and concept art were posted on the game's Kickstarter blog. In the post, Hussie revealed that the game would effectively be
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#17327878595703588-404: The title was also dropped, with Roach saying "In the original outline, it was just called Homestuck: Beyond Canon . Andrew mentioned the old team pushed for the ^2 but this isn't actually a sequel in the traditional sense." The original chapters leading up to the first 2023 update were also referred to as a "prologue" by Roach. Early in Homestuck , Hussie introduced a webcomic contained within
3657-555: The titular character in Let's Read Homestuck. Toby "Radiation" Fox , best known for his later creation of the video game Undertale , was a noted member of Homestuck ' s official Music Contribution Team. Amanda Brennan , an Internet historian, has credited much of Undertale 's initial success on Tumblr to Fox's association with Homestuck . "So begins Homestuck, Andrew Hussie's webcomic/cartoon/video game/mixed media art project that went on to take over every convention with
3726-442: The trolls and the specific sequence of events that led this group to play their own session of the game. The group and troll society as a whole is manipulated by the enigmatic Doc Scratch, who serves an even more mysterious master. The trolls win their session and a new universe – the universe the kids inhabit – is created. Before they can claim their prize, they are attacked by Jack Noir and forced into hiding, where they begin to troll
3795-420: The work got more popular. Throughout much of its history, the size of Homestuck' s fan community was in the millions, with around a million unique visitors coming to the site daily. At one point, one of the webcomic's Flash animations caused Newgrounds , Megaupload , and Twitter (now X) to crash when it was uploaded, due to the strain that the number of views had put on the servers. Actor Dante Basco
3864-508: Was "wildly popular during its seven-year run"; as of 2011 it was receiving an average of 600,000 unique visitors each day and as of 2015 it was receiving upwards of 1 million unique visitors a day. Hussie said, "The bigger the fandom got, the more controversial everything was... Practically everything that happened was a serious point of contention—a reason to argue, discuss, to generate pages and pages of heated dissertation on what everything means, and why certain things are good or bad. All of this
3933-535: Was also written by multiple fan writers. Though released for free online, the Homestuck Epilogues were also given a physical release. On October 25, 2019, an official followup was launched, titled Homestuck: Beyond Canon , initially Homestuck^2 . Homestuck: Beyond Canon has been written by a team of writers based on a story outline by Hussie, and the project receives funding from Patreon . In March 2021, Homestuck: Beyond Canon' s about page
4002-422: Was announced that the game's official title would be Hiveswap , and that production of the game had been taken back in-house "alarmingly well" under Hussie's What Pumpkin studio. It was also announced that the game would be the first of two distinct stories: each will be an episodic story, but there will be parallels between them, and they can be played in either order. On December 26, 2015, updates were posted on
4071-459: Was created to accommodate those who could not donate via Kickstarter's available methods. While development was going to initially be done by game studio The Odd Gentlemen , production was later moved in-house to What Pumpkin. This coincided with a change in the game's art style from 3D to 2D. Development began in 2013, with the finished product expected in 2014; the first episode was later released in 2017. Additionally, Homestuck has led to
4140-440: Was creating up to 10 pages a day. Hussie produced the multimedia webcomic Homestuck , which started in April 2009 and ended in April 2016. It tells the story of a group of four kids who play a computer game called Sburb and inadvertently cause the end of the world. Homestuck included images, text, Flash animations , and interactive elements. Homestuck , like Hussie's previous works, started with reader-submitted commands for
4209-546: Was eventually moved back in-house under What Pumpkin's own newly formed game development studio. Act 1 was slated for release in mid-2015; however, the release was postponed until January 2017. It was further delayed in January to an unspecified date. On September 14, 2017, What Pumpkin Studios released Act 1. This was the release date previously announced on August 29, 2017, accompanied by a new trailer. On October 25, 2020,
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#17327878595704278-414: Was first announced in 2012 and raised over $ US2.4 million through a Kickstarter . Initially, its release date was given as 2014, but had a troubled development, including switching from 3D to 2D years after development started. It was later broken up into four episodes: the first episode of Hiveswap was released in 2017 and its second episode was released in 2020. A second sister series, titled Hauntswitch,
4347-565: Was living in western Massachusetts . Homestuck Homestuck is an Internet fiction series created by American author and artist Andrew Hussie . The fourth and best-known of Hussie's four MS Paint Adventures , it originally ran from April 13, 2009, to April 13, 2016. Though normally described as a webcomic , and partly constituted by a series of single panel pages, Homestuck also relied heavily on Flash animations and instant message logs to convey its story, along with occasional use of browser games . Its plot centers on
4416-448: Was publicly announced that the game would be developed by The Odd Gentlemen —known for their game The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom . New concept art, including that of another new character, were also revealed. In an interview with Game Informer , Undertale developer Toby Fox , who has worked with Hussie in the past, announced that he was contacted to write music for "the Homestuck video game". On October 30, 2014, it
4485-434: Was released revealing that Hiveswap: Act 2 would be released in November 2020. Three weeks after that, on November 16, 2020, a gameplay trailer was livestreamed revealing the release date of November 25, 2020. The game would be released to controversy due to lacking credits upon release. The official Twitter account @homestuckteam would claim the reasoning to be the prevention of targeted harassment against those who worked on
4554-692: Was supposed to be part of the experience. It was part of the cat-and-mouse game between the author and reader." By the end of its run, the entire work contained over 800,000 words across at least 8,000 pages. Fans contributed to the final work in a number of ways, including producing all of the music. Over a hundred musicians and artists contributed to the final work, with Hussie commissioning artists for important updates. By 2011 there were eight albums of Homestuck music . Vice magazine noted that Homestuck "became infamous for its sprawling, overly complicated, semi-improvised, deeply self-referential plot, driven partly by reader input and speculation, as well as
4623-422: Was the result of Andrew Hussie taking a full year to solely focus on the production of Hiveswap in the gigapause . On April 13, 2016, Hussie released the final chapter of the webcomic: a nine-minute-long animated short titled "[S] ACT 7". Hussie stated that an epilogue to the webcomic would be released at some point in the future. In late 2016, the comic updated with a credit sequence and more panels in
4692-484: Was to begin in 2013, with the finished product expected in 2014. Kotaku noted that the project had raised "more than $ 275,000 in hours". More than 80% of the $ 700,000 goal was pledged in the first day. At the time the article went to print, the Kickstarter had been running for just over one day. The game reached the full $ 700,000 of funding in fewer than 32 hours. The campaign also reached certain "stretch goal" amounts, whereupon Hussie added Mac and Linux support onto
4761-429: Was updated to state that the work was "updated regularly for about a year until it was paused indefinitely. The creative team is now being commissioned to finish the story privately. All content will be posted here at once when the story is complete." According to a February 2021 post on Homestuck's Patreon page, "Homestuck^2 is going to be completed, but this Patreon will not be charging patrons anymore." Snake Solutions,
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